>but I don't think you have the right to require those around you in public places to take a new vaccine that has not even undergone the normal rigors of FDA approval.
Under the NYC "mandate", No one is required to be vaccinated. I'll say that again: no one is being required to be vaccinated.
While I disagree with the DeBlasio administration's new policy (WRT bars, gyms, etc.), both because it will be almost impossible to enforce and because the benefits (via increased vaccinations) will likely be marginal at best, no one is forcing anyone to do anything.
I'd much prefer (as an increasing number of restaurants, theaters and other venues and businesses are doing) that requiring patrons and staff to be vaccinated be a decision taken by the specific business involved.
Those businesses that only allow vaccinated people in their establishments will gain some folks and lose others -- and vice versa.
Regardless, and I'll say it one more time: the "mandate" from the NYC government doesn't force anyone to get vaccinated, nor does it restrict anyone from public spaces.
NYers aren't stupid (or at least not in any greater amount than anywhere else) and most will (and have) take appropriate precautions.
That said, the new requirements won't be all that effective because they're essentially unenforceable unless the business' owners are fully on board -- if they are, then they'll (as many have already done) require their staff and patrons to be vaccinated.
If a business' owners aren't on board with this, they won't require it, whether it's mandated or not.
Under the NYC "mandate", No one is required to be vaccinated. I'll say that again: no one is being required to be vaccinated.
While I disagree with the DeBlasio administration's new policy (WRT bars, gyms, etc.), both because it will be almost impossible to enforce and because the benefits (via increased vaccinations) will likely be marginal at best, no one is forcing anyone to do anything.
I'd much prefer (as an increasing number of restaurants, theaters and other venues and businesses are doing) that requiring patrons and staff to be vaccinated be a decision taken by the specific business involved.
Those businesses that only allow vaccinated people in their establishments will gain some folks and lose others -- and vice versa.
Regardless, and I'll say it one more time: the "mandate" from the NYC government doesn't force anyone to get vaccinated, nor does it restrict anyone from public spaces.
NYers aren't stupid (or at least not in any greater amount than anywhere else) and most will (and have) take appropriate precautions.
That said, the new requirements won't be all that effective because they're essentially unenforceable unless the business' owners are fully on board -- if they are, then they'll (as many have already done) require their staff and patrons to be vaccinated.
If a business' owners aren't on board with this, they won't require it, whether it's mandated or not.