GRAND RAPIDS Michigan s path to post-pandemic normalcy will depend on the state s vaccination rate, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday, April 28.
Whitmer announced the MI Vacc to Normal plan, a framework that provides four vaccination milestones for the reopening of certain sectors like added capacity at indoor stadiums, lifting the curfew at restaurants and bars and lifting the state s indoor mask mandate. As more Michigan residents receive the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, more restrictions will be lifted.
Here are the metrics for reopening:
Two weeks after 4.5 million Michiganders have received their first vaccine dose (55% of the eligible population), the state will lift requirements that employers mandate employees work remotely where feasible.
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Friday, Apr 09, 2021 - 02:15 PM
Michigan has claimed the mantle of America s COVID epicenter this week as it officially has the highest transmission rate in the US, driven in part by a slower-than-average vaccination campaign and the growing prevalence of mutant strains. And on Friday, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked the federal government to send more vaccines, and ordered high schools in the state to return to remote-only education for two weeks.
Youth sports will also be asked to take a break, and diners have been asked to avoid eating in restaurants.
All four of these requests are voluntary and don t carry the weight of official mandates from her administration. Watch this morning s press conference below.
A GOP report card on Whitmer’s pandemic response has gone viral. Here are the facts. Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press
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A viral Facebook post from Republican legislators in Michigan criticizes Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s response to the coronavirus pandemic amid the latest COVID-19 surge in the state.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Republicans have characterized Whitmer’s approach as draconian, and now they claim that her response “has failed Michigan.”
In a COVID-19 response report card, the state House Republicans tick off various metrics and give Whitmer a failing grade on the state’s economic and health outcomes.