The mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, is in quite a mess.  His vaccine rules (not laws) already didn’t make any sense, but now they really don’t make any sense.

To be fair, he inherited this mess from the disgusting and tyrannical Bill de Blasio, who initially implemented the COVID vaccine mandates in NYC.  But Adams could have just entered office and repealed all of the mandates.

Instead, he is trying to do a dance, and the dance isn’t pretty.

First, the vaccine mandates were rolled back for customers in the city.  So now you can go to a restaurant or a sporting event without showing your vaccine passport.  But the requirement to be vaccinated for work is still there.

There was an exception granted for athletes and entertainers visiting the city, but not for people residing there.

This set up the situation perfectly for Kyrie Irving, one of the star players of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team.  He has declined the pressure to be “vaccinated” against COVID.

Irving has not been allowed to play in any home games this season because of the vaccine mandates, but non-vaccinated players from other teams could play with the exemption granted to visiting athletes.

Since basketball fans could now attend games in NYC regardless of status, Kyrie showed up for a game to support his team as a fan.  But he wasn’t allowed to play.  This showed the absurdity of the whole thing.

After the game, the biggest all-star on the Nets had comments calling out Mayor Adams by name.  Kevin Durant said it was ridiculous and that he (the mayor) better figure things out.  Durant issued a semi apology the next day, but the words had already been spoken.  Here was the star player telling the mayor of New York City in front of the cameras that his policies are ridiculous.

The basketball fans care about their basketball, and they know their only realistic chance of winning a championship is by having Kyrie on the floor playing.  And then you have Durant essentially saying the mandates are stupid.

Now Adams is granting an exemption for athletes and entertainers, even if they reside in New York.  So it looks like Kyrie will be able to play in home games now with his team.  So all is good, right?

Well, it isn’t so good for Eric Adams.  Kyrie Irving can play basketball without being vaccinated, but there are teachers, police officers, firefighters, janitors, and many others who have been suspended or lost their job because they chose not to get jabbed.

So now, instead of the ridiculousness of Kyrie attending a game but not being allowed to play, you have something of a caste system set up.  The guy making millions of dollars is allowed to work now, but the middle class worker isn’t.

Adams has created a web of contradictions for himself.  His honeymoon time as mayor was rather quick, and now he is flailing about.  Again, from day one, he should have just announced a repeal of all vaccine mandates in the city.  I’m sure he could have gotten his speechwriters to cover it up with some nice sounding language to appease the masses.

Let’s hope that this leads to all vaccine mandates being repealed in New York City.  That seems to be the trend, and we need to keep it going everywhere we can.

Adams thought he solved the Kyrie problem by allowing him to play, but now he has created other problems in doing so.  His only good solution is to repeal all mandates.  He should be highly encouraged to do so.  And until it is done, it should be pointed out often that he has created a caste system that punishes the working middle class.