AP News Minute: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is easing indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to safely stop wearing masks in most places. President Joe Biden is warning gas stations not to engage in price gouging as motorists wait for fuel to start flowing again through the Colonial Pipeline.
Illinoisâ public health director and Gov. J.B. Pritzkerâs deputy in charge of health care said Thursday they were misled by top state veterans affairs officials when told COVID-19 procedures were being followed that could have slowed or prevented a deadly outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans Home in November.
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Is it me or does Anthony Kolbeck look like a sacrificial lamb. I feel sorry for the guy, seemed like he wanted to, tried to do the right thing but was in over his head and had no support from the top. I’ve seen this happen time and time again but please tell me if I’m misinterpreting things.
Chapa LaVia’s pension should be revoked. At minimum, taxpayers should NOT pay the higher level that she likely expects for holding a higher paying job she never took seriously. All of this is unforgivable.
- Six Degrees of Separation - Friday, Apr 30, 21 @ 9:53 am:
By RICK PEARSON | Chicago Tribune | Published: April 30, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. CHICAGO (Tribune News Service) A scathing independent report on last fall’s COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans Home that led to 36 deaths details systemic mismanagement from the top of the Illinois Veterans Affairs department down to the home’s leadership, which created an “inefficient, reactive and chaotic” response to controlling the virus. The 50-page report from the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General and the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale, released Friday, says then-VA Director Linda Chapa LaVia “abdicated” her responsibilities, leaving things to a nonmedical chief of staff who preferred to let each home manage itself while iss