{"id":1141339,"date":"2021-12-22T09:19:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141339"},"modified":"2021-12-22T09:19:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:19:35","slug":"your-time-is-up-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-bans-unvaccinated-from-restaurants-bars-gyms-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/your-time-is-up-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-bans-unvaccinated-from-restaurants-bars-gyms-theaters\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Your Time Is Up&#039;: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Bans Unvaccinated from Restaurants, Bars, Gyms, Theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fyour-time-is-up-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-bans-unvaccinated-from-restaurants-bars-gyms-theaters%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=1141339&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\/Lori-Lightfoot-Stay-Home-mask-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced on Tuesday the city will soon be implementing a new vaccine passport system that will bar the unvaccinated from bars, restaurants, theaters, and other indoor venues.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lightfoot, Chicagoans will have to show proof of vaccination by January 3, and it will \u201cremain in effect until the City deems that the threat of COVID-19 to public health has diminished significantly.\u201d<\/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>\u201cWe didn\u2019t want it to get to this point, but given the situation we find ourselves in, we have no choice,\u201d Lightfoot tweeted as she shared the new decree from the Chicago Department of Public Health.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hospitalizations in the city are at their highest since our surge last winter. Deaths are at a higher rate than we have seen in months.<\/p>\n<p>On top of all this, we can expect a post-holiday surge in cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagosmayor\/status\/1473380805174980610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking to the unvaccinated, Lightfoot issued a curt warning: \u201cTime is up.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTo put it simply, if you have been living vaccine-free, your time is up,\u201d she said. \u201cIf you wish to live life as w\/the ease to do the things you love, you must be vax\u2019d. This health order may pose an inconvenience to the unvaccinated, and in fact it is inconvenient by design.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To put it simply, if you have been living vaccine-free, your time is up. If you wish to live life as w\/the ease to do the things you love, you must be vax&#8217;d.<\/p>\n<p>This health order may pose an inconvenience to the unvaccinated, and in fact it is inconvenient by design.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagosmayor\/status\/1473382110576594948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the Chicago Department of Public Health, children as young as five will have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/sites\/covid19-vaccine\/home\/chi-vaccine-requirement.html\">show<\/a> proof of vaccination. CDPH Commissioner Dr.&nbsp;Allison Arwady <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/coronavirus\/mayor-lightfoot-expected-to-make-announcement-on-covid-19-response\/\">told<\/a> WGN&nbsp;that the new requirement will create a \u201cmuch safer indoor environment\u201d even though evidence shows that vaccination status does not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/19\/triple-vaccinated-sen-elizabeth-warren-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/\">stop<\/a> viral infection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis new requirement will not eliminate COVID risk, but it will help ensure a much safer indoor environment for fully vaccinated Chicagoans, as well as for the employees working in these higher-risk settings. As we head further into the winter months, we must take this step now,\u201d Arwady said.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Karr, president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/city-hall\/2021\/12\/21\/22848156\/vaccination-vaccine-required-chicago-restaurants-employees-lightfoot-covid-coronavirus-toia\">called<\/a> it a \u201cpretty measured approach,\u201d since the order will allow unvaccinated citizens to enter an establishment for up to ten minutes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is all about taking your mask off or drinking or in a gym situation to work out,\u201d Karr said.<\/p>\n<p>Weekly testing will be <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/city-hall\/2021\/12\/21\/22848156\/vaccination-vaccine-required-chicago-restaurants-employees-lightfoot-covid-coronavirus-toia\">available<\/a> for employees, according to the <em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Vaccinated individuals will still be required to wear masks. According to WGN, Chicago is \u201cnow averaging more than 1,700 new COVID cases in Chicago residents every day, a 79% increase from one week ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chicago\u2019s new vaccine passport system was announced just one day after Boston Mayor Michelle Wu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/21\/boston-bans-unvaccinated-from-bars-restaurants-gyms-theaters-sports-arenas\/\">announced<\/a> that the unvaccinated will be banned from various indoor businesses come 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVaccination is the most powerful tool we have to fight this pandemic,\u201d&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2021\/12\/20\/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-announces-vaccine-mandate-for-restaurants-gyms-sports-venues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">said<\/a> Wu&nbsp;when announcing her new policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced on Tuesday the city will soon be implementing a new vaccine passport system that will bar the unvaccinated from bars, restaurants, theaters, and other indoor &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1141339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1141339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1141339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}