Michigan Losing Covid Race as Cases Outstrip Vaccines’ Reach Bloomberg 8 hrs ago David Welch
(Bloomberg) Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who once enacted some of the toughest restrictions in the U.S. to slow the spread of Covid-19, is letting restaurants, bars and school activities remain open even as the virus grows faster in her state than any other.
Whitmer has sped up vaccinations, but a variant-driven spread is putting pressure on her to reinstate the kind of restrictions that last year prompted lawsuits some successful to curb the governor’s powers. It also led to armed protesters swarming the State Capitol in Lansing and a foiled attempt to kidnap her.
‘Long Covid’ continues to stump doctors and exhaust those fighting months-long battles
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Jennifer Gansler of Holly, sits near the creek in her backyard Tuesday July 28, 2020. Gansler, hasn t been able to shake coronavirus symptoms. For four months out she still is having extreme fatigue, tightness in her chest, and muscle aches. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
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The results?
“Everything comes back normal” except some scar tissue left in her lungs, which is likely a result of the coronavirus infection she picked up in Spain last March at the start of the pandemic.
But the formerly “super active” 52-year-old from Holly doesn’t feel normal. Twelve months into her battle with COVID-19, she’s still feeling debilitating exhaustion after activities that were once simple, compared to the marathon runs and regular hikes she could manage pre-COVID.
Vaccines dramatically reduces COVID-19 risk, experts say, though infections still possible
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Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 doses are prepared at a vaccine outreach clinic at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. The clinic was put on by the Kalamazoo County Health Department with volunteers from Mt. Zion. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)
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Yes, the COVID-19 vaccine works.
After two weeks, one vaccine shot is 80% effective at preventing infections, while a second shot carries 90% effectiveness, according to a new CDC study.
“Our data from the CDC today suggest that vaccinated people do not carry the virus,” said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky in an MSNBC interview from Tuesday, March 30.
Myths and facts about the COVID vaccine shot as Michigan opens access to all
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People come and go from DeVos Place in Grand Rapids on Monday, March 29, 2021 to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. West Michigan Vaccine Clinic is anticipating providing 12,000 vaccines on Monday in the busiest day yet. (Hope Davison | MLive.com)Hope Davison
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But many are skeptical about coronavirus vaccines, especially since it was developed in record time.
Myth: The vaccine will give you COVID-19.
Fact: None of the vaccines used in the U.S. involve injection of the virus itself, and it is impossible to get COVID-19 from any of the three vaccines approved by the Food and Drug Administration.