While many people would like nothing more than to forget about 2020 and start fresh in 2021, the changes that society underwent this year likely wonât be going away anytime soon and could become permanent fixtures of the culture.
Among the behaviors that could become commonplace even after the immediate COVID-19 crisis is over is the use of masks in public places, at least among certain segments of the population.
Dr. Jennifer Morse, Medical Director for Central Michigan District Health Department and District Health Department No. 10, said senior citizens and those with compromised immune systems may decide to continue wearing masks, especially during flu season (or COVID season, if the disease becomes endemic in the population, as many experts believe it will).
Health Departments Educate Amish Community on COVID-19 Pandemic, Prevention
December 28, 2020
The Central Michigan District Health Department (CMDHD) is using their long-standing relationship with the local Amish community to help educate them about COVID-19 and prevention.
“It has been a continuous effort throughout all of this,” says Jennifer Morse, medical director for CMDHD and District Health Department #10.
Morse says they’ve worked with the local Amish community for years, going into schools and talking to the community about different vaccines.
“We do tend to do vaccination clinics for their children and so as we do those, we’ve already educated the Amish about the whooping cough vaccine, pneumonia vaccine, flu vaccines for their adult population,” says Morse.
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Experts work to determine water table depth post-dam failures
Nearly 170 wells drilled in Gladwin since May
Dec. 28, 2020
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A pie chart shows the percentage of wells that have been drilled each month in Gladwin County, since May. (Graph provided/FEMA)
Since the Tittabawassee River dam failures, at least 169 water wells have been drilled by contractors in Gladwin County.
Many water wells were left dry in neighboring communities after the failure of the Edenville and Sanford dams and regional flooding in May. As Steve King, director of environmental health for the Central Michigan District Health Department, explained in a previous interview, the groundwater table that existed in the area had been “artificially high” due to the dam and man-made lake system.
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