Michigan - Coronavirus COVID-19

[BetteDavisEyes]

Michigan State tells students to primarily stay in residences (detroitnews.com)

Lansing — Weeks into the beginning of a new semester, another Michigan university is directing students to follow safety measures and stay in their residences to curtail the spread of COVID-19.

Michigan State University officials told students Saturday to spend the next two weeks in their residences, citing a "rapid increase in our COVID-19 positivity rate"and some students' failure to follow safety rules.

University of Michigan students were directed to follow a similar protocol last week.

The positivity rate is the percentage of coronavirus tests bringing positive results, a key metric state health officials have been monitoring during the pandemic. Through Feb. 13, MSU is instituting a period of "enhanced physical distancing," according to an email sent to students...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Michigan restaurants defy state covid restrictions - The Washington Post

HOWELL, Mich. — It's a Monday morning, and the Sunrise Family Diner is full. Retirees in jeans and plaid sit by the window, chatting over coffee and the local newspaper. A sign posted at the entrance urges customers to wear masks, but some don't. They get seated anyway, within arm's length of strangers in other booths.

Michigan is under shutdown, but inside Sunrise Family Diner, you might assume there is no pandemic.

This is the other rebellion. While armed extremists gathered outside the statehouse in Lansing a week after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in support of President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud, dozens of restaurateurs across Michigan held their own protests against reality...

Restaurants in Michigan are scheduled to reopen tomorrow (February 1) with specific restrictions on inside dining. DH and I are anxious to go out for a nice dinner but will wait a week or two to see how things go. Most restaurants around the state have been shuttered to inside dining since November 18. The entire holiday season was lost Takeout is not enough to sustain most dine-in restaurants. I hope things start to return to normal and that once restaurants reopen - they STAY open for good. No more business closures!

 

[MrX]

Congratulations on getting restaurants back! Our experience, here in AZ, is that some places will follow the regulations to the letter, while others are more lax. It seems like chains and more formal dining establishments are stricter, whereas neighborhood places that depend on a regular clientele can't realistically function that way.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Advocates for high school athletes file suit against state over shutdown (detroitnews.com)

A group of advocates for high school athletes shut down by the state's winter-sports pause has filed a lawsuit against Michigan's director of Department of Health and Human Services, seeking an injunction while alleging the decision to delay several sports' seasons violates state and federal constitutions.

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the Michigan Court of Claims against DHHS director Elizabeth Hertel, by lawyers representing several advocacy groups and individuals, among them Let Them Play Michigan and the Michigan Amateur Youth Hockey League. The Michigan High School Athletic Association is not part of the lawsuit, nor has it been asked to join...

 

[ilovewings]

Michigan restaurants defy state covid restrictions - The Washington Post

HOWELL, Mich. — It's a Monday morning, and the Sunrise Family Diner is full. Retirees in jeans and plaid sit by the window, chatting over coffee and the local newspaper. A sign posted at the entrance urges customers to wear masks, but some don't. They get seated anyway, within arm's length of strangers in other booths.

Michigan is under shutdown, but inside Sunrise Family Diner, you might assume there is no pandemic.

This is the other rebellion. While armed extremists gathered outside the statehouse in Lansing a week after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in support of President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud, dozens of restaurateurs across Michigan held their own protests against reality...

Restaurants in Michigan are scheduled to reopen tomorrow (February 1) with specific restrictions on inside dining. DH and I are anxious to go out for a nice dinner but will wait a week or two to see how things go. Most restaurants around the state have been shuttered to inside dining since November 18. The entire holiday season was lost Takeout is not enough to sustain most dine-in restaurants. I hope things start to return to normal and that once restaurants reopen - they STAY open for good. No more business closures!

I posted that article on the main thread: photos of people sitting real close together without masks and the owner of the restaurant was quoted as saying he didn't think it was really as bad as "they're saying"---

People like that are selfish and spread the virus--- many of those people may be asymptomatic carriers of the virus-----

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Michigan Gov. Whitmer to announce youth contact sports can resume (clickondetroit.com)

Basketball, hockey, wrestling, competitive cheer among sports affected by shutdown

LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to announce that Michigan youth contact sports will be allowed to resume with COVID-19 safety measures in place, Local 4 has confirmed.

Parents, coaches and athletes involved in contact sports that are currently shut down due to the pandemic have voiced their desire to return. Some of the state’s most high-profile basketball figures, including Michigan coach Juwan Howard and Oakland coach Greg Kampe, have thrown their weight behind the movement.

Basketball, hockey, wrestling, competitive cheer and youth leagues have effectively been restricted to non-contact activities only...

Whitmer expected to 'let them play,' lift ban on contact high school sports (detroitnews.com)

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Updated reports following Governor Whitmer's briefing earlier this afternoon.

Michigan youth contact sports can resume Monday -- here are all the rules, specifics and details (clickondetroit.com)

Whitmer 'lets them play,' lifts ban on contact high school sports (detroitnews.com)

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Michigan's general public may not get COVID shots until October (detroitnews.com)

Next week's vaccine allocation will include 62,400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 90,900 doses of the Moderna vaccine, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Lynn Sutfin said Friday. The 153,300 doses are less than a two-day supply if Michigan were to immunize 80,000 daily five days per week.

Among strategies outlined by Khaldun, the state hopes to create vaccination sites in each of Michigan emergency preparedness regions, with at least one location open 24/7.

That plan would help health officials meet the goal of no Michigan residents having to travel more than 20 minutes to get a shot...

 

[Yesiamapirate]

Michigan's general public may not get COVID shots until October (detroitnews.com)

Next week's vaccine allocation will include 62,400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 90,900 doses of the Moderna vaccine, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services spokeswoman Lynn Sutfin said Friday. The 153,300 doses are less than a two-day supply if Michigan were to immunize 80,000 daily five days per week.

