Michigan - Coronavirus COVID-19

[MajorHoople]

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Very interesting read

Detroit is getting more vaccine than the suburbs based on the "social vulnerability index"

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That article was paywalled for me, but here's a couple that are not.

Michigan adjusts how it allocates COVID-19 vaccines to communities

Inequalities put some Michigan counties more at risk for COVID-19

 

[Yesiamapirate]

Another Michigan option?

Rite Aid now offering COVID-19 vaccinations at its Michigan stores

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Another Michigan option?

Rite Aid now offering COVID-19 vaccinations at its Michigan stores

Our Rite Aid (north Troy) has the vaccine, and it's an option if/when we're contacted by Oakland County Health Department. This would be much more convenient than driving to Southfield for the vaccine at a Beaumont facility. Hopefully, as more vaccine becomes available, Beaumont will expand its shot locations so patients don't have to drive more than 15 minutes to get vaccinated.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

11 takeaways from Whitmer’s COVID update: Variant spreading, Michigan vaccinations, relief money (clickondetroit.com)

State announces $52.5 million in relief for nearly 6,000 small businesses

Whitmer: Ready to work with Republicans despite 'insults' (detroitnews.com)

 

[Yesiamapirate]

11 takeaways from Whitmer’s COVID update: Variant spreading, Michigan vaccinations, relief money (clickondetroit.com)

State announces $52.5 million in relief for nearly 6,000 small businesses

Whitmer: Ready to work with Republicans despite 'insults' (detroitnews.com)

BDE thanks for posting this update. I am working and didn’t get a chance to listen.
Moo, she continues to disappoint me. Open up our restaurants.

 

[Yesiamapirate]

Another month at 25 %?!?
Where are the checks and balances in our state when a governor goes too far?? MOO

Michigan quietly extended 25% restaurant capacity limit, 10 p.m. curfew through March 29

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Another month at 25 %?!?
Where are the checks and balances in our state when a governor goes too far?? MOO

Michigan quietly extended 25% restaurant capacity limit, 10 p.m. curfew through March 29

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Michigan Medicine pauses first-dose COVID vaccine appointments for second week due to low supply (clickondetroit.com)

ANN ARBOR – For the second straight week, Michigan Medicine has announced it can only provide COVID-19 vaccine appointments to those receiving their second shot due to a limited vaccine supply.

Only those who received their first dose through Michigan Medicine are able to receive their second dose at the health system’s vaccine clinics...

DH will see his Beaumont cardiologist tomorrow morning. He is going to ask if there is any way that the two of us can get our shots sooner rather than later. Now that it is being suggested that teachers should all be vaccinated prior to schools reopening, we fear being put on the back burner. DH is 72, and I just turned 71. We should have been contacted already about our vaccines.

 

[Yesiamapirate]

Michigan Medicine pauses first-dose COVID vaccine appointments for second week due to low supply (clickondetroit.com)

ANN ARBOR – For the second straight week, Michigan Medicine has announced it can only provide COVID-19 vaccine appointments to those receiving their second shot due to a limited vaccine supply.

Only those who received their first dose through Michigan Medicine are able to receive their second dose at the health system’s vaccine clinics...

DH will see his Beaumont cardiologist tomorrow morning. He is going to ask if there is any way that the two of us can get our shots sooner rather than later. Now that it is being suggested that teachers should all be vaccinated prior to schools reopening, we fear being put on the back burner. DH is 72, and I just turned 71. We should have been contacted already about our vaccines.

It’s been established here that I disagree with our governor and the handling of this Covid situation. I don’t know the extent of her control over vaccine distribution in our state. But she is the governor and things seem so disorganized. Moo!

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Michigan's vaccine shipments delayed by weather conditions (detroitnews.com)

Officials are urging residents to confirm their COVID-19 appointments because winter storm conditions in Kentucky and Tennessee are delaying vaccine shipments to the state, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified Michigan on Wednesday of shipment delays due to weather conditions of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. The delays are affecting shipments across the country...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Detroit's Covid vaccination queue is one of first to include people with ADHD, other disabilities (nbcnews.com)

“It means people in the disability community were listened to," one expert said. “It has the potential to spark a really important change."

At the same time, the decision to prioritize people with conditions that aren’t necessarily known to increase the risk of dying from Covid-19 points to the difficult and delicate choices facing local and state policymakers in a country where vaccination criteria differ considerably from one community to the next.

In much of the country, two people with the same job, who are the same age and are in similar health, could face radically different odds of accessing the shots depending on where they live, where they get medical treatment and the political landscape in their state.

And within communities like Detroit, where people in their 20s with ADHD can now get vaccinated ahead of people in their 50s with chronic heart or lung conditions, it can lead to difficult questions about whose health should come first...

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Michigan restaurants and COVID survey results: What our membership thinks (clickondetroit.com)

Here are results from February 2021 membership survey

 

[MrX]

That survey is very interesting. and probably representative of most places. What I find most fascinating, and somewhat disturbing, is how some respondents sound so "certain" about things that can't be known - for example, how they trust the restaurant to be safe, but not other patrons.

