Illinois will soon begin vaccinating prisoners against COVID-19. Some politicians question state’s priorities. – Chicago Tribune*

“I am not advocating at all that prisons not be vaccinated,” said Sen. Terri Bryant, a retired 20-year corrections administrator. “I’m asking for equal treatment. So if you are 20 years old and otherwise healthy on the street and you can’t be vaccinated, then you shouldn’t be vaccinated in a prison if you’re 20 years old and otherwise healthy.”
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NoHope4Illinois
5 years ago

Wait till Pritzker puts vaccination of illegal aliens ahead of Illinois citizens.

The True Believer
5 years ago

Pritzker and Lori have to go. Pritzker is a race baiter trying to get votes from the socialist leftist democrat side. Lori is trying to be Cabrini Kim in order to give everything to the rabid left feral predators particularly criminals, and other members of the permanent victim class to gain favor with the south and west side communities to insure her re-election. It worked for Foxx, she’s doubling down. I can’t wait to see them both crash and burn.

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