A.D. Q&A with A.D. Quig

A.D. Q&A with Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady


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Chicago is in its second week without an indoor mask mandate or vaccine requirement to get into certain bars and restaurants. COVID cases are under 200 per day. Our test positivity is under one percent - a number we haven’t seen since last summer. We’re in a new era of the pandemic, officials have said, one in which we learn how to live with the virus and work to keep healthcare settings from getting overwhelmed. But at this time two years ago, the city was only testing about a dozen people per day. Reporters were scrambling to understand the personal details of each and every new positive case. This week, our guest is Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady, who was confirmed by the City Council in January of 2020, weeks before the first COVID mitigations swept the city and state. Governor J.B. Pritzker declared a state of emergency on March 9, closed bars and restaurants on March 16, and barred gatherings of more than 50 people a day later. Dr. Arwady
discusses how much politics infused the debate around pandemic response, how history will remember Chicago’s handling of the virus, and her department’s controversial equity play, limiting vaccine access to the city’s hardest hit areas.
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A.D. Q&A with A.D. QuigBy Crain's Chicago Business

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