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So far 21 officers have been placed on unpaid status as a result of refusing to submit their information to the portal. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Supt. Brown said that the reality of what COVID has done to his family, as well as the fact that more police officers have died of COVID since the pandemic began than from any other cause, are leading him to push harder for officers to comply with the terms of the COVID vaccine mandate.

Skip to content. Plenty of city residents like to hang out on their building's roof, whether or not there is a deck up there. The air is cleaner and the views are nicer up there, plus it's a good place to get some sun, but one Chicago resident got a lot more than she was expecting during her time on the roof.

The woman, named Aiyana , spotted a UFO , and she filmed the encounter. Her video shows an oddly-shaped black object hovering high above the Windy City. First responders are people who put their lives on the line every day. They run into danger, not from it. Yet the virus is more deadly than bullets. Across the country, COVID has killed more than police officers this year, more than four times as many as who have been killed by guns, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.

Both this year and last year, more law enforcement officers have died from COVID than from other causes. First responders should be getting vaccinated, if only to protect their own health and lives. If they refuse, they put the entire community at risk. On Friday, a judge issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting Catanzara from publicly encouraging members not to report their COVID vaccine status to the city. For those who did not report their vaccination status, the disciplinary process has begun at police headquarters.

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On Monday, Gov. Pritzker announced a fourth union agreement with state workers to get them vaccinated, although the largest union, AFSCME, has not yet come to terms.

Among other measures, workers who catch the coronavirus get time off to recover without using up sick days. They are caught flat-footed by unexpected downturns, sudden spikes, breakouts in some areas, declines in others.

The numbers of sick and dying people have been down in Illinois lately, but no one can say with certainty they will continue to trend downward, even with three effective vaccines. A frustrated Larkin chirped the ref, and a few Hawks on his way to the box, while also dishing out a few shoves. More FS Atlantic News ». View all Atlantic Sites.

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