Posted on 04/01/2020 1:54:55 AM PDT by PBRCat
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday she’s “very disappointed” in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for fanning the flames of fear about the spread of the coronavirus in the United States.
Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, is warning Americans to start preparing now for “the expectation that this might be bad,” triggering a severe disruption in their daily lives.
That may require what she called, “social distancing measures” that include smaller classes or closing schools, canceling meetings and conferences and allowing employees to work from home.
Lightfoot essentially accused the federal officials of fear-mongering.
With Chinatown restaurants already suffering from a dramatic decline in business tied to coronavirus fears, the last thing Chicago needs is a premature alarm from federal officials, the mayor said.
“I will candidly tell you that I was very disappointed with the comments of the CDC yesterday and members of the Trump administration around coronavirus,” Lightfoot said.
“We feel very well prepared to address this issue. And I don’t want people to take from the comments … at the federal level that, somehow, they should be worried and that we’re not prepared in this city. We absolutely are prepared.”
I want to make sure that people understand they should continue to go about their normal lives,” Lightfoot said.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...
Finally a public official calling out the fear-mongering pushed at the federal level. So different from the LA mayor, who has the entire LA County on lock down, with an incidence rate of 0.000073. Thank you Mayor Lightfoot!
The article is nearly over a month old, so what do mean by finally?
By Fran Spielman Feb 26, 2020, 12:40pm CST
If you didn’t see the PJW video on Social Distancing, it’s great. Really calls the Dems out.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3830274/posts
I think that was sarcasm
Coming from the Chicago Sun-Times, I don’t think so!
There was another thread from a guy at NBC who yapped about how it was the President’s fault for delaying action. These reporters know about, by cover up all the resistance Trump got from trying to protect us from the virus.
In that no one had done it up until she did, and no one has done it since...
I meant rennes templar’s post
this
“Finally a public official calling out the fear-mongering pushed at the federal level. So different from the LA mayor, who has the entire LA County on lock down, with an incidence rate of 0.000073. Thank you Mayor Lightfoot!
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was I think sarcastic.
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