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Some Michiganders are jumping to the front of the line for coronavirus vaccines putting themselves ahead of the state s most vulnerable. People are scamming the system, said Dr. Arnold Monto, a professor of epidemiology and global public health at the University of Michigan. Monto, an octogenarian who lives in Ann Arbor and serves as acting chair of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, said he hasn t yet been vaccinated. With the demand so high and the supply of vaccines so low, Monto said he s holding out to make sure his wife, who also qualifies for vaccination because of her age, will be able to snag an appointment for a shot in the arm. So far, they ve had no luck. ....
Share January 17, 2021, 9:44 AM Are you under 65 and non-essential? You re probably not supposed to have a Covid shot. And yet, somehow, some of you do. From the Freep: One of those loopholes was exploited through the St. Joseph Mercy Health System. There, a web link created for doctors, nurses and other health care workers to make appointments to get their shots was in some cases . shared publicly, resulting in unexpected submissions beyond 1A participants, said spokeswoman Laura Blodgett. As we move forward with vaccine administration of our community, we are in a position in which we need to trust that people who identify as being in an age group or essential occupation currently permitted by MDHHS (Michigan Department of Health and Human Services) are being truthful. ....
First COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Michigan Two Michigan hospital systems administered the first COVID-19 vaccinations in the state on Monday, injecting the Michigan-produced Pfizer vaccine into front-line workers. Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine and Spectrum Health s Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids were the first to begin vaccinating workers in the state the beginning of a massive inoculation rollout in Michigan expected to expand to other hospital systems in the coming days. It was momentous to see this happen for the first time, Spectrum President and CEO Tina Freese Decker announced at a Monday afternoon press conference. The Grand Rapids-based health system, which has 14 hospitals in west Michigan, received its first shipment of 975 doses of the Pfizer vaccine shortly after 9 a.m. and administered its first vaccination just hours later at 12:04 p.m., Freese Decker said. ....
Lots of unknowns as Michigan hospitals await first COVID-19 vaccine shipments - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News - Sault Ste. Marie, MI sooeveningnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sooeveningnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An advisory committee of some of the nation s top scientists voted Thursday to recommend emergency authorization of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine, bringing it one step closer to clearing the final regulatory hurdle in the biggest mass vaccination effort in U.S. history. If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants emergency use authorization (EUA), the vaccine created by Pfizer, with its partner German-based BioNTech, could begin to be injected into the arms of Michigan s roughly 600,000 health care workers in a matter of days. But in the scramble to stop a pandemic that has killed 291,000 people in the U.S. and 10,395 in Michigan, some metro Detroit hospital systems told the Free Press this week that they re mobilizing with so many unknowns that, in some ways, it s like they re flying in the dark. ....