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“Once again it’s dollars and cents over people. The pandemic does not go away just because you want it to,” said Bridgett White, a parent of two CPS students and a... #chicago #COVID19 #education
A coalition of community groups, public health advocates and parents of Chicago Public School students accused Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker of caving to political pressure to lift the mandates — and putting Black and Brown lives in danger in the process.
Among the requests, the Chicago activists want the city to require proof of vaccination for all indoor activities, like dining and shopping.
Despite the growing death toll among US children, which directly coincides with the reopening of schools, masking and other mitigation policies are being curtailed or entirely scrapped.
More than a third of all US child deaths from COVID-19 have taken place in the past three months, directly coinciding with the mass surge in cases among children due to the reopening of schools.