Chicago Mass Vaccination Site Opens At United Center On West Side

More than 40,000 Illinois seniors have already booked appointments since registration opened Thursday. Reset shares the latest.

By Bianca Martin
Virus Outbreak Illinois Vaccine
An on-site vaccination campaign staff member pushes an elderly woman in a wheelchair as they exit the United Center mass COVID-19 vaccination site on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, in Chicago. Shafkat Anowar / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Virus Outbreak Illinois Vaccine
An on-site vaccination campaign staff member pushes an elderly woman in a wheelchair as they exit the United Center mass COVID-19 vaccination site on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, in Chicago. Shafkat Anowar / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chicago Mass Vaccination Site Opens At United Center On West Side

More than 40,000 Illinois seniors have already booked appointments since registration opened Thursday. Reset shares the latest.

By Bianca Martin
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A new mass COVID-19 vaccination site opened at the United Center Tuesday.

Reset checks in with an infectious disease specialist to discuss the thinking behind the location and what it might mean for the greater Chicago region’s broader pandemic response.

GUEST: Dr. Emily Landon, infectious disease specialist at the University of Chicago