{"id":1427967,"date":"2022-04-10T20:44:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T00:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427967"},"modified":"2022-04-10T20:44:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T00:44:57","slug":"nyc-mayor-eric-adams-tests-positive-for-the-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-tests-positive-for-the-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Eric Adams Tests Positive for the Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-mayor-eric-adams-tests-positive-for-the-coronavirus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427967&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">New York City Mayor Eric Adams tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday, just three weeks after refusing to rehire unvaccinated city workers who refused to comply with his vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Adams\u2019 press secretary Fabien Levy said the mayor woke up on Sunday with a \u201craspy voice\u201d and tested himself for the virus \u201cout of an abundance of caution.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cAt this time, the mayor has no other symptoms, but he is already isolating and will be canceling all public events for the remainder of the week,\u201d Levy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R7o2nC7ex-Q\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cHe is also going to immediately begin taking the anti-viral medications offered for free to New York City residents and encourages all New Yorkers eligible for these medications to take them as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">Adams attended the 51st Annual Legislative Conference for the New York State Association of Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislators this weekend, a crowded, indoor event where \u201cfew people were masked,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/04\/10\/adams-tests-positive-for-covid-19-00024303\">according<\/a> to <em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cAdams was also among attendees at the Gridiron Club dinner on April 2 where\u00a0<a class=\"js-tealium-tracking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/09\/least-67-guests-test-positive-covid-after-washington-gala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at least 67 guests tested positive<\/a>, according to new figures from the organizers of the dinner,\u201d noted <em>Politico<\/em>. \u201cAdams got tested after the Gridiron event and the results came up negative, his spokesperson said Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cMembers of the Biden administration, congressional lawmakers and reporters were among those who tested positive. Guests were required to provide a proof of vaccination before going to the event but did not have to\u00a0<a class=\"js-tealium-tracking\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/media\/2022\/04\/06\/gridiron-dinner-covid-coronavirus-outbreak-superspreader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show negative Covid-19 test results,<\/a>\u201d it added. \u201cWhile the majority of the employees who worked the event were wearing masks, the majority of the attendees were not wearing masks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">Adams\u2019 positive test comes one month\u00a0after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/07\/nyregion\/nyc-school-mask-mandate.html#:~:text=Officials%20eliminated%20a%20school%20mask,the%20nation&#039;s%20largest%20school%20system.\">removed<\/a> the masked mandate in schools for children 5 and older and several weeks after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/25\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-has-no-plans-to-rehire-unvaccinated-city-workers-who-lost-their-jobs\/\">lifted<\/a> the private sector vaccine mandate for athletes and entertainers. When asked if he would rehire unvaccinated city workers who were fired in the wake of the vaccine mandate implemented by former Mayor Bill de Blasio and continued by him, Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/25\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-has-no-plans-to-rehire-unvaccinated-city-workers-who-lost-their-jobs\/\">said<\/a> he had no plans to rehire them in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">Just last week, Adams began peppering five Florida markets with digital ads welcoming residents to move to New York in flee of the anti-groomer bill that prevents schools from teaching kindergarteners about sexuality \u2014 what the radical left has dubbed the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph\">\u201cWe have a message for Florida\u2019s LGBTQ+ community: come to a city where you can be you,\u201d he announced.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYCMayor<\/a> announces a new digital billboard campaign in five Florida markets denouncing the hateful <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DontSayGay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DontSayGay<\/a> law and inviting Floridians to move to New York. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kPB7J7vJoU\">https:\/\/t.co\/kPB7J7vJoU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Dqbxmzqjo\">pic.twitter.com\/1Dqbxmzqjo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NYC Mayor&#8217;s Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayorsOffice\/status\/1511002489788805123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday, just three weeks after refusing to rehire unvaccinated city workers who refused to comply with his vaccine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1427967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1427967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1427967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1427967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1427967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}