{"id":435659,"date":"2022-04-22T02:41:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T23:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yell-it-far-and-wide-no-more-covid-mandates\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T02:41:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T23:41:42","slug":"yell-it-far-and-wide-no-more-covid-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yell-it-far-and-wide-no-more-covid-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yell it far and wide: No more COVID mandates!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a0e53c55f4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a0e53c55f4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yell-it-far-and-wide-no-more-covid-mandates\/#%E2%80%9CYell_it_far_and_wide_No_more_COVID_mandates%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Yell it far and wide: No more COVID mandates!&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CYell_it_far_and_wide_No_more_COVID_mandates%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Yell it far and wide: No more COVID mandates!&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>With COVID cases rising again, Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to keep the public-transit mask mandate a while longer. That\u2019s nuts, since actual bad COVID <em>results<\/em> are nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s nice that Hochul greeted the rise in cases by saying, \u201cWe\u2019re not panicking,\u201d but New York needs actual leadership, not just an absence of hysteria.<\/p>\n<p>The city Department of Health says Omicron-driven cases, running around 600 a day in early March, have risen steadily to 1,981 on April 8.<\/p>\n<p>But, as The Post\u2019s Steve Cuozzo notes, \u201cSix weeks since the wave began, hospitalizations have actually dropped. Per the DOH, hospital cases that were in the low 40s per day in late February fell, for whatever reason, to the 20s by mid-March \u2014 where they have remained in April.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And New Yorkers have had enough: Though the MTA officially still requires masking, we\u2019re already seeing a marked decline in compliance since Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle struck down the federal transportation mask mandate on Monday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/hochul-covid-mandate-586.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Adams and Hochul, above, should ditch the remaining mandates.\" class=\"wp-image-21995595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/hochul-covid-mandate-586.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/hochul-covid-mandate-586.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/hochul-covid-mandate-586.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Both Gov. Hochul and NYC Mayor Eric Adams should ditch the remaining mandates.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">J. Messerschmidt\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/hochul-covid-mandate-587-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York needs actual leadership, not just an absence of hysteria.\" class=\"wp-image-21995597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/hochul-covid-mandate-587-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/hochul-covid-mandate-587-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/hochul-covid-mandate-587-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York needs actual leadership, not just an absence of hysteria.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pandemic is <em>over<\/em>, with the bug now a danger only on par with the flu. And the city desperately needs to get fully back to normalcy, which requires all mandates to go. As Mayor Eric Adams says, \u201cWe have to learn to live with COVID.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why he and Hochul should be ditching all remaining mandates, not making excuses such as Adams\u2019 \u201cNew York is unique: We\u2019re densely populated\u201d justification for retaining <em>his<\/em> last mandates.<\/p>\n<p>The threat is gone; only the anxiety remains \u2014 and our leaders should be getting New Yorkers past those fears, not pandering to them. <\/p>\n<p>.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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