Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Karen Lewis’ passing, and the remembrances of her unending fight for social justice for Chicagoans now being shared, remind Chicagoans of what we so desperately need today from our self-proclaimed progressive leaders: an unwavering commitment and an unstinting campaign demanding that public officials rebuild Chicago’s institutional infrastructure in every dimension that matters to its residents most reliant upon it. And, if that requires pushing these officials out of their comfort zone or even their office so be it. For it’s clear that whether it’s delivering vaccinations, abating crime in Chicago’s neighborhoods, schooling the city’s children, or getting their out-of-work parents unemployment checks, Illinois’ governments are failing Chicago’s working families.
The History Behind America’s Tortured Relationship to Vaccines
This vaccine rollout is unlike any the country has ever seen. We’ve never tried to get shots into so many adult bodies, and done it with such urgency. We re also fortunate that the COVID-19 vaccines have been widely shown to be safe and effective, unlike some past examples that brought significant risks. But there are still historical parallels. When old vaccines were new, we faced lack of public trust (for reasons both valid and misguided), inequity in distribution, and cost issues. And we thought creatively about ways to overcome these barriers. Here are a few stories of past vaccination campaigns that foreshadow some of our failures, and offer lessons for 2021.
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Updated 2/3/2021 6:27 AM
Illinois daily tally of people getting COVID-19 vaccinations remained below the seven-day average, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Tuesday, but it s not for lack of interest.
As proof, our website this morning saw nearly 1.9 million hits in the first hour, Cook County Department of Public Health spokeswoman Deborah Song said. She was describing the onslaught of people trying to hook up with vaccinations at a second Cook County mass inoculation site opening Wednesday at Triton College in River Grove.
We booked more than 3,400 appointments in the first 35 minutes, Song said. At its peak, the website experienced 65,810 hits in a single minute, which can slow down some of the functionality.