Posted on 02/23/2022 6:23:22 PM PST by SeekAndFind
New York City has a plan to phase out COVID-19 vaccine passports and mandates in the coming weeks, said Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday.
“I can’t wait to get it done … I’m not going to get ahead of the science because I’m ready to get ahead of all of this and get back to a level of normalcy,” Adams said in response to a question about whether his office will phase vaccine passports out.
The Democrat mayor did not provide a firm timetable on when vaccine passports would be rescinded. However, Adams’s comment was the most definitive that he’s made about removing the system, which went into effect in September 2021 under former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration.
Several days ago, Adams also signaled that he wanted to remove the passport system, which impacts restaurants, gyms, theaters, and similar venues, when he responded to a question about Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving, who is not vaccinated for COVID-19 and as a result, cannot play in Brooklyn or even enter the Barclays Center.
“I think it’s unfair, and I’m not sure if a Boston fan created this rule, I don’t know. I’m really, really leery about sending the wrong message,” Adams said. “Having this city closed down again keeps me up at night. The rule was put in place, to start changing it now would send mixed messages. So I’m struggling with this, just to be honest.”
Adams’s comments came after several cities and municipalities have opted to remove their vaccine passports. On Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that mask and vaccine requirements will be scrapped for certain locations starting Feb. 28.
“Thanks to your compliance, we were able to keep people safe, bump up our vaccination rates, and keep our economy open,” she said.
After nearly two years of strict rules, several Democrat-run states including New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, and New York began easing vaccine and masking mandates, which prompted speculation that such decisions were fueled by an increase in public animus toward them.
“When you use the word ‘politics,’ I’m not sure it’s that. I just think at the local level, there’s a strong feeling of needing to get back to normality,” White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci said during a Feb. 15 interview on whether politics played a role in their decision-making. “Now, if you look at the science of it, I mean the direction is going in the right direction. Are we there yet in every single place throughout the country? I don’t believe so.”
This doesn't even come close to meaning anything.
Too bad they can’t phase out their stupid mayor go round 🤪
At this point, I try not to even transit through NY airports.
Eric Adams apparently went through a Republican phase a decade or so ago.
Right; while the enemedia pretended “COVID restrictions” were falling everywhere, most “vaccine mandates” were still in full force - and they are much more significant than meaningless ineffective masks.
I suspect these tyrants want to see how much they can leave in place without totally ruining their little fiefdoms; we should never forget, and never spend a penny in them. I’ve avoided conferences in certain sh!tholes long before COVID because I couldn’t imagine contributing to their economies; no reason to change that policy now. I live a dozen miles west of Manhattan, haven’t been there in over a decade (and that was just to drop people off for a cruise leaving there), and couldn’t imagine what would possess me to ever return. I’ve turned down offers of free Rangers tickets without batting an eye; I’d rather watch grass grow then enter NYC.
TRANSLATION: “Governors and mayors all over the U.S. are laughing their asses off at retarded clowns like me and my predecessor because we’ve destroyed this city while they’ve been back to normal since the summer of 2020.”
Right - come through Liberty International (Newark); much easier to get out/on your way!
we’re good without your going through our airports :)
And this mayor is about 100x better than deblasio.
Though that’s not difficult :)
He took pay in crypto first month, put 1000 more cops in subways and is getting rid of stupid covid mandates.
Is he a conservative? No that’s hysterical :)
But this is NYC and he is somewhat sane.
Don’t want to move to the midwest, don’t like the heat.
Like to be able to do and get what I want 24/7.
Butt#### country, Louisiana ain’t gonna cut it for me ;)
In spite of being one of the ugliest domestic airports it is surprisingly functional.
“On Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that mask and vaccine requirements will be scrapped for certain locations starting Feb. 28. “Thanks to your compliance, we were able to keep people safe, bump up our vaccination rates, and keep our economy open,” she said.”
Translation: We realize that everyone that would let us stick them with experimental shots has already done so, and even many of them are leery of getting more. Those who wouldn’t get them are quite content to avoid whatever we dangled as incentive (including the ability to return to their offices/jobs), and in the meantime they aren’t spending money here...
Due to polling numbers, democrat "leaders" are lifting their mandates.
So, if they really believe the masks and shots save lives, now they don't care about saving lives, just getting re-elected.
Or they never believed the masks and shots helped and were using the mandates to destroy businesses and control people.
One way or the other they are lying and proving they have lied.
It also is in a much better position to get you out of the NYC gridlock; Newark at this point is just an airport and train hub surrounded by major highways that quickly move you on to somewhere else (unlike Kennedy).
None of their sh!t makes sense. Cases are still higher than before delta. They are saying they want to live with it now? Shut downs and mandates will pick up with some new variant. All the scientists in government know respiratory viruses are seasonal.
Nothing but some Dustin Hoffman ‘Outbreak’ suit can stop the spread.
You beat me to it. I have no idea what that means either.
Not "Thanks to your efforts" or "Thanks to your perseverence" or "Thanks to your sacrifice."
"Thanks to your compliance."
The tyrants get more obvious every day.
The People’s Convoy is working! (All they needed was a reason to cancel.)
They , being the devious creatins they are, could use this to mock the convoy. “There’s nothing to protest!”
Free Kylie. #Pureblood
Kyrie
Eric is freaking out because NO ONE is going back to the office, tax revenues are awful and this is NOW on his shoulders!!
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