Michigan expands antibody treatment to cut hospitalizations
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press
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FILE - In this April 12, 2021 file photo, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer U.S. talks about the statewide COVID-19 vaccination effort during a press conference in Ypsilanti, Mich. A recent spike in coronavirus cases in some states has led one of the nation s top health experts to suggest that governors could “close things down” like they did during previous surges. But that doesn t appear likely to happen not even in states led by Democratic governors who favored greater restrictions in the past. (Lon Horwedel/Detroit News via AP, File)Lon Horwedel/AP
Lansing Elizabeth Hertel, the director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, was in Alabama last week for a family trip as her home state continues to battle a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
The trip came days after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s administration levied public warnings about out-of-state travel. On April 2, Hertel was quoted in a press release that encouraged spring break travelers to get tested for the virus. Students and families traveling across Michigan, to other states or out of the country risk being exposed to and carrying COVID-19 with them, the press release said. This in turn could fuel outbreaks within their households and the communities where they live or visit.
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The Democratic governor is offering an olive branch to Republicans who control the Legislature. They aren’t happy, though, that Whitmer made the peace offering through the media.
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MICHIGAN GOV. GRETCHEN Whitmer talks about the statewide COVID-19 vaccination effort during a news conference Monday outside the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center, which was hosting a vaccination clinic, in Ypsilanti. (Lon Horwedel/Detroit News via AP)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday outlined her priorities for spending billions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief aid, saying the focus should be on long-lasting initiatives to help students and small businesses hurt by the pandemic.
Other priorities include upgrading neglected infrastructure, boosting public health funding, and making child care more affordable and accessible.
The Democratic governor chose not to propose specific legislation to the Republican-controlled Legislature, as she did with the last round of federal relief. About $2 billion of that aid remains in limbo because GOP lawmakers did not negotiate with Whitmer or unsuccessfully tied some funds to vetoed b