#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 in Manhattan that enforces it, since so many are heavily dependent on tourists.

Aside from the fact that tourism is down dramatically from pre-pandemic levels, many tourists, even if vaccinated, will probably not carry proof of vaccination due to ignorance of the mandate, and many, of course, will not have been vaccinated.

Many potential tourists will no doubt stay away from the Big Apple, whether vaccinated or not, out of pique over this probably unconstitutional mandate that creates desirable and undesirable classes of people.

Dennis Middlebrooks
 Brooklyn

Denied access into various establishments unless you show proof of vaccination is a form of discrimination and an invasion of privacy.

What’s next, proof of political affiliation, religion or citizenship?

How about wanting to see your medical history when applying for a job to determine if you’re a health risk?

When does it stop, when all your rights and freedoms are gone?

Robert Neglia
 The Bronx

I fully support New York City’s new vaccine rules. Those who stubbornly refuse to get vaccinated should bear the brunt of the pandemic. Those who choose vaccination should not be constrained or endangered by those who don’t.

While government cannot compel vaccines, it is certainly not a trampling of freedoms to limit public spaces to those who have the good sense to get vaccinated. After all, there is no constitutional right to enjoy a night on the town — and no freedom is totally unlimited.

On the contrary, freedom is curtailed where it poses a harm to public safety. People have choices: If you wish to dine indoors, you should get vaccinated.

Daniel Dolgicer
 Manhattan

So the socialist running New York City wants us to have proof of vaccination before we can go to a movie or dine out? Will we be required to have proof of vaccination in order to get into the polling places?

Socialists, by their very nature, think nothing through. Orders come first, and planning a distant second. No amount of threats will change human behavior.

John Dumary
 Duanesburg

Isn’t it funny how liberals expect everyone to be vaccinated, masked and carrying documentation on their person just to go to school, work or be in any kind of public space, yet find it onerous and “racist” to require legal citizens to get a government-issued photo ID to vote and to prevent fraud? 2022 and 2024 can not come soon enough.

Jeffrey Levy
 Brooklyn

I always enjoyed going to New York City to take in shows and movies and eat in  restaurants.

I’ve been waiting for COVID to run its course  so I could restart these good times, but I think I’ll have to wait a little longer. Now de Blasio wants to require vaccination cards.

I’ll wait for the next mayor. Matters can’t get worse, can they?

Ray Walsh
 Ramsey, NJ

This is all crazy. Mandating that you will need a vaccination card in New York City to enter indoor facilities is against civil liberties.

I am vaccinated, but if people are not vaccinated, that is their choice. The date for this to start is Sept. 13, and it is possible that this Delta variant will be under control by then.

I cannot believe that this is legal. What happened  to our free choice? This is simply total control by the Democratic Party to stay in power and to dictate to us how we live our lives.

My last point is simply this: How hard would it be to forge the CDC COVID-19 vaccination record card?

Bob Robustelli
 Stamford, Conn.

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