A spokesman for the mayor of New York City encouraged residents to get tested for COVID-19 should they cross paths with Sarah Palin.
The former Alaska governor was seen Tuesday and Wednesday dining out at restaurants after she tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, prompting a delay in her defamation lawsuit against the New York Times. This prompted Mayor Eric Adams’s spokesman, Jonah Allon, to say Palin has “shown a complete disregard for the health and safety of small business workers and her fellow patrons.”
“The city offers multiple resources to support isolation for those who test positive for COVID-19, and we encourage Ms. Palin to join the 98% of New Yorkers who report they have followed guidance on isolation and have helped New York City stop the spread,” Allon said, according to New York Daily News.
“We encourage any New Yorker who came into contact with Sarah Palin to get tested, just as we encourage all New Yorkers to get tested regularly, especially those who believe they may have been exposed to COVID-19,” he added.
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Palin, a former vice presidential candidate, visited two Italian restaurants: Campagnola and Elio’s on Tuesday, visiting Elio’s again Wednesday, Gothamist reported. Elio’s manager, Luca Guaitolini, said in a Wednesday statement that she was seated outdoors to protect the restaurant’s staff and “in accordance with the vaccine mandate.”
“We are a restaurant open to the public, and we treat civilians the same,” Guaitolini’s statement reads. Guaitolini also said Wednesday that Palin “returned to the restaurant to apologize for the fracas around her previous visit.”
The Washington Examiner contacted Campagnola for comment but has not received a response. Elio’s told the Washington Examiner it had no comment.
Palin’s lawsuit has now been pushed back to Feb. 3. She has previously opposed the COVID-19 vaccine and said last month she would only get vaccinated “over [her] dead body.”
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The mayor’s office has not responded to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
