Gov. J.B. Pritzker teased Illinoisans in mid-October that he might lift the statewide mask mandate if new COVID-19 cases declined. But he recently pulled back on that hope, leaving Illinois as one of the few states with a statewide mask mandate.
Gov. J.B Pritzker hinted Oct. 19 Illinoisans could see the end of his statewide mask mandate by the holidays if COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations and deaths continued to decline.
But after the latest COVID-19 data revealed daily hospitalization rates across the state have plateaued ahead of winter, the governor cautioned Illinoisans he would not let them take off their masks anytime soon.
“New hospitalizations are flat. That is not a good sign. That’s not what’s happened in previous dips from surges,” Pritzker said after receiving his coronavirus booster shot Nov. 2 in Chicago.
Illinois is now the only state east of the Mississippi with a statewide indoor mask mandate for everyone over the age of 2, regardless of vaccination status. Washington, Oregon and New Mexico also have blanket mask mandates.
“We went down for a while here, but now we’ve leveled out at a level that is much higher than the summer… If the number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 is heading downward, that’s a really good sign and means that we’re, you know, getting more and more optimistic about removing indoor mask mandates outside of the schools.”
Pritzker did not specify what level COVID-19 metrics would need to reach before lifting his indoor mask mandate for all Illinoisans.
Deaths in Illinois saw a peak in early September but have been declining since then.
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It’s troubling this p.o.s has this power even more troubling that he’s in power. Complete lowlife.