{"id":1175580,"date":"2021-12-31T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1175580"},"modified":"2021-12-31T13:05:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T18:05:04","slug":"mayor-lightfoot-outlines-chicago-nye-covid-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-lightfoot-outlines-chicago-nye-covid-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Lightfoot outlines Chicago NYE COVID measures"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fmayor-lightfoot-outlines-chicago-nye-covid-measures%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=1175580&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 id=\"attachment_2498560\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2498560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2498560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1000-22.jpeg\" alt=\"Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a press conference at City Hall. (Anthony Vazquez\/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1000-22.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1000-22-315x210.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1000-22-656x437.jpeg 656w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1000-22-768x511.jpeg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2498560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a press conference at City Hall. (Anthony Vazquez\/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:47 AM PT \u2013 Friday, December 31, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>In an effort to reaffirm her commitment to public safety Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot outlined the health precautions for the city\u2019s New Year\u2019s eve celebrations. During a Wednesday press conference, the mayor announced the city would be holding its largest firework show ever after suspending the spectacle last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat voiced her belief that COVID is the largest obstacle inhibiting a safe New Year for Chicagoans. Luckily, Lightfoot stated that she is holding the festivities where COVID is least effective: the great outdoors.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cNumber one, let\u2019s keep in mind it\u2019s outdoors and there was a conscious decision made, not only obviously that it\u2019s outdoors, but to spread it out so we don\u2019t have massive crowds gathering in one place.\u201d she stated. \u201cSo people have to be smart, recognize that the pandemic is still with us, that the Omicron variant is real and that they ought to do everything that they can to make sure that they protect yourself.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mayor Lightfoot decided to use her time at the podium to promote COVID vaccines and boosters, which have been proven to be much less effective against Omicron than previous strains.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cIf you\u2019re planning on ringing in the New Year with loved ones in an indoor setting, not only is it vital to be vaccinated and boosted, but also to know your own COVID 19 status,\u201d she continued. \u201cThat\u2019s why, as Dr. Arwady will explain in more detail shortly, we are recommending to everyone, even those who are vaccinated, to consider getting a COVID 19 test before gathering indoors with a large group.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In an effort to drive home her message, Lighfoot brought the city\u2019s public health commissioner, Dr. Allison Arwady, on stage to highlight Chicago\u2019s rising case rates.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cI have bad news when when we look at our COVID case rates in Chicago; our case rates are rising sharply,\u201d said Arwady. \u201cJust like nationally, just like across the state of Illinois, here in Chicago our COVID cases right now are higher than they have ever been.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although the Omicron variant has been shown to be far more transmissible than previous COVID strains, it retains a single digit death toll nationally. Meanwhile, Chicago has suffered more than 800 homicides and over 4,000 shootings in 2021 in addition to a surge in smash-and-grab robberies after Lightfoot proposed to cut $80 million from police funding the previous year<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We didn\u2019t want it to get to this point, but given the situation we find ourselves in, we have no choice.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning Jan. 3, you must show proof you are fully vax&#8217;d to enter bars, restaurants, fitness centers, and entertainment\/recreational venues where food\/drink are served. \ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zelw59mXQ1\">https:\/\/t.co\/Zelw59mXQ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagosmayor\/status\/1473380803274895360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The mayor let Chicagoans know she\u2019s focusing on their safety by instituting a vaccine passport for various venues starting January 3.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/john-mclaughlin-democrats-will-have-brutal-primaries-in-2022\/\">John McLaughlin: Democrats Will Have Brutal Primaries In 2022<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"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-1175580","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\/1175580","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\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1175580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175580\/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=1175580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1175580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1175580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}