The cultural critic discusses the renewal of the National Emergency, what it means when a “League” or an “Alliance” of professionals work together to operate outside of constitutional protections or even operate outside of law. When your mayors support the idea of removing mask or vaccine passport mandates, how much influence does this support actually have when unelected committee members have strong coalitions in place to push forward all Covid requirements anyway?
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The renewal of the National Emergency went largely undisclosed. Yesterday, 2/22/22 Reuters updated their original coverage of it from 2/19/22: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-extend-us-national-emergency-due-covid-19-health-risk-2022-02-19/
The San Francisco Bar Owner’s Alliance was first discovered in July 2021: https://sfist.com/2021/07/25/sf-bar-owner-alliance-president-says-85-of-local-bars-favor-requiring-proof-of-vaccination-for-indoor-customers/?fbclid=IwAR0zz8kQFF_5W8w17um-OQGE7xxaX6lpsmSCDG7Gxb–Omnzi7ZeQ3NnsjI
The President of the San Francisco Bar Owner’s Alliance is Ben Bleiman. He was unelected and founded the Organization to put pressure on the 300 bars in San Francisco to go against what the majority of citizens want: https://sfgov.org/entertainment/ben-bleiman
The League of Chicago Theaters is also an example of unelected committees that operate outside of citizen oversight and engagement: https://leagueofchicagotheatres.org/
Ms. Tandler feels increasingly uncomfortable with the vaccine passport requirements:
Only those who have proof of a vaccine can take off their mask according to SF Eater: https://sf.eater.com/2022/2/16/22937524/san-francisco-mask-mandate-restaurants-bars
This cnet article from 2/20/22 seems hopeful doesn’t it? https://www.cnet.com/health/vaccine-mandates-cities-lift-requirements-as-covid-cases-drop/
This is the venue/restaurant/bar that closed down around March 13, 2020 when the National Emergency was declared. They let the dust settle for over a year before they re-emerged, remodeled, new ownership and refuse to engage in any Covid protocols. They don’t belong to an alliance (In this case that would be the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust) don’t take funding and rely on the success of their establishment solely through their customers: https://www.socialhouse7.com/
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