Asked whether Bloomington-Normal hospitals could handle the return of 20,000 students to campus this fall, ISU's Director of Emergency Management said he has been in close contact with the hospitals and they have plans in place for a surge if that happens. He noted that people “in our typical student age group” usually don’t get extremely sick if they do contract COVID-19.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.