Hours after Lightfoot announces new COVID-19 restrictions, Birx warns during Chicago visit that closing public spaces won’t be enough – Chicago Tribune*

“It won’t be as simple as closing public spaces because public spaces … were very safe over the summer and probably remain safe,” White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said. “This is really something that has happened in the last three to four weeks. What has happened in the last three to four weeks is that people have moved their social gatherings indoors.”