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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

Environment & Public Health

Chicago Mass Vaccination Site Opens At United Center On West Side

By  Bianca Martin
   

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

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