“I think as more options come and as the vaccine supply (increases), it s important that we are allocating vaccines as fast as we can in that process,” said Andrew Cox, the recently named director of the Macomb County Health Department. “I think it does make sense.”
David Jahn, CEO of Sault Ste. Marie’s War Memorial Hospital, said the plan gives the hospital more flexibility in moving people through the lines.
“It would help us because we can’t find enough people in the current age categories who still need vaccinations,” he told Bridge Michigan in an email. “So from our perspective anyone in the current priority categories has had numerous opportunities to receive the vaccine.”
Want a vaccine appointment in Michigan? Here s how
Eligibility and availability are increasing for the three federally approved COVID-19 vaccines, and so are the places where Michiganians can register to get a shot.
Michigan said Friday it s expanding vaccination eligibility to all Michiganians 16 and older starting April 5. Also Friday, the Biden administration announced Friday that Detroit s Ford Field will host a federally run mass vaccination site starting March 24, with the capability to vaccinate 6,000 people a day.
Starting March 22, Monday, residents or individuals who are ages 50 and above will be eligible to get vaccines.
Michigan had vaccinated more than 1 million residents through March 10, covering 12.5% of the state population, according to state data.
As a state, we recently reached and passed the first anniversary of when the first cases of COVID-19 were detected.
A year later, fear has started to change to hope. Three viable vaccines are injected into the arms of Michiganders and every day, more people are becoming vaccinated. It is with cautious optimism many are starting to think things will become normal â whatever that means, â sooner rather than later.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its first set of public health recommendations for fully vaccinated people. This guidance will be updated and expanded based on the level of community spread of COVID-19, the percentage of the total population fully vaccinated and the evolving science related to the three vaccines.
CADILLAC — When the polio vaccine was introduced in the 1950s, children were the first group in society to be immunized, since they were most at risk if they developed
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