The suspense finally landed, and New York Mayor Eric Adams officially announced the implementation of a new vaccine policy, giving new york unvaccinated professional athletes and performers immunity, and these two groups can participate in the normal work in New York.
This means that basketball star Irving can play at home, and when his part-time days are over, Irving is a "full-time master" again.
The changes in New York's vaccine regulations were both unexpected and unexpected. Adams himself, in an interview on Feb. 28, swore that an exception to a basketball player would send the wrong message to New Yorkers, and that the spirit of New York's vaccine rules was to stop working if you didn't comply.
However, shortly after Adams said that he would not give the green light, New York adjusted the vaccine regulations to enter public places from March 7 without a vaccine injunction, which is a first step, but there is still room for employees in the public and private sectors (enterprises) to still need to follow the vaccine order, which is why Irving can go to the Nets home to see the ball, but not play, nor can he go to the team locker room.
Just when the outside world speculated that New York would take further action, the city's new head of health and health department, Aswin-Vassan, said that New York's epidemic prevention policy for private places will be extended indefinitely, which means that Irving is still in a situation where he cannot play the home game without injections.
Just five days after Wassan was interviewed, the New York municipality issued a waiver order, specially authorizing local professional athletes and performers to work without vaccination, which immediately caused an uproar in New York, the Teachers' Federation, the Police Charity Association and other organizations have attacked the New York Municipal Double Standard, and the president of the Police Charity Association, Pat Lynch, wrote in an email: "We don't understand why those sports stars should be treated differently from the police who protect the city. ”
Such a question, at the press conference at which Adams announced his immunity, has been raised by reporters to the Mayor of New York, and Adams's answer is very blunt: "A small number of people have had a huge impact on our economy." ”
Who are the minority? Irving is naturally the one on the front desk, but by no means only him, New York has two major league baseball teams New York Yankees and New York Mets, Major League Baseball is the lowest vaccination rate among the four major professional sports leagues in the United States, although the specific number is not disclosed, but the Yankees and the Mets each have several players who refuse to be vaccinated, the home openers of the season of the two teams are played on April 8 and April 16, Beijing time, if the New York municipality does not give immunity, Both the Yankees and the Mets will face multiple absences from home games.
Major League Baseball officials have recently been negotiating with the New York city of New York to find a solution to the problem, and there's an inconvenient table, with Mets boss Steve Cohen, who was adams' backer when he ran for mayor, providing $1.5 million to the campaign.
Mary-Gerosso and her husband, Rocco, who run a cake shop in New York City, did not fire unvaccinated employees in accordance with New York municipal regulations. After learning of the city's vaccine exemption order, Mary said the practice was disgusting.
"Some people think Irving and the baseball players are more important than the other hard-working people in the city," Mary said, "am I giving Mayor Adams $1.5 million and we can get immunity too?" ”
Adams and his team insist that the adjustment of vaccine policy has nothing to do with political factors such as campaigning and is based on urban development considerations, but as a politician, it is almost impossible to talk about municipal affairs outside of your own circle. Major League Baseball lobbied for municipalities, and the NBA side was not idle, and former New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson approached Adams on behalf of the Nets, and according to regulations, Johnson should not participate in city council policy discussions for a year after his term ended in December last year, but his private meetings with the mayor were unrestricted.
Lobbying is only a small background, and the big background behind Adams is that all parts of the United States are eager to create a scene of economic development and recovery in the midterm election year, and to this end, they will not hesitate to change epidemic prevention regulations regardless of the current situation of the epidemic. Adams' Democratic Party originally adopted an active epidemic prevention policy to show the public social responsibility, but under the impact of today's background, the democratic states have used the improvement of the epidemic as an excuse to cancel various epidemic prevention regulations, such as Adams removed the regulations for children aged 5 and above in New York to wear masks in school.
The continuation of New York's economy, which has hit hard during the pandemic, with more than 26,000 businesses closing their doors and more than 400,000 jobs lost, is clearly contrary to the economic boom promoted by democrats. Adams launched the "Rebuild, Regenerate, Rebuild" economic recovery program in early March, and exemptions are now part of that plan.
In the list of global sports club market value released by Forbes, New York's Yankees and Knicks have long been the existence of the top three, although the Nets are not as valuable as the Knicks, but the record is better, there is hope to enter the playoffs or even rush to the championship, the NBA play-offs began on April 13, Beijing time on April 17, New York gave an exemption at this time, Irving In addition to Toronto (the local is still implementing the vaccine restriction order), the home and away games are unimpeded, with the Yankees and mets season open, Revenue from tickets, broadcasts, advertising, and related products brought by New York's sports industry will become part of the local economic revitalization.
And what about that?
Among the groups that have been exempted this time, there are also performers, most of whom are performers in major nightlife venues (including bars, clubs, theaters, etc.), New York as an international metropolis has an incredible nightlife industry, Adams gave a figure at the press conference, new York's industry can contribute $35 billion in economic value. Sports are at the center of this exemption discussion, but when it comes to the economy, the money from nightlife may be more important.
Immunity is bound to bring new annoyances, and Jerrod Levine, a local lawyer in New York, revealed that he has been asked by clients about litigation that can work without vaccination, and immunity may lead to more disputes.
"Mothers always tell me that the point of bringing gifts to the children in the family is for everyone," Levine said, "and the municipality needs to elaborate on why there is a difference in vaccine regulations, and why police, firefighters, teachers and other workers who also contribute to the city are not exempt." The enactment of this decree may provide an opportunity for some unvaccinated employees to challenge themselves in court. ”
In fact, there is no need to elaborate, the United States, New York, where capital is deeply immersed, as long as there are interests to pursue, desperate to take risks and small things, when the grandiose cover is ripped open, there are only four words left in it - in business.
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