MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin tweets Tuesday that a restaurant refused to let his family dine inside because one of them wasn’t vaccinated — the four-year-old. Some people are making the point that it’s a private establishment and it can set policies to “protect” its workers and customers. But that’s a stupid point.
THREAD: today my family was denied eating indoors at a restaurant because, wait for it, my 4 yr old daughter was with me and they dont serve “unvaccinated” people. I tried to explain theres no CDC guideline requiring children under 5 get vaccinated. But the restaurant didn’t care pic.twitter.com/qFt48KZLWq
— Ayman (@AymanM) January 4, 2022
Don’t get me wrong, restaurants have the right to apply their own health standards but at least ground them in public health policies and science. Restaurants have suffered so much in this pandemic so its sad that when you try and help by dining out that you get turned away.
— Ayman (@AymanM) January 4, 2022
And just to be clear, everyone else with me was vaccinated, boosted and/or had covid (me). My 4 yr old daughter has a letter from her doctor stating she recently had covid. But they didn’t care and only offered us to sit outside even though they were seating customers indoors.
— Ayman (@AymanM) January 4, 2022
They did offer to let them sit outside in New York City in January.
Is the vaccine even allowed for children under 5 yet?
— Ryan Glasspiegel (@sportsrapport) January 4, 2022
It’s not. that’s exactly the point I was trying to make. What science, data, or public healthy policy or guideline is this grounded in? I couldn’t even get my 4 year old vaccinated if I wanted. Everyone else with me was vaxxed and boosted.
— Ayman (@AymanM) January 4, 2022
I'm with team @ilovebuvette on this one. They did offer you the option of outdoor seating. In fact, with a 4 yr old who has already had Covid-19, I would have jumped at that option seeing how she could get it again. I'm glad @ilovebuvette is looking out for everyone's health.
— Priscilla Galstaun🕯 (@PrisGalstaun) January 4, 2022
You do know that I could have also spread COVID to their staff just as easily as my 4 year old and yet by their policy I was allowed to sit inside but she was not? Genuinely, how does that make sense to you?
— Ayman (@AymanM) January 5, 2022
Requiring? There is no vaccine AUTHORIZED for those under 5. You couldn’t vaccinate if you wanted to.
— Roy Williams, MPH (@Rwill235) January 4, 2022
No restaurants for you, then.
Healthy liberal culture in the COVID era, part I: https://t.co/zAF4oMSzVL
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 4, 2022
Sorry to hear this. Use the bullhorn you have available to you to turn the culture away from total fear and paranoia. CDC guidelines are just suggestions. What people hear on TV and get second hand from friends and family, culminates in these kinds of reactionary policies.
— Stephen Kent (@Stephen_Kent89) January 4, 2022
Almost like it’s a religion and not science, wonder how that happened
— Todd From The Free State of FL (@YourBoyFlab) January 4, 2022
Everyone is a bit confused.
— Bubbette Pett-igree (@BubbettePett) January 4, 2022
This is why everyone is moving to Texas.
— Texas Runner (@nixonrunning) January 4, 2022
NYC and blue areas have canceled children. It’s so wrong. I can’t wait for the blow back for this. Can’t come soon enough.
— Reno 911owitz (@RabinowitzReno) January 5, 2022
What kind of society creates grown-ass adults to fear toddlers?
— beer_bro (@beer_bro_) January 4, 2022
Ratio time!
So cook dinner at home. Not rocket science.
Eating at a restaurant is a privilege not a right.
— Molly@🏡 (@MollyMcBBrown) January 4, 2022
yikes
— Stephen Kent (@Stephen_Kent89) January 4, 2022
Drinking from the same drinking fountain was a privilege and not a right for a time.
— Blumberjack (@Blumberrjack) January 4, 2022
The crowd behind is screaming that they have no rights to be at that counter – IT'S A PRIVILEGE NOT A RIGHT pic.twitter.com/b1f96n8kG9
— Jon Able (@JonAble4) January 4, 2022
So Molly has chosen to “condone injustice everywhere”
Good job Molly pic.twitter.com/02OpstQgiY
— The Lone HODLer rides again (@free_marketeer) January 4, 2022
Maybe unscientific panic shouldn’t control the world, milly
— Sunni Labeouf (@medved_bjj) January 5, 2022
Discrimination is always wrong. We would all be justifiably outraged if someone used that argument to deny a black man service, why are we defending the same discrimination for people who are not eligible to receive the vaccine?
— Yoko Snap (@YokoSpirit) January 4, 2022
Being a willfully obtuse jerk on Twitter is also a privilege and one that you've embraced whole heartedly, Molly.
— Dr. Blacula Frankenstein M.D. (@BlaculaD) January 5, 2022
This boot licker will definitely be turning the neighbors into the gulag squads.
— Dancer of St. Vitus (@Aaron_Rees_) January 4, 2022
Can’t wait for Roe V Wade to be overturned. Have an abortion at home!!!!!!!
— just a Area (@justaArea1) January 5, 2022
This sets a very dangerous precedent for any private company who may wish to make decisions based on someone’s skin colour, religious affiliations, gender, sexual orientation, etc. This is absolute nonsense, and there is no excuse. Unvaccinated people aren’t even more of a risk.
— Maggie J (@maggiemurphyj) January 4, 2022
If you support people being able to invoke these “rights” and choose who gets what privileges based on what they arbitrarily decide, you better hope you aren’t on the receiving end one day.
— Maggie J (@maggiemurphyj) January 4, 2022
Wow. That sort of toxic social logic can be used to justify literally anything.
— N.D. Magoo 🐻 🐸 🤡 (@NDMagoo) January 4, 2022
Finally someone said it! I've been denying black people service for decades, yet people look at ME funny! It's like.. cook at home!
— Frankie (@el_Frankie_oO) January 4, 2022
— Terri J (@TerriSchehr57) January 5, 2022
Way to dodge the issue. Yes, of course he can make dinner at home. The point is how arbitrary and irrational Covid paranoia has made people.
— Kyochi Myogo (@Kyochi_Myogo) January 4, 2022
These are the same people that have an aneurysm because someone didn't want to bake them a cake.
— Stu Gots (@Conick81) January 4, 2022
Did you not get enough love as a child?
— sunflowers and whiskey (@sunflowers_143) January 5, 2022
Delete your account
— John Zee Fox (@foxadvisory) January 4, 2022
The restaurant does realize that all of the triple-vaccinated people there can still spread the coronavirus, right?
Related:
‘This is the America you want to live in?!’ White man kicks Black family out of NY restaurant for not having their vaccine papers (watch) https://t.co/bBQRCjHYCf
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 16, 2021