Southwest IL restaurants defy COVID restrictions as positivity rate remains high – Belleville News-Democrat

“Mr. Pritzker doesn’t pay my bills,” restaurant owner Ashley Driemeyer said. “If he would like to come down here and pay them for me and then shut me down, that would be a different story. “I can’t take it anymore,” she said. “I just have too much on the line."
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Rob
3 years ago

Unfortunately, the writer of the article can’t seem to understand the obvious mistake even when he puts it into the article. Public health “experts” are idiots. A virus will have an outbreak in a community, it will not care about political boundaries. In general, respiratory viruses hit northern latitudes first and southern latitudes later. This has been known for over 200 years. The obvious mistake is locking down a community where the positivity rate is at 0.7%. The St. Louis area did not start seeing any signs of an outbreak until Mid-August. (Anyone who follows Major League Baseball could tell… Read more »

Governor of Alderaan
3 years ago

Every patriotic American, every decent human of every nationality, race, and creed has a duty to oppose this vile Dictator. Keep speaking truth to power!

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