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Chicago will drop mask and proof-of-vaccine mandates at the end of the month; Cook County follows suit
chicagotribune.com/ ^ | 02/22/2022 | Gregory Pratt

Posted on 02/22/2022 11:06:56 PM PST by BenLurkin

Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that Chicago will drop its mask mandate for most settings, as well as its proof-of-vaccination mandate at restaurants, bars and other indoor establishments, at the end of the month, reflecting a renewed hope for normalcy in the city as COVID-19 cases continue dropping from alarming highs.

The moves bring Chicago in line with Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement earlier this month that he will lift his mask requirement for most indoor public places at the end of February should the state’s most recent and largest COVID-19 surge continue to subside.

Cook County’s public health department, which covers most of the county’s suburbs, announced it would follow suit, lifting its general mask mandate and proof-of-vaccine requirement on Monday, as well as its requirement that employees of establishments such as restaurants and gyms be vaccinated or submit to weekly COVID-19 testing.

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


TOPICS: US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; cookcounty; covid; mandates; masks; vaccine

1 posted on 02/22/2022 11:06:56 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Elections, elections, elections.

The polls must be horrible.

2 posted on 02/22/2022 11:13:34 PM PST by DallasBiff (Lautenberg The Forefather of "The Nanny State!")
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To: BenLurkin
If they defund the police, then they have no one to enforce the mask mandate.
3 posted on 02/23/2022 12:18:18 AM PST by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: BenLurkin

Sorry, too late. People will remember who the covid fascists were in November.


4 posted on 02/23/2022 12:18:45 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: BenLurkin

Honk Honk.


5 posted on 02/23/2022 12:27:41 AM PST by conservative98
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To: BenLurkin

Uncovered


6 posted on 02/23/2022 12:29:28 AM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: BiglyCommentary

Can’t unring the bell!


7 posted on 02/23/2022 12:40:30 AM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: BenLurkin

When will Los Angeles county in Calif do so? !!!


8 posted on 02/23/2022 1:21:26 AM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more hash brown patties! )
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To: BenLurkin

Except for her.

Mandatory.


9 posted on 02/23/2022 1:22:15 AM PST by period end of story (Give me a firm spot, and I will move the world.)
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To: BenLurkin

The Covid virus told the Mayor it it going to take a break at the end of the month, but for the rest of the month......LOOK OUT!!!!

STUPID Sheeple!!!!!!!!!!


10 posted on 02/23/2022 1:32:14 AM PST by afchief
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To: conservative98

It looks like Justine Truduh may be the last petty tyrant standing on the mandate issues. He is going to look a complete fool when he caves in to reality and drops federal Canadian mandates after all he has put the truckers and their supporters through.

Never forget, Canadian voters.


11 posted on 02/23/2022 1:34:04 AM PST by Cecily
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To: BenLurkin

But publik skrewl kids will still be muzzled.

And you’ll still be required to wear a muzzle in healthcare settings, but somehow even muzzles that comes in boxes that warn NOT FOR USE IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS are just fine.


12 posted on 02/23/2022 2:37:49 AM PST by mewzilla (God bless Canada's Freedom Truckers!)
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To: minnesota_bound

“When will Los Angeles county in Calif do so? !!!”

Your guess is as good as mine.

You would think that as a resident of LA county I would have a better idea of when the county will end this idiocy, but I’m sorry to say the people in charge here are just as idiotic and insane as the douche nozzle in charge of Canada.

Tyrants never willingly cede authority and power. It must eventually be torn away from their grubby little hands.


13 posted on 02/23/2022 3:36:58 AM PST by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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To: BenLurkin

Free the school children. Throw the masks in the trash can. Tell the union where to go.


14 posted on 02/23/2022 4:01:50 AM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: BenLurkin

...so the virus is deadly and you need a mask until February 28, then the virus disappears on March 1 and all is well?


15 posted on 02/23/2022 4:25:51 AM PST by wny ( )
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To: BenLurkin

The polling must be disastrous for them !


16 posted on 02/23/2022 4:45:02 AM PST by Baldwin77 (If you put anything into my body WITHOUT my consent, IT IS RAPE.)
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To: BenLurkin

The mandates will be back immediately after the elections.


17 posted on 02/23/2022 4:53:58 AM PST by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: Carl Vehse

Not if these tyrants don’t make it back into office. Never forget, voters!


18 posted on 02/23/2022 5:32:32 AM PST by Cecily
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To: Baldwin77

More likely their projected tax receipts...people are either going to the collar counties to shop and eat out, or simply doing neither.

I can report that I was out and about in both Chicago and suburban restaurant districts during the midday lunch period a few weeks ago...from both street traffic and what I could see through the windows, things were D-E-A-D.


19 posted on 02/23/2022 7:21:30 AM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
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To: Qui is

It is now this friday! The gov’t still wants stores to ask for proof of vaccinations... We’ll see.


20 posted on 02/23/2022 1:28:48 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more hash brown patties! )
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