McCormick Place Field Hospital
- McCormick Place will be converted into Illinois’ first field hospital to handle 3,000 coronavirus patients as the state braces for a possible surge in cases in the coming weeks, officials said.
“We’re not waiting for the worst. We’re preparing ourselves for the worst,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Saturday at his daily briefing.
The governor’s remarks came a day after Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite said he hoped to complete the work by April 24. The Chicago Department of Public Health said 500 beds are expected to be ready there in the coming week.
And not just McCormick Place:
- The United Center also will transform into a logistics hub for Chicago’s coronavirus response — used for food distribution, first responder staging and collecting medical supplies.
Police station lobbies remain open to any and all who want to come in, make reports and cough all over officers and staff.
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
81 Comments:
So does this mean we re not getting a casino?
https://cwbchicago.com/2020/03/cops-question-covid-clean-up-practices-as-cpd-announces-10-more-cases.html
How about City Hall and the Aldermanic offices stay open instead of Districts? Then, the open mouth coughing, drooling, wash the scrotum in the water fountain scoundrels can have somewhere to go while supporting their favorite democrat.
The shit storm is coming. Not as numerous as NYC, but probably in proportion. They have 30,000 cases now. Chicago will have 10,000. If they have 100,000, we'll have 30,000.
"You Cops need to stop thinking so highly
of yourselves and learn how to be public
servants again. The public, the people
who pay your exorbitant salary are sick
and tired of your selfish bellyaching
about your safety in the midst of this
national crisis."
-Larry Lightfoot, Esq.
(Sarcasm and Sardonicism an' shit...)
Keeping CPD station lobbies open and the
lack of equipment, training and supplies
is deliberate and designed to keep Police
skin in the game.
Bad optics if The Police actually have any
kind of actual protection.
Groot plays to it's constituency.
listen to gov tubby... the sky is falling
So part 2 of the Sgt test will be next year?I hope they go up to 800 on the current list payback for years of inbred meritorious picks.
One month ago that area held tens of thousands of visitors for the Auto Show, Comicon and NBA All-star festivities on the same weekend. How fitting that the site of, quite possibly, ground zero in Chicago is now being used to house the sick.
The city cant even send us a courtesy letter telling us part 2 of sgt. Is a lost cause.
God damn when it happens how many people expect that place to be filled with 30% homeless and smelling like ass
Great. Somehow they’ll use this as an excuse to build ANOTHER wing on McCormick Place so that connected companies can make their money - only for it to sit empty like most of McCormick place most of the year as Chicago continues to lose convention business.
Should have been done a long time ago. Fucking armatures.
And not one bed will be filled at McCormick. Has anyone heard of any local hospitals being over crowded. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it, I get it, but the media blows it up like they're going to fill all of McCormick. GTFO
guv'nor fatso's updates are annoying.
he never misses a chance to take a verbal shot at the president.
but judging by his immense size, he never misses a snack.
State of the Art, baby!!!
State of the fucking Art!!!!
Isn't that what 311 was designed to do, especially during times like this?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
guv'nor fatso's updates are annoying.
he never misses a chance to take a verbal shot at the president.
but judging by his immense size, he never misses a snack.
3/29/2020 02:28:00 AM
hey you leave Gov. "Underlying Conditions" alone ...
at least Trump doesn't get all touchy-feely ... I'm hating the touchy-feely
Rob Elgas and the skinny black guy on Ch. 7 have both mastered the art of 'panic' in the voice ... If they were alive a century ago they could have done "war of the worlds'
Can the homeless sleep in the Aldermen office and city hall like they do in the 002nd District? I was asking for a friend.
At least the governor is doing something instead of threatening people outside.
Will Electricians still charge $250.00 to plug in each respirator?
Does Fatfuckster still have them Lining up at the weed shops? Still have the emergency workers, cops and firemen, running around without masks.
