USA: New York will propose law to avoid discrimination against vaccinated

The governor of the state of New York, Democrat Andrew Cuomo, announced on Monday that he will propose a law that guarantees that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 are not discriminated against.

“There are some situations in which people are being discriminated against who have received a vaccine, which is something almost inexplicable to me,” Cuomo said, referring to press reports that a camp for Orthodox Jewish children in New York announced that it would not will accept vaccinated participants or employees.

In the United States there have been several similar cases recently, with the most notorious in a private school in Miami, which asked its staff not to be vaccinated against the infectious disease and announced that it will not hire those who do so under the false argument of that the vaccinated can infect those who are not.

“We can’t be in a situation where we are totally encouraging people to get vaccinated and then have people say that if you get a vaccine you can’t participate in this activity,” Cuomo said during a press conference.

The New York governor said he wants to propose a law that prohibits discrimination for this reason and defended that, although he understands the anti-vaccination argument, it has no scientific basis.

On the contrary, Cuomo also announced this Monday that both the City University of New York (CUNY, in English) and the State University of New York (SUNY, in English) will require students who want to attend this fall. to face-to-face classes that are vaccinated.

“I encourage all private universities that also require vaccinations,” he added.

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Vaccinations in the subway stations

New York City will offer coronavirus vaccines in some major subway and train stations this week in an effort to boost the immunization campaign, which has slowed in recent weeks, Governor Cuomo reported Monday.

The authorities will deploy temporary installations in several of the most important subway stations, such as Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station, in Manhattan; Broadway Junction, in Brooklyn; 179th Street, in Queens, and East 180th Street, in The Bronx, where the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine will be offered.

They will also be present at the Hempstead station of the Long Island Rail Road, which connects New York City with the Long Island region, and at the Ossing station of the Metro-North, a system that connects with the northern region of the state of New York.

Along with the vaccine, passengers will also receive a free metro or train ticket.

You are going to enter the subway station anyway. You are going to walk in front of a vaccination center. It is a single dose vaccine, “Cuomo explained at a press conference, explaining that it is one of the initiatives they are testing to increase the number of vaccinated people.

“We have many theories and we are going to test them,” added the governor, who pointed out that although older people were quickly vaccinated, the younger sector of the population is not rushing.

In addition, the Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, announced that free tickets to the Bronx Zoo, the New York Botanical Gardens, the New York Aquarium or the Lincoln Center will be given away to all those who get immunized.

“We have to make it easier, more fun, and more local,” De Blasio said of vaccinations in another press appearance.

Currently, more than 48% of the New York State population or 9.6 million people have received at least one vaccine, while nearly 40% or 7.8 million people have completed the immunization process.

EFE / OnCuba

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