Fri Aug 6, 2021 – 2:51 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Boston Mayor Kim Janey sharply criticized New York City’s plan to require COVID-19 vaccine passports to enter public places such as restaurants, comparing them to slavery and segregation.
“There’s a long history in this country of people needing to show their papers,” Janey, who is black, told a Boston news organization. “During slavery, post-slavery, as recent as you know what immigrant population has to go through here…we want to make sure that we are not doing anything that would further create a barrier for residents of Boston or disproportionally impact BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, and people of color] communities.”
However, some of the Boston City Council came out in support of banning unvaccinated individuals from some spaces and possibly work.
“If we want to get serious about addressing vaccine hesitancy, slowing the spread of the Delta (and subsequent) variants, and keeping our families, friends, and neighbors safe, then we need to take bold and effective action,” city council member Matt O’Malley tweeted, sharing his support for vaccine passports.
“We should be doing this in Boston,” O’Malley said, responding to an article about New York Mayor Bill de
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