Gov. Pritzker extends Illinois stay-at-home order until May 30th, masks required in public

mystateline ^ | 04/23/2020 | n/a

[ChicagoConservative27]

CHICAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday he is extending the state’s stay-at-home order until May 30th and requiring residents to wear masks in public.

In addition, the governor said wearing masks in public would be a requirement for all Illinois residents.

The stay-at-home order was originally set to expire on April 30th.

“On our current trajectory, the state is projected to see a peak or plateau of deaths per day between late April and early May, but if the stay at home order were lifted this week, the model anticipates a second wave of the outbreak in Illinois starting in May, which would claim tens of thousands of lives and greatly exceed the state’s hospital capacity,” the Governor said.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Mr, i go by science! Lost me my job and of six years this week and i am forced on unemployment. I have never been so down in my life up until now.

[gibsonguy]

This guy gives scumbags a bad name.

[Ann Archy]

NAZI POWER HUNGRY PIG!

[albie]

” tens of thousands of lives and greatly exceed the state’s hospital capacity,”

...this is the same formula they use for climate change. Every month it’ll “get worse”. Kill time. Get scared suckers on board.

[null and void]

Ain't gonna happen.

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

The false positive rate was 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's or one old fart’s life, it's worth it.

[kabar]

Won’t stand.

[1Old Pro]

That should be encouraging to people in the state /s

My anecdotal observations indicates that March 15th is going to be close to being target for most openings.

[glennaro]

If I lived in Illinois outside the murder-city of Chicago of course — and I thank a merciful God that I do not — I would ignore whatever this faux-king governor said and take my chances with the faux-king governor’s private army to catch me.

[EC Washington]

Billionaire Governor Fred Flinstone lied to the people of Illinois. Nothing new for Jelly Belly. Born into the Hyatt Hotel Chain, the Governor has never had to work.

Huge rally planned by Re-Open Illinois on May 1 in Springfield. Jelly Belly will be hiding in his Multi-Million dollar house in Chicago that he pays no taxes on.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

There won’t be many businesses left by then.

[Jane Long]

Hey, IL.....you are getting what you voted for. Just like NYC and NY.

The Pritzker family is corrupt....sister Penny is an 0bama lackey.

[null and void]

I went 6-1/2 years without a paycheck. It was hard, but I got through it.

Hang in there.

[budj]

Here's your face mask with instructions, JabBa!

[silverleaf]

Just keeping more of you sheltered now so you catch the WuFlu next fall during regular flu season!

[Jane Long]

My anecdotal observations indicates that March 15th is going to be close to being target for most openings.

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March 15th??? Of 2021??

[libertymaker]

There are many counties in southern, central and western Illinois that do not have a single death. These citizens desperately want to get back to work.

Cook county folks can likely telework and will not lose their jobs. For most other counties, the people need to show up at their shops in order to keep their jobs.

Pritzker is just a complete idiot for not making the shutdown apply only to the northeast corner of the state, where 90% of the cases are.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Trump brilliantly ignored calls to nationalize the lockdown and let these Rat Governors and Mayors hang themselves.

[1Old Pro]

March 15th??? Of 2021??

No, in about two weeks. Many states are seeing their numbers plateau, so they can expect 14 days of decline in about two weeks thus opening Phase 1.

[Black Agnes]

Our relative in rural IL is not happy.

He’s a high tech employee, so working from home. His neighbors are farmers, they’re busy in the fields.

Main inconvenience for him is haircuts and the little local diner they frequent. That may or may not survive this.