Tag: Coronavirus

Health

The official coronavirus story may not prevail

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This essay is the 10-year anniversary of my writing every other week in The Voice. In two news items, we have learned that AstraZeneca Laboratories and Johnson and Johnson Company are experiencing difficulties with the efficacy of their vaccines. The former may have been formulating their product based upon outdated...

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Government Health Policy

Sustained improvement adjusts our activities

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Following a sustained improvement in positivity rates, ICU bed availability, and the number of people in the hospital with COVID-19, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) stated that Regions 8 and 9 are on track to move to Tier 1 of the Restore Illinois plan, Tuesday. Most notably, under...

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Illinois COVID-19 curve flattening, only slightly

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By Jerry Nowicki The percentage of intensive care beds and ventilators in use in Illinois remained relatively flat since last week and State officials Tuesday announced another encouraging sign that Illinois is “flattening the curve” in dealing with the novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19. However, that and the fact the...

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COVID-19 letter to governor Pritzker from Mark Batinick

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Dear governor JB Pritzker, I wanted to express my deep gratitude for your efforts in combating COVID-19. I am grateful for your leadership over the past several weeks and know that Illinois’ effort has resulted in the saving of lives. In no way could you have imagined being in this...

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Illinois falls short on COVID-19 testing

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By Rebecca Anzel Illinois governor JB Pritzker announced Wednesday, April 8 the State is unable to reach its daily novel coronavirus testing goal this week as previously expected. According to medical and scientific experts, he said, processing 10,000 tests per day will give officials the clearest picture of how many...

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Single-day deaths in COVID-19 Tuesday reach State record

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By Rebecca Anzel Illinois officials announced Tuesday the largest single-day increase of novel COVID-19-caused deaths in the State. The 73 new fatalities in 14 counties: Champaign, Christian, Cook, DuPage, Ford, Kane, Kankakee, Lake, Madison, McHenry, Monroe, Tazewell, Will and Winnebago, bring Illinois’ total to 380. Coles, Lawrence, Richland and Shelby...

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Rescue: Fallen baby great horned owl

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By Dave Soderstrom Monday (April 6) I received a message from a nice lady who follows my wildlife photos. She said she had a baby great horned owl in her yard that had fallen out of its nest high up in a pine tree in her back yard in North...

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Opinion

Salutes to Aurora mayor, police chief

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April 5, 2020Dear editor; So, Aurora mayor Richard Irvin and Police Chief Kristen Ziman each has come out and publicly announced that they carry the COVID-19 virus. At a time in our history when everyone seems to hide behind privacy laws, these two community leaders, servants to the public, reveal...

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COVID-19 reaction inadvertently helps clean the planet

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Is coronavirus (COVID-19) inadvertently cleaning our planet? TRT World published the following article March 12. “Coronavirus-related measures have caused a drop in greenhouse gas emissions, bringing little respite to planet Earth. Here’s how: “The novel coronavirus may have temporarily halted global activity on a mass level as countries take extraordinary...

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PFC Chas and the Third Herd in Nuremberg, Germany

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When last we read about PFC Chas, he was just settling in at his new post, the Third Armored Medical Company, a.k.a. the “Third Herd,” in Nuremberg, Germany. And, by “settling in,” I mean making sense of it all. What does a MASH (mobile army surgical hospital) do in peace...

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Thankful and tackling home improvement projects during shelter

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Our household appreciated Carter Crane’s thoughts about gratitude, and proper English usage, last week in The Voice. We have tried to keep a positive and grateful attitude, thankful that my husband is working from home, though my job is suspended for now, and we have the easier task of sheltering...

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No known COVID-19 cases of veterans in Homes: Chapa LaVia

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By Jerry Nowicki The number of novel COVID-19 cases confirmed in Illinois surpassed 10,000 Saturday when the State reported 1,453 new cases and 33 more deaths. The total number of casualties of the virus rose to 243, while confirmed cases grew to 10,357 and 53,581 have been tested, an increase...

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Community

Oswego Museum seeks COVID-19 history

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The Little White School Museum in Oswego has created a “Hometown Historian” initiative to record and collect the community’s unfolding history during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Museum is asking residents inside its area of interest, the 68 square miles inside the Oswego School District, to send the museum photos and...

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Health

Edward-Elmhurst offers test

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Edward Hospital in Naperville and Elmhurst Hospital offer daily testing for patients with a physician’s order for a COVID-19 test. According to a press release from Edward-Elmhurst Health, COVID-19 patients and those suspected of having the virus are placed in negative-pressure isolation rooms with a separate airflow system to contain...

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Teleconferencing for Aurora, North Aurora, Yorkville, governments

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Photos presented to the North Aurora Village Board at the North Aurora Committee of the Whole meeting online through the Zoom remote internet conferencing service Monday include plans for renovation of an existing silo behind Harner's Bakery in North Aurora.

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