#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 9, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 9, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 9, 2021” I suspect most “outer borough” restaurants are not going to enforce Mayor de Blasio’s latest decree, outside of gentrified neighborhoods like Park Slope (“Vax card’s a must in Gotham,” Aug. 4). It should be noted that this mandate will have a negative impact on any restaurant or pub…

Read More
#Vaccinations: No more carrot—bring out the stick

#Vaccinations: No more carrot—bring out the stick

“#Vaccinations: No more carrot—bring out the stick” Scott Gilmore: Rewards and bribes aren’t working. It’s increasingly clear there’s only one way out of this pandemic and the approaching fourth wave.  There is an inevitable moment, familiar to all parents and babysitters, when you realize that reasoning with a toddler will only get you so far….

Read More
#Apple bans ‘Tinder for anti-vaxxers’ from App Store

#Apple bans ‘Tinder for anti-vaxxers’ from App Store

“#Apple bans ‘Tinder for anti-vaxxers’ from App Store” Apple has banned a dating and friendship app for unvaccinated people from its App Store — but the so-called “Tinder for anti-vaxxers” is still available on Android devices. Unjected — which bills itself as a “safe space for the unvaccinated to come together uncensored through business, friendship…

Read More
#Balthazar may require proof of vaccination for indoor dining

#Balthazar may require proof of vaccination for indoor dining

“#Balthazar may require proof of vaccination for indoor dining” Fashionable Soho brasserie Balthazar may start requiring indoor diners to show proof of vaccination, according to famed owner Keith McNally. The move would bring the swanky French restaurant — which reopened in March after being closed for an entire year — in line with Danny Meyer’s…

Read More
#California restaurant asks patrons for ‘proof of being UNvaccinated’

#California restaurant asks patrons for ‘proof of being UNvaccinated’

“#California restaurant asks patrons for ‘proof of being UNvaccinated’” They want hard proof. A California restaurant notorious for disregarding COVID protocols is “doubling down” on COVIDIOCY — by requiring patrons to prove that they haven’t been vaccinated. “From day one, never complied, banned masks, and now … requiring proof of beingUn-vaccinated!” read a recent Instagram…

Read More
#Vaccines are ‘personal’ after church member dies of COVID

#Vaccines are ‘personal’ after church member dies of COVID

“#Vaccines are ‘personal’ after church member dies of COVID” The founder of controversial megachurch Hillsong has defended a recently deceased congregant’s fatal refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by calling the choice a “personal decision.”  “While many of our staff, leadership and congregation have already received the COVID-19 vaccine, we recognize this is a personal…

Read More
#Letters to the Editor — July 26, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 26, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 26, 2021” The Issue: The Biden administration’s call for social-media sites to restrict vaccine “misinformation.” It is one thing to monitor and censor hate speech; it’s quite another to censor disagreements about political, social and medical issues of great importance to the public (“Outsourcing Censorship,” Jacob Sullum, PostOpinion, July…

Read More
#US buys 200 million more doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

#US buys 200 million more doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

“#US buys 200 million more doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine” The federal government has bought an additional 200 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that are expected to be delivered from October 2021 through April 2022, the companies announced Friday. That brings the total number of doses of the two-shot vaccine purchased by the…

Read More