Among strategies outlined by Khaldun, the state hopes to create vaccination sites in each of Michigan emergency preparedness regions, with at least one location open 24/7.

That plan would help health officials meet the goal of no Michigan residents having to travel more than 20 minutes to get a shot...

MOO another fine mess.....
Sorry, I am really down and grumpy today.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

MOO another fine mess.....
Sorry, I am really down and grumpy today.

Major cluster **** Several weeks ago, DH and I received emails from Beaumont Health with instructions for scheduling our vaccines. This was supposed to begin February 1, but we have been notified that, at this time, vaccines are in short supply and that the process will move much slower than previously indicated

 

[Yesiamapirate]

Major cluster **** Several weeks ago, DH and I received emails from Beaumont Health with instructions for scheduling our vaccines. This was supposed to begin February 1, but we have been notified that, at this time, vaccines are in short supply and that the process will move much slower than previously indicated

Yep. Mr Pirate is in the same boat with Michigan Medicine. I had #2 Pfizer dose 10 days ago. I am grateful but very frustrated that it was not him at age 73 getting this vaccine. I am a wee young one, lol but was offered it through my work. And let me add, the whole subject is rife with controversy.
Despite criticism, Michigan Medicine is giving COVID-19 vaccine to non-frontline workers

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Highly contagious virus variant identified in 3rd Michigan county (clickondetroit.com)

Case of B117 COVID-19 variant reported in Kent County

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A new, more contagious strain of the coronavirus has been reported in a third Michigan county for the first time.

Health officials say a confirmed case of a highly contagious COVID-19 variant, known as B117, was reported in Kent County on Sunday, Feb. 7...

 

[ilovewings]

Yep. Mr Pirate is in the same boat with Michigan Medicine. I had #2 Pfizer dose 10 days ago. I am grateful but very frustrated that it was not him at age 73 getting this vaccine. I am a wee young one, lol but was offered it through my work. And let me add, the whole subject is rife with controversy.
Despite criticism, Michigan Medicine is giving COVID-19 vaccine to non-frontline workers

I am registered with Michigan Medicine, Beaumont, Henry Ford Hospital and Oakland county Dept of Health and have not been able to get the vaccine- my husband got his at Ascension--- he has had both shots. It is frustrating---

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I am registered with Michigan Medicine, Beaumont, Henry Ford Hospital and Oakland county Dept of Health and have not been able to get the vaccine- my husband got his at Ascension--- he has had both shots. It is frustrating---

DH and I are registered at Beaumont and Oakland County Health Department. Both of us are over 70 but have not yet been contacted. We are both well and have few health issues, but we would like to get vaccinated sooner rather than later. I see my PCP tomorrow and will ask if she has any suggestions for expanding my options.

 

[Yesiamapirate]

I am registered with Michigan Medicine, Beaumont, Henry Ford Hospital and Oakland county Dept of Health and have not been able to get the vaccine- my husband got his at Ascension--- he has had both shots. It is frustrating---

I find most health systems want you to be a patient. Mr. Pirate has only been a Michigan Medicine patient. We did register through Spectrum, they didn't seem to care.
Try Meijer, he is on the list there as well.

 

[ilovewings]

I find most health systems want you to be a patient. Mr. Pirate has only been a Michigan Medicine patient. We did register through Spectrum, they didn't seem to care.
Try Meijer, he is on the list there as well.

I have been a patient at all of those facilities, although I have not been a patient at Beaumont for years. Mich. Medicine sent me an email letting me know they would be contacting me when they would be vaccinating people: that was two weeks ago. I haven't heard a peep from Henry Ford and I did register at Meijer's.

 

[ilovewings]

DH and I are registered at Beaumont and Oakland County Health Department. Both of us are over 70 but have not yet been contacted. We are both well and have few health issues, but we would like to get vaccinated sooner rather than later. I see my PCP tomorrow and will ask if she has any suggestions for expanding my options.

I think asking your PCP for suggestions is a good idea. I think i will email my PCP and ask her about my options at Henry Ford. Good luck. Both my husband and I are in our
70s and now that he has his vaccine, I really want to get mine (though I am nervous about it)

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I find most health systems want you to be a patient. Mr. Pirate has only been a Michigan Medicine patient. We did register through Spectrum, they didn't seem to care.
Try Meijer, he is on the list there as well.

DH was contacted by Meijer and is registered there as well. That's where he gets his prescriptions, but I get mine at RiteAid. They haven't contacted me about the vaccine, but they did contact me some months ago about the shingles vaccfine which my PCP doesn't recommend for me. My annual mammograms are done at Ascension, but I don't know if that qualifies as being a patient. Both of our PCP are affiliated with Beaumont.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Meijer to launch COVID-19 vaccine clinics at Michigan stores: What to know (clickondetroit.com)

Retailer plans up to 25,000 doses this week

DETROIT – Meijer is launching a series of COVID-19 vaccination clinics at stores across Michigan this week, with plans to administer up to 25,000 doses in its first week.

Meijer says the vaccines will be administered to Michiganders 65 years and older who have pre-registered through the company’s vaccine registration process...

 

[Yesiamapirate]

Meijer to launch COVID-19 vaccine clinics at Michigan stores: What to know (clickondetroit.com)

Retailer plans up to 25,000 doses this week

DETROIT – Meijer is launching a series of COVID-19 vaccination clinics at stores across Michigan this week, with plans to administer up to 25,000 doses in its first week.

Meijer says the vaccines will be administered to Michiganders 65 years and older who have pre-registered through the company’s vaccine registration process...

Timing is everything. Just 20 minutes ago, Meijer sent Mr. Pirate an appointment. He goes tomorrow!! We are beyond happy. He is scheduled in Northville, not far from home.