I believe our Governor’s first priority is the lives & safety of Illinoisans. On 5/12/20, Illinois saw an increase of 4,014 infected persons, that day’s total infected 83,021, the death toll nearly 4,000 in our state; those numbers increasing daily. This weekend the U.S. death toll will undoubtedly reach 100,000, loved individuals, abruptly reiven from us. There are fights underway in most states about when and how to reopen — to proceed with caution or throw it to the wind. In ‘quarantine fatigue’, we yearn to have this nightmare behind us, but it’s NOT! The new wrinkle — kids are contracting the virus, some dying from ‘pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome’, even as officials debate on reopening schools. Business owners are understandably upset about their uncertain-prospects. This feels immensely personal to most of us. Remember, it’s a Global Pandemic, over 300,000 deaths worldwide. I want my Governor to proceed with informed-caution. Financial health is important, but Public Health is ultimately the harbinger of Economic Health.
Trish Forsyth Voss
May 15 2020
What I think of JB Pritzker’s plans to reopen Illinois.
I believe our Governor’s first priority is the lives & safety of Illinoisans. On 5/12/20, Illinois saw an increase of 4,014 infected persons, that day’s total infected 83,021, the death toll nearly 4,000 in our state; those numbers increasing daily. This weekend the U.S. death toll will undoubtedly reach 100,000, loved individuals, abruptly reiven from us. There are fights underway in most states about when and how to reopen — to proceed with caution or throw it to the wind. In ‘quarantine fatigue’, we yearn to have this nightmare behind us, but it’s NOT! The new wrinkle — kids are contracting the virus, some dying from ‘pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome’, even as officials debate on reopening schools. Business owners are understandably upset about their uncertain-prospects. This feels immensely personal to most of us. Remember, it’s a Global Pandemic, over 300,000 deaths worldwide. I want my Governor to proceed with informed-caution. Financial health is important, but Public Health is ultimately the harbinger of Economic Health.
Trish Forsyth Voss
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