Coronavirus Total Distorted: Will County Republicans Agree

Illinois, Illinois — Several Will County Republican candidates in the November 3 elections are trying to limit the opening of bars and restaurants in the Joliet area to indoor guests by Coronavirus data from the Illinois Public Health Department. The data used in Illinois is defective and states that it is not accurate.

About 12 Will County Republicans gathered outside Will County Hall in downtown Joliet on Friday morning to hold a press conference to discuss complaints. Governor JB Pritzker, With the Illinois Public Health Service Sue Oleneck, Executive Director of Will County Health Department.

“We know the virus is real, but these numbers aren’t real,” he retired. Will County Sheriff Investigator Nick Ficarello, Who is against Democrat Jennifer Bertino-Tarant In the Will County Executive Race, which succeeds the late Larry Walsh Sr.

“I hate to say that, but I believe we live in a deceptive state here in Illinois and Will County,” said Ficarello, who lives in Manhattan.

Ficarello remembers when the United States endured the Hong Kong flu in 1968 and 1969, saying that about 110,000 people died when the country was 239 million.

“We didn’t close the company. We didn’t close the school,” Ficarello announced on Friday. “It was called Hong Kong flu because it came from Hong Kong.”

Gretchen Fritz, a member of the Will County Board of Directors, a Fifth District Republican from Plainfield, She said the data for the coronavirus in Will County was also inaccurate.

Fritz is running on the November 3rd Will County Records of Days ballot.

Fritz argues that the total is swelling as Pritzker wants to unfairly target people in Will County and Kankakee County. “You’ll never get an accurate positive rate,” Fritz said.

Fritz and others defeat Olenek and the county health director uses the “tuttletail technique” to give Will County residents bars and restaurants that may not comply with all coronavirus regulations imposed. He suggested that he was urging him to notify him.

Fritz handed out a letter to a reporter written by Olenek on August 31st. The letter states: “If you find a facility that does not comply with your requirements, call our COVID-19 hotline 815-740-8977 or visit our website at info @ Please submit a complaint via the willcountyhealth.org link.

“We will investigate, provide the necessary follow-up and seek the assistance of local law enforcement agencies as needed. Our goal is through education and support to make the Will County community a safe place. It ’s about getting compliance. ”

Ben Bialy, “The government shouldn’t shut down our lives forever,” a candidate for Illinois Senate District 43 said at a press conference on Friday.

Beeley also believes the Will County coronavirus has been rated as “hyperinflated.”

Will County Republican Chairman George Pearson He called for the immediate end of the “strict restrictions” currently imposed on indoor restaurants and bars in the Joliet area.

“Our company provides income to many friends and family. To create a county health department … it’s crazy to go out and have people struggle in the company. To our people Let’s start telling the truth, we, “said Pearson.

Tom McCullough, who lives in Shorewood Illinois Senate District 49 Republican candidate. He fully supports the reopening of all Will County indoor bars and restaurants.

“I’ve spent years in the restaurant industry, and every day they’re used to disinfection, cleaning, food management, and safety issues,” McCullagh commented on Friday. “I feel that restaurants should be open, and many restaurants that have been closed for months are hanging in my hair, so people feel that if they want to get a steak or that it’s their personal safety. They want to get food, they want people to go out and get food. Give these business owners the opportunity to save their family business. ”

District 11 Will County Board Member, Julie Belkovitz of Naperville, Said that coronavirus restriction causes addiction problems, including additional mental illness, drug overdose, and increased suicide. “There is a fundamental cost we are experiencing in Will County,” she said. “We need to regain people’s lives to give them hope. We need to make people live, live their dreams and look forward to them.”

Steve Brandy, a spokesman for Will County Health Department, attended a press conference on Friday and was able to hear complaints from county Republican candidates.

Brandy disagreed with the proposal that Will County’s coronavirus statistics are far apart. He also disputed the idea that Governor Pritzker wanted to punish Will County and Kankakee County for political gain. “I don’t think anyone is targeting Will County,” Brandy told Joliet Patch.

With the surprisingly high total number of coronaviruses in Will County, Brandy said it could take a few more days before Pritzker relaxed the restrictions he imposed on bars and restaurants about three weeks ago.

Brandy said 368 people “died here in Will County and had four new deaths (Thursday). Since early June, it has reported four new deaths (on the same day). It’s my first time. “

People in their twenties now account for more than 20% of all new cases of coronavirus infection, according to Brandy. “That’s why people are so worried about colleges and parties.”

“Not everyone builds everything from scratch,” Brandy said. “Hopefully things get better and better.”

On the positive side, Brandy said there was only one death from the coronavirus in Will County in his twenties, but that doesn’t mean that young adults and children shouldn’t take the disease seriously. ..

His advice to everyone is to keep washing your hands frequently, keep a proper social distance when you are outside in public, and always wear a face mask.

By late Friday afternoon, Brandy published his latest Will County Coronavirus total on news media, including patches.

A total of 12,727 people have been diagnosed with Coronavirus disease since the county began tracking in March, according to data from the Will County Health Department.

Since Thursday, September 10, an additional 76 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Will County. Will County also reported one death, bringing the total to 369, Brandy said.

Other Will County Republican candidates who attended the press conference on Friday James Piacentini, Candidate for coroner from Crete. Anthony Granata, Court Candidate Patrol from New Lenox. Raquel Mitchell, County Board 3rd District Candidate from Boringbrook. Dr. Gerald Smith, 13 county board district candidates from Plainfield. And Steve Barrich Homer Glenn County Commission 8th District.