A west suburban restaurant owner fighting state COVID restrictions says Gov. JB Pritzker's phased plan to fully reopen the Illinois economy will do more harm than good.
KC Gulbro, owner of Foxfire in Geneva, says linking the full reopening to restaurants with vaccination rates is a needless delay, given the dropping rates of coronavirus infections.
Restaurants have already proven they can operate safely with precautions in place, Gulbro said Thursday.
"When we've already been suffering, now to enforce vaccinations and have to wait for that it seems prolonging just getting back to business, getting back to real life," he said.
Gulbro said his restaurant will survive the pandemic, but others may not make it under the guidelines imposed by the Pritzker Administration.
Pritzker on Thursday said he expects all Illinoisans 16 or over will become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on April 12, provided federal supplies remain strong. The city of Chicago is handling its own distribution of vaccine, so its priority list is different, at least for now.
