Posted on 02/10/2022 2:31:19 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are lifting the proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test mandate at establishments serving indoor food or beverages.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter announced the policy is being lifted immediately on Thursday, just shy of a month after the policy was first announced. However, the policy didn’t take effect until Jan. 19.
Many business owners were upset by the mandate, saying it would drive away customers. A group of restaurant and nightclub owners in Minneapolis even sued to halt the mandate but a judge denied that effort.
The cities cited the decline in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations as the reason for rescinding the policy.
Mask requirements in the city will remain, however. A list of mask mandates can be found here.
“Key public health metrics are trending in the right direction,” Frey said in a statement. “That is a welcomed sign for Minneapolis, especially for the small businesses and restaurants that have shouldered the weight of this pandemic. Let’s hold the momentum and bring our city back in full by continuing to follow public health guidance and supporting local businesses.”
“We are grateful to be in a different place now than we were when this requirement first took effect,” Carter said in a statement. “While I encourage residents to continue to get vaccinated, wear masks, and practice social distancing while indoors, the sharp decline in cases and hospitalizations means we can safely lift the vaccine requirement in our city.”
HORSE HOCKEY!
The boy mayors of Minneapolis and ST. Paul could have left these restrictions on for as long as they wanted to. They were both just re-elected to 4 year terms.
All of a sudden, on a moment's notice, the mandates are lifted with no warning.
Gov. Walz, however, is up for re-election in November. I'm betting he put a little bit of pressure on the kids because he's not real popular right now.
Good.
Keep
On Trucking.
When are they going to prosecute blm and Anti-fa?
I just came back from there; we were on a business trip.
One day we had an afternoon free and went to the Minneapolis Institute of Art. I had proof of a negative test less than two days prior.
The guy checking vaccination status let my vaxxed coworker in and I showed him my negative test. Then he sighed and said with a distinctive lisp “you have to have the vaccination, a test is not good enough”.
Since it was comfortable outside I took a two hour walk while my coworker visited the museum.
So if you are from Minneapolis do not let the politicians gaslight you on this one. If they get re-elected then the dreaded BA.2 variant will rear its ugly head and you will be back in lockdown.
Here in Washington State I saw the headline that the Governor lifted the mask mandate.
Oops - he was just making it not mandatory for being OUTSIDE! (I forgot that was a thing. So stupid).
I haven’t been in Minneapolis since Floyd overdosed.
Obviously, the “word” has gone through the usual DNC channels that the polling is very, very bad.
I wonder what influence the truckers up north had on this amazing. abrupt and completely coincidental change of heart throughout Blue-land.
Must be election season around the corner! If the American people don’t punish these POS tyrants in November this nation is truly OVER! Americans are faulty of a short memory span. These bastards kept all sorts of medicine that could’ve helped our loved ones survive Covid. But instead they bend the knee to big Pharma And to this day they are still raking in the billions and billions.... UNFORGIVABLE!! Throw the murderous bums out! Fauci must be jailed!
King Inslee must be living in his own little delusional bubble called “zero Covid.” He punishes small business but lets Seahawks and Husky fans do whatever. What a duplicitous moron Jay is.
make no mistake it was due to money lost on city owned event centers and nothing more.
Nothing warms a politician's heart more than the view (and the booze and grub) from a luxury suite at the stadium...
And just like that...the science changed.
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