Illinois’ Top Doc Says She Doesn’t Want To Get Back To Normal: ‘I Want Us To Get Better’

Reset talks to Dr. Ngozi Ezike about the lessons Illinois learned from the pandemic, more than a year later.

By Meha Ahmad
Dr. Ngozi Ezike
Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, at a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Chicago. A crackdown by her department on nursing homes that flout staffing minimums will wait until summer, a key Democratic lawmaker told WBEZ. Teresa Crawford / AP
Dr. Ngozi Ezike
Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, at a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Chicago. A crackdown by her department on nursing homes that flout staffing minimums will wait until summer, a key Democratic lawmaker told WBEZ. Teresa Crawford / AP

Illinois’ Top Doc Says She Doesn’t Want To Get Back To Normal: ‘I Want Us To Get Better’

Reset talks to Dr. Ngozi Ezike about the lessons Illinois learned from the pandemic, more than a year later.

By Meha Ahmad
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Dr. Nogzi Ezike talks to Reset about the uptick in cases, traveling and how the pause in use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is impacting Illinois.

GUEST: Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director at the Illinois Department of Public Health