Omicron is surging — and Democrats aren’t shutting things down this time
Posted on AllSides January 10th, 2022
From The Left
Democrats have a message for Omicron-flooded America: get vaxxed and carry on.
From New York to California, Democratic mayors and governors are fighting to keep schools and businesses open with an urgency they haven’t flexed before in the pandemic.
In Chicago, where a teachers union dispute has shuttered the nation’s third-largest school system, Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasted educators for not reporting to their classrooms — and got the tacit support of the White House.
“Enough is enough. We are standing firm,” Lightfoot told Chicago residents last week.
In California, Gov....