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NEW YORK (AP) — Crowds will once again fill New York’s Times Square this New Year’s Eve, with proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for revelers who want to watch the ball drop in person, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.
“Yes, we are proud to announce that Times Square, wonderful celebration in Times Square, the ball drop, everything, coming back full strength the way we love it,” de Blasio said at a virtual news briefing. “Hundreds of thousands of people there to celebrate. We can finally get back together again. It’s going to be amazing.”
Tom Harris, the president of the Times Square Alliance, said all spectators aged 5 and over will be asked to show proof of full vaccination. People who can’t be vaccinated because of a disability will have to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test, he said
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade will also be returning to pre-COVID form, with giant balloons guided by volunteer handlers making their way through the event’s Manhattan parade route, instead of the one-block stretch they were kept to last year.
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: rickymouse
sound vaguely familiar to what we are seeing around the globe?
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originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: ColoradoTemplar
Permissioned freedom doesn't equal "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
America is no different fron any other tyrannical government. And few Americans will not comply.
originally posted by: peter_kandra
a reply to: ColoradoTemplar
How do they plan on checking the vaccine status of several hundred thousand people? They can't even prevent several dozen from looting.
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: rickymouse
While my perception is that you are one of the more health conscious and knowledgable to the subject on the boards, it makes me wonder what someone "more average" would have in regard to effects of, from either a vaccine, virus or cytokine storm.
originally posted by: peter_kandra
a reply to: ColoradoTemplar
How do they plan on checking the vaccine status of several hundred thousand people? They can't even prevent several dozen from looting.