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The pandemic's cruel toll: More than 16,000 Illinoisans died from COVID-19 in 2020, disproportionately the elderly, poor and people of color | State and Regional herald-review.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from herald-review.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When Mark Hooks volunteered to become the first man in Illinois to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, he already had educated himself about the shot and was fully prepared for the most common side effects: Low-grade fever. Body aches. Chills. Headaches. Those symptoms, however, never materialized. He completed his shifts at work all week without a problem, even the one he briefly interrupted to take the shot on live television as part of an inaugural vaccination event organized by City Hall. âIâve been feeling great. I havenât had any symptoms whatsoever other than some mild soreness around the injection site,â said Hooks, an emergency department nurse at Loretto Hospital. âBut thatâs to be expected anytime your boss puts a needle in one of your muscles.â ....
First Chicago vaccine recipients report feeling 'great' after historic shots chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jamie Munks, Stacy St. Clair, Dan Petrella, Lisa Schencker and Gregory Pratt Chicago Tribune As the first COVID-19 vaccine administered in Illinois was plunged into Dr. Marina Del Riosâ left arm Tuesday, she thought about all the people who didnât live to see the historic day. Her former patients. The health care workers who treated the virus and lost their lives because of it. The friend who died in the early days of the pandemic. âI canât give you a total number of the people I know who have died or lost loved ones. Iâve stopped counting,â said Del Rios, the social emergency medicine director at the University of Illinois Hospital. âYou never want any lives to be lost, but so many at the same time weighs even heavier on you.â ....
Chicago doctor after being vaccinated: A sense of hope and optimism Chicago doctor after being vaccinated: ‘A sense of hope and optimism’ Dr. Del Rios was the first Chicago doctor to receive Pfizer’s 95-percent effective COVID vaccine Tuesday morning at Loretto Hospital on the West Side. CHICAGO - Doctors say some side effects of the coronavirus vaccine do not surface until a day or two after the initial dose, but so far, the first recipients report nothing unexpected as front-line healthcare workers at all 34 Chicago hospitals have begun getting the shots. “A sense of hope and optimism that we re finally reaching the end of this tunnel,” said UIC Emergency Physician Dr. Marina Del Rios. ....