I, personally, know many people who refrained from dining out for long periods of time. There is a remarkable consistency to their experience - starting with a fear bordering in terror, on their first time out, as if everyone and everything is radioactive. With a couple more exposures they begin to relax and eventually become much like everyone else.

Another observation is that there is a wide variance in adherence to protocols - restaurants, in AZ, have been open, without interruption, since May. Some are back to operating like it's 2019, while others are still very strict. As Michigan reopens, you will probably experience the same thing. If one place doesn't feel safe, there will be someplace else that takes things more seriously.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

...Another observation is that there is a wide variance in adherence to protocols - restaurants, in AZ, have been open, without interruption, since May. Some are back to operating like it's 2019, while others are still very strict. As Michigan reopens, you will probably experience the same thing. If one place doesn't feel safe, there will be someplace else that takes things more seriously.

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DH picked up two orders of fish & chips at a local restaurant last Friday. Grand Tavern is quite popular with young people who like the daily "happy hours". The bar area is always very busy and noisy, and last Friday was no exception despite the pandemic. DH said the bar was packed with patrons sitting/standing shoulder-to-shoulder, but there weren't a lot of people seated in the dining areas. I suppose the restaurant can justify the 25% capacity even though most of the patrons were seated or standing in the bar. We definitely won't go there for indoor dining any time soon.

Grand Tavern Rochester Hills – Life is "Grand" at Grand Tavern

 

[MrX]

My local hang out sounds very similar. The restaurant part can be empty but the bar is always packed. They took out some bar stools, but couldn't justify staying open if every stool had to be six feet apart. When the Governor closed bars during the summer spike, pundits were praising that action for bring down metrics. The reality was that only bars with licenses that didn't require food were forced to close - all of their patrons just packed into restaurant bars. I recall the manager of a local Chili's saying "it's terrible for the corner tavern, but a gold mine for us."

Our weather is finally perfect for outdoor dining and I've noticed more people coming out to take advantage of that.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Gov. Whitmer suggests COVID restriction changes in coming days (detroitnews.com)

Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that her administration will examine easing some COVID-19 restrictions in the coming days as infection rates continue to decline.

The governor said decisions will be made on how to move forward on a "number of fronts." She specifically mentioned policies surrounding nursing homes and limitations on gatherings.

"The gatherings order is one component of possible areas that we may make some changes in the coming days," Whitmer said during a press conference...

Michigan to reopen further ‘in coming days’ as COVID numbers improve, Whitmer says (clickondetroit.com)

 

[Yesiamapirate]

Gov. Whitmer suggests COVID restriction changes in coming days (detroitnews.com)

Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that her administration will examine easing some COVID-19 restrictions in the coming days as infection rates continue to decline.

The governor said decisions will be made on how to move forward on a "number of fronts." She specifically mentioned policies surrounding nursing homes and limitations on gatherings.

"The gatherings order is one component of possible areas that we may make some changes in the coming days," Whitmer said during a press conference...

Michigan to reopen further ‘in coming days’ as COVID numbers improve, Whitmer says (clickondetroit.com)

Yet she most likely will not lessen restrictions on restaurants. MOO and so sad!

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Yet she most likely will not lessen restrictions on restaurants. MOO and so sad!

What is her "beef" with restaurants? What scientific evidence indicates that people are less safe in a restaurant than they are in other public venues?

All students in our school district are now back to in-person learning on a 1/2 day hybrid plan. High schools returned to daily in-person on January 4, but middle and elementary students were still doing remote only. Half of the elementary students attend morning in-person sessions, and the other half goes in the afternoon. Middle school students attend full days on Monday/Tuesday or Thursday/Friday with Wednesdays off for cleaning. It's not ideal, but I'm glad that local children are back in their classrooms. Too much time has been lost, and the impact will be far-reaching.

 

[Yesiamapirate]

What is her "beef" with restaurants? What scientific evidence indicates that people are less safe in a restaurant than they are in other public venues?

All students in our school district are now back to in-person learning on a 1/2 day hybrid plan. High schools returned to daily in-person on January 4, but middle and elementary students were still doing remote only. Half of the elementary students attend morning in-person sessions, and the other half goes in the afternoon. Middle school students attend full days on Monday/Tuesday or Thursday/Friday with Wednesdays off for cleaning. It's not ideal, but I'm glad that local children are back in their classrooms. Too much time has been lost, and the impact will be far-reaching.

Good to hear in your schools. They need to be back.
As for our governor and the restaurants, hard to say. I don’t get it at all. There seems to be no data or common sense. It’s like she got mad and now they pay. Moo

 

[MrX]

Good to hear in your schools. They need to be back.
As for our governor and the restaurants, hard to say. I don’t get it at all. There seems to be no data or common sense. It’s like she got mad and now they pay. Moo

We went through something similar, last Summer, where it seemed like the Governor was singling out gyms as villains. Our restaurants (including those with bars) have been open for indoor dining (50%) capacity since last May and cases have spiked and receded twice, so it's hard to believe that restaurants move the needle one way or another.