Calling Out the Anti-Vaccine Bully (with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Andy calls up Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who is in the middle of a nasty battle over vaccine mandates with, most notably, the city's largest police union. Andy asks Mayor Lightfoot why she thinks the union president is really picking this fight with her, how she plans to get through to city workers who aren't complying with the mandate, and where the opposing sides go from here.

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Keep up with the latest developments in the battle between Mayor Lightfoot and the police unions in Chicago: https://www.wbez.org/stories/covid-19-vaccine-requirement-for-chicago-police-suspended-by-judge/dab4dfc5-8985-4a26-84f4-4024e4b745e2
And watch FOP President John Catanzara's reaction to the latest ruling: https://youtu.be/X1pIeHjiFSI
Learn more about Chicago’s employee vaccination policy: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dhr/supp_info/city-of-chicago-employee-vaccination-policy.html
Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/
Order Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165

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0:00.0	Mental health challenges are affecting people in the US at high levels, particularly among
0:05.0	adolescents.
0:06.0	At CVS Health, mental health is just as important as physical health.
0:11.0	That's whether making mental, well-being services more accessible, less complicated, more
0:15.4	convenient, and more inviting.
0:18.0	CVS Health is doing this by creating new programs, encouraging care to discussions, and providing
0:23.2	increased access to digital tools and telehealth services.
0:27.0	CVS Health is there to help.
0:31.0	Learn more at CVS Health.com.
0:34.0	Let me know.
0:38.0	Many of you are getting phone calls, whether you're on furlough or on the medical or IOD right
0:42.3	now from sergeants and lieutenants.
0:44.8	That was a department directive.
0:46.8	Those lieutenants are simply following the department order.
0:49.5	They're putting together spreadsheets, so officers can't say I didn't know.
0:54.1	They're documenting the date and time that you were notified.
0:57.4	So again, it's no big deal.
0:59.2	It's harassing, I know.
1:00.5	It's a pain in the ass.
1:02.0	But it's the city's clear attempt to force officers to chicken little to skies falling
1:08.3	into compliance.
1:09.8	Do not fall for it.
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