Even after vaccination, immunocompromised people still facing the threat of COVID-19
Many who are immunocompromised rely on community immunity to feel safe again.
By: WXMI Staff
and last updated 2021-05-10 14:58:58-04
KENT COUNTY, Mich â For more than a year, Meegan Zickus has been living with the knowledge that she is at a greater risk of becoming seriously ill or dying from COVID-19.
The Grand Valley State University professor is part of roughly 3% of the adult U.S. population that is immunocompromised. My kids can t go anywhere, my husband can t, so we re all kind of stuck in the house, Zickus said. I have a really rare condition, there s less than probably 300 to 500 of us worldwide. It s called necrotizing autoimmune myopathy and it s an autoimmune condition.
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Physicians group says COVID vaccine mandates unnecessary, but Michigan universities sticking to their guns
Posted May 09, 2021
Visitors enter from the Jack Roth Stadium Club entrance as Michigan Medicine healthcare workers administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
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However, a group of physicians is asking these schools to reconsider their mandates.
In a letter to deans, governing boards and trustees at universities with COVID-19 vaccine requirements, Paul Kempen, president of the conservative Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, listed more than a dozen reasons why schools should reconsider those mandates, including vaccine side effects and the lower risk of young adults suffering or dying from COVID-19.
Ionia County Public Defender Office adds social worker
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IONIA A previous intern at the Ionia County Public Defender Office is its new social worker.
The Ionia County Public Defender Office has added social worker Bailey Akers to its office staff, according to a press release. Akers is a recent graduate of Grand Valley State University receiving a bachelor s of social work degree. Akers previously worked as an unpaid intern for both the Muskegon County and Ionia County Public Defender offices.
Public defender offices have used social workers since the 1970s to support attorney-client relationships, improve client experiences in court, help mitigate client sentences and assist their specialized clientele with their specialized needs, according to the release.
Local Eats: Rise Authentic Baking Co. in Grand Rapids offers classic treats with a vegan, gluten-free makeover
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI Nick and Becca Van Liere never considered themselves bakers, but their Rise Authentic Baking Co. has grown from an apartment-based pastime into an entirely vegan and gluten-free bakery.
When the couple were studying natural resources management and social work respectively at Grand Valley State University, Nick said he never considered even opening a bakery.
But seven years later, the bakery is a staple in the city’s West Side community, located at 1220 Fulton Street.
The duo ditches typical baking ingredients like eggs, butter and flour in favor of substitutes like vegan butter, and flour alternatives. Instead of lox on a bagel, it’s a carrot substitute on a homemade gluten-free bagel.