Frustration Mounting Over Local COVID Vaccine Rollout
Listen here. “There should definitely be another way,” Rahman said. “Everyone just needs to get on the same page to figure out how to effectively provide the vaccine to all the people in group 1B.” Sangamon County moved to the second priority group for COVID-19 vaccines last week, which includes teachers and other essential workers like first responders and grocery workers, in addition to seniors over 65. The rest of Illinois starts this “Phase 1B” on Monday. Sangamon County’s health department estimates that nearly 49,000 of its residents qualify in this new phase of the vac...