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Lori Lightfoot: “I get that people are scared. This Omicron surge is real. And we're doing everything that we can across our city to…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2022
I get that people are scared. This Omicron surge is real. And we're doing everything that we can across our city to mitigate it.
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Lori Lightfoot
Democratic · Illinois

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Lightfoot acknowledges the concerns surrounding the Omicron surge while advocating for students to return to school.

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