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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 
3(SARS-CoV-2), better known as
COVID-19,  was first detected in 
4Illinois in January of 2020, and the first COVID-19 related 
5death in Illinois occurred on March 16, 2020; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Public Health has 
7reported nearly 2.8 million cases across all counties and 
8almost 30,000 COVID-related deaths; more Illinoisans have died 
9of COVID-19 than died serving in World War I, World War II, and 
10the war in Vietnam combined; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Thousands of those who have survived COVID-19 are 
12still struggling with myriad symptoms of Long COVID-19; this   
13range of symptoms can last weeks or months after someone is 
14first  infected or can appear weeks after infection; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, COVID-19 has had costly and disruptive impacts on 
16Illinois residents and their families, businesses, 
17institutions, and local and state governments; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Illinois' network of public health professionals, 
19hospitals, and health care systems have battled relentlessly 
20to prevent and treat COVID-19 and prevent related deaths; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, It is customary in Illinois to remember and honor 
2those who have served the people of Illinois in protecting the 
3public health and to remember lives lost due to public health 
4tragedies such as COVID-19; therefore, be it
  
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
6HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
7we declare March 16, 2022 to be a day of remembrance in honor 
8of those who have been lost to the COVID-19 pandemic and in 
9recognition of the frontline workers who have sacrificed by 
10tirelessly laboring to protect the health of Illinoisans.