{"id":937270,"date":"2021-10-29T12:43:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T16:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=937270"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:43:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T16:43:45","slug":"illinois-mayor-defies-gov-j-b-pritzkers-mask-mandate-we-are-following-the-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-mayor-defies-gov-j-b-pritzkers-mask-mandate-we-are-following-the-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Mayor Defies Gov. J.B. Pritzker&#039;s Mask Mandate: &#039;We Are Following the Science&#039;"},"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%2Fillinois-mayor-defies-gov-j-b-pritzkers-mask-mandate-we-are-following-the-science%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=937270&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\">One Illinois mayor is defying Gov. J.B. Pritzker\u2019s (D) statewide mask mandate, lifting the requirement and making it optional.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Craig Johnson of Elk Grove Village is not enforcing the governor\u2019s order, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinois.gov\/government\/executive-orders\/executive-order.executive-order-number-20.2021.html\">requires<\/a> those two and older to wear a mask when in indoor public areas.<\/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 have Amita Alexian Brothers right here in Elk Grove \u2026 hundreds of thousands of people a year go to that hospital and we watch the daily numbers,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/coronavirus\/mayor-of-northwest-suburb-defies-pritzkers-order-drops-mask-mandate\/\">explained<\/a>. \u201cAnd the daily numbers I\u2019ve been tracking in the single digits for months.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\" readability=\"45.526748971193\">\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/illinois-covid-mask-mandate-elk-grove-village-masks-mayor\/11178818\/\">ABC 7<\/a>, there are currently seven coronavirus patients at that hospital, none of whom are on ventilators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are following the science. That\u2019s our key,\u201d he said, questioning the governor\u2019s line of logic forcing areas with low infection rates to mask up.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18518850\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/10\/637617688528330000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18518850 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/637617688528330000-200x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Craig Johnson\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Craig Johnson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnd the science has said, according to the governor last spring. Once you drop below 5 percent, he\u2019d open up. Well today we are at 1.6, 1.7 percent. Why aren\u2019t we opening?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\" readability=\"54.805970149254\">\n<p>The mayor also noted this week that the village has held a number of events without any coronavirus breakouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to start moving on. We\u2019re as safe as we can be. If you want to wear a mask, wear a mask,\u201d Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/illinois-covid-mask-mandate-elk-grove-village-masks-mayor\/11178818\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cBut it\u2019s time to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pritzker reinstated the mask mandate in late August and has shown no signs of lifting the mandate.&nbsp;Dr. Allison Arwady of Chicago\u2019s health department said they will have a \u201cbetter sense by, I think, Thanksgiving\u201d on whether they will lift the mandate.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/19\/no-sign-of-chicago-mask-mandate-ending-better-sense-by-thanksgiving\/\">suggested<\/a> masks are \u201cpart\u201d of the reason places can currently remain open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIllinois is doing much better than all of the states around us from a COVID perspective. That\u2019s not an accident,\u201d Arwady <a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2021\/10\/28\/chicago-covid-cases-still-need-to-drop-before-mask-mandate-can-end-top-doc-says\/\">claimed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no intention of changing what we\u2019ve been doing all along, which is sticking to the best evidence that we have for things that have [allowed] us to stay open,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Illinois mayor is defying Gov. J.B. Pritzker\u2019s (D) statewide mask mandate, lifting the requirement and making it optional. 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