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December 14, 2020 Coronavirus update from Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso.
December 14, 2020 Coronavirus update from Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso. 
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM MAYOR GRASSO ON COVID-19
Monday, December 14, 2020
VACCINES HERE - “MASK FOR US”
Monday, December 14, 2020
VACCINES HERE - “MASK FOR US”
The Pfizer super-cold vaccine is here and distribution to 50 Illinois counties with the highest death-per-100,000 ratios (including unfortunately in that metric, Cook and DuPage) is happening as this message is being read today. In accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and their Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations, DuPage County Health Department will follow a multi-phased approach to vaccination. The following priority groups have been recommended for vaccination at this time (subject to change):
• Phase 1A: Health care personnel and long-term care residents
• Phase 1B: Essential workers (e.g., Education Sector, Food & Agriculture, Utilities, Police, Firefighters, Corrections Officers, and Transportation).
• Phase 1C: Adults with high-risk medical conditions and adults 65 years and older.
Today, I listened to the weekly DuPage Board of Health report on COVID-19. I asked if there has been a noticeable “Thanksgiving spike” in cases. While the answer was “no!”, cases are not rapidly declining either. Deaths are still too high – none are acceptable – but the trend in new cases and deaths is down. From December 11-13, statewide cases/ deaths/DuPage deaths were 9400/189/11, then 8700/126/10 and then 7200/115/5. As I noted, still too many deaths. The average age of death is 85. Hospitalizations are down and med surge and ICU bed availability is stable.
I want to repeat from my last message that on December 2, the CDC issued new guidance for quarantine related to contact with a person with COVID-19. Quarantine can end after Day 10 if no symptoms of any kind have materialized and no tests have been taken. The risk you still may have COVID and can transmit it is between 1% and 10%. Quarantine may also end after 7 days if you receive a negative diagnostic COVID test report on or after Day 5 and have no symptoms during the entirety of the quarantine. The chance a person has non-symptomatic COVID with a negative test and can transmit it is between 5% and 12%. The widely known 14-day quarantine remains in place and is the safest against transmitting COVID by persons with non-symptomatic COVID. The IDPH does not recommend either shortened protocol in congregate care settings.
Just because the vaccine is here, there is zero reason to let your guard down. Large-scale vaccination is not likely to occur until well into 2021. Stay strong and healthy by wearing proper masks properly, keep social distanced when possible, and wash those hands thoroughly.
Total COVID-19 cases in Burr Ridge as of today’s dashboards is 672; 485 (DuPage) and 187 (Cook), up 27 cases since December 11; no increase on the Cook side. Click here for the DuPage County dashboard and here for Cook County. I offer this hope for the season:
• Phase 1A: Health care personnel and long-term care residents
• Phase 1B: Essential workers (e.g., Education Sector, Food & Agriculture, Utilities, Police, Firefighters, Corrections Officers, and Transportation).
• Phase 1C: Adults with high-risk medical conditions and adults 65 years and older.
Today, I listened to the weekly DuPage Board of Health report on COVID-19. I asked if there has been a noticeable “Thanksgiving spike” in cases. While the answer was “no!”, cases are not rapidly declining either. Deaths are still too high – none are acceptable – but the trend in new cases and deaths is down. From December 11-13, statewide cases/ deaths/DuPage deaths were 9400/189/11, then 8700/126/10 and then 7200/115/5. As I noted, still too many deaths. The average age of death is 85. Hospitalizations are down and med surge and ICU bed availability is stable.
I want to repeat from my last message that on December 2, the CDC issued new guidance for quarantine related to contact with a person with COVID-19. Quarantine can end after Day 10 if no symptoms of any kind have materialized and no tests have been taken. The risk you still may have COVID and can transmit it is between 1% and 10%. Quarantine may also end after 7 days if you receive a negative diagnostic COVID test report on or after Day 5 and have no symptoms during the entirety of the quarantine. The chance a person has non-symptomatic COVID with a negative test and can transmit it is between 5% and 12%. The widely known 14-day quarantine remains in place and is the safest against transmitting COVID by persons with non-symptomatic COVID. The IDPH does not recommend either shortened protocol in congregate care settings.
Just because the vaccine is here, there is zero reason to let your guard down. Large-scale vaccination is not likely to occur until well into 2021. Stay strong and healthy by wearing proper masks properly, keep social distanced when possible, and wash those hands thoroughly.
Total COVID-19 cases in Burr Ridge as of today’s dashboards is 672; 485 (DuPage) and 187 (Cook), up 27 cases since December 11; no increase on the Cook side. Click here for the DuPage County dashboard and here for Cook County. I offer this hope for the season:
“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” — Nelson Mandela
SOCIAL DISTANCE – WEAR PROPER FACE COVERINGS – VACCINES!
Address/Location
Village of Burr Ridge
7700 S County Line Rd
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 630-323-8181