Posted on 08/04/2021 1:13:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
New York City plans to require proof of vaccination for restaurants, gyms
Boston's mayor said she wants to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 but compared the idea of requiring vaccine passports to several unsavory parts of American history.
NewsCenter 5's Sharman Sacchetti posed the question to Mayor Kim Janey Tuesday, after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that proof of COVID-19 vaccination will soon be required for entering restaurants, gyms and indoor venues.
Advertisement The new requirement, which will be phased in over several weeks in August and September, is the most aggressive step New York has taken yet to curb a surge in cases caused by the delta variant. People will have to show proof that they have had at least one dose of a vaccine.
"The goal here is to convince everyone that this is the time," de Blasio said. "If we’re going to stop the delta variant, the time is now. And that means getting vaccinated right now."
When Janey was asked for her opinion on the idea, she expressed that her administration wants to encourage vaccination but did not explicitly say whether she would consider implementing a similar policy.
"We want to make sure that we are giving every opportunity for folks to get vaccinated. When it comes to what businesses may choose to do, we know that those types of things are difficult to enforce when it comes to vaccine," Janey said.
Play Video She went on to compare vaccine passports or credentials to documentation requirements during slavery and the Jim Crow era. Janey also drew a comparison to the so-called birtherism conspiracy theory.
"There's a long history in this country of people needing to show their papers," said Janey. "During slavery, post-slavery, as recent as you know what immigrant population has to go through here. We heard Trump with the birth certificate nonsense. Here we want to make sure that we are not doing anything that would further create a barrier for residents of Boston or disproportionally impact BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) communities."
She continued, "Instead, you want to lean in heavily with partnering with community organizations, making sure that everyone has access to the lifesaving vaccine. As it relates to people who want to encourage their workforce to get vaccinated. We certainly support that."
Janey became the first Black and first woman to serve as mayor of Boston after Marty Walsh left to become U.S. Secretary of Labor. She is currently running for a full term.
The mayor's remarks drew the scorn of other candidates.
"When we are combating a deadly virus and vaccine hesitancy, this kind of rhetoric is dangerous," City Councilor Andrea Campbell tweeted. "Showing proof of vaccination is not slavery or birtherism. We are too close to give ground to COVID. Science is science. It's pretty simple -- Vax up and mask up."
"Anyone in a position of leadership should be using that position to build trust in vaccines," City Councilor Michelle Wu wrote in a statement.
Additionally, City Council President Pro Tempore Matt O’Malley tweeted his support for the idea of vaccine passports.
"If we want to get serious about addressing vaccine hesitancy, slowing the spread of the Delta (and subsequent) variants, and keeping our families, friends, and neighbors safe, then we need to take bold and effective action," he wrote. "We should be doing this in Boston."
Later, Janey's press office issued a statement about her comments:
"Earlier today, I pointed out several hurdles facing communities of color with lower vaccination rates. These hurdles should not be excuses, but we must consider our shared history as we work to ensure an equitable public health and economic recovery.
"While there are no current plans for business sector vaccination mandates, we are using data to inform targeted public health strategies. This includes meeting with restaurants and bars to discuss overlaps between their clientele and new COVID-19 case trends. We are working with the hospitality sector to provide vaccine access and information for customers in the form of signage, social media graphics and on-site vaccination clinics.
"COVID-19 cases have increased in Boston with the emergence of the Delta variant, but we are still well below threshold levels that have guided policy decisions throughout the pandemic. Work with our business community will continue, as we learn to live with COVID-19."
City Councilor Andrea Campbell tweeted. “Showing proof of vaccination is not slavery or birtherism. We are too close to give ground to COVID. Science is science. It’s pretty simple — Vax up and mask up.”
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Anyone who uses a vapid phrase like “science is science” is weapons grade stupid.
New York is trying really hard to hammer a final nail in the small business coffin. How many unvaccinated folks are going to take the jab in order to eat out at a restaurant? Some might, but if any are like me, they are simply not going to go anywhere where vaccine passports are required.
New York- a cesspool I have never had any desire to go to and now have another reason to leave the cesspool to the rats.
Why is there so much hate and nastiness in this country...I lived through the best times...I fear for my grandchildren
With the increase for a person’s papers, watch the food delivery services bloom ballistic, and once again, hear the bemoaning of the restaurant owners.
Quite true, especially when we remember that the "science is science" people are the same people who tell us there are 48 different sexes.
How many genders are there?
A black female acting mayor likens a vaxx mandate to slavery, while a black female City Counselor, a female City Counselor of Asian descent, and the white male City Council President Pro Tempore Matt O'Malley all line up against the mayor/in favor of Leviathan.
Depends on the language, but usually two.
Humans have a sex, male or female.
Yep, US citizens require a vaccine passport to participate in society but not illegals.
And no ID required to vote but you want to go to the gym, or grocery store, papers please.
Someone other than DeSantis needs to kick these communists in the face.
“The usual assortment of race-baiters won’t know what to do here.
A black female acting mayor likens a vaxx mandate to slavery, while a black female City Counselor, a female City Counselor of Asian descent, and the white male City Council President Pro Tempore Matt O’Malley all line up against the mayor/in favor of Leviathan.”
This is what is called “intersectional conflict.” In other words, the #woke groups use “intersectionality” to ally against the evil white male heteros, in the sense that once they kill off the white male heteros, then they can then fight for the scraps that are left. The biggest conflict to date have been muslims vs women or muslims vs gays, in that the two groups are allied to kill the evil white male heteros, but in THEIR non-evil white male hetero world, muslims stone women and throw gays off buildings.
In this case, the #woke mayor (surprised she didn’t bring up the Tuskegee medical vaccine experiments on blacks, which had a DIRECT COMPARISON to the current Covid situation, but went straight to the evil white supremacist slavery angle.
So to summarize, her female black Sister was on the same side as the slavemasters, as were the other people of #woke communism, in wanting the death vax mandate.
Love me some Sharman Sacchetti.
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