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Like first responders, we need to ‘think preemptively’ about virus

Be smart. Don’t panic. Be vigilant.

“That’s what you need to do to be OK,” said Dr. Bernard Heilicser. “And you will be OK.”

Dr. Bernie Heilicser

Heilicser, the emergency medical system director of South Cook County EMS for the last 36 years, and a Flossmoor resident, says it’s true that the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in our lifetimes.

“We’ve had serious flu epidemics before,” he said, ”but not with these numbers.”

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