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Mayor Lori Lightfoot will never forget the moment she first learned Black Chicagoans were dying from the coronavirus at seven times the rate of “any other demographic.” She felt like “someone had literally knocked the wind out of me.”
Fearing a similar disparity among Latinos, Lightfoot knew she could not reveal those startling statistics without also “offering up some concrete solutions.”
She spent the next few days pushing her team to devise an intensive outreach plan and telling them their initial responses “weren’t good enough” to confront the disparity. That’s how Chicago’s “racial equity rapid response teams” were created.
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Arlington Heights residents who work in retail, food service, transportation, construction, manufacturing and more can now make appointments to receive vaccines, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health. (Scott Anderson/Patch)
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL Public health officials in suburban Cook County Wednesday expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all essential workers in Phase 1c, the final vaccine priority group before appointments open up for anyone 16 or older next month.
Arlington Heights residents who work in retail, food service, transportation, construction, manufacturing and more can now make appointments to receive vaccines, according to the Cook County Department of Public Health. Those who live in Chicago or other counties but work in the suburbs are also eligible.