If the shitters back up at McCormick place he can blame the Trump virus too, BTW thats federal money paying for it. I see he's sporting a Cuamo type polo shirt and jacket with IL. plastered all over it. He should put dollar signs and prison stripes on it to represent his office. Such times we live in.
Thanks to the Guard for being selfless. An oath is an oath even in IL., unless your elected that is.
Who is going to be keeping the peace surrounded by 3000 covid patients.good luck with that.
"""You Cops need to stop thinking so highly
of yourselves and learn how to be public
servants again. The public, the people
who pay your exorbitant salary are sick
and tired of your selfish bellyaching
about your safety in the midst of this
national crisis."""
Boy just wait until we all go down to Tripps and da boyz in da hood go wild. That'll be a dance you can sell tickets too. We love our cops in 016 so dont go taking any chances, fuck their tickets.
itll never be needed, being built with tax payer funds...what a waste of OUR money.
Waste of time and money. This virus has been here for quite some time.
More than half the population has been exposed.
Vaccine and herd immunity will win out.
Somebody is making billions of dollars on this.
That's what the Medical is for. If Groot wont close the Lobby's .THAN " HIT THE MEDICAL " UNTIL THEY DO !
There's not a lot we can do to stop this virus. Overreacting wont help. It's going to run its course no matter what we do. We are dealing with a pathogen that goes where the wind blows. Filling up hotels and exposition centers seems expensive. Isn't Cook County Jail largely empty now? Our mayor already thinks were going to involuntarily "detain" these people against their will. Wouldn't the county lockup be a better place to do that?
Where is the next "Interment" camp going to pop up? What are the next "executive orders" going to be written? Which of out freedoms are going to be trampled upon by our already overreaching government? They are going to have a lot of "civil disobedience" on their hands if they continue in this fashion. What then, Martial Law? Double Secret Probation?
More Popcorn please...
Let's not forget the millions the connected will receive to "clean and sanitize" these buildindsr
Anonymous Anonymous said...
That's what Happens when you hire a social worker as the executive director of the jail and a probation officer as chief of the courts and house arrest.
It took 4 weeks to figure out that you have enough room to separate 5000 inmates in a jail the has had well over 10,000 in the past.
Brilliant
That's criminal if true
3/29/2020 02:26:00 AM
It’s very true. My bro works in em, his boss Carmen Ruffin, is a hack from the state that doesn’t know her ass from her elbow. Most of the county brass are friends of dart or morons from the state that come to county to further tarnish a once proud department
The community in 019 got together and bought plexiglas shields for the desks at both stations. THE COMMUNITY! Not the City, not the Department. I’m very glad to work for people who give a shit about us. Beck and Lightfoot are assholes. No money? Isn’t that what the Chicago Police Foundation was supposed to be for? Instead that idiot mayor is putting up the homeless in $1000 a month hotel rooms. While I sit at lake chasing down joggers. I realize these are unprecedented times, but could someone with a gold star show some leadership? It’s incompetence and being baffled from Lightfoot, Beck, Riccio, West, Waller, Carter and the rest of them right down to our own Greek god, Papaioannou.
And not one bed will be filled at McCormick. Has anyone heard of any local hospitals being over crowded
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Be patient. The models show an avalanche of covid patients is coming. It won't be pretty even with the extra beds.
Does anyone realize , that once this is over will McCormick Place be Fumigated? Imagine having a Convention in a building, that you dont know how many Contagious people slept in it!
Re: the open lobbies of police stations
There is a CDC order for social distancing.....
Hit the Home Depot or Lowe’s - buy some of those 3 feet tall traffic cones-
Tie and tape Police Line tape around them and place them at six feet out so
no one comes in any closer. No one needs to be in your face at this time....
And designate only one washroom for public use.......seal the rest off for CPD only...
McCormick Place??!!
At least you won’t have to worry about anyone pulling the plug on your ventilator. That’s the electrician’s job and costs $400
Some of those homeless may be carrying things worse than the Conorasvirus.
