{"id":454075,"date":"2022-05-28T02:25:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T23:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/end-new-yorks-covidiocy-now\/"},"modified":"2022-05-28T02:25:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T23:25:13","slug":"end-new-yorks-covidiocy-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/end-new-yorks-covidiocy-now\/","title":{"rendered":"#End New York&#8217;s COVIDiocy now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a2e5b3a0983c\" 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-6a2e5b3a0983c\" 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\/end-new-yorks-covidiocy-now\/#%E2%80%9CEnd_New_Yorks_COVIDiocy_now%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;End New York&#8217;s COVIDiocy now&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CEnd_New_Yorks_COVIDiocy_now%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;End New York&#8217;s COVIDiocy now&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>When is New York City\u2019s COVIDiocy going to end?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest, utterly deranged ploy from our public-health alarmists is legislation dreamed up by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, aimed at laying down onerous new ventilation rules for indoor spaces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is \u201ccritical to protecting us long-term from this virus, from future waves and similar transmissible diseases,\u201d says Levine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bull. Adding dozens of pages to the city\u2019s regulatory codes will do nothing except impose massive costs (including on taxpayers) for retrofitting ventilation systems or building new ones <em>and <\/em>offer yet another opportunity for contractors and consultants already cozy with the city to rake in big bucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s scant promise to protect us in the slightest from \u201cfuture waves\u201d of COVID or any other disease. The city\u2019s own data show that COVID is getting successively less deadly here. Why? Not thanks to better fans and filters, but because more people are getting vaccinated, more people have immunity from previous infections <em>and<\/em> the virus is evolving to be ever-less deadly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Plus, there\u2019s no reason to bet big that the next pandemic bug (if there is one; the last was a century ago) will be airborne in the same way COVID is.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/covid.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A general view of a &quot;face mask required&quot; sign on the door of a pharmacy\" class=\"wp-image-22446639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/covid.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/covid.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/covid.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New requirements for businesses in New York City may be coming up. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The idea that more rules and buckets of money are urgently needed for New York City to <em>finally defeat<\/em> COVID is as dangerous as it is nonsensical.\u00a0The bug is beaten already; only fear (and hype from Levine and others who hope to profit off it) remains.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s deeply irresponsible for a public official to argue for anything other than increased vaccine uptake, common-sense policies like staying home if sick and narrowly focused protections for the elderly and immunocompromised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet \u201cirresponsible\u201d is a Levine trademark: Back in February 2020, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marklevinenyc\/status\/1226586561942302723?lang=en\">he implied<\/a> that worrying <em>at all<\/em> about COVID was racist, calling concerns \u201cfear mongering\u201d in a tweet summoning people to Chinatown.\u00a0Weeks later, he flipped to COVID hysteria.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>COVID alarmism is driven by politics, not <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>. It continues in the city\u2019s cruel toddler-masking mandate and the still-hanging talk of a return to restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s most vulnerable have borne the cost of this insanity for two years, yet must  keep on suffering until those in power, like Levine, stop peddling nonsense.\u00a0\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\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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