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).
Nearly a thousand health care workers in Ingham County are getting Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine every week.
Health Officer Linda Vail says so far, the state has provided her department with 975 doses of vaccine a week. They’re getting an extra dose out of some vials.
She says the staff and the schedule would allow for more. “We did ask for the double, 1,950 doses this week, and didn’t get it, Vail adds, but we will be asking again, and I’ve also made a few phone calls.”
Vail says the department is vaccinating 350 or more people per day, and could double or triple that if they had enough vaccine.
The Lansing School District is once again delaying the start of its in-person learning.
In a message Wednesday, the school district said it was pushing back the start of the SOAR program from March 29 to April 12 after spring break.
The LSD says this is due to COVID-19 metrics not meeting the district’s requirements.
Schools that were scheduled to start on either March 22, 29, or April 12 will all now begin on April 12.
All other schools will start on their scheduled dates, April 19 and 26.
- Karel Vega
4:21 p.m. Fri. 3/19/21
New state health orders will soon allow more people to attend live sports events, and will require teenaged athletes to be tested weekly for COVID-19.
It's been seven weeks since the first COVID-19 vaccines were distributed in Michigan and, as of Monday, the state has now officially seen over one million