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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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CST Editorial Board

With fall and cooler temps ahead, the new COVID booster is essential

A woman receives a COVID-19 booster during an event on Sept. 9 hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the Southwest Senior Center. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Chicagoans will start feeling hints of fall weather this week when temperatures go from the mid-80s on Tuesday and dip down to the mid-60s by Thursday.

And as colder temperatures approach — to the dismay of many Chicago summer enthusiasts — more people will go from dining and meeting al fresco to staying warm indoors, increasing the chances of contracting COVID-19 and the flu.

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