Gov. Pritzker please with progress Illinoisans are making to defeat COVID-19

Posted on June 10, 2020
Illinois’ performance in pushing coronavirus numbers down has Gov. Pritzker optimistic they won’t rise again this fall. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)

By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker is pleased with the progress Illinoisans are making to defeat coronavirus — so far! History may repeat itself.

“Will there be another spike?” Pritzker asks. “If everybody follows the rules, based upon what I’ve read, we shouldn’t have another spike — except for this: the ‘Spanish flu’ from 100 years ago, the last great pandemic, when they got to the fall, it spiked even higher than it was in the spring. So a lot of people, including doctors, are worried about that possibly happening” with coronavirus.

He added Illinois is much better prepared now than three months ago. At an unrelated event in Moline, Pritzker praised everybody for wearing masks.

Dave Dahl can be reached at [email protected]. 

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