I’m sure that “McCormick Place Medical Center” will be well equipped and well-staffed with the best and the brightest that want to fight to save my life. Although maybe they are just there to enforce the universal, non-voluntary DNR??
And I am equally certain that Gov. Pritzker, Mayor Lightfoot, their families, political allies and friends (Party members) will never be “treated” at such places. Its just my feeling that they will get the ventilators are Northwestern, UofC, UIC, Loyola or Rush without a “universal DNR”.
If you go to McCormick Place I wonder if you will be allowed to leave, have visitors, or have communication while you are waiting for “treatment”?? Will you be allowed to leave??
Not sure if I’ll voluntarily go to these facilities. These facilities are sounding more like gulags than hospitals. But of course you can trust the government, can’t you?
Will the doctors have to join the Teamster's Union? Those crooks have run that place forever.
Some good stats here on other departments- https://apnews.com/069d01bafbb1f15b1f6c4a4479ab1456
Reopen the TB sanitariums!
Why are the civilians still working the desk. There virtually less than ten reports being taken in some districts. The police desk officers can handle that. Send these Netflix Amazon shopping rejects
Noticed the areas that are to house
covid-19 patients are just divided
spaces, witb no ceiling over each
"room", maybe they were not finised
at the time I saw the video last week,
IF each room/space is NOT covered and
does NOT have a door as well,
that fucking virus will spread like
wildfire and mccormick place will be
a big fucking germ factory!
Stay away.
So what are things going to be like when food and other essentials run short or run out in certain parts of the city? Won't be pretty... Stay safe as best you can, as you deal with this from the untenable position the city is putting you in.
They’ll need to tear it down after, due to bed bug and roach infestation!
It’s the best thing to happen to MacCormick, it’s hospitality and trade venue business was going down the drain for decades. Once that MacCormick’s ventilations system gets a good dose of viral spores, no conventioneer is going to want to attend anytime soon after.
With a start up of 3,000 beds at the going city-rate of $175 per night and a 15 day minimum could prove better than the dwindling Windy City trade show convention bidness.
Guess MacCormack Place beat out the newly rehabbed Old Cook County Hospital Hotel, but they’ll only have 200 rooms...if they even open in the next couple of months.
Wow, ol’ Rahm the community developer had sold off and demolished Shortshanks billion dollar Reece Hospital Olympic Village dream scheme a couple years too soon. Democrats will continue to exploit the pandemonium and possibly created a whole new industry - gubmint subsidized sanitariums.
Now looks like MacCormick’s Place going to turn into both CookCo St.Roger’s and Cermack’s Hospital East. Even Pacific Gardens will be getting a dedicated a wing.
Has anyone ACTUALLY been in any of our hospitals and seen it loaded first hand? I haven't heard an ambulance in days!
What a crock of shit
Will McCormick place be subject to union pay rates and rules? If so, expect higher property taxes.
I guess it’s better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it the old saying, now that the mayor has just announced that the schools will not be going back until at least April 21 so they’re gonna have to probably go to school longer, does that mean the teachers are now sitting on their ass is at home getting about two grand a week There going to get extra pay for doing this if they have to work extra during the summer which would be totally ludicrous because you’re basically on vacation again!
On another note the speaker of the house Pelosi stated clearly on the news this morning it was CNN I wasn’t watching it but another person in my house was she said for the second stimulus she’s going to make sure that the money is there to take care of the pensions I hope the mayor pays attention to this and the union president maybe make a call to the White House to make it happen for the Police Pension fund which is rapidly depleting! You say you support the first responders now put your money where your mouth is make the call. FOP President Graham do you have the inside track you were at the White House talking to the president sitting right next to him maybe make that phone call at least this would show that you have done something during your career to help the coppers instead of sitting there saying nothing but see what you do now can you handle this?
But, But what about the Casino. Where we gonna put the casino if McCormick Place is a hospital. Oh no say it ain't so.
April 24th? It won’t be ready until April 24th?!?!?
