Battle hardened Illinois health official is shaken by latest Covid-19 surge

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“It was a culmination of the pain and the fatigue, as well as the frustration and the anxiety that…history was repeating [itself] in this state,” Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike says about wiping away tears during a briefing.

The scale of the Covid-19 pandemic is exposing the battle scars of the country's most hardened public health officials.

Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike began to cry and paused her remarks -- her back to the podium -- during a Friday briefing in which she reported new coronavirus deaths and thousands of additional cases. "Since yesterday, we lost an additional 31 lives -- for a total of 9,418 deaths," she said."These are people who started with us in 2020 and won't be with us at the Thanksgiving table.

 

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Ezike is an outstanding public health expert. There is nothing wrong with wearing your heart on your sleeve.

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Omg we are all going to die!!!!

Be professional. Men aren’t allowed to cry at work so why is it ok for women. Deal with FACTS and save the emotion for your own time.

MSM will not exist to the end of next year.

More of our leaders should be crying on tv. The response to this pandemic from our government has been less than mediocre. It's been negligent and criminal

President Trump gave 2 trillion to the states to pass out. If the states have money from the 2 trillion why is how they spend it Trumps fault? No, the teacher unions who got the money. Ask them

Agenda driven Crocodile tears.

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