Calls to cancel New Years Eve celebration in Times Square, mayor says show will go on

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Even as COVID cases rise, preparations continue in Times Square for the most famous New Year’s Eve celebration in the world. Now, there are calls to cancel the event as have officials in other major cities.

celebration in the world. On a Thursday morning TV interview Mayor Bill de Blasio said the event will go on as planned.

On Thursday, organizers will test the bedazzled ball. A day earlier, they checked on the airworthiness of the confetti. The modified celebration is moving ahead despite a call from City Councilman Mark Levine, who chairs the health committee, to cancel it as other cities like Rome, Paris, and Tokyo have done. Levine and others fear that it could become a superspreader event.to cancel his performance. Chloe also canceled, although she hasn’t commented on why.

Thanks to the highly contagious omicron variant that was first identified as a variant of concern last month, new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have soared to their highest levels on record at over 265,000 per day on average. New York City reported a record number of new, confirmed cases — more than 39,590 — on Tuesday, according to New York state figures.

De Blasio said the answer is to "double down on vaccinations" and noted that 91% of New York City adults have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose.

 

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It’s a no brainer. Cancel it. Do the right thing. If not NY gets…

Better than San Francisco - cancelled…. The leaders just want to control everything. Most of us are adults and can make decisions. So go to a restaurant- as long as you are sitting you can’t get it - unlike being out in the open air!!!!

If you’re vaccinated and boosted there should be nothing to worry about right?🤣🤣🤣 stay home if you’re scared🐑🐑🐑

Let it spread! The faster everyone gets it, the faster we are done. Even Biden is done with it.

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