{"id":1139138,"date":"2021-12-21T19:49:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T00:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1139138"},"modified":"2021-12-21T19:49:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T00:49:26","slug":"omicron-chaos-chicago-joins-boston-nyc-in-barring-unvaccinated-from-restaurants-bars-gyms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/omicron-chaos-chicago-joins-boston-nyc-in-barring-unvaccinated-from-restaurants-bars-gyms\/","title":{"rendered":"Omicron Chaos: Chicago Joins Boston, NYC in Barring Unvaccinated from Restaurants, Bars, Gyms\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fomicron-chaos-chicago-joins-boston-nyc-in-barring-unvaccinated-from-restaurants-bars-gyms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1139138&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-is-requirement-police-officers-declare-covid-19-vaccin-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The city of Chicago joined Boston this week in barring unvaccinated residents from restaurants, bars, gyms amid omicron fears.<\/p>\n<p>As the omicron chaos continues to bedevil President Biden\u2019s promise to shut down the virus, Democrat-controlled cities are beginning to instate harsh restrictions on those who do not wish to get the jab.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1473390994372673542?s=20\">said:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have been living vaccine-free, your time is up. If you wish to live life with the ease to do the things you love, you must be vaccinated. This health order may pose an inconvenience to the unvaccinated, and in fact it is inconvenient by design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new restrictions may negatively impact the local Chicago labor market and President Biden\u2019s reeling economy. Inflation is at a 40 year high.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.5932203389831\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a> promised to &#8220;shut down the virus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He FAILED. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GNd7lzMdDX\">pic.twitter.com\/GNd7lzMdDX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NRCC (@NRCC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRCC\/status\/1473304907805515783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) \u201chas said she is determined to curb&nbsp;the winter surge of coronavirus cases driven by the Omicron variant&nbsp;without forcing Chicago restaurants to close their dining rooms again or reimpose capacity limits,\u201d the <em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/city-hall\/2021\/12\/21\/22848156\/vaccination-vaccine-required-chicago-restaurants-employees-lightfoot-covid-coronavirus-toia\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois Restaurant Association President Sam Toia told the <em>Sun-Times<\/em> that he is opposed to such measures until January 3 after the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Toia also suggested the city\u2019s mandates should not apply to restaurant employees due to staffing shortages that many small businesses are feeling due to Biden\u2019s coronavirus relief package in March, which paid people not to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually in a dining room, a wait person has like a four-table station. Right now, they\u2019re doing six- or seven-table stations. That\u2019s why people are waiting longer\u201d for service, Toia explained.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf you lose more people, what is the wait supposed to do a 10-table station? It ain\u2019t happening . . . You go out to eat for the food. But you come back for the service,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago is not the only Democrat-controlled city with unvaccinated bans.<\/p>\n<p>Boston <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/21\/boston-bans-unvaccinated-from-bars-restaurants-gyms-theaters-sports-arenas\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;Monday it would create a passport system to force vaccine compliance. If a resident is not vaccinated in Boston, they will be unable to use the gym, attend theaters, and drink at bars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfortunate that, once again, private businesses are being placed in the unenviable position of having to enforce another government health directive,\u201d State Director for NFIB in Massachusetts, Christopher Carlozzi, stated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.8410041841004\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chuck Todd on Biden&#8217;s new at home test policy:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis issue of having tests available to everybody who wants it has been a promise made, but not a promise kept.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kQ01CWmJPu\">pic.twitter.com\/kQ01CWmJPu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The First (@TheFirstonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFirstonTV\/status\/1473363640136966144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>New York City has instituted even harsher unvaccinated restrictions. After December 27, no unvaccinated worker may work from the office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got omicron as a new factor, we\u2019ve got the colder weather, which is really going to create additional challenges with the delta variant, we\u2019ve got holiday gatherings,\u201d Mayor de Blasio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/06\/covid-vaccine-new-york-city-imposes-shot-mandate-for-all-private-sector-employers.html\">told<\/a> MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe in New York City have decided to use a preemptive strike to really do something bold to stop the further growth of Covid and the dangers it\u2019s causing to all of us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Chicago joined Boston this week in barring unvaccinated residents from restaurants, bars, gyms amid omicron fears. 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