A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign
“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”
26 Illinois deaths from covid, 739 Chicago deaths from the 1995 heatwave
Ironically, everyone stayed at home during that heat wave too, that’s why they all died, sitting alone in their apartments, succumbing to the heat.
The McCormick Place plans are “part of our pandemic planning, but it is not something I have ever wanted to consider seriously in Chicago,” Arwady said. “But we’re talking about it not in theoretical ways. We’re working right now to do everything we can to protect our health care system.”
The city is also talking about how it could set up morgues in parking lots if necessary, Arwady said.
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Talk about fear-mongering! We have a public official talking about setting up morgues in parking lots? Totally inappropriate.