Bridge Michigan health reporter Robin Erb will moderate a Zoom discussion on Feb. 25 with State of Michigan Chief Medical Executive Joneigh Khaldun and Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail on COVID vaccines
The state of Michigan has begun distributing COVID-19 vaccines, and frontline health workers and residents of long-term care facilities are first up to
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Stateside, old tensions between Governor Whitmer and state legislative leaders flared during the lame-duck session. Plus, a conversation with the author of the satirical novel
The Great American Cheese War about its eerie parallels with some of 2020’s biggest stories. And, we talk more about the vaccines and how distribution is going in Michigan.
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The virus also exposed racial and class divisions and prompted untold suffering in ways large and small, from funerals that moved outside or were canceled and social distancing that separated families to political divisions and anger that continue to fester.
In this sad year, we are looking back on some of Bridge’s top stories about the coronavirus. In the coming days, we will revisit the articles about the environment, social justice, education and business.
This story, composed on deadline by five Bridge reporters in late March, conveys the terror and bewilderment of hospital staff and ordinary residents as Detroit intensive care units filled, families were separated and the virus tore through every corner of the city.
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