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Group Quarters
A formula then weighs that data to give each county (or census tract) a score to indicate how socially vulnerable it is with 0 being the lowest (least vulnerable) possible score, and 1 the highest.
Credit Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
This formula isn’t something Michigan created or uses on its own. Nor is it the sole factor the state uses for vaccine allocation. The state also takes into account population size, and the percentage of a population that serves so-called priority groups groups the state has designated as “first in line” to get the COVID vaccine. Those include people 65 and older, the number of frontline essential workers, educators, and corrections officers (this applies to local public health entities like county health departments, and to hospital systems based on the populations they serve).