Governor Cuomo’s Communist-Like COVID Mandates for Graduation Ceremonies
As if it wasn’t enough that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has yet to face accountability for the nursing home scandal, in which evidence continues to surface, Cuomo is now at the center of controversial mandates which can only be likened to that of a communist dictator. Cloaked under the guise of the title “Interim Guidance for End of Academic Year Celebrations During the COVID-19 State of Emergency,” Cuomo mandated the following requirements:
Individuals must present proof of the recent negative diagnostic test result or proof of completed immunization (e.g., mobile application, screenshot, image, paper form) to designated employees or event staff prior to, or immediately upon, arrival to the event.
Individuals who have fully recovered from a lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 in the last 3 months and who do not have any recent or current symptoms are not required to produce a recent negative diagnostic test result but must provide proof of illness and recovery (e.g., proof of a prior positive test result or completed order of isolation within the last 90 days).
Any individual who fails to present a negative diagnostic test result or proof of immunization, as required, must be denied entry to the event. (Proof of recent negative 6 diagnostic test results or proof of completed immunization does not need to be retained by the event organizer.)
Cuomo’s nine page list of draconian mandates even went so far as to make stipulations on how graduation attendees were to consume food, take pictures, dance, and a prohibition on who could handle a student’s diploma! Parents and family who refuse to comply with Dictator Cuomo’s commands will not be permitted to attend their loved one’s graduation.
Americans everywhere should be fed up! When will we refuse to comply with the lie? As long as Americans sit by, shut up, and say nothing; communist dictators will continue to abuse their powers and overstep their authority. We have constitutional rights in this country. It’s time for us to use them.
