Question of the day
Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller
* The good news is that the number of Americans resisting the vaccine has fallen to 21 percent in an April 8-12 Monmouth poll. That’s down from 24 percent in its March poll. The bad news is that 43 percent of Republicans are saying it’s likely they will never get the vaccine if they can avoid it…
Partisanship remains the main distinguishing factor among those who want to avoid the vaccine altogether, with 43% of Republicans versus just 5% of Democrats saying this. Currently, 22% of independents say they want to avoid getting the vaccine altogether. Demographically, adults under age 65 (25%) continue to be more likely than seniors (11%) to rule out getting the vaccine. There are no discernable differences by race, though, with similar number of whites (22%) and people of color (20%) saying they will avoid getting the vaccine if they can.
Just over half (51%) of the adult population reports having already received at least one Covid jab and another 14% say they will get the vaccine as soon as they are allowed. Democrats (67%) are more likely than independents (47%) and Republicans (36%) to report being vaccinated. More white Americans (54%) than people of color (45%) report having already received a shot.
* Many moons ago, I worked for a “buying club” in Kankakee. People paid money in order to get big discounts on all sorts of things, from furniture to cars. One of the sales techniques they taught me was the “take-away.” We would go through the costs and benefits of the club and then tell the potential customer that the program probably wasn’t right for them. It actually worked a whole lot better than I thought it would during training. Some folks were adamant that they wanted to sign up, gosh-darnit, and demanded that I take their checks.
I thought about that former job this week when a buddy of mine half-jokingly suggested that the state tell mainly folks in Downstate areas which trend Republican and aren’t taking full advantage of the vaccines that their allotted doses would be sent to Chicago if they didn’t start signing up for appointments. The city has been asking the state to give it more doses above and beyond its federal allotment and on top of its extra doses for the United Center.
So, it could turn out to be a win-win. If the take-away threat worked, we’d get more shots into Downstate arms. If it didn’t work, Chicago (which has a lot of Democrats, who, according to all the polls I’ve seen, are eager to be vaccinated) would get more doses.
The obvious downside would be that regionalism and even partisanship could be, um, injected into the vaccination program and that could cause resentment and perhaps harden opposition to the shots if people felt cornered. This ain’t some buyers club, after all. It’s literally a matter of life and death.
* The Question: Should the state try the “take-away” approach? Take the poll and then explain your answer in comments, please…
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* Gov. Pritzker was asked today about Michigan, where cases and hospitalizations are surging hard. He was also asked why he hadn’t imposed mitigations here because the situation was increasing to the point where, the reporter claimed, he had said mitigations would be imposed…
I don’t think we’re past that point. But let me back up. Let me also just mention that I had a number of conversations with folks in Michigan, including the governor, over the last week. And they’re seeing very, very challenging times. It is related to most particularly school sports. They’ve seen an uptick, not just uptick, but outbreaks as a result of some school sports and other activities that are going on, things that we’ve talked about here for some time. And we’ve allowed carefully for sports to come back and for restaurants and bars to come back. And most of the people who are operating those businesses are doing so with the mitigations and doing it properly.
* Washington Post…
In Nevada, the B.1.1.7 variant —[the British variant] which has been confirmed in several studies to be more infectious — has been linked to an outbreak at a recent youth volleyball tournament. In Michigan, cases among those ages 10 to 19 have jumped 133 percent during the past month, faster than any other age group, and the state’s leading epidemiologist said the infections seem to have been spread through activities “including sports, but not limited to sports,” rather than in the classroom.
Many of these outbreaks involving young people “are related to youth sports and extracurricular activities,” said Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at a briefing Monday. She noted that CDC guidance calls for limiting those activities and urged Americans to “please continue to hang in there and continue to do the things that we know prevent the spread.”
Officials say they believe transmission may be happening through athletic activities, rather than in the classroom, because some sports such as wrestling, basketball and volleyball involve close indoor contact. They have also wondered whether outbreaks may be triggered by related interactions such as carpooling, sleepovers and team celebrations, when people let their guard down, rather than from the practices and games themselves.
