Clusters of cases at nursing homes were reported in Joliet, Taylorville and Belleville. In addition to the beds at McCormick Place, the state is expected to open temporary beds at now-closed MetroSouth Hospital in Blue Island and Advocate Sherman hospital in Elgin.
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.