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The COVID-19 public health emergency ends today. Here’s what it means for Illinois residents.
Chicago Tribune ^ | May 11, 2023 | Lisa Schencker, Hank Sanders and Dan Petrella

Posted on 05/11/2023 6:02:21 AM PDT by Salman

More than three years after COVID-19 first sowed death and disruption, state and federal pandemic-related emergencies are officially ending Thursday.

The end of the emergency declarations will bring a slew of changes to state and federal requirements and programs related to COVID-19. The changes come now that hospitals are no longer overflowing with COVID-19 patients and daily deaths across the country have dropped.

“The reason it’s no longer considered an emergency is we now have vaccines, we have treatments, we have adequate testing capabilities,” said Dr. John Segreti, hospital epidemiologist at Rush University Medical Center. “It’s no longer the same situation we were in in March of 2020, but that does not mean that COVID is gone.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: covid; tyranny
I live in Illinois, and was under the impression the emergency had been over for a while.

But I still do see some folks wearing their masks, and I expect they still will not stop. And of course "covid is never gone".

So TPTB have established a precedent, and no war crimes trials.

1 posted on 05/11/2023 6:02:21 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

That was a loooooooooong two weeks.

Safe and effective.


2 posted on 05/11/2023 6:07:06 AM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: Salman

We have the untested, ineffective vaccine with the life ending side effects.


3 posted on 05/11/2023 6:09:45 AM PDT by cp124 (80% of everything is fake or a lie.)
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To: Salman

It took 3 “reporters” to tell us something that was obvious once the 2020 election was done.


4 posted on 05/11/2023 6:13:57 AM PDT by IncPen ("Inside of every progressive is a Totalitarian screaming to get out" ~ David Horowitz)
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To: Salman

A few weeks ago, we tested positive for Covid, it was like a really bad head cold.
I’m glad to report that two days ago, we tested negative. It’s going to be around for a while, but at least it’s not a huge crisis anymore, and we weathered it w/out any serious issues.


5 posted on 05/11/2023 6:16:19 AM PDT by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
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To: Salman

I got covid right after Easter....I was back at about 75% 4 days later. For me it felt like the flu.

About the time I got to feeling better my wife got sick. She didn’t fare as well as I did and I contribute that to my exercise regimen.

Since covid hit we had been very aware of where we were, who we were around and kept up our personal hygiene practices like hand sanitizer and washing our hands frequently.....unfortunately we dropped our guard and bam......we had gone to a memorial service at a church four days before I got sick and we’re almost positive that’s where I caught it.

If we’d have been vigilant I doubt we’d have caught it.

Having said all that, even after getting covid we will continue to refuse to get a little tested experimental shot.


6 posted on 05/11/2023 6:17:16 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Salman

We would have reached natural herd imminity a long time ago if they had just left us alone.


7 posted on 05/11/2023 6:19:06 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE
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To: Salman

So glad I left the land of corruption, high taxes and ridiculous mandates (aka Illinois) in 2021.


8 posted on 05/11/2023 6:19:37 AM PDT by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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To: telescope115

It’s different for everybody.

My wife had a fever for at least 8 days, as high as 101.8. Also, one day her blood pressure dropped out to 88/60......I was very close to taking her to the ER at that point but it stabilized a few hours later.


9 posted on 05/11/2023 6:21:13 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan

Don’t tell me, let me guess.....your in Florida now right?


10 posted on 05/11/2023 6:21:56 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

I never checked my temp, but it never felt like I had a fever.
Back in early 2020, I believe we had it then, we had fevers and respiratory problems, there was no testing available at the time.
Not bad enough to be hospitalized.


11 posted on 05/11/2023 6:34:04 AM PDT by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

The vaccine, which was a leaky vaccine, I believe, extended covid by creating new variants much faster.

Here’s an article stating leaky vaccines speed up the spread...all done to keep us in fear and more lockdowns:

http://epidemics.psu.edu/articles/view/leaky-vaccines-promote-the-transmission-of-more-virulent-virus


12 posted on 05/11/2023 6:44:41 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: Salman
More than three years after COVID-19 first sowed death and disruption, state and federal pandemic-related emergencies are officially ending Thursday.

The fear-mongering in this first sentence is unreal!
13 posted on 05/11/2023 7:00:59 AM PDT by systemjim ( Lifetime Lover of Music)
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To: V_TWIN

I wish... northern Indiana.


14 posted on 05/11/2023 7:20:13 AM PDT by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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To: Salman

Some people will wear masks the rest of their lives.


15 posted on 05/11/2023 7:32:13 AM PDT by Old Yeller
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