Instead of having the Corps of Engineers build out a hospital, why not have the National Guard set up on of their actual “ready to use” field hospitals inside McCormick Place? Field hospitals are supposed to be ready to receive patients within 48 hours of being deployed. And, when they’re not needed any more, they pack up and move in another 48 hours - to demolition needed.
So, whose beak is getting wetted by this project? Follow the money!
It’s the flu. Please stop watching the fricking fake news media. They are all full of crap. They scare you so you continue to click on their stories and listen to their BS.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
So does this mean we re not getting a casino?
3/29/2020 12:04:00 AM
This is the casino where you bet your life.
Kind of off topic, but since the first post mentioned a casino, keep in mind that there are 7500 restaurants and bars in the city. If half of them could be licensed for 5 gaming machines each there would be 18,750 slots in Chicago. All paying taxes. The largest casino in the world with no capital investment for the taxpayers.
Steve Georgas will get to chose who lives and dies, that’s comforting since he hates everyone.
If you missed channel 7 a few days JB said he was busy trying to provide equipment for medical personnel and first offenders After a commercial they did a segment where the CEO of Hart Schaftner and Marx said he has an empty factory in DesPlaines that can produce 250,000 masks and gowns that meet the requirements and he has called for 2 weeks and the state hasn’t responded to his offer and to authorize it. That’s 1/2 million masks that could have been made in the last two weeks. CEO said he made numerous calls and is frustrated with the state(JB)
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From today's news: "Around 700 police officers have tested positive for the coronavirus, New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick Callahan said Saturday. "There's more than 700 police officers quarantined home and about the same amount of number who tested positive from all 21 counties," Callahan said during the state's daily coronavirus briefing on Saturday."
The CPD lack of stockpiling N-95 respirators, gloves, coveralls and goggles is criminal. The pre-Covid-19 price of these items are less than a dollar a respirator, less than dime for the gloves, less than 3 dollars for the Tyvek disposable coveralls, and less than 3 dollars for the resusable OSHA approved splash goggles.
so after all this is over & back to normal how the hell do you sanitize a space as big as McCormick PL and the UC ?
Buddy of mine father passed away recently. His mother is still alive as are 2 uncles (brother to deceased). My friend is one of 5 children. Go to funeral home and are told, due to JB the Hutt, only 10 people can attend wake and 2 of them are the funeral director and priest. So the grandkids, wives and husbands are all out saying goodbye to their loved one. And to top it off, if more then 10 show at cemetary, the workers are ordered to stop the service. So as people are losing jobs, businesses and having no contact with family, now you can't even say goodbye to a loved one. That will help with the stress. Just shows Groot and JB don't give a shit. It's all about power. Unless of course you go to Mt Hope. Doesn't seem the rule applies there. I wonder why?
Anonymous said...
Will Electricians still charge $250.00 to plug in each respirator?
3/29/2020 07:19:00 AM
Absolutely spit all over my keyboard !! Congrats sir.
Rob Elgas and the skinny black guy on Ch. 7 have both mastered the art of 'panic' in the voice ... If they were alive a century ago they could have done "war of the worlds'
3/29/2020 05:29:00 AM
Oh, no. I’m sorry but that award goes to the head epidemiologist who spoke at the Pritzker press briefing. I think she was under the impression that she was auditioning for a role in a soap opera.. Not very reassuring to see weirdo’s like that heading these important positions.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
so after all this is over & back to normal how the hell do you sanitize a space as big as McCormick PL and the UC ?
3/29/2020 03:33:00 PM
Oh i dont know, maybe the same way we are going to have to sanitize the rest of the world?
The sky is falling, the sky is falling!
This is just another taxpayer subsidy to MPEA. That's all it is. Since they know they were losing money anyway and now with no conventions and no hotel guests...just another way to give them money without a vote.