* New York Times…
Michigan’s troubles drew attention at a White House news conference on the pandemic on Wednesday. The C.D.C. director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said a team from her agency was in the state working to assess outbreaks in correctional facilities, and to boost testing among participants in youth sports. […]
Minnesota’s health department has attributed recent outbreaks in schools to the variant, and it has urged schoolchildren and teenagers to get tested at least every two weeks through the end of the school year. An outbreak of B.1.1.7 variant cases connected to participants in youth sports in Carver County prompted a warning from health officials last month.
Dr. Ruth Lynfield, a state epidemiologist, said there had been a notable rise in cases over all in people ages 10 to 19, who accounted for about one in six new cases from mid-February to the end of March, compared with just one in nine over a similar period in October and November.
“It’s a race of vaccine against variants,” Dr. Lynfield said. “People really need to work hard and be patient, and continue to wear masks and continue to socially distance.”
* Back to Illinois…
A big change in COVID-19 mitigation policy has been issued for high school athletes in Illinois.
They will not have to wear masks anymore in low-risk sports while playing.
The new rules came from the Illinois High School Association board on Tuesday night.
Those sports include baseball, softball, boys’ tennis, boys’ and girls’ track and field, and bass fishing.
More info here.
* This Illinois data is from June 2020 (when the state entered phase 4) through March 9, 2021, so it’s outdated, but the latest I could find…
College/University sports
• 38 sports related outbreaks across the state
• One outbreak had 146 people connected to it
High school sports
• 34 sports related outbreaks across the state
Youth sports (non-school)
• 25 sports related outbreaks across the state
I’ll update when I get fresh numbers.
* Related…
* How parents of teenagers can help them manage anxiety and stress in current stage of pandemic
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* Press release…
In an effort to ensure that statues and other ceremonial landmarks on state property reflect the values and morals of our state, Speaker of the House Emanuel “Chris” Welch announced the creation of a new special task force to conduct a review of monuments on state property and proposals for new monuments or statues.
“There is a national movement in which local and state governments across the country are re-evaluating public art, the extent to which they accurately reflect history and how they impact people who have been marginalized from our history. The way we present our history matters, and when our public art doesn’t represent positive history that we can all celebrate, it sends a particularly harmful message to people of color that these beliefs are shared by their own government,” said Welch. “By reimagining our publicly displayed art, Illinois has the opportunity to be on the right side of history and show, through action that our state is inclusive to all.”
Welch announced the creation of the bipartisan Statue and Monument Review Task Force, which will be chaired by state Rep. Mary Flowers, D-Chicago, and vice chaired by state Rep. Camille Lilly, D-Chicago. Other Democratic appointees to the task force are state Reps. Anthony DeLuca, D-Chicago Heights; Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora; Denyse Stoneback, D-Skokie; Maurice West, D-Rockford; and Eva Dina Delgado, D-Chicago. Its creation comes on the heels of a similar monument review in the City of Chicago, in which over 40 monuments were identified for further review and discussion due to promoting narratives of white supremacy or presenting one-sided views of history.
The Statue and Monument Review Task Force will host several public hearings to hear firsthand from historians, advocates, organizations and other members of the public. The task force will then produce recommendations for the removal of existing statues and may also recommend the erection of new statues to ensure Illinois’ public art is historically accurate and reflects the diversity of the state.
“This review is not about erasing history; in fact, the goal of this task force is to ensure that our artwork reflects an accurate retelling of our history and the contributions made by all people,” added Flowers. “Our work in this task force will be the start of a long overdue discussion about the values reflected in our public art and the message of diversity and inclusivity that we are sending to communities of color.”
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* Still a lot of cases, but it’s down from last week’s highs…
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 3,536 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 31 additional deaths.
- Carroll County: 1 male 70s
- Cook County: 1 female 20s, 1 female 30s, 1 female 50s, 3 males 60s, 1 female 70s, 4 males 70s, 2 females 80s, 3 males 80s
- DuPage County: 1 female 60s, 1 male 90s
- Kane County: 1 male 30s
- Lake County: 1 male 60s, 1 male 80s
- Madison County: 1 male 70s
- McHenry County: 1 female 90s
- Peoria County: 1 female 40s
- Richland County: 1 female 60s
- Tazewell County: 1 male 80s
- Vermilion County: 1 female 30s, 1 female 70s
- Whiteside County: 1 female 30s
- Will County: 1 male 80s
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1,288,934 cases, including 21,570 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 88,390 specimens for a total of 21,371,760. As of last night, 2,076 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 453 patients were in the ICU and 198 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.
