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A new state report indicates that 246 people in Michigan have come down with COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, and three have died.
While alarming, that’s a tiny percentage of the number of people in the state who have been vaccinated.
Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail says there still is broad transmission and many people remain unvaccinated. Those factors increase the risk that a vaccinated person can contract COVID. “Once we have both a very high efficacy vaccine and herd immunity, she explains, we should see far less of that.”
Vail adds that several factors might be to blame, stating that some people perhaps got exposed days after their first dose, or in some cases basically may have been incubating and not tested positive, or not feeling symptoms yet before their first dose, or in-between doses.”
Michigan gets $90.2 million from CDC for COVID-19 vaccine efforts
Michigan is getting a boost in federal dollars for its COVID-19 vaccine efforts.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday it ll award the state $90,239,771 to build partnerships with community-based organizations to increase vaccine uptake, especially among underserved populations hard-hit by the virus.
The goal is to use the money to ensure greater equity and access to vaccines in communities where people might not be able to get to vaccine sites or may be hesitant about vaccination.
The money comes from $3 billion in funding that the CDC is distributing from the American Rescue Plan and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act.
Ingham Health Officer Asking Schools to Pause In-Person Classes
According to the Lansing State Journal, The Ingham County Health Department is saying that schools should suspend in-person classes after spring break as a precaution to prevent the continued spread of COVID-19.
Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail issued a recommendation that schools move to remote learning for grades 6-12 for one week. (Lansing State Journal)
With all the numbers going up here in Michigan and so many families on spring break this week, there s no doubt that in-person classes should be put on hold for at least one if not two weeks.
Michigan State to provide students COVID-19 vaccinations
Michigan State student Maddie Monroe is handed her vaccine card and a sticker after getting the COVID-19 vaccine on March 29, 2021. Photo by Devin Anderson-Torrez | The State News
The state of Michigan approved Michigan State University to administer COVID-19 vaccines and will begin the vaccination process Friday, April 9, according to an email sent to students from the university.
Michigan State will receive and administer doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a single-dose vaccine that is restricted to those who are 18 or older. Vaccinations will be at the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education.
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