Trevor Noah mocks NYC vaccine rules allowing Kyrie Irving to attend games but not play: ‘Makes zero sense’

Comedy Central host Trevor Noah slammed New York Metropolis’s conflicting coronavirus vaccine mandate requirements that permit folks to attend indoor occasions with out requiring proof of vaccination, whereas requiring proof of vaccination for workers who go to work – together with at those self same indoor occasions.

Throughout a phase on Monday’s “The Every day Present,” Noah mocked a latest occasion through which the requirements clashed at an NBA sport between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets. On the sport, Nets star Kyrie Irving was solely allowed to attend as a fan, not as a participant or worker, due to his determination to stay unvaccinated.

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“Restrictions are being lifted so rapidly, that issues are getting slightly complicated, you already know. Like for instance, OK, proper right here in New York Metropolis, Mayor Eric Adams has lifted the rule that you must be vaccinated to attend indoor occasions. OK, that’s gone. However there’s nonetheless a rule that you must be vaccinated to go to your office,” Noah stated. 

“So if somebody’s job is at an indoor occasion, they will’t go to work. However they will present as much as work to look at their colleagues do their factor. Yeah. Which is strictly what occurred this weekend,” he added, earlier than enjoying a video clip of a information report on Irving shopping for a ticket to look at his personal group play from the stands. 

Within the clip, Irving could be seen hugging his teammates, highlighting the contradictory nature of vaccine mandates that do not permit him to play the sport however do permit him to be within the enviornment in shut proximity to the vaccinated gamers.

“Yeah, guys, I don’t care like how COVID compliant you might be, s**t like this makes zero sense. Can we agree on that?” Noah stated. “So Kyrie can go inside, not put on a masks, even hug a teammate, however he can’t play!” 

Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving watches the sport from his seats through the second half of the NBA basketball sport between the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks on the Barclays Heart, Sunday, Mar. 13, 2022, in New York. The Nets defeated the Knicks 110-107. 
(AP Picture/Seth Wenig)

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“I don’t get it. Why? Does the ball have a weak immune system? What is going on on? I imply it’s loopy, simply give it some thought, Kyrie can’t play, however he can sit within the stands, proper, like a fan. And, then, as a fan, what occurs if he will get picked to take the half-court shot to win the automobile? Can he try this? What are these guidelines, how does it work?” he joked.

New York Metropolis lifted its indoor vaccination requirement on Mar. 7, together with masks mandates at indoor companies and faculties. 

Whereas discussing the rollbacks at a press convention earlier this month, Adams was requested by a reporter the way it was truthful {that a} vacationer from one other state could be allowed to go to no matter restaurant they needed, whereas a firefighter or EMS employee who misplaced their job over the vaccine requirement would not be getting their job again.

“The court docket of legislation stated it’s truthful … That’s the nation we dwell in,” Adams responded, noting that the rollbacks got here from a court docket ruling.

Eric Adams speaks throughout a Feb. 15, 2022, press convention (YouTube/ New York Metropolis)
(YouTube/ New York Metropolis)

Adams said final month that the rule stopping Irving from enjoying was “unfair,” because it nonetheless allowed unvaccinated visiting group gamers to play. Nonetheless, he added that altering the rule now would ship “blended messages.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver additionally chimed in on the rule final month, telling ESPN that it “doesn’t fairly make sense.”

Fox Information’ Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.