Nursing Home, Veterans’ Home Employees Slow to be Vaccinated in the State
COVID-19 infections in Illinois’ nursing homes and veterans’ homes are have decreased, but facility employees still seem hesitant to get vaccinated.
Illinoisans older than 65 continue to get vaccinated in higher numbers. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said last week that about 70% of the state’s elderly population had received at least their first of two vaccination injections.
The vaccination rates are credited with COVID-19 infection rates falling in managed care facilities by more than 80% in as little as seven weeks nationwide, according to a report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. The report notes that studies have shown “COVID-19 cases dropped more quickly among residents as well as nursing home workers in homes that had done their first round of vaccinations compared with nursing homes that had not provided any vaccines yet.”
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The easiest way to make sure we have more resources to spend on transportation priorities is to stop wasting money on unnecessary highway boondoggle projects.
We should also pursue new ways to finance transportation infrastructure that cover the true costs of driving and generate revenue for healthier, cleaner options of public transit.
John Stout is a transportation advocate for US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG).
Tony Dutzik is associate director and senior policy analyst at Frontier Group.
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