THE INSURGENCY COMES TO ILLINOIS.

The rumblings have been there since Hallowe'en.

We’ve lived with and dealt with this virus for almost 8 months. It’s not going away tomorrow and we can’t simply shut everything down and wait for it to burn out. Because that may not happen — ever. (Have you met Influenza? Shingles? The common cold?)

Moreover, given the survival rate, it’s hard to argue with those making the calculus to preserve their livelihoods.

Americans don't get ruled.  That's true in DeKalb itself.

Rosita’s Mexican Restaurant staff wrote in a Tuesday social media post they made the decision to reopen their dining rooms while also implementing extra safety precautions to ensure a safe workplace and dining experience.

“If you’re comfortable, we welcome you to safely sit and dine with us throughout our three dining rooms that we are only keeping at 10% capacity, so everyone has plenty of room to be socially distanced,” staff wrote in the post. “We respect your decision on however you would like to join us and appreciate everyone’s understanding while we do all we can to support our employees.”

We'll be watching. Despite a few recent construction projects downtown, there is a lot of empty retail space in DeKalb, and between Illinois being a tax hell, the demographics crushing Northern Illinois University (the administration there is doubling down on wokeness), and the continued foolish mitigations, it's likely there will be much more space available.