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- Advocate Aurora Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the United States, took out a full-page newspaper ad to urge people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
- Published in newspapers across the Chicago and Milwaukee areas, including the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, the ad goes on to state that 90 percent of inpatient coronavirus patients are unvaccinated or due for a booster.
- Advocate Aurora Health is treating three times as many COVID-19 patients as it was two months ago as the omicron variant spreads.
A Midwest health care system issued a public plea through a full-page newspaper ad, urging people to get vaccinated amid another COVID-19 surge.
“We can’t stop COVID without you,” the ad by Advocate Aurora Health reads. “The strain on our health care team is undeniable. Beds are full. Wait times are long. And the doctors, nurses and countless others who have so skillfully and compassionately cared for our communities are hurting.”
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Published in newspapers across the Chicago and Milwaukee areas, including the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, the ad goes on to state that 90 percent of inpatient coronavirus patients are unvaccinated or due for a booster.
Advocate Aurora Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the United States, told CBS Chicago that it is treating three times as many COVID-19 patients as it was two months ago as the omicron variant has ravaged the country.
“This is preventable. And it’s up to all of us to help,” the ad reads, adding, “The power is in your hands. Together, let’s stop COVID.”
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