Livingston County officials call on state to stop using social factors to determine COVID vaccine distribution
Updated Feb 27, 2021;
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LIVINGSTON COUNTY, MI Livingston County commissioners claim the state of Michigan is distributing COVID-19 vaccines unfairly due to its use of social factors to determine allotment.
The state uses a Social Vulnerability Index, a metric from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish a community’s virus risk level based on health and economic factors. But Livingston County officials want the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to stop using this metric, and replace it with a “scientific medical factor based plan” that results in uniform distribution.
By Mike Kruzman & Jon King / news@whmi.com
The Livingston County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution calling on Gov. Whitmer and the state health department to replace the plan currently utilized to determine vaccine allocation.
When the full Board met Monday night to discuss the resolution that came from the General Government Committee last week, it was many of the same players and opinions again protesting and supporting the decision.
County Commissioners are actively challenging the stateâs use of the CDCâs Social Vulnerability Index to determine vaccine allocations. SVI scores and ranks counties on socio-economic factors like household composition, minority status, and transportation. Age is one factor, and 6.25% of the equation. SVI rankings put Livingston County at the bottom of the ladder for vaccines coming into the county. County Commissioners argue that with senior populations being the most at-risk, a plan that takes that in
Livingston County resolution calls for new state vaccine distribution plan
As vaccine distribution continues to ramp up across the state, some counties are raising concerns about the metrics used to determine allocation. This week, a special meeting in Livingston County will decide whether to call upon Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the State Health Department to change their distribution plan.
and last updated 2021-02-15 18:32:16-05
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mich. (WXYZ) â As vaccine distribution continues to ramp up across the state, some counties are raising concerns about the metrics used to determine allocation.
This week, a special meeting in Livingston County will decide whether to call upon Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the State Health Department to change their distribution plan.
February 2, 2021 By Mike Kruzman / news@whmi.com
The third time may be a charm for Livingston County Veterans Services as they search for a new headquarters.
Twice in the last year the department thought they had succeeded in finding a new space to call home only to be left heartbroken. On Monday, Veterans Services Director Mary Durst was before the county General Government and Health and Human Services Committee asking for their approval to lease 5,000 square feet of office space in Genoa Township. Their new home would be in the former Iron Grip Ninja location at 1420 Lawson Drive, in the same building as the Secretary of State office. Durst told the committee this is actually about 1,800 square feet larger than their last targeted location, which will allow them to do even more.