New York City Major Eric Adams spoke today about the requirement for MLB players, just like every other person in a different workplace, to be vaccinated in order to be able to play in NYC.
He seems inclined to keep the vaccination mandate, but things are fluid at the moment and could change eventually.
“Mayor Eric Adams on NYC vaccination rules: ‘If we have to pivot and shift and come back here in a week and say we’re going to do something different, we’re going to do that. I’m not going to hesitate to say this is where the numbers are taking us, this is where the science is’,” he said, per Marly Rivera of ESPN.
Adams:”Right now, we're going to take some complaints. But when this is all said and done, people are going to realize this is a thoughtful administration and we got it right. So baseball, basketball, businesses, all of those things, they have to wait until that layer comes.“ https://t.co/MUg3hacBNH
— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) March 22, 2022
The Situation Is Fluid
He also said that “we’re going to take some complaints. But when this is all said and done, people are going to realize this is a thoughtful administration and we got it right. So baseball, basketball, businesses, all of those things, they have to wait until that layer comes.”
As he said, he was going to get some backlash either way, but at the moment, players who haven’t completed their vaccination will not be able to play home games.
This could affect both the New York Yankees and Mets, especially the latter.
The Mets were among the teams with the lowest vaccination rate last year, and could potentially have several players sit if the mandate stands.
The Yankees, on the other hand, cleared the necessary threshold of percentage of players and staffers vaccinated to soften the safety protocols last year, but also have some high-profile players whose status is unclear right now, including their best player Aaron Judge.
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