The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from April 7-13, 2021 is 4.2%. The preliminary seven-day statewide test positivity from April 7-13, 2021 is 5.0%.
The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses for Illinois is 9,386,135. A total of 7,482,650 vaccines have been administered in Illinois as of last midnight. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 132,810 doses. Yesterday, 138,538 doses were reported administered in Illinois.
*All data are provisional and will change. In order to rapidly report COVID-19 information to the public, data are being reported in real-time. Information is constantly being entered into an electronic system and the number of cases and deaths can change as additional information is gathered. Information for a death previously reported has changed, therefore, today’s numbers have been adjusted. For health questions about COVID-19, call the hotline at 1-800-889-3931 or email dph.sick@illinois.gov.
* Part of Gov. Pritzker’s response to a question today…
We are seeing upward movement of our cases and hospitalizations, obviously. But we have seen a beginning of maybe a lessening of the rise of cases. I don’t want to predict anything because this virus is unpredictable. But I think at least in the short term that seems to be good news.
Thoughts?
…Adding… Press release…
To further expand availability of the COVID-19 vaccine, Governor JB Pritzker today announced an additional state mass vaccination site in Cook County and that will open to all eligible Illinois residents on Thursday, April 15. As of April 12, all Illinois residents age 16 and older are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine with nearly 19,000 residents receiving vaccinations at state mass vaccination sites in the first 24 hours of universal vaccine eligibility. With the state’s seven-day test positivity rate and hospitalizations on the rise, local and state health officials are urging Illinois residents to seek out a vaccination location near them in order to protect themselves and their families from COVID-19.
“I’m proud to deploy Illinois National Guard teams and additional state resources to Cook County to ensure residents can receive their vaccines as efficiently and equitably as possible,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “The brave men and women of the Guard have already administered over one million vaccine doses to Illinoisans across the state, and as the federal government prepares to increase Illinois’ deliveries to over 100,000 a day in the coming weeks, IDPH and our 97 local health departments are prepared to meet the moment. In the meantime, I encourage all Illinoisans to wear their masks and stay vigilant as we power through to the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Opening on April 15, the former Target location in Matteson is the 12th mass vaccination site located in Cook and the collar counties and is the state’s 21st mass vaccination site open to all eligible Illinois residents. The new site will provide Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. The State of Illinois is committed to improving healthcare access and equity in underserved communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
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* Rachel Hinton…
Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford said Wednesday she tested positive for COVID-19.
In a brief phone conversation with the Chicago Sun-Times, Lightford said she left Springfield, where legislators are convening for session, and returned home where she will join committee meetings through Zoom.
The Maywood Democrat said after testing positive, she was “aching an awful lot.”
Lightford is the third person connected to state government known to have contracted the virus this week.
Meanwhile, the House told lobbyists and members of the public today that they must be tested in order to access House members. However, House members have not yet been required to take any tests.
*** UPDATE *** Leader Lightford told me she had planned to be vaccinated at the same time as her husband, who needed to wait to be cleared by his surgeon after a battle with cancer. Her husband was confirmed cancer-free and got the green light on Wednesday, she said. The two planned to get their shots together when she returned from session this week.
“All of my family members and staff that I have come into contact with tested negative,” Lightford said.
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It’s just a bill
Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Greg Hinz…
It looks like a compromise proposal to dilute, but not eliminate, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s power to appoint the Chicago Board of Education is about to surface in Springfield.
According to Senate Majority Leader Kim Lightford, D-Maywood, language calling for a “hybrid” board that will be partially elected by the public and partially selected as now by the mayor is being drafted and will be introduced as soon as Wednesday.
Lightford declined to disclose key details, such as how large the board would be, what kinds of qualifications candidates would have to meet and how soon the next election would occur. Lightford said the mayor needs to disclose that herself as negotiations begin.
But the majority leader said she’s introducing the language at the mayor’s request as an alternate version for a fully elected school board backed by the Chicago Teachers Union gains steam in both the Senate and House.
