When could Michigan reach the 70% vaccine threshold, relax mask mandate?
Updated Apr 30, 10:55 AM;
Posted Apr 30, 10:55 AM
Spectrum Health Nurse Manager Sara VanderPloeg, RN administer the COVID-19 vaccine to Grand Rapids University Prep Academy student Mi a Jaden Johnson at DeVos Place on Thursday, April 29, 2021 in Grand Rapids. (Hope Davison | MLive.com)Hope Davison
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Michigan will lift its mask mandate and gathering restrictions two weeks after 70% of the state’s 16 and older population have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
That means the state needs about 5.67 million residents to get their first shot. As of Wednesday, April 28, about 4 million resident shad begun their vaccination, or nearly 50% of the eligible population.
To hear the governor tell it, Michigan is doing better than almost any state at administering the coronavirus vaccine, even though Republicans say the rollout is a “nightmare.” And Republicans are claiming that Whitmer’s COVID restrictions have “punished” the economy.
This isn’t new.
In May, Bridge Michigan raised questions about Whitmer’s claims that rural hospitals were nearly full (nope), the role of anti-Whitmer protests in spreading the virus (untrue), and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Joneigh Khaldun’s assertion that COVID restrictions would last into 2021 (well… on second thought.)
In that vein, here’s a look at a few assertions in the past few weeks that, at the very least, deserve some explanations.