Through the course of the COVID pandemic, a central Illinois lawmaker has been critical of Governor JB Pritzker's handling of things and is again sounding off, this time over vaccines.

From dealing with inadequacies from the Illinois Department of Employment Security to where testing is available and the types of testing offered, State Sen. Chapin Rose says the Governor recently approved for healthy Illinois inmates to be vaccinated while there are still assisted living facility residents still waiting to be vaccinated.

Sen. Rose says this is another in a long line of hypocrisies from the Pritzker administration regarding the science around COVID. He says the CDC laid out clear guidelines on who to vaccinate first.

Utilizing the National Guard to distribute vaccines would make sense in Illinois however, Sen. Rose is critical of the Governor for continuing to lay blame on the federal government. He also points out there is a nursing home in Moultrie County still waiting for vaccines and don't know when they will be coming, however, the local health department is moving on to phase '1b' of the vaccine distribution plan.

Sen. Rose believes all Illinoisans should be treated the same in this vaccination process. From Illinoisans incarcerated in a Department of Corrections facility or one of its employees to the senior across the street, he says the vaccine plan should not be altered.

Late last year, the Senator raised concerns over the rapid test being used at the University of Illinois being approved for mass use, however, the Governor's office has not authorized the mobilization of that test to as many Illinoisans as possible.

He's also been critical of the Governor for the fraud stemming from unemployment claims in the Department of Employment Security, in addition to thousands of Illinoisans who have still not received the unemployment benefits they are entitled to nearly a year into the pandemic.