As noted in the story, I told subscribers about Lightford’s move into this topic earlier in the week. Senate President Don Harmon apparently wants a compromise. The CTU is not amused…
* Center Square…
A bill that would ban physical restraint and timeout rooms in Illinois schools passed a Senate Education Committee on Tuesday.
The legislation, Senate Bill 2296 sponsored by state Sen. Ann Gillespie, would require all schools to eliminate reliance on any kind of timeout room and face down physical restraint. In addition, schools could seclude students in unlocked spaces and use other types of restraints only when it is deemed there is a danger of serious physical harm to the student or others.
Schools are now required to report every seclusion or restraint incident to the state and provide more employee training.
Cheryl Jansen, director of public policy with Equip for Equality, an advocacy group for people with disabilities, said the punishment is counterproductive.
“Restraint and seclusion are not therapeutic nor are they educational, in fact, they may exacerbate the very behaviors that they purport to address,” Jansen said.
* SJ-R…
Independent pharmacies and their customers would benefit under a bill to be debated Wednesday that would slap major regulations on intermediary companies that control what pharmacies are paid by Medicaid and private insurance plans.
“It’s really to promote a level playing field,” said state Sen. David Koehler, D-Peoria, the sponsor of Senate Bill 2008. “There has to be fairness to the independent pharmacies and all the customers who need choice.”
Koehler said Tuesday that the bill, which has bipartisan support and is scheduled for a hearing Wednesday in front of the Illinois Senate Insurance Committee, would build upon legislation passed by the General Assembly and signed into law in 2019 by Gov. JB Pritzker that deals with companies called “pharmacy benefit managers,” or PBMs.
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* Politico…
Sen. Tammy Duckworth raised $1.8 million in the first three months of the year, no doubt a result of her national exposure as a candidate for vice president, military veteran, and foil to former President Donald Trump.
The first-term Democrat who last month announced her bid for re-election in 2022 has $3.7 million cash on hand. More than 9,000 Illinoisans contributed to her campaign, and 97 percent of all individual contributions came in under $100, according to her campaign.
* Press release from spring break…
Alexi Giannoulias ended the first quarter of the year with more than $2.1 million in his campaign fund – a year before the 2022 primary election for Illinois Secretary of State.
During the first three months of 2021, Alexi for Illinois raised over $1.4 million, giving the former State Treasurer more than $2.1 million on hand at the end of March. The fundraising total puts his campaign on track to secure the necessary resources to win the Democratic nomination and defeat the Republican nominee in the general election.
“These contributions send a clear message that our vision for the office is resonating with voters across the state,” said Giannoulias, noting that the donor base reflects a broad-based coalition of support from across the state. “Momentum and excitement for our campaign is growing by the day among people who want solutions-driven leadership that brings people together, restores trust in government and delivers results for hard-working families.”
The first-quarter figure is especially encouraging given that COVID-19 restrictions have limited opportunities to reach voters, forcing campaigns to rely on virtual events and individual outreach over the phone. Giannoulias has held more than 75 Alexi Listens events since the start of the year.
“Without the ability to hold in-person events or engage in retail politics, our campaign adapted early on to embrace non-traditional strategies and digital platforms to navigate and overcome these challenges,” Giannoulias said. “Our ability to successfully pivot has paid off as we’ve exceeded our goals and put the campaign in a strong position moving forward.”
As the youngest State Treasurer ever elected in Illinois, Giannoulias, who served from 2007 to 2011, pursued a progressive, reform-based agenda that featured innovative initiatives that curbed ethical abuses, created jobs, safely invested taxpayer dollars and improved the financial futures of all Illinoisans.
In his bid for Secretary of State, Giannoulias has focused on protecting voter rights, modernizing the office through new technology, improving safety on our roadways, strengthening ethics laws to prevent corruption, protecting privacy and safeguarding against financial fraud.
* While we’re on the topic…
Ald. Pat Dowell formally announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state on Wednesday and pledged not to use the office in its traditional role as a steppingstone for higher office.
“I can absolutely take a pledge today that I would not seek higher office from the secretary of state position,” said Dowell, 63, who has represented the South Side 3rd Ward since 2007.
