I agree that medical institution and different well being care staff and citizens of long-term care amenities must get precedence for receiving the brand new COVID-19 vaccine. But allow us to now not put out of your mind the 40,000 other folks filled into Illinois prisons and the jail body of workers, plus the 1000’s extra in county jails far and wide the state.
Illinois has abolished the loss of life penalty however those women and men are going through loss of life from this pandemic; it’s raging thru amenities the place social distancing isn’t a call they are able to make, and the place checking out, overlaying and cleansing provides aren’t readily to be had.
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This isn’t just an ethical and human rights disaster. It’s a public well being disaster. Prison body of workers pass house on a daily basis wearing no matter they have got gotten smaller within. Prisoners are launched on the finish in their sentences on a daily basis and are solid out into an international this is opposed to them, steadily with very little to be had well being care or social products and services. Employment, housing and hospital therapy aren’t confident, and a few transform homeless.
From each a public well being and a humanitarian standpoint, prisons and prisoners must be close to the highest of the record of the ones to obtain the brand new vaccines.
Ted Pearson
Co-Chairperson, Emeritus
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Chicago
AOC were given it proper on Rahm
As a lot as I hate to trust Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, she nailed it in her remark opposing the appointment of former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to any place of public believe, since he squandered it through his dealing with of the Laquan McDonald video.
Some have come ahead to argue that he labored arduous, used to be dedicated to our town and were given numerous excellent issues carried out. So did the Chicago Police officials who replied at the evening in query. Their exemplary data however, they all will spend the remainder of their lives being outlined through dangerous alternatives made beneath drive in a aggravating scenario.
The mayor who selected to hide up the Laquan McDonald video must be judged no much less harshly.
David L. Milligan, Portage Park