See:
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-set-to-throw-more-money-at-failing-chicago-convention-center/
The gov is so inept. A guard friend of mine, downstate prison, said they line the prisoners up to go to lunch, sit one at a yabke to seperate, then line them all back up to take back to cells. Same for their hour out of cell a day. Maintain 6ft separation but then line up ass to dick for the walk there. Smh
Looks like the OEMC is a big flop. Remember when it opened? They don’t want any street police around. They refused entry from the curious working police. They said they were the state of art and control the entire city from the war room. Maybe fo snowfalls but real emergencies like the current one leaves they holding they dicks. Now it looks like all of the retired incompetent and political hacks were just collecting pay checks. Another gift from the Democrats to themselves in order to capitalize on tax paying fools.
Let us not forget 911. The police went above and beyond to help the citizens of NY. When they became ill no one cared . Make sure you are protected as much as you can. Document everything, take pictures and make sure you document who your boss is and who is with you. We have a command staff that’s almost 100% morons who will give orders to put you in danger. Question them and have them order you twice. Remember pictures, videos and witnesses. Until we understand this virus assume the worst.
The CPD lack of stockpiling N-95 respirators, gloves, coveralls and goggles is criminal. The pre-Covid-19 price of these items are less than a dollar a respirator, less than dime for the gloves, less than 3 dollars for the Tyvek disposable coveralls, and less than 3 dollars for the resusable OSHA approved splash goggles.
3/29/2020 03:18:00 PM
Where did you find those prices? Less than a dollar a respirator
It’s the flu. Please stop watching the fricking fake news media. They are all full of crap. They scare you so you continue to click on their stories and listen to their BS.
And Trump is redistributing wealth because of it!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
so after all this is over & back to normal how the hell do you sanitize a space as big as McCormick PL and the UC ?
3/29/2020 03:33:00 PM
Stanley Steamer, your carpet cleaner!!!!
"Anonymous said...
And not one bed will be filled at McCormick. Has anyone heard of any local hospitals being over crowded
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Be patient. The models show an avalanche of covid patients is coming. It won't be pretty even with the extra beds.
3/29/2020 09:00:00 AM"
The models were wrong, especially the Imperial College London model. Quit your hysteria!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/epidemiologist-who-estimated-2-2-million-dead-in-u-s-dramatically-downgrades-projection/
Between midnight and 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Chicago police officers arrested just twelve adults. Total. One arrest every two hours in a city of 2.7 million people. That’s according to arrest details released by the Chicago Police Department today.
Anonymous said...
It’s the flu. Please stop watching the fricking fake news media. They are all full of crap. They scare you so you continue to click on their stories and listen to their BS.
3/29/2020 12:09:00 PM
You are truly a special idiot, it is NOT the fucking flu, you conspiracy theory dumbass.
Are you a medical doctor? No?
Then shut de fuck up!
A 68-bed emergency field hospital is being constructed near Fifth Avenue and 99th Street in Central Park by Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian organization based in North Carolina that also helped in Italy, Rozner reported.
“It’s going up now in the east meadow and should be operational by Tuesday,” de Blasio said.
*****But it’s going to take a month to do basically the same thing at McCormack place.
Where are they getting the extra medical people to staff it??
Hospital???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOV8mBjHHYg
close your own lobbies except for service. Kick out and keep out anyone wanting to stay there. There is no weather emergency. They can be told to leave. Send them to human services. They can wait outside if they are going to wait for a ride.
And after ZERO of these 3000 extra beds are used some fucking genius politician will say let’s use it as a homeless shelter, it will be like the super dome after Katrina filled with the homeless hypes, crazies and the piss bums. The city and the state will pay a shit ton of money and then it will take 2 years to get the fuckers outta there.
Man am I glad I had it out with SMG supervisors and quit same day, a year before this virus chaos got started. The thought of still working there, getting sick, medical people sending me THERE and dying looking at the elephant door in B hall with no family able to visit makes me shake. Retired CPD. since 2013
I am glad to hear that the people in 019 bought those shields. Though somewhat misguided at times, it's good to hear that they care about the police.
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