Joe Mahr and Angie Leventis Lourgos
Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Marj Leopardo is 85. Her husband, Sam, is 88. They both have health issues. And their days are now consumed with one thing: the vaccine hunt.
The Crystal Lake couple are, on paper, just the kind of people the government wants at the front of the vaccine line. But they live in a country that’s struggled with the rollout, and in a state that’s struggled more than others.
So that has meant reaching out daily to doctors’ offices, pharmacies, hospitals, the local health department. It has meant their daughter stalks websites to hunt for an elusive open appointment. And they watch others, in other suburbs and other states, snap up shots.
Late planning, decentralized oversight, a ‘Hunger Games’ sign-up: How Illinois has struggled more than most states rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine
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Late planning, decentralized oversight, a ‘Hunger Games’ sign-up: How Illinois has struggled more than most states rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine
Joe Mahr and Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune
February 6, 2021, 3:30 AM·17 min read
Marj Leopardo is 85. Her husband, Sam, is 88. They both have health issues. And their days are now consumed with one thing: the vaccine hunt.
The Crystal Lake couple are, on paper, just the kind of people the government wants at the front of the vaccine line. But they live in a country that’s struggled with the rollout, and in a state that’s struggled more than others.
In search of vaccines, some people are traveling to other states
and last updated 2021-01-29 16:39:05-05
CHICAGO â As new, more transmissible overseas variants of the coronavirus emerge here in the U.S. the race to get vaccinated is on. Some people are even traveling out of state where it might be easier to get a shot, while others struggle to make appointments in their home states.
Lisa Spewak, an early childhood center director in Illinois and an essential worker, has been waiting her turn to get vaccinated.
âEvery day since August, I ve been within a population where I m susceptible,â said Spewak.