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Pritzker, Ezike and Arwady talk about the COVID-19 pandemic at 6 months, and look ahead to what might be next
chicagotribune ^ | 09/14/2020 | JAMIE MUNKS and GREGORY PRATT

Posted on 09/14/2020 8:36:44 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Six months after he first issued a disaster proclamation tied to the coronavirus pandemic, followed quickly by a stay-at-home order that shut down businesses and kept people inside for months, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he wouldn’t hesitate to act in similar fashion if COVID-19 cases bloom exponentially this fall.

“We were the second state in the United States by a few hours, I think, to put a stay-at-home order in and if we needed to do that, the answer is, it worked," Pritzker told the Tribune in an interview earlier this month about the state’s response to the pandemic at its six-month mark. "It works, and so if we had to do that, and again we’re not there, but if we had to do that, I would not hesitate.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: covid; illinois; lockdowns; pritzker
"It works, and so if we had to do that, and again we’re not there, but if we had to do that, I would not hesitate.”

Lock downs work huh? Work at what, destroying peoples life's? He is itching to do it again in the fall with the flu coming.

1 posted on 09/14/2020 8:36:44 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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2 posted on 09/14/2020 9:24:58 AM PDT by kelly4c
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Update...

Allowing daughter to compete out-of-state, Pritzker violated his own health guidelines

3 posted on 09/28/2020 3:17:33 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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