VACCINATE 10%.

>> ILLINOIS RECEIVED THE FIRST

HALF OF ITS CORONAVIRUS VACCINE

ALLOT.

MONDAY NOW THE REST OF THAT

ALLOTMENT PROMISED BY THE FEDS

ARRIVED.

THERE'S HOPE THAT THE VACCINE

CAN BE STRETCHED.

ON THE OTHER HAND THERE ARE

CONCERNS ABOUT THE FEDS' KETTING

THE NUMBER OF --

CUTTING THE NUMBER OF DOSES IN

HALF.

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US WITH

MORE.

>> PARIS, WITH STATE TROOPERS,

CORONAVIRUS VACCINE HAS MADE IT

FROM THE ILLINOIS NATIONAL

STRATEGIC STOCKPILE TO 77

HOSPITALS ACROSS THE STATE AND

TO CHICAGO HOSPITALS AS WELL.

ROSELAND'S C.E.O. TIM EGAN COULD

NOT BE HAPPIER ABOUT IT.

>> WE HAVE BEEN THE TIP OF THE

SWORD IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID

SINCE THE BEGINNING.

WE SHOWCASED WE COULD HANDLE THE

TESTING PROGRAM.

WE'VE TESTED 25,000 PEOPLE AT

OUR HOSPITAL.

AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE SHOWN AND

GIVEN PROOF THAT WE CAN HANDLE

THE VACCINATION PROGRAM AS WELL.

>> ROSELAND RECEIVED 975 DOSES

OF THE VACCINE.

MORE THAN ENOUGH TO COVER THE

HOSPITAL'S ENTIRE STAFF AND

AFFILIATED DOCTORS.

UNLIKE HOSPITALS THAT PUT NURSES

AND DOCTORS AT THE FRONT OF THE

LINE, ROSELAND TOOK A DIFFERENT

APPROACH WHEN ITS FIRST FIVE

EMPLOYEES GOT THE SHOT.

>> WE SPREAD IT OUT AMONGST OUR

FAMILY.

BECAUSE THIS BATTLE AGAINST

COVID IS NOT JUST FOUGHT BY

DOCTORS AND NURSES BUT OUR

ENTIRE FAMILY AND OUR SUPPORT

SERVICE.

TO HAVE AN ENGINEER, TO HAVE ONE

OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE

FOLKS, SOMEONE FROM THE LAB JOIN

ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING DOCTORS

AND CHIEF NURSES WAS JUST A

BREATH OF FRESH AIR FOR THE

VACCINATION PROGRAM ITSELF.

WE'VE SPREAD THE WEALTH AND WE

GOT ALL SERVICE LINES INVOLVED.

>> EAGAN SAYS THE HOSPITAL IS

RUNNING TO GET EVERYONE A

VACCINE THOSE WHO AGREE TO IT.

IT WON'T BE MANDATORY.

BUT IT IS ENCOURAGED.

TO COMBAT SKEPTICISM RAMPANT IN

THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY,

HE SAYS ROSELAND WILL WORK TO

EDUCATE EMPLOYEES AND PLANS TO

LAUNCH AN I GOT IT CAMPAIGN.

REMAINING VACCINE WILL GO TO

COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE

AMBULANCE DRIVERS.

>> AND THEY ARE ON THE

FRONTLINES THEY DID NOT GET ANY

ALLOTMENT OF THE VACCINE AND

THEY CERTAINLY ARE DESERVING OF

GETTING VACCINATED AS FRONTLINE

WARRIORS SO WE ARE GOING TO HELP

THEM OUT TOO.

>> THE RUSH PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO

THOSE WHO INTERFACE WITH

CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS.

THE CLINIC WAS BUSTLING THIS

AFTERNOON AS DOCTORS AND NURSES

BEGAN TO GET INOCULATED.

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY DOCTOR WHO

SAYS BETWEEN 30-70 COVID

PATIENTS COME THROUGH THE ER

DAILY MANY OF WHOM ARE QUITE

SICK.

>> IT'S SURREAL.

YOU KNOW IT'S SURREAL TO THINK

WE HAVE BEEN BATTLING THIS FOR

OVER A YEAR NOW.

WE THOUGHT WE HAD CONTROL OF IT

BUT WE'VE HAD PEAKS.

IT FEELS KA THRASH CATHARTIC.

AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE

BEGINNING OF THE END AND THE

MORE PEOPLE WE CAN VACCINATE THE

SOONER IT WILL BE OVER.

>> VACCINE IS NOT MANDATORY AT

RUSH.

