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At a former Kmart store in Des Plaines, the parking lot was full and a steady stream of people walked through the building’s sliding glass doors. No one was there to shop: what was once the last remaining Kmart in Illinois is now one of Cook County’s COVID-19 mass vaccination sites. The store’s sign has been swapped for a banner announcing the vaccine site, and a member of the Illinois ...

From checkout lines to vaccine lines: Vacant big-box stores get new life as mass COVID-19 vaccination sites Lauren Zumbach, Chicago Tribune © Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune Nurse Barb Parness raises her flag March 19, 2021, to let people know she is ready for another person to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Parness and others were administering shots inside a former Sam's Club in Batavia. At a former Kmart store in Des Plaines, the parking lot was full and a steady stream of people walked through the building’s sliding glass doors. No one was there to shop: what wa...