Updated 3/6/2021 8:19 AM
Tom Bucalo doesn t mind being one of the first in the state to get Johnson & Johnson s COVID-19 vaccine.
The Hoffman Estates man said he was hoping to get the single-dose vaccine when he secured an appointment slot for Friday s opening day of the Cook County Health System s mass vaccination site in Des Plaines.
Getting an appointment yesterday was a challenge. It was like getting tickets to a rock concert, Bucalo said. But I was hoping for (Johnson & Johnson). It s one shot, and I was more confident in what they were saying for the future, meaning the other variants.