Rumors of shuttered suburban hotel becoming coronavirus care center prove false, months after uproar over proposal to turn it into rehab facility – Chicago Tribune

April 12, 2020

It turned out to be a false rumor, but its circulation illustrates the opaque process through which government officials are trying to line up buildings for use in the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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