{"id":1144200,"date":"2021-12-22T22:49:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T03:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1144200"},"modified":"2021-12-22T22:49:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T03:49:35","slug":"chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-defends-maskless-lollapalooza-but-demands-masks-on-public-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-defends-maskless-lollapalooza-but-demands-masks-on-public-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Defends Maskless Lollapalooza But Demands Masks on Public Transportation"},"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\">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%2Fchicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-defends-maskless-lollapalooza-but-demands-masks-on-public-transportation%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=1144200&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--><p class=\"subheading\">Amid concerns that Lollapalooza would turn into a superspreader event, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) has defended&nbsp;the city\u2019s decision to hold the annual music festival without a mask mandate while reiterating her demand for masks on all forms of public transportation.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference on Sunday, Lightfoot said&nbsp;90 percent of Lollapalooza attendees had been vaccinated. She also&nbsp;noted that the event was outdoors and required proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test.<\/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 spent a tremendous amount of time working with the \u2018Lolla\u2019 folks to make sure that we incentivize people to get vaccinated,\u201d she said, <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2021\/08\/01\/mayor-lightfoot-lollapalooza-safety-precautions-cta-trains-masks\/\">according<\/a> to CBS 2 Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Lollapalooza, which kicked off Thursday and ran through Sunday, was expected to draw more than 100,000 attendees. Video of one event that went viral showed an enormous crowd of fans packed together in what appeared to be Chicago\u2019s Grant Park.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Delta Covid Variant thanks the Lollapalooza very much. Holy shit. \ud83d\ude29<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XOyHBVOHu1\">pic.twitter.com\/XOyHBVOHu1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRickyDavila\/status\/1421936466247131136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagosmayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chicagosmayor<\/a> Lightfoot be blamed for approving a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> super-spreader event this weekend \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lollapalooza?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lollapalooza<\/a> , three days of music euphoria with a huge, mask-less crowd? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zLXUs77vFb\">pic.twitter.com\/zLXUs77vFb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Laurie_Garrett\/status\/1421883968153165835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Multiple outlets reported Lightfoot herself was seen mingling maskless at a Lollapalooza event with celebrities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Everyone knows covid takes a vacation during Lollapalooza.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xnIT8Z4IU0\">https:\/\/t.co\/xnIT8Z4IU0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuckSexton\/status\/1422198185175441413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the festival\u2019s vaccination requirement, some believe the event could still cause the coronavirus to spread due to overcrowded conditions on public transportation to and from the festival as well as lax on-site vaccine verification.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17344314\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP_21212019326758.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17344314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP_21212019326758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A general view of the crowd on day two of the Lollapalooza music festival on Friday, July 30, 2021, at Grant Park in Chicago. (Rob Grabowski\/Invision\/AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>CBS 2 Chicago <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2021\/08\/01\/mayor-lightfoot-lollapalooza-safety-precautions-cta-trains-masks\/\">reported<\/a> on Chicago Transit Authority trains that were packed with maskless festival-goers in direct violation of the city\u2019s order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not get on public transportation in this city without a mask. Do not,\u201d Lightfoot said, adding, \u201cI hope that we don\u2019t have to get to a point where we\u2019re writing people tickets, but if we need to get the word out and to make sure that people are complaint, we absolutely will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/technology\/video-of-lollapolooza-s-lax-vaccine-checks-spark-covid-spread-fears\/ar-AAMQPlU\">reported<\/a> on a video appearing to show the slack checking of vaccination cards at the entry point to Lollapalooza, raising fears that the event may still turn into a superspreader.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid concerns that Lollapalooza would turn into a superspreader event, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) has defended\u00a0the city\u2019s decision to hold the annual music festival without a mask mandate while &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"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-1144200","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\/1144200","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1144200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144200\/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=1144200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1144200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1144200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}