Mayor Lori Lightfoot: 'Chicago won’t be vaccinated for another year-and-a-half'

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CHICAGO — Chicago is opening more mass vaccination sites as the city prepares to expand COVID-19 vaccine availability to essential workers and people over 65.

Mass points of dispensing (PODs) are key to Chicago’s vaccine rollout. Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Thursday the city will have six sites located inside city colleges of Chicago up and running by next week.

But Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Alison Arwady said they don’t have a firm date for when that may be yet.

“At the rate we’ve been on, Chicago won’t be vaccinated for another year-and-a-half and that is completely and totally unacceptable,” Lightfoot said.

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Honestly not that big of a deal as long as Biden can rollout his 100 million vaccines in 100 days plan which will target the most at risk: those over 65, those with compromised immune systems, and those with pre-existing conditions.

People are still going to get sick from covid but it's managable if next to no one is dying from it due to the vulnerable being vaccinated.

 

[YDB95]

Sad but probably true. We can only hope for everyone to be vaccinated so quickly with the resources available.