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Kyrie Irving and other unvaccinated athletes will be allowed to play professional sports with their home team in New York City under a major policy change Mayor Eric Adams is set to announce Thursday, Politico reports.
Currently, the same mandate keeping the unvaccinated Brooklyn Nets star off the court is set to keep unvaccinated Yankees and Mets players off the field.
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The NYC Health website states: “Workers in New York City who perform in-person work or interact with the public in the course of business must show proof that they have received a COVID-19 vaccine. Businesses may not allow any unvaccinated workers to work at their workplace.”
While non-city residents — like players on away teams — are not subject to the mandate — and neither are spectators — Politico reports the mayor is expected to declare his decision to reverse the private-sector vaccine mandate specifically for performers and athletes in local venues on Thursday.
The news comes after Adams said on Tuesday the city’s professional sports teams are going to have to wait their turn when it comes to vaccination-mandate rollbacks.
Politico reports the news of the policy change also comes in advance of the start of the baseball season, as the Mets home opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks is scheduled for April 15, and the Yankees are hosting the Boston Red Sox on April 7.
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Politico reports that City Hall’s former COVID-19 senior adviser Jay Varma, who also worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, criticized Adams’ methods.
“I think the same rules on vaccination should apply uniformly to all,” Varma said, per Politico. “If there’s a carveout for this group, why can’t any other group then raise its hand and say, I deserve a carveout too.”
“Basically it sends a message that this is an arbitrary rule — that if you’re rich enough and powerful enough and high profile enough, that you don’t have to play by the same rules as everyone else,” Varma added.
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Wow the “science” changed quickly! Clown show
Low life tyrants run that shit hole city quit electing these dregs
All these fucking political hacks want a pat on the back for giving back freedoms that they took away in the first place.
Totally agree with Varma – why should professional athletes and performers get a pass when hardworking city and healthcare workers lose their jobs for not being vaxxed. Hope they file a class action lawsuit.
Allowing millionaire athletes to skirt the rule after firing thousands of working class people for it is just vile. The rule no longer serves any purpose. It should be repealed wholesale.
The story about phenom minor league prospect Daniel Brito in the Philadelphia Phillies organization is a tragic story. I believe there is far more to this story then is being reported.
https://www.mlb.com/news/daniel-brito-at-milb-spring-training-after-2021-brain-hemorrhage
I heard that a minor league player looking at the possibility of being called up to the major leagues is required to be vaccinated to move up. I have no proof, but I heard that shortly prior to this tragedy Brito was vaccinated. Obviously, nothing was ever reported about him being vaccinated or the POSSIBILITY of the vaccine causing the seizure. I did find some information posted on twitter by former Big Leaguer Aubrey Huff, but those tweets were deleted. The nicest thing the media/internet has to say about Huff is he is an anti-vaxxer.
I see now where the MLB is trying to spin the vaccine story as a positive stating that Minor League Players are no longer required to be vaccinated. HA! If they want to get called up to the big leagues that is not the case. MLB teams are supposed to have a minimum threshold of 85% of players vaccinated so if they want to make the 40-team roster they better be vaccinated.