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21-3078
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 04/13/2021 | approve | Pass |
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21-0541
| 2 | | Covid-19 Mass Immunization Plan Resolution | Resolution | SUBMITTING A PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE #21-0541
(Health and Hospitals Committee 1/26/2021)
PROPOSED RESOLUTION
REQUESTING A MEETING OF THE COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM THE COOK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ON THEIR COVID-19 MASS IMMUNIZATION PLANS IN SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY
WHEREAS, on January 27, 2020, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services declared that COVID-19, a respiratory illness spread by close contact through respiratory droplets, presents a public health emergency, and the World Health Organization characterized the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic on March 11, 2020; and
WHEREAS, COVID-19 continues to be a serious threat across the U.S. and Cook County, and
WHEREAS, many hospitals across the U.S. already have a higher load of COVID-19 patients than ever before since the pandemic began, and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Robert Redfield, warned last month that the next few months of the pandemic would be among “the most difficult in the public health | defer | Pass |
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21-2664
| 1 | | DECLARING GUN VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
DECLARING GUN VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
WHEREAS, Public Health Awareness raises awareness of the relationship between the health of individuals and the health of their communities; and
WHEREAS, there has been an increase in gun related violence in Cook County compared to the decrease in numbers over the past five years; and
WHEREAS, The City of Chicago has seen a sharp increase in gun violence in 2020 compared to previous years. In 2020 3,893 shootings were reported, compared to just 2,536 in 2019; and
WHEREAS, As of April 1, 2021, 703 people have been injured by a gun shot in Chicago, IL surpassing the total 2020 number by 183 cases; and
WHEREAS, The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed 875 gun-related homicides in 2020, breaking the previous record of 838 set in 1994 and;
WHEREAS, The Medical Examiner’s office handled 970 homicides in 2020. Which was a more than 40 percent increase over 2019’s total of 675; and
WHEREAS, African Americans were the victims of 78 percent of homicides and Latinos accounted for more th | recommend for approval | Pass |
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