We have been dealt a bad set of cards in which cities like Chicago have a desperate lack of vaccine supply due to the Trump Admin's gross mishandling of the pandemic.

The truth is that a diversion of vaccine supply to one group of Chicagoans will severely disrupt supply to our most vulnerable Chicagoans—seniors and other frontline essential workers.

But this is not an all or nothing decision. We know from three weeks of actual in-person learning at CPS, based upon the data from other Chicago school systems, as well as CDC officials and public health experts...

...that we can reopen schools and keep students and staff safe as long as proper mitigation measures are in place—measures that CPS has already spent $100M to address.

We have shared every detail of this plan with the Chicago Teachers Union leadership and gone even further to accommodate and address their safety concerns. It's time to come to a comprehensive agreement so that the whole of CPS can move forward.

Being mayor is about making tough calls, and this is no exception. But this is the right call to ensure our children can live up to their God-given potential while keeping everyone—students, teachers, and staff—safe.

@chicagosmayor This is why you don’t go back in the schools. Teachers have a right to be vaccinated before they go back. It is understood there is not enough vaccine right now. Therefore stay remote as 80 percent of parents want anyway.

@chicagosmayor This is a shameless effort to pit teachers against other workers. The solution is simple: No in person learning until everyone involved is vaccinated and the virus is under control! A massive reallocation of wealth from the billionaires to assist all workers affected.

@chicagosmayor Well Mrs. Lightfoot, what's your equity driven plan for this? 2021 Chicago YTD: 269 shot 57 homicides 96% were young minorities 3 wounded by police 198 Carjackings

@chicagosmayor From every account I’m hearing from community leaders throughout the city, this is not going well for the underserved. Knowing how many fires ur dealing with right now, i hope you’re able to dig in to what’s going on on the ground and how communities are perceiving the process

@chicagosmayor @ratemyskyperoom what is your take on this hostage-y style video demonizing teachers unions?

@chicagosmayor No one screws over the working class and poor more than the CTU. And it’s not even close. The CTU sucks

@chicagosmayor Go back to work!!

@chicagosmayor You didn’t have any plan for it until @CTULocal1 pushed back. Where’s the PDF detailing the plan? I don’t believe your propaganda videos anymore.

@chicagosmayor Just administer the vaccine and stop playing games

@chicagosmayor No vaccines, no in person learning right now. Too many people have died. I understand your point , absolutely but it sounds like you need to wait to open schools until you get vaccines for all.

@chicagosmayor See, I think police, firefighters, grocery workers, everyone in retail, delivery and such need to be vaccinated. They should have been first in line. But I think a lot of things...

@chicagosmayor @ChiPubSchools

@chicagosmayor @ChiPubSchools Forcing every CPS school into the same plan to make a limited few ‘happy’ is the literal opposite of equity. Equity isn’t making everyone do the same thing. Equity could be giving principals the authority to do what’s best for their individual teacher and student populations.

@chicagosmayor @ChiPubSchools Where are your masks? Why are you so close to each other?