I’ve never really understood the antagonism toward the refugee program during the Trump years. Welcoming refugees is America at its best, taking in the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. They make good Americans.
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Illinois’ COVID-19 testing positivity rate keeps falling, and so does the demand for vaccines.
With the average statewide infection rate sinking below 2% for the first time ever today, the doors were closed on three suburban mass vaccination sites as officials take a more targeted approach to get more life-saving shots into arms.
Cook County County Board President Toni Preckwinkle was scheduled to “clap out” workers administering the final shots this afternoon at a mass vax site at the Tinley Park Convention Center. It’s one of six large-scale sites that have provided hundreds of thousands of shots to residents since the start of the year.