Pritzker says health and economy to be considered in incremental reopening plan, as another 102,390 COVID-19 shots administered – Chicago Tribune*

Pritzker said the new reopening plan would balance economic interests with the need to stay ahead of new variants of the virus that spread more quickly than the strains that drove the spring and fall surges. “Let me be clear to everybody: I’m more optimistic today than I have ever been throughout this pandemic about where we are going and getting to the end of the pandemic.”