Full Text of SR0828 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 828
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus | 3 | | (SARS-CoV-2), better known as
COVID-19, was first detected in | 4 | | Illinois in January of 2020, and the first COVID-19 related | 5 | | death in Illinois occurred on March 16, 2020; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS The first COVID-19 related death in Illinois | 7 | | occurred on March 16, 2020, and Governor Pritzker issued a | 8 | | stay at home order on March 20, 2020 and extended that order on | 9 | | April 1, 2020, signaling that the COVID-19 pandemic would | 10 | | endure for the foreseeable future; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Public Health has | 12 | | reported nearly 2.8 million cases across all counties and | 13 | | almost 30,000 COVID-related deaths; more Illinoisans have died | 14 | | of COVID-19 than died serving in World War I, World War II, and | 15 | | the war in Vietnam combined; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Thousands of those who have survived COVID-19 are | 17 | | still struggling with myriad symptoms of Long COVID-19; this | 18 | | range of symptoms can last weeks or months after someone is | 19 | | first infected or can appear weeks after infection; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, COVID-19 has had costly and disruptive impacts on | 21 | | Illinois residents and their families, businesses, |
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| 1 | | institutions, and local and state governments; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Illinois' network of public health professionals, | 3 | | hospitals, and health care systems have battled relentlessly | 4 | | to prevent and treat COVID-19 and prevent related deaths; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, It is customary in Illinois to remember and honor | 6 | | those who have served the people of Illinois in protecting the | 7 | | public health and to remember lives lost due to public health | 8 | | tragedies such as COVID-19; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare April 1, | 11 | | 2022 to be a day of remembrance in honor of those who have been | 12 | | lost to the COVID-19 pandemic and in recognition of the | 13 | | frontline workers who have sacrificed by tirelessly laboring | 14 | | to protect the health of Illinoisans.
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