Mayor Lori Lightfoot marked the 2 years since the COVID pandemic began and the city of Chicago locked down, leaving streets eerily empty.
It has been a very hard, very challenging two years for so many people. Nearly 7,600 Chicagoans have died from COVID-related causes. The early days of the pandemic and lockdown are unforgettable; the empty streets in the Loop made Chicago look like a ghost town.But as the city emerges from the pandemic, the mayor sees hope.
West Side pastor Marshall Hatch has lost at least eight members of his congregation to COVID, along with his own sister Rhoda who died from the virus at age 73 on April 4, 2020.Hatch said there has been plenty of grief, but he's seen the fellowship in his church deepen. Mayor Lightfoot praised front line workers who labored through the pandemic and community partners who helped keep people safe. She credited the vaccine with helping the city get to this point, but she bemoaned the lingering lack of buy-in from the Black community.
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