Column: Adequately providing for veterans is a daily commitment – Daily Chronicle (DeKalb)

"As of Sept. 30, 2017, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said 6.8% of Illinois’ adult population are veterans, (nationally it’s 6.6%). That worked out to 628,254 people...To serve that population there are four inpatient care sites housing more than 800. You might’ve heard of the Quincy home, source of a persistent Legionnaire’s disease outbreak that stained Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration, or the one in La Salle, where 62 residents (about 34%) and 69 employees had positive COVID-19 tests as of Friday. A 200-bed Chicago facility, started in 2014, is done but unopened because of staffing issues."
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Kay Saroski
3 years ago

It makes it sound as if COVID is the former governor Rauner’s fault? The governor claims to protect citizens with draconian lockdowns yet leaves some of the most vulnerable citizens still open to this virus and is not held accountable. Good luck to that governor in 2022. Too bad Illinois is still voting for ANY dems – this will continue until Illinois can clean house once and for all.

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