THE DOCTOR DID HIS RESEARCHING

READING THE STUDIES BEFORE

SIGNING UP TO GET IT.

>> IT DOES NOT PENETRATE THE

HUMAN CELL.

THE SCIENCE IS STRAIGHTFORWARD.

IS THERE A CONCERN?

SURE.

BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT WE ALL

FEEL IT'S SAFE TO GET.

>> RUSH'S CLINIC HAS AN AREA

THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GO AND

SIT AND REST AFTER YOU WAIT

AFTER DONATING BLOOD IN THE RARE

EVENT SOMEONE MAY HAVE A

REACTION THERE ARE DOCTORS

NEARBY.

THERE ARE R THERE IS A CHANCE

THAT RUSH AND OTHERS WILL BE

ABLE TO STRETCH IT SOME.

EACH VIAL WAS THOUGHT TO ONLY

HAVE ENOUGH DOSES FOR FIVE,

THERE'S A POSSIBLE FOR SIX OR

SEVEN DOSES.

>> WHAT HAS TO BE CLEAR IS THAT

ANY REMAINING VACCINE THAT IS IN

THE VIAL THAT DOES NOT EQUAL A

FULL DOSE CANNOT BE COMBINED

WITH REMNANTS FROM OTHER VIALS.

WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE ANY

VACCINE.

BUT IT'S ALSO CRITICAL THAT WE

MAKE SURE THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL

RECEIVES A FULL, SAFE AND

EFFECTIVE DOSE OF VACCINE.

>> ILLINOIS PUBLIC HEALTH DR.

NGOZI EZIKE SAYS THERE IS NO WAY

TO PREDICT HOW MANY EXTRA DOSES

THAT MAY CREATE BUT STATES ARE

UNSURE WHEN AND HOW MANY

ADDITIONAL SHIPMENTS WILL BE

COMING.

THE GOVERNOR YESTERDAY

ANNOUNCING ILLINOIS' NEXT

SHIPMENT WAS SLASHED IN HALF.

PFIZER PUT OUT A STATEMENT

SAYING IT HAS AND WILL CONTINUE

TO WORK WITH OPERATION WARP

SPEED AND THAT IT SUCCESSFULLY

SHIPPED THE 2.9 MILLION DOSES

THE GOVERNMENT ASKED IT TO.

PFIZER IS NOT HAVING ANY

PRODUCTION ISSUES WITH THE

COVID-19 VACCINE.

AND NO SHIPMENTS CONTAINING THE

VACCINE ARE ON HOLD OR DELAYED.

WE HAVE MILLIONS MORE DOSES IN

OUR WAREHOUSE BUT AS OF NOW WE

HAVE NOT RECEIVED SHIPMENT

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL

DOSES THE STATEMENT READS.

DR. NGOZI EZIKE AND THE GOVERNOR

SAY THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED THERE

WILL NOT BE ENOUGH VACCINE FOR

THOSE WHO ARE GETTING IT NOW TO

GET THAT SECOND REQUIRED DOSE IN

THREE WEEKS' TIME.

RUSH'S DOCTOR TERRY GALLAGHER

WORKS IN AN ISOLATION FACILITY

FOR COVID PATIENTS WHO HAVE

NOWHERE ELSE TO GO AND ADMITS

CARING FOR THOSE WITH THE VIRUS

CAN BE SCARY.

>> IT IS A CALCULATED RISK BUT

IT IS A RISK THAT WE FEEL IT IS

OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS NURSES OF

TO TAKE CARE OF THE POPULATION

AND TO INSURE THAT EVERYONE IS

CARED FOR.

>> NOW, THAT SHE HAS GOTTEN THE

THE VACCINE GALLAGHER IS STILL

GOING TO WEAR A MASK AND ALL

THAT PPE BUT SAYS GETTING THAT

VACCINE FEELS LIKE AN EXTRA

LAYER OF PROTECTION.

>> I HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS

THAT I HAVE NOT HUGGED IN EIGHT

OR NINE MONTHS AND I'M VERY

EXCITED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF

THAT AGAIN.

>> SHE SAYS IT'S LIKELY THAT HER

LOVED ONES WILL BE GETTING THE

HUGS IN 21 DAYS TIME AFTER HER

ADVANTAGES NATION IS COMPLETE.

I ASKED GALLAGHER HOW IT

PHYSICALLY FELT TO GET THE SHOT

AND SHE SAID IT WAS FINE.

AND SHE TOLD ME SHE LIKES TO

GIVE SHOTS.

SO ON THAT ACCOUNT, IF YOU ARE