Michigan announced some major updates to its COVID-19 vaccine strategy, including changes for food processing, agricultural and mortuary service workers and some people age 60 and up.
February 11, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com
A local lawmaker is urging Gov. Whitmer to change the method the state is using to determine distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.
In a letter Thursday to the governor, State Senator Lana Theis, R-Brighton, says the state should reconsider its use of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâs Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) in determining the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
The use of that metric was discussed on Monday at the Livingston County Board of Commissioners meeting, in which it was learned that the county, based on 15 social determinants from census data, was ranked last of all Michiganâs 83 counties. The basic interpretation is that the healthier a countyâs residents are, the lower the SVI. While that is normally seen as a positive result, for Theis it was anything but that.
February 10, 2021 By Mike Kruzman & Jon King / news@whmi.com
Livingston County Commissioners are âappalledâ at the metric being used which allocates fewer COVID vaccines to the county than any other in Michigan.
At the Boardâs online meeting, this week, Livingston County Health Department Director Dianne McCormick updated officials on vaccination efforts. Based on her estimates, there are 41,000 local residents eligible to be vaccinated in the two open phases. Since late December, the county has received 4,300 first doses, 1,300 second doses, and is expected to have 1,100 more first doses delivered this week. If those numbers feel low, it doesnât appear that they will get much better soon.
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