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Chicago mayor announces new proof of COVID vaccine or test requirement for restaurants, gyms
WLS ^ | 12/21/2021 | Diane Pathieu and Craig Wall

Posted on 12/21/2021 11:58:43 AM PST by simpson96

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced new COVID mitigations Tuesday, including a vaccine requirement for indoor dining at restaurants for patrons and workers.

People going out to eat will have to bring in more than just their masks and wallets starting January 3.

The city of Chicago will start requiring customers and restaurant workers to also provide proof of vaccination or proof of a negative COVID test.

This new mitigation effort is aimed at stemming the spread of the omicron variant, which the CDC now says is responsible for 73% of all new COVID cases.

"I think it'll make people feel safe," said customer Larry Knight. "It makes me feel safer. So I would think there are a lot of likeminded people out there like me.

The "get tested" or "show proof of vaccination" requirement may indeed make more people feel comfortable going out to eat. But one restaurant owner is concerned that it could also have the opposite effect and further hurt their business.

"It is frightening thinking about how can this affect our business and even more than it already has, so it's a little bit frightening. But on the other end of that as just a civilian of Chicago, right, it is comforting because with the omicron cases sweeping through the United States now, I think it gives people a sense of security that when you're dining out you will be a little bit safer," said Niki Flores of Chicago's Pizza.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7chicago.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: biden; chicago; cookcounty; covid1984; ihrepapierebitte; illinois; letsgobrandon; lightfoot; lorilightfoot; mandate; mayorbeetlejuice; papersplease; pritzker; tyranny


1 posted on 12/21/2021 11:58:43 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

what is wrong with these people?

the vaccine doesn’t prevent spread!


2 posted on 12/21/2021 12:01:18 PM PST by janetjanet998
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To: simpson96
BY WHAT AUTHORITY !!!!

self imposed autocracy ?

what next ?

digital collars with built in kill switch ?

3 posted on 12/21/2021 12:02:19 PM PST by KTM rider (The COVID 19 scam is simply TERRORISM )
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To: janetjanet998

“what is wrong with these people?”

They’re stuck on stupid.


4 posted on 12/21/2021 12:03:05 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: simpson96

Will they require tests for drive by shootings too?


5 posted on 12/21/2021 12:03:52 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: simpson96

This is going to help bring in a lot tourists. Combined with the BLM smash and grabs? Yeah, pack up the kids, Honey, we’re going to downtown Chicago!

Remember when Liberals insisted that requiring IDs at the polls was racist?


6 posted on 12/21/2021 12:04:22 PM PST by Obadiah (Fauci is the golden calf of science.)
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To: simpson96

How long does a declared emergency last? It’s been 2 years.


7 posted on 12/21/2021 12:04:50 PM PST by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: simpson96

8 posted on 12/21/2021 12:06:40 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote

I am having more and more trouble caring about the hellish conditions these cities have brought on themselves. The truth is, at least for me, city life has come to suck on its best day.


9 posted on 12/21/2021 12:10:29 PM PST by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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To: Obadiah

The tourists do not need to show proof of vaxxes or masks for smash and grabs.

Crime tourism.

Win win!


10 posted on 12/21/2021 12:11:51 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: simpson96

They have thousands of kids dying of gunshot wounds every year. Far far fewer die of covid.

So what does Lightweight do? Outlaw covid.


11 posted on 12/21/2021 12:17:39 PM PST by Veto! (Political Correctness offends me)
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To: simpson96
This is from the same woman who got caught violating her own COVID-1984 diktats.
12 posted on 12/21/2021 12:33:41 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: simpson96

And the Southern Border’s still open.


13 posted on 12/21/2021 12:46:30 PM PST by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned.)
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To: janetjanet998

The death knell for Shitcago restaurants. Was in Chinatown yesterday, no mask, no F’n Vaccine.


14 posted on 12/21/2021 1:25:26 PM PST by wetgundog
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To: T.B. Yoits

15 posted on 12/21/2021 2:30:15 PM PST by Trillian
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To: simpson96

How long before Pritzker institutes this in Illinois state wide???


16 posted on 12/21/2021 7:53:48 PM PST by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: simpson96
Isn't she sweet?


17 posted on 12/22/2021 6:07:39 AM PST by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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