Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says that business owners in her city are 'grateful' that she imposed a vaccine mandate for restaurants and other venues as the city attempts to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.
"While we’re not seeing the kind of severe outcomes that we had feared, the fact of the matter is we have massive community spread," Lightfoot, a Democrat,CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Tuesday. "Which means people are getting sick. People aren’t able to go to work. And our hospitals are filling up, particularly with people who are unvaccinated. So we’re taking these steps as a mitigation effort.
The initial announcement was met with public skepticism from some in the Chicago restaurant industry. Mary Kay Tuzi, owner of Chicago’s Twin Anchors restaurant, said the vaccine mandate will cost her money in the long run. The vaccine mandate has also sparked some protests in Chicago led by those who feel the mandate went too far."Separating vaccinated and unvaccinated children is unjust, unnecessary, and does not even work," said a flyer asking residents to join the protest,CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - NOVEMBER 12: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot gets a COVID-19 booster vaccine
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