Jay Fleitman: Before, now, and after the COVID-19 pandemic Jay Fleitman FILE PHOTO Dr. Marina Del Rios, from University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, receives Chicago’s first COVID-19 vaccination from Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, at Loretto Hospital, a 122-bed medical facility in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune via AP) Jose M. Osorio Published: 12/17/2020 7:41:52 AM My daughter, my wife and I were sitting in the airport of Frankfurt, Germany on Feb. 1 on a layover between Ethiopia and flying home to Boston. We were comp...