'Chicago moving into the Medium Level does not mean a citywide mask mandate, restrictions on public gatherings, or reinstatement of vaccination requirements at this time,' Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said.
mean a citywide mask mandate, restrictions on public gatherings, or reinstatement of vaccination requirements at this time," Arwady said."With the way the current COVID variants are behaving, those are measures we would consider if we reached the High COVID-19 community level—which we aren't close to reaching in Chicago right now. But we obviously don't want to get there, and exercising some more caution now will help us keep COVID in control in Chicago.
, but Dr. Emily Landon, an infectious disease expert with the University of Chicago Medicine, says that's less about that rare side effect and more about the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines providing more protection. Landon said those who've already had COVID-19 but contract it again, will likely find their symptoms are less severe, but risks remain for the immunocompromised.
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