US Army Corps of Engineers Plans to Turn McCormick Place Into a 3,000-Bed Hospital – NBC Chicago
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Illinois’ COVID-19 data: Daily update for Jan. 21, 2021 – Wirepoints
Daily COVID-19 data update for January 21, 2021. Includes new data on vaccinations in Illinois.
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How Illinois can save more lives by vaccinating the elderly first and how the inconsistency of Illinois’ lockdown rules create more chaos – Wirepoints on AM 560’s The Morning Answer
Ted was on AM 560's The Morning Answer this week talking about how Illinois can save more lives by giving the elderly the COVID vaccine before any other group, the inconsistency of Illinois' destructive lockdown rules, and how Illinois' leadership doesn't appear to have any real plan to bring the COVID crisis to an end.
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The Feds may force well-run states to bail out Illinois, Iawmakers’ emboldened spending, and Pritzker’s failed $500 million business tax hike. – Wirepoints on AM560’s Black and Right with John Anthony
Ted was on Black and Right with John Anthony this week talking about the how the Biden stimulus will ultimate force taxpayers in well-run states to pay for Illinois' self-inflicted crises, how Madigan's departure might hasten Illinois' decline because big-spending politicians have more power, and lawmakers' failure to pass Pritzker's $500 million tax hike on businesses.
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Want to save more Illinoisans from COVID? Vaccinate the elderly first. – Wirepoints
Now that vaccines are finally available, Pritzker is including a host of “essential workers,” at the same level of priority as the elderly and calling it an “equity-centric vaccination approach.” It’s a huge mistake to give all those groups equal priority.
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Proposal To Expand CTU Strike Power Would Betray History – Wirepoints
Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it, it’s often said. But what can we say about undoing a history lesson already learned?
What is wrong with using university dorms. Lots of empty beds. You would think the universities would be falling all over themselves to offer the state their facilities. I mean aren’t these places full of virtuous and magnanimous individuals
McCormick Place has lots of electrical outlets, internet and plumbing drains. It has huge parking lots. The infrastructure is just better there than some dorms.
You haven’t seen some of these new dorms? Plus many of these dorms are near hospitals.
Speaking of which, I wonder if the voracious unions at McCormick Place will be up to their usual tricks like requiring a union electrician whenever you plug a cord into the wall. Maybe that’s why Lightfoot picked it.
I guess some universities are doing this already … https://www.chronicle.com/article/If-Coronavirus-Patients/248288
Call it St Groot’s