(OPINION) Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced a vaccine mandate and called on all governors and mayors to do the same in order to avoid more economically damaging shutdowns according to TheBlaze.
De Blasio appeared on CNN beseeching leaders to follow his lead on vaccine mandates. “We had experience already with the private sector, with as I said, with restaurants and others, indoor entertainment, we had almost no fines.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio: "My message to every governor, every mayor in America is get in place some mandates now before it's too late. People's livelihoods, people's lives — we can't go through more shutdowns and restrictions." https://t.co/Pj4sEA2pym pic.twitter.com/uB0za07XNj
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There was a lot of cooperation, our department of health is gonna work with the business sector, we’re gonna come out with specific protocols by December 15th, so that people have time,” de Blasio explained. “And look, in the end, we know we can’t just sit here and let things get worse.
lives are at stake, and the last thing we could possibly allow in this city or in this country is to go backward because that’s a danger. I mean Germany, a very advanced nation, they’re going through those restrictions and shutdowns,” he added.
“Look, my message to every governor, every mayor in America,” de Blasio said, “is get in place some mandates now before it’s too late, because we cannot — people’s livelihoods, people’s lives, we can’t go through more shutdowns and restrictions.”