“My goal for this office is to provide the residents of Illinois with the best customer service possible and not use the office as a personal steppingstone to advance my career,” she said.
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Meanwhile, in Effingham
Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller
The most recent available average test positivity rate for Effingham County is 7.5 percent…
I guess she doesn't realize that we have a new surge going on in Effingham? Or the importance of masks and social…
Posted by Jack Schultz on Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Ouch.
* In other news…
The 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution, which states that the people’s right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, has been the subject of discussion at the federal and state levels. Efforts by some to limit the scope of the amendment are worrying some citizens.
As a result, the Legislative and Personnel Committee of the Effingham County Board Monday voted to send an ordinance to the full county board for a vote at next week’s meeting. The measure, the Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2021, states that any action deemed to infringe upon the people’s right to keep and bear arms shall be deemed invalid in Effingham County and having no effect in the county.
The measure prohibits any tax on firearms that isn’t a tax on any other goods or services, but also grants the county sheriff the discretion and authority to deputize US citizens in the county to prevent the enforcement of “any illegal directive infringing on the right to keep and bear arms.”
The proposed ordinance would also subject anyone attempting to enforce the actions deemed illegal in the county to arrest by the Effingham County Sheriff’s Department and that a violator of the ordinance would be subject to a $250 fine for each violation.
The committee voted 8-1 in favor of sending the proposed ordinance to the full board. Once State’s Attorney Bryan Kibler explained that the intent of the proposed ordinance is mainly symbolic, board member Joe Thoele voted No on the measure, as he has on other similar symbolic measures.
Kibler said the measure “tells me and the sheriff what we can do” and said, “It’s another way to tell the State to cut it out” as far as 2nd Amendment issues. County Board member John Perry said if enough counties take similar action, maybe it will stop efforts that could infringe on peoples’ 2nd Amendment rights.
* Elsewhere in the Eastern Bloc…
The opening of a bar earlier this year in rural Illinois was connected to a COVID-19 outbreak that infected 46 people and prompted the temporary closure of a school, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported Monday.
On Feb. 17, the Illinois Department of Public Health was informed of a possible outbreak in people who attended the event about two weeks earlier after a cluster of coronavirus cases was found, the CDC said in its report. The name and location of the bar weren’t included in the report, which said the event was held indoors “with no outside air flow.”
Among those infected were three staff members and 26 patrons, including a person who was diagnosed with COVID-19 a day earlier but wasn’t symptomatic and four others who had symptoms and later tested positive. There were also 17 “secondary cases” among individuals who didn’t attend the event, including five school-age children, two student athletes and two residents of a long-term care facility — one of whom was briefly hospitalized.
The outbreak ultimately resulted in a school closure that affected 650 children, the CDC said. The shutdown started Feb. 18 and stretched for two weeks because 13 school staffers were “in isolation, in quarantine, or absent because their own child was quarantined.”
More…
On a bitterly cold February night, residents lined up for the opening of the bar, one of the few establishments in town for locals to gather for some fun after a year of COVID-19 lockdowns.
Owner Ryan Garrett said of the “30 to 40” that attended the grand opening, “most were just close friends or acquaintances.”
No one was turned away if they refused to wear a mask or social distance.
“You can’t make them wear masks,” Garrett told the Sun-Times on Tuesday. “You can’t throw customers out for not wearing a mask.”
You can throw them out for not wearing shoes. Just sayin’…
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More on the J&J pause and Peoria-area variants
Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Updated background is here if you need it. Mitchell Armentrout at the Sun-Times…
Federal health officials who recommended shelving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday did so just under three weeks after the one-and-done shot went into Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s left arm.
That means the chief executive of the state’s pandemic response is still within the three-week window experts have spotlighted since six vaccinated women suffered severe complications from blood clots within that time frame.
But like the overwhelming majority of the other 6.8 million Americans who have gotten the J&J jab, J.B. hasn’t had any problems, according to his office.
“The Governor does not have concerns after receiving the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, nor has he experienced any health issues since receiving his shot,” Pritzker’s press secretary Jordan Abudayyeh said in an email.
* From the Atlantic…
In the six cases reported so far, all in the United States, women ages 18 to 48 developed an unusual type of blood clot within about two weeks of receiving the company’s inoculation.
