NYC to End Vaccine Mandate for Dining and Other Indoor Events
NYC Mayor Eric Adams has set a date to end the city’s vaccine mandate for indoor activities, including dining indoors at restaurants and bars. If new Covid-19 cases continue to trend downward, the mandate will be lifted on March 7th.
“New York City’s numbers continue to go down day after day, so, as long as COVID indicators show a low level of risk and we see no surprises this week, on Monday, March 7 we will also lift Key2NYC requirements,” Adams said in a statement on Sunday. “This will give business owners the time to adapt and will allow us to ensure we are making the best public health decisions for the people of New York.”
The news followed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement on Sunday that New York was lifting its mask mandate in schools starting on Wednesday.
New York City’s mandate, which was first announced in August, requires patrons to show proof of vaccination. It applies to restaurants, bars, nightclubs, coffee shops, fast food eateries, indoor fitness locations, movie theaters, music and concert venues, museums, sports arenas and stadiums, theaters and billiard halls, among other places.
It is however loosely applied. Some business are strict about requirements and will turn you away if you don’t have valid proof of vaccination and a matching ID. Some others check vaccination cards but not IDs, and some don’t bother at all.
More than 96 percent of adults in New York City have been at least partly vaccinated, and 86% are fully vaccinated. That’s a much higher rate than the country’s average.
“I want to thank the millions of New Yorkers who have gotten vaccinated to help stop the spread,” the Mayor said in his statement. “New Yorkers stepped up and helped us save lives by reaching unprecedented levels of vaccination. I also want to thank Governor Hochul for her partnership in the fight against COVID-19 and for making clear that parents should be part of this conversation.”
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Vaccines don’t stop anyone from spreading Covid-19.
More non-science based political BS.
The entire premise for all of this, was political power.
Glad it is going away – but, surprise surprise – it’s for political reasons, not science.
Yes they do.
I mean sure whatever. The mighty political power of masks, vaccine and/or public health measures. We tremble.
No it wasn’t.
Yes, we all are. -blah blah-Maybe, I mean you’re whining about political motivations for enacting public health measure and also whining about political motivations for rescinding them. The whining seems to be the only constant.