Dr. Allison Arwady was the public face of Chicago’s response throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. At the height of the pandemic, she hosted online question-and-answer sessions twice a week and frequently briefed the news media.
on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, Arwady said public health remains her passion and that her top priority has always been to protect the health of all Chicagoans.
Arwady said she has every confidence in the CDPH team and “was especially disappointed not to get a chance to say goodbye.” Arwady in 2019 saw her confirmation as commissioner delayed by several months after she fully backed Lightfoot’s decision not to reopen the city’s publicly run mental health clinics closed by former Mayor Rahm Emanuel.called Arwady “a hero.”
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