Officials: No known cases of serious side effects from J&J in Illinois or suburbs
A mass vaccination site at Elgin s Eastside Recreation Center was closed Tuesday after the state suspended use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Rick West | Staff Photographer
A mass vaccination site at Elgin s Eastside Recreation Center was closed Tuesday after the state suspended use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Rick West | Staff Photographer
Volunteer Veronica Noland explains the reason for Tuesday s closing of the mass vaccination site at Elgin s Eastside Recreation Center. It is expected to reopen Wednesday using the Pfizer vaccine. Rick West | Staff Photographer
The Illinois Senate has added to the call for the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to waive spring assessments, such as the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), for students, as it did in 2020. State Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas, D-Chicago, spearheaded a resolution, approved March 17, calling for testing waivers. She said many students have been learning remotely or in a hybrid system for the past year, and expecting them to return to school for in-person testing is unrealistic. We all know this is not a typical year, Pacione-Zayas said in a statement. Let s have some compassion for our students and teachers and allow them to use their limited time in the classroom to learn and recover from the trauma of the pandemic, rather than to take stressful tests.
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CHICAGO (WLS) Over the last year, the COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionate impact on people of color.
According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, Black, Native American and Hispanic people have died at three times the rate of white people.
When vaccines became available, numbers showed the inequities continued.
Ken Griffin, chief operating officer with Howard Brown Health, said mass vaccination events helps minority communities that also includes grassroots efforts.
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Experts weighed in on mass vaccination sites and clinics for the COVID-19 pandemic.
This week, the City of Chicago launched an effort to prioritize people living on the south and west sides for appointments at the United Center mass vaccination site.
Audio from the event.
DuPage County resident Janene Marshall-Gatling waited in line for the vaccine with her elderly mother at Aurora’s Cathedral of Grace St. John AME Church. She said they hope to inspire the rest of the family to do the same.
“My mother s getting ready to have a birthday,” she said. “And it s important for us to make sure that we can come together, even a small family gathering of 10 people, and not jeopardize her life or the life of my father for us to be able to just fellowship on a Sunday and have a meal together.”