As Illinois’ public health department now wants residents to mask up indoors in public places, restaurant owners worry mandates may return next week with COVID-19 cases rising
to blast an Atlanta restaurant’s “no vax, no service” stance.
Sounding like he did last year during the peak of the outbreak before scientists had developed vaccines, Toia repeated that public safety and the health of customers and restaurant workers remained the association’s No. 1 priority.for shoppers. Store ownership was worried about the delta variant and put up signs asking customers to mask up in mid-July.
Restaurants are waiting for Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker to take action before changing policy. If the delta variant leads to stricter mandates, Toia says the federal government will need to. Restaurant lobbyists are pushing the Biden camp to take action. Toia says only two-third of applicants received funds: “It’s been a rough 15 months,” Toia says.
Echoing city officials, Toia says vaccinations are the solution. About 51 percent of Chicagoans are fully vaccinated and Toia wants to see that number increase.— Chicago-based Grubhub was working with the city to provide gift cards as incentives to get residents vaccinated. However, at her Tuesday news conference Chicago public health commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said they’ve swapped Grubhub for $25 Visa gift cards.
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