CADILLAC â Socializing gets a little easier today.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services this week announced the softening of some epidemic orders, which take effect May 6.
If you re fully vaccinated and symptom-free, you can go maskless at indoor residential gatherings; athletes can cease routine COVID-19 testing, and outdoor residential gatherings now face a cap of 50 people. Additionally, large public events can be a little larger; stadiums, festivals and the like can inch a little higher in their capacity limits.
The news comes as positivity rates mostly have been falling or holding steady in the region.
Here are the most recent numbers.
Health departments in Michigan have begun turning down vaccine allocations from the state because they’re unable to find enough people willing to get the shots.
Normally, Dr. Jennifer Morse’s three local health districts get weekly vaccine shipments from the state Department of Health and Human Services.
But Morse, the medical director for District Health Department No. 10, the Central Michigan District Health Department and the Mid-Michigan District Health Department, which collectively cover a swath of 19 counties in the middle of the state, said Tuesday they’ve had to forego their allotments recently.
“We just don’t have the demand like we used to,” Morse said.
Health departments in Michigan have begun turning down vaccine allocations from the state because they’re unable to find enough people willing to get the
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CADILLAC â Younger teens could soon be eligible for Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine.
The New York Times reported that the FDA is expected to authorize the Pfizer vaccine for adolescents ages 12 to 15 by early next week, and local health officials are already urging parents to get their kids vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Pfizer vaccine is the only one of the three in the United States with emergency use authorization that allows the vaccine to be used on people under the age of 18 at all; when the FDA expands the authorization, everybody age 12 and up will be allowed to get the Pfizer vaccine, while Moderna and Johnson and Johnson vaccines will continue to be used for people 18 and older.