Health officials say they still plan to wear masks, worry about unvaccinated in Michigan
Updated May 14, 2021;
Posted May 14, 2021
A sign outside Principle Food and Drink to wear your mask in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services newest order, which goes into effect Wednesday, suspends in-person dining at bars and restaurants across Michigan for three weeks. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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So will Dr. William Sims, and Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail.
While Michigan is about to undergo a rule change over who has to wear a mask and where, numerous health officials are in agreement that the state with one of the worst COVID-19 surges in the nation is not yet to a point where it can fully give up on masking.
‘We’re not going to ask for proof’: Michigan’s mask mandate change complicates things for businesses
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Today 3:52 PM
Tyler Rorah, 18, of Brooksville, receives a Moderna COVID 19 vaccine shot from LPN Sonie Woods, right, while receiving his CDC (issued) Covid 10 Vaccination Card during his vaccination appointment on Monday, April 5, 2021.Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP
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Vaccinated people no longer have to mask up indoors in Michigan starting this weekend – a move applauded by many state business leaders.
But the move also complicates the mask mandate which still remains in effect indoors for unvaccinated people and brings new questions about how the rule will be enforced. With the Legislature and business leaders speaking out against the idea of vaccine passports, it leaves the new rules subject to the honor system.
Workplace regulators want masks, health monitoring, social distancing and remote work going forward By
May 12, 2021
Michigan’s workplace regulators are moving forward with plans to make COVID-19 emergency workplace rules mandatory masking, health monitoring, social distancing, remote work a permanent feature of everyday life in the state regardless of the course the pandemic takes. The state claims that a variety of business groups were involved in developing the rules, but most of these groups are strongly against what is being put into place.
The rules proposed by the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration would extend indefinitely emergency rules set to expire in October. MIOSHA says it wants to have a permanent standard in place once the current pandemic mandates expire.
Michigan reopening plan encourages business leaders, who say ‘the sooner the better’
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021 Welcome back friends written on a chalkboard at a Michigan restaurant on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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After months of begging and pleading, Michigan business leaders are getting their wish – a specific plan on what triggers the end of the COVID-19 rules.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced her “Vacc to Normal” plan on Thursday, April 29, linking Michigan’s vaccination rates to the reopening steps. Business leaders are encouraged, yet concerned the reopenings won’t happen fast enough.
Office workers can return two weeks after 55% of Michiganders 16 or older get their first shot. Capacity limits are lightened two weeks after Michigan hits 60%, capacity limits are eliminated two weeks after 65% and the entire state health order – including the mask mandate – is lifted two weeks a
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