Illinois Mask Mandate Clinical Trials or Studies (Department of Public Health)
| Tracking # |
DPH-3480-FOIA |
| Multi Request | Illinois Mask Mandate Clinical Trials or Studies |
| Submitted | Aug. 18, 2020 |
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Communications
From: Andrew Bochniak
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:
Report for each clinical trial or study used by the governor for mandating/requiring/enforcing face masks/coverings as a preventative or protective measure to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)(SARS-CoV-2 ). Including the "latest data and science" as stated often by Governor Pritzker when addressing the public on mask mandates and guidelines.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Andrew Bochniak
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 18, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Public Health
Dear Ms. Emma Ockerman,
This email is in regards to your recent Freedom of Information Act request for records submitted on December 15, 2020.
The Department has extended the date in which your records must be provided to December 30, 2020. Section 3(e) of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, permits the Department to extend the time for response if the request for records cannot be complied with by the public body within the time limits prescribed by the Act without unduly burdening or interfering with the operations of the public body.
Sincerely,
Fatima Siddiqua
Dunn Fellow, General Counsel
Office of Governor JB Pritzker
State of Illinois - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged or attorney work product, may constitute inside information or internal deliberative staff communication, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. Receipt by an unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, or any other exemption from disclosure.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 18, 2020. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 30, 2020. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #DPH-3480-FOIA.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 18, 2020. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 30, 2020. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #DPH-3480-FOIA.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 18, 2020. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Dec. 30, 2020. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #DPH-3480-FOIA.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Public Health
Dear Mr. Joshua Eaton,
This email is in regards to your recent Freedom of Information Act request for records pertaining to COVID-19 vaccine doses.
The Department has extended the date in which your records must be provided to February 16, 2021. Section 3(e) of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, permits the Department to extend the time for response if the request for records cannot be complied with by the public body within the time limits prescribed by the Act without unduly burdening or interfering with the operations of the public body.
If you have any questions regarding your FOIA request, please direct your communication to DPH.FOIA@illinois.gov<mailto:DPH.FOIA@illinois.gov>.
Sincerely,
Fatima Siddiqua
Dunn Fellow, General Counsel
Office of Governor JB Pritzker
State of Illinois - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged or attorney work product, may constitute inside information or internal deliberative staff communication, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. Receipt by an unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, or any other exemption from disclosure.
From: Department of Public Health
Dear Ms. Kelly Milan,
This email is in regards to your recent Freedom of Information Act request for records pertaining to births and delivering women.
The Department has extended the date in which your records must be provided to February 19, 2021. Section 3(e) of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, permits the Department to extend the time for response if the request for records cannot be complied with by the public body within the time limits prescribed by the Act without unduly burdening or interfering with the operations of the public body.
If you have any questions regarding your FOIA request, please direct your communication to DPH.FOIA@illinois.gov<mailto:DPH.FOIA@illinois.gov>.
Sincerely,
Fatima Siddiqua
Dunn Fellow, General Counsel
Office of Governor JB Pritzker
State of Illinois - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged or attorney work product, may constitute inside information or internal deliberative staff communication, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. Receipt by an unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, or any other exemption from disclosure.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 18, 2020. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Feb. 19, 2021. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #DPH-3480-FOIA.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Public Health
Dear Ms. Kelly Milan,
This email is in regards to your recent Freedom of Information Act request for records pertaining to maternal death statistics.
The Department has extended the date in which your records must be provided to March 2, 2021. Section 3(e) of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, permits the Department to extend the time for response if the request for records cannot be complied with by the public body within the time limits prescribed by the Act without unduly burdening or interfering with the operations of the public body.
If you have any questions regarding your FOIA request, please direct your communication to DPH.FOIA@illinois.gov<mailto:DPH.FOIA@illinois.gov>.
Sincerely,
Fatima Siddiqua
Dunn Fellow, General Counsel
Office of Governor JB Pritzker
State of Illinois - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged or attorney work product, may constitute inside information or internal deliberative staff communication, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. Receipt by an unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, or any other exemption from disclosure.
From: Department of Public Health
Dear Ms. Kelly Milan,
This email is in regards to your recent Freedom of Information Act request for records pertaining to IDPH request logs for FY 2020.
The Department has extended the date in which your records must be provided to March 15, 2021. Section 3(e) of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, permits the Department to extend the time for response if the request for records cannot be complied with by the public body within the time limits prescribed by the Act without unduly burdening or interfering with the operations of the public body.
If you have any questions regarding your FOIA request, please direct your communication to DPH.FOIA@illinois.gov<mailto:DPH.FOIA@illinois.gov>.
Sincerely,
Fatima Siddiqua
Dunn Fellow, General Counsel
Office of Governor JB Pritzker
State of Illinois - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged or attorney work product, may constitute inside information or internal deliberative staff communication, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. Receipt by an unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, or any other exemption from disclosure.
From: Department of Public Health
Dear Mr. Joshua Eaton,
This email is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request pertaining to records (1) any and all data on the number of wasted, spoiled or expired COVID-19 vaccine doses from 12/11/2020 to 01/26/2021, and (2) any and all data on the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered from 12/11/2020 to 01/26/2021.
Responsive records to your request are attached. As to the other part of your request, this information is available online at the Illinois Department of Public Health's website:
http://dph.illinois.gov/content/covid-19-vaccine-administration-data
Sincerely,
Nicole Rhim
Attorney
Illinois Department of Public Health
State of Illinois - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged or attorney work product, may constitute inside information or internal deliberative staff communication, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. Receipt by an unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, or any other exemption from disclosure.
From: Department of Public Health
Dear Ms. Kelly Milan,
This email is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request for records pertaining to All reports related to the following statistics: (1) the total number of Cesarean births in this state during the years 2019 and 2020 (2) the total number of natural births in this state during the years 2019 and 2020 (3) the ages of delivering women in this state during the years 2019 and 2020 and (4) the ethnicities of delivering women in this state during the years 2019 and 2020.
Please see the Department's response below:
Live Births, Illinois Residents, 2019-2020
Demographics
2019
*2020
Total
140,145
133,296
Race/Ethnicity
NH White
76,376
69,238
NH Black
24,110
22,425
NH Other
9,710
8,896
Hispanic
29,949
28,785
Unknown
0
3,952
Age Group
< 20
5,948
5,368
20 - 24
23,121
21,089
25 - 29
38,082
35,268
30 - 34
43,869
41,718
35 - 39
24,032
22,595
40 +
5,092
7,255
Unknown
1
3
Method of Delivery
Vaginal
97,182
92,179
Cesarean
42,928
41,084
Unknown
35
33
*Provisional data as of 5/26/21
As to other parts of your request, the Department is unable to identify records responsive to your request.
Sincerely,
Nicole Rhim
Attorney
Illinois Department of Public Health
State of Illinois - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged or attorney work product, may constitute inside information or internal deliberative staff communication, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. Receipt by an unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, or any other exemption from disclosure.