Michigan - Coronavirus COVID-19

[ilovewings]

Resort communities feel a devastating financial effect of the coronavirus pandemic

Video includes feature about Mackinac Island. DH and I usually spend a few nights on the island in the fall but won't be making the annual trek this season

I've never been there-- My boss and his wife go there quite often
Maybe someday----

 

[ilovewings]

Resort communities feel a devastating financial effect of the coronavirus pandemic

Video includes feature about Mackinac Island. DH and I usually spend a few nights on the island in the fall but won't be making the annual trek this season

I've never been there-- My boss and his wife go there quite often
Maybe someday----

 

[ilovewings]

I hope businesses don't have to shut down again after so many waited months to reopen. Mandatory masks would be a step in the right direction, but there will always be people who don't/won't wear a mask. Social distancing should not be a problem for anyone and would help contain the spread of COVID-19. If there are closings, I'm guessing it would be hair/nail salons, spas, massage/tattoo studios, etc. where there is close personal contact. Despite the precautions that are in place, maybe indoor dining has led to an uptick in cases. Presser at 11:30.

I have to admit I will be disappointed if the hair salons are shut down: i do not believe they are the problem or the vectors for the virus. It is clear to me that whenever you get a lot of people in an enclosed space, it is a problem: Bars, dining in restaurants, churches: to me those are the problem areas that would need to be addressed. For now her first step is mandatory masks: if the cases continue to go up and there isn't good compliance with masks she will probably start closing some businesses. I would rather she is proactive.

 

[Angelsunday]

Some will. Some won't. The mask order will be difficult, if not nearly impossible to enforce. Business owners will not want to risk losing customers because they're not wearing masks. Not to mention, also, that business owners should not be policing who wears or doesn't wear a mask. I'm afraid that the mask order could lead to altercations between business owners and patrons. It won't be pretty

that's my concern also. It puts employees at risk for increased stress levels in jobs that are already
low pay/high risk. I can't imagine working at a minimum wage service job and having the added stress of having to confront patrons who are not wearing a mask. Clearly if they come in to a business mask less they are already anticipating and wanting a confrontation.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Michigan’s new mask rules take effect today

Violations could result in a $500 fine

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

More than 40 test positive for COVID-19 after Saline house party

More than 40 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Washtenaw County have been traced to an early July house party in Saline, according to the county's health department on Monday.

The health department said a large uptick in the area's overall cases includes a majority of people between 15 and 25 and is believed to be associated with the July 2-3 house party in the Saline area.

So far, health department officials have traced 43 cases and 66 exposed close contacts outside the family members of those who tested positive...

Saline holiday party leads to 43 confirmed COVID-19 cases, exposure locations across state

Majority of confirmed cases in people ages 15-25

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Macomb sheriff's office won't cite mask order violators

The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office on Monday announced it will not issue citations to people who don't wear masks — a pushback against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s order that residents wear face coverings in businesses and crowded outdoor spaces to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Whitmer’s order went into effect on Monday, but the Macomb County department posted on its Facebook page that it would leave the issue up to local businesses.

“If a business wishes to enforce this order, they may require patrons to wear a mask,” the announcement said. “If the patron refuses, the business may ask them to leave their establishment. If the patron refuses, the business may contact us and we will treat it as a trespassing complaint.”

The sheriff's office said complaints against people not wearing masks or businesses that don't enforce Whitmer's order can be made with the Michigan Attorney General's Office...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Michigan man killed after stabbing customer during mask argument, pulling knife on deputy, MSP says

43-year-old Grand Ledge man stabs 77-year-old Lansing man during argument over mask

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Michigan man who stabbed another customer at a dairy store during an argument over wearing a mask was later shot and killed when he pulled his knife on a deputy, Michigan State Police say.

The incident happened around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Quality Dairy store in Dimondale, according to authorities...