Experts haven’t yet conclusively determined whether J&J’s vaccine is directly causing these strange clots, or how frequently the condition might be occurring, because they’re relying largely on people reporting their health conditions to federal agencies. Roughly 7 million doses of the vaccine have been administered so far in the United States; among them were about 1 million women under the age of 50. “I think it’s reasonable to say it is a rare event, but I don’t think we should go into false precision in this kind of situation,” Saad Omer, a vaccine expert at Yale, told me. “Our numerators and denominators are still emerging.” […]
Blood-clotting disorders, should they ultimately be tied to this vaccine, won’t necessarily end Johnson & Johnson’s current efforts at COVID-19 immunization. Certain types of estrogen-containing oral contraceptives and hormone therapies carry similar concerns, but have yet to be pulled from the market. (Rasmussen told me that those potential side effects didn’t stop her from using oral birth control for the better part of 20 years.)
The clots reported after J&J immunization—called cerebral venous sinus thromboses—are in an unusual class. A very similar clotting problem has been reported after injections of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, which strongly resembles the J&J shot in formulation; several European countries have restricted the AstraZeneca shot to use in older adults only. One benefit of publicizing the potential problem with J&J right now is that federal health officials can alert doctors to the right treatments. They have advised against deploying heparin, one of the most common blood thinners prescribed for clots, in these patients, because it has the potential to exacerbate this specific condition. Luckily, an entire arsenal of alternative treatments exists. “It’s really important to know what to be looking for right now,” Céline Gounder, an infectious-disease physician at Bellevue Hospital in New York, where some patients have been receiving the J&J vaccine upon discharge, told me.
* Meanwhile, in the Peoria area, where the positivity rate is sky high…
Of 323 positive tests collected last month and pulled last week for sampling, 50 percent were the B.117 [British] variant.
Sixteen were the P.1, or the variant first discovered in Brazil, which is considered by scientists as potentially the most troublesome of the current crop.
“In regards to the P.1 or Brazilian variant, that is vaccine-resistant. And it’s been shown to be more pathogenic,” Rossi said. “So severity of the condition, and once you’re infected, it’s been shown to be worse, as well.”
The first reports of COVID variants in the Peoria area were disclosed by the Illinois Department of Public Health last month. The Peoria City/County Health Department has declined to provide many specifics, such as whether the variants are believed to be attributed to travel or community spread, which would suggest the P.1 variant is no longer isolated. […]
Last week, Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hendrickson said 21 variant cases were currently under investigation in the Tri-County region. Those are primarily the B.1.1.7 and P.1. strains.
Rossi said seven Tazewell, six Peoria, one McLean, and one Knox County P.1 cases were identified within the sample of positive tests. The concentration of P.1 cases in central Illinois was “surprising,” Rossi said.
Two cases of the variant originating in South Africa, and 14 Santa Clara (California) variant cases also were detected.
* Related…
* Dr. Anthony Fauci on what the Johnson & Johnson vaccine reactions could mean for women
* CDC to host emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss future of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
* Joint CDC and FDA Statement on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine
* Why Biden health officials decided to pause J&J’s coronavirus vaccine
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FOID card expiration date extended yet again
Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Capitol News Illinois…
The Illinois State Police has given another 150-day extension to people whose Firearms Owners Identification cards or Concealed Carry Licenses have expired due to a backlog in processing renewal applications.
A panel of state lawmakers gave approval Tuesday to that emergency rule after ISP officials assured them that the agency had made significant progress toward clearing a backlog of renewal applications.
“I wouldn’t say we’re over the hump. We’re on top of it,” ISP Lt. Greg Hacker, who heads the agency’s Firearms Services Bureau, told the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. “Over the past three months, our metrics have shown us that we are starting to bend the curve in our direction.”
Under the emergency rule, a FOID card or CCL that has expired since the start of the pandemic is still considered valid as long as the holder has applied for renewal, paid the required fees, and the card is not subject to revocation, meaning the person has not committed an offense that would otherwise disqualify them from holding the permit.
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Open thread
Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Please keep your discussion focused on Illinois issues and be polite to each other. Thanks.
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