Ingham County’s top health official says claims by Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey about the “natural immunity” of people who have had COVID
If that rate continues, it would be another 10 days before Michigan hits 55 percent when, according to Whitmer’s plan, workers in settings required to be remote could return to offices two weeks after crossing that threshold.
That means it could take seven weeks or more late into June to hit the 5.6 million vaccinations necessary to get to 70 percent.
But that’s only if the rate holds firm which seems unlikely, since demand has dropped precipitously in the past month.
Whitmer’s own experts at the University of Michigan, in an analysis this week, suggest it might take until Aug. 1 to hit 70 percent because of the decline in vaccination rates.
Shirkeyâs criticized by medical group for COVID-19 statements in radio interview By Peg McNichol
May 4, 2021 | 1:10 PM
DETROIT, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) â Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey attracted criticism after making statements on a WJR-AM radio interview this past Monday.
He suggested in the interview that state health officials should be including the 2-million-plus people who have recovered from COVID-19, inaccurately indicating that they had a natural immunity. He went on to say that would give Michigan the 70 percent immunity supporting full re-opening. According to federal health officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the rate of re-infection is still being studied and at this point is unclear, especially with the number of mutations, or variants, present in the U.S.
Shirkeyâs criticized by medical group for COVID-19 statements in radio interview By Peg McNichol
May 4, 2021 | 1:10 PM
DETROIT, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) â Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey attracted criticism after making statements on a WJR-AM radio interview this past Monday.
He suggested in the interview that state health officials should be including the 2-million-plus people who have recovered from COVID-19, inaccurately indicating that they had a natural immunity. He went on to say that would give Michigan the 70 percent immunity supporting full re-opening. According to federal health officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the rate of re-infection is still being studied and at this point is unclear, especially with the number of mutations, or variants, present in the U.S.