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Illinois

murielm99

(31,567 posts)

3. I live in rural Illinois.

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 20, 2020, 02:31 PM

Nov 2020

I cannot tell you how many people are refusing to mask up because I try to stay home most of the time. I do see them when I go out, and I have confronted a few. It does no good.

These are the people who are calling our governor an authoritarian and displaying yard signs that say, "Pritzker Sucks." Some of them have brought lawsuits against our governor.

I have a yard sign that says, "Thank you, Governor Pritzker."

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Illinois COVID-19 death rate in rural counties is now twice as high as metro areas. [View all] beachbumbob Nov 2020 OP

I have quite a few friends that live in rural Illinois. They've told me of the vast majority of SWBTATTReg Nov 2020 #1

I live in rural Illinois. murielm99 Nov 2020 #3

Good for you. A couple of my best friends live near Sparta/Redbud, IL, and they are constantly SWBTATTReg Nov 2020 #4

And to think that Republicans claim to be the PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2020 #2

Around here, despite the mounting death toll, folks say this Covid is a "city problem" and overblown Midnight Writer Nov 2020 #5

And cursing Pritzker all the way! AwakeAtLast Nov 2020 #6