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posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 3:28 am

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1. So, if you’re not in one of Lightfoot’s favored zip codes, there’s no vaccine for you, because “Equity”, while high risk people in other parts of the city get sick and die. Surviving voters won’t forget and provide some much-needed “equity” to Lightfoot at the ballot box.

   Comment by PublicServant Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 5:25 am

2. Per Mark Maxwell, DCEO sent $1.1 million in COVID-19 relief grants to dissolved companies. Some, according to Secretary of State Business Services, had been dissolved as far back as even 1987 and the 1990s:

   https://www.mywabashvalley.com/news/regional-news/state-records-show-illinois-sent-1-1-million-in-coronavirus-relief-funds-to-dissolved-companies/

   Comment by EssentialStateEmployeeFromChatham Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 5:27 am

3. The Trib finally shed some light on deaths last year compared to previous years.

   Comment by Blue Dog Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 6:58 am

4. Made me think of the gorilla experiment, where you tell the observer to count how many times a basketball is passed between a few people, and they focus so much on that they don’t notice the man in the gorilla suit that walks in, stands in the middle of the basketball people, and walks out. I actually fell for that the first time I saw the video, I was floored when they asked who saw the gorilla. The tie in being I bet the video editor was focused on the guy being interviewed, not the background. Happens to the best of us.

   Comment by Perrid Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 7:36 am

5. I have also wondered why the Northwest suburbs of Cook county have been ignored by the Health department. I have tried for several days and many hours to get an appointment with no luck. It is time for Cook County government to get its act together and provide the vaccines for everyone.

   Comment by Big Mike Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 8:15 am

6. I am actually one that if there was a TV camera nearby, I would run from it as fast as I could. Just because I don’t want to be on TV or be interviewed (as I’m camera shy). Not because I have something to hide, along the lines of old-time 60 Minutes exposes (back in the Dan Rather and Mike Wallace days of the show).

   Comment by EssentialStateEmployeeFromChatham Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 8:24 am

7. More needs to be done to address the fact that caucasians seem to be given preference over black and brown community. Is this yet another example of systemic racism?

   Comment by Frumpy White Guy Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 8:28 am

8. Public Servant - were you just as concerned about ‘equity’ when people in those zip codes were dying at a much higher rate than yours?

   Comment by Rasselas Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 8:30 am

9. Big Mike: I feel your pain. As I’ve said before, the vaccine is non-existent in the NW suburbs. I’m to the point now that I feel highly insulted in that I am more than approved to receive the vaccine, I have been spending an inordinate amount of time searching for an appointment, and I feel the Health Dept. is laughing that nothing will be available in my area, ever. Why don’t they just be honest with us and tell us there may never be availability until they get their “selected” people all vaccinated?

   Comment by Blanche Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 8:34 am

10. I can’t stop laughing over the thought of lobbyists submitting saliva covid tests, “this sample came back 100% Jagermeister”.

    Comment by The Captain Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 8:36 am

11. Here you go: https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7chicago.com/amp/chicago-covid-vaccine-zip-code-map-illinois-vaccines-where-are-coronavirus-vaccinations/9037991/
    The whiter north side has had priority thus far.

    Comment by Proud Papa Bear Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 8:38 am

12. I’m terribly concerned about the folks who live on the Gold Coast possibly having to put up with a Target in their midst.

    Comment by JoanP Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 8:46 am

13. The way the vaccines were handled at United Center reminds me of how the marijuana licenses were given out. Seems like good intentions but reality kicks in-and then try the to change things mid stream

    Comment by DuPage Saint Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 8:50 am

14. That video clip is priceless.
    “a bit of a cameo” LOL

    Comment by Dance Band on the Titanic Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 9:07 am

15. Isn’t Des Plaines in the northwest suburbs? I sure thought it was when I grew up there.

    Comment by Chicago J Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 9:15 am

16. = The whiter north side has had priority thus far=

    This is the problem with an issue such as this. It has been used to divide a Community, a State, a Nation. Several top politicians have made it a partisan issue or as you suggest a racial issue. I’m not taking issue with your comments. I’m taking issue with the issue of using the pandemic to further divide. We are better than that! One Nation Under God.

    Comment by May Soon Be Required Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 9:27 am

17. Joan, I am old enough to remember when WTP opened. There was a McDonalds among the Fields and the Lord and Taylors. The Ladies Who Lunch had to be schooled on not just sitting down and expecting table service.

    Comment by Chery44 Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 9:42 am

18. Big Mike & Blanche - My in-laws were having a hard time getting scheduled until one of them had a check-up with their doctor. The doctor gave them a number to an Advocate group. Not sure if it’s because the doctor is part of the group or if it was because my FIL retired from Advocate Lutheran, but at the end they are both fully vaccinated now.

    Long story short, ask your PCP if there is another resource to contact to get scheduled.

    Comment by From DaZoo Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 9:43 am

19. === Some, according to Secretary of State Business Services, had been dissolved as far back as even 1987 and the 1990s:===

    What’s the Secretary of State’s enforcement program for this requirement look like?

    Comment by Candy Dogood Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 9:54 am

20. Yes Des Plaines is in the NW suburbs. However all slots were filled within about 2 hours! Family members in North Carolina, George, Indiana, Arizona and Vietnam have all received the vaccine.Please explain why the NW suburbs are so far behind.

    Comment by Big Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 10:52 am

21. The DesPlaines site was filled within 2 hours!
    Family members in North Carolina, Georgia, Indiana
    Arizona and even Vietnam have received the vaccine
    Please explain why NW suburbs are so far behind with the vaccine distribution

    Comment by Big Mike Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 11:09 am

22. McClure’s facial expression is the best…Rose in shorts? Classic.

    Comment by Contrarian Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 11:51 am

23. Big Thank You Chatham Fire Dept, my mom was having heart issues and I wasn’t sure we could make it to the hospital yesterday. I took her to the engine house and they took over. Excellent group, our town is lucky.

    Setting at hospital right now, she’s doing so much better.

    Comment by BTO2 Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 12:12 pm

24. === Public Servant - were you just as concerned about ‘equity’ when people in those zip codes were dying at a much higher rate than yours? ===

    Rassalas, I’m always concerned about equity. I understand that neighborhoods with a higher percentage of people that did not have the option of working from home were at higher risk of contracting covid than those who could remain at home. So, those neighborhoods had greater numbers of people that died from the disease. Whenever anyone dies of covid, it’s terrible…in my neighborhood, or any other.

    Anyone living in any neighborhood today survived covid. We’re all in the same boat. To paraphrase George Orwell’s Animal Farm: “All survivors are equal, it’s just that some are more equal then others.” That’s what Lightfoot is saying, and it’s wrong. Chicago was given its own amount of Covid Vaccine, and everyone that qualifies in a particular phase in the city should have an equal chance of receiving a dose regardless of whether they live in one of Lightfoot’s favored zipcodes, or not.

    I and other members of my family have covid co-morbidities that put us at a high risk of getting a severe, possibly deadly, covid infection. Lightfoot is putting my family and I at a disadvantage, and she’s going to pay for that, if I have anything to say about it.

    Comment by PublicServant Thursday, Mar 11, 21 @ 2:55 pm

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