 

[Only4Justice]

Michigan man killed after stabbing customer during mask argument, pulling knife on deputy, MSP says

43-year-old Grand Ledge man stabs 77-year-old Lansing man during argument over mask

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Michigan man who stabbed another customer at a dairy store during an argument over wearing a mask was later shot and killed when he pulled his knife on a deputy, Michigan State Police say.

The incident happened around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Quality Dairy store in Dimondale, according to authorities...

OH NO. I was concerned about this. I think I’ll just stay home.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Whitmer extends emergency declaration in Michigan through Aug. 11

Lansing — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer extended her state of emergency declaration for Michigan through Aug. 11, saying Tuesday that COVID-19 is "still a very real threat in our state."

The nearly four-week extension comes as the governor's office says every region in Michigan saw an uptick in new COVID-19 cases over the past three weeks as other states have experienced spikes in infections and hospitalizations.

On Tuesday, Michigan confirmed 584 new cases of the virus and six new deaths linked to it, pushing the overall case total to 70,306 and the death toll to 6,081...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Whitmer: COVID-19 spread could force closure of auto plants, other businesses

Lansing — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer indicated Wednesday that the continued operation of auto manufacturing plants could be in jeopardy if Michigan is unable to curb the recent growth of COVID-19 cases.

Auto manufacturing plants were shut down for nearly eight weeks earlier this year at the height of the pandemic, before they began reopening between May 11 and May 18.

But Whitmer cautioned those reopenings could be reversed during a press conference in which she urged mask usage.

"If Michiganders don’t mask up when we’re going out in public, cases could rise, and we could be forced to close down more of our businesses, including auto manufacturing plants that employ thousands of Michigan workers, jobs that our whole economy depends on," Whitmer said Wednesday.

The state is at a "turning point" in its fight against another surge in COVID-19 cases, Whitmer said, with new cases increasing a rate of more than 20 cases per 1 million people a day in Detroit, Kalamazoo, Jackson and some Upper Peninsula regions...

I hope Michigan doesn't have to dial back on business openings, but if folks don't cooperate and wear masks in public, it very well might happen. I'm also very concerned about schools reopening in late August and early September. I've looked at calendars for local school districts that indicate classes will resume within seven or eight weeks. I hope our state is in a much better place by then. I wouldn't want to have to make the decision to send my child to school or return to the classroom as a teacher during this raging pandemic. Michiganders need to step up their gam so we can put this dreaded disease behind us as quickly as possible.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Here’s what Michigan school districts have planned for the fall amid the pandemic

Individual districts establish reopening plans for Michigan schools during coronavirus pandemic

DETROIT – In-person instruction has been put on hold for K-12 schools in Michigan since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit in March.

As COVID-19 cases increase at a rapid pace again in July, school districts are deciding how -- and if -- they will resume in-person classes in the fall.

The process for reopening schools amid the pandemic has been widely debated, and there is no one final ruling on how it should be handled -- however, we do know that the onus is on states and individual school districts to determine what the upcoming school year will look like...

 

[margarita25]

Michigan coronavirus (COVID-19) cases up to 71,842; Death toll now at 6,101

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Meijer will require masks to enter any store in Midwest

Rule takes effect July 20

DETROIT – Meijer will begin requiring customers to wear a mask at all stores to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Michigan-based retailer says the rules will take effect on July 20. This new requirement is in addition to the retailer’s locations where executive orders are already in place requiring people to wear face coverings at retail locations. It’s already a requirement to wear a mask in Michigan...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Experts see path to safe school reopening in Michigan, but uncertainty lingers

Lansing — Michigan's 1.5 million students can safely return to classrooms this fall, but it will require a series of precautions within school buildings and potentially, additional restrictions to stem the spread of COVID-19 outside of them, public health experts say.

With the first day of class seven weeks away, education officials report lingering questions about whether they'll have enough funding to implement needed safety measures, concerns that many parents will keep their kids home regardless and anxiety that's "off the charts."

Reopening Michigan's K-12 schools during a pandemic will be a massive undertaking, but superintendents across the state say it must be done.

