Protesters Call for Chicago to Reinstate Mask Mandate Due to Rising COVID Cases

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A number of Chicago residents stood together in the Little Village neighborhood Sunday, pleading for the city to reinstate its COVID-19 mask mandate to prevent a possible surge following another uptick in cases.

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, of the city's 25th Ward, along with members of the People's Response Network, expressed concerns about mask mandates being lifted locally and nationwide.

In late February, both the state of Illinois and city of Chicago rescinded their mask mandates after sustained decreases in the number of new cases and hospitalizations. Protesters argue Chicago's Department of Public Health didn't do a good job at handling the pandemic and said the city's Black and Brown communities are still at risk. The group also presented a list of demands, including reintroducing the mask mandate across the city and in Chicago Public Schools.

 

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The insanity must stop.

Cloth Can Stop A Virus, That Floppy Thing ?

Here's a list of our demands for chicagosmayor ChiCouncil ChiPublicHealth ChiPubSchools!

5 people. Huge story. Get out of here.

Do on your own risk 😷 or no 😷

Making sure the sheep fall in line are you with those numbers.

Seriously. Are these people nuts?

NBC bahahaha whatajoke

Wow 4 whole people

Good luck wit that!

They’re protesting bc their communities have high rates. What are they doing to get their community vaccinated, instead of trying to push a citywide initiative?

Sit down, shut up. His constituents have spoken by not taking the vaccines. He just wants to get some of the spotlight

Maybe we should put up a fence around Little Village to make sure nobody goes in!

How many is, “a number?”

Let them protest. Not gonna do nothin’

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