Sounds like the Mayor of Boston is looking for a way out of her restaurant vaccine mandate.
A Boston official has responded to claims that restaurants are losing up to $15,000 a week from the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying that small businesses wanted the policy in place.
Segun Idowu, chief of economic opportunity and inclusion, told Insider that the mandate "actually drives confidence" for those who feel unsafe around crowds, and prevents confusion for patrons.
In a letter last week to Boston mayor Michelle Wu, the Massachusetts Restaurant Association (MRA) demanded she scrap new requirements to that customers must present proof of vaccination against COVID-19. The association said Boston restaurants were losing $10,000 to $15,000 a week because of the policy.
Idowu said the vaccine mandate came into effect because small business owners polled by the city thought it would be "helpful."