Asked if he's feeling pressure, Steve Patchin, superintendent of the Hancock Public School District in the Upper Peninsula, the region with the fewest COVID-19 cases in the state, responded with a yes on Thursday, 47 days before his 700-student district's first day of class...

 

[Angelsunday]

Experts see path to safe school reopening in Michigan, but uncertainty lingers

Lansing — Michigan's 1.5 million students can safely return to classrooms this fall, but it will require a series of precautions within school buildings and potentially, additional restrictions to stem the spread of COVID-19 outside of them, public health experts say.

With the first day of class seven weeks away, education officials report lingering questions about whether they'll have enough funding to implement needed safety measures, concerns that many parents will keep their kids home regardless and anxiety that's "off the charts."

Reopening Michigan's K-12 schools during a pandemic will be a massive undertaking, but superintendents across the state say it must be done.

Asked if he's feeling pressure, Steve Patchin, superintendent of the Hancock Public School District in the Upper Peninsula, the region with the fewest COVID-19 cases in the state, responded with a yes on Thursday, 47 days before his 700-student district's first day of class...

Hancock is a very small town just across the bridge from Houghton. Houghton has seen an uptick in cases, so while all the numbers are low right now, I dont know how long that will last. Houghton has Michigan Tech University who has students from all over the US and the world. Should students come back and some are positive it will take very little time for it to spread through hougton and Hancock like wildfire. It seems more and more that our isolation and rurality may have given the UP a false sense of security in being "safe" from covid. Of course now most people up here blame people coming across the Macinac bridge from downstate for the current spike in cases- but they do not acknowledge that the communities in the UP play a role in at as well by not taking it seriously and by not following guidelines once we opened up to level 5 because they all felt safe ensconced in our rurality and remoteness. I am seeing more mask compliance in Marquette County though now that the new mask order has some "teeth" to it.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Michigan agency orders hearing for East Lansing bar tied to COVID-19 outbreak

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan liquor regulators on Thursday ordered an East Lansing bar to answer questions about a coronavirus outbreak that infected 186 people and was a factor in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's decision to halt indoor service at establishments that chiefly sell alcohol.

A hearing, scheduled for July 23, could result in a license suspension or revocation for Harper's Restaurant and Brewpub, which currently is closed. But the purpose primarily is fact-finding, said Jeannie Vogel, spokeswoman for the state Liquor Control Commission...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

State moves Detroit Region into ‘high risk’ category for coronavirus (COVID-19) spread

Many other Michigan regions also see increased risk levels

LANSING, Mich. – The Detroit Region is now considered “high risk” for spreading the coronavirus (COVID-19), according to the state of Michigan.

The region is at or near 40 cases per million population on a seven-day average for more than a week. Cases have been spiking statewide since the beginning of the month...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Poll: Pandemic hurting Americans' finances in disparate ways | Xfinity

BURTON, Mich. (AP) — Crystal and Chris Martin put off some payments on their home in this blue-collar town near Flint and are pinching pennies to make ends meet until they return to work. In Windsor, Connecticut, Anne Druce's family canceled home improvement projects out of an abundance of caution but remains financially secure.

As the coronavirus pandemic drags on, a new poll finds it is having different effects on Americans’ economic well-being. For some, the virus has meant lost income or struggles to pay bills on time — particularly among Hispanic, Black and younger Americans. Others, most notably college-educated and older Americans, have transitioned to working from home or have experienced the nation’s economic decline through a dip in the value of their investments...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

13 nuns at Livonia convent died from COVID-19, report finds

COVID-19 has led to the deaths of 13 nuns at a convent in Livonia in the last three months, religious officials report.

A dozen members in the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice, or Felician Sisters, died after battling the virus between Good Friday on April 10 and May 10, while a 13th associated death was reported on June 27, according to the Global Sisters Report released Monday. The nonprofit outlet is a project of the National Catholic Reporter publishing company.

The Detroit Catholic, another publication that covers the Catholic community in southeast Michigan, reported that as many as 22 sisters at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Convent had tested positive for the coronavirus through early May...