Updated 3/6/2021 8:19 AM Tom Bucalo doesn't mind being one of the first in the state to get Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. The Hoffman Estates man said he was hoping to get the single-dose vaccine when he secured an appointment slot for Friday's opening day of the Cook County Health System's mass vaccination site in Des Plaines.
"Getting an appointment yesterday was a challenge. It was like getting tickets to a rock concert," Bucalo said. "But I was hoping for (Johnson & Johnson). It's one shot, and I was more confident in what they were saying for the future, meaning the other variants."