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