Michigan – whose Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, experienced severe backlash from Republicans, business owners and others over her ongoing coronavirus restrictions – is fighting the virus on several fronts. Michigan sees worrying spike in Covid-19 cases as state prepares to open mass vaccination site Mitchell/Detroit Free Press/Imagn Content Services Gretchen Whitmer speaks during a press conference at Ford Field about the partnerships between FEMA, Wayne county and state of Michigan to roll out 6,000 COVID-19 vaccines a day at the home of the Detroit Lions in Detroit on Thursday, MaKimberly P. “You feel like you’re suffocating a little bit,” she said, clearing her throat and still struggling to breathe.Īt one point, Catron’s oxygen levels dropped dangerously low to 82% – far below the normal range of 95% to 100%. She’s healthy, active and has no underlying conditions but required hospitalization after developing pneumonia. Catron says her 9-year-old, Levi, and 7-year-old, Jesse, had no symptoms and her husband got very sick but wasn’t hospitalized. Health officials in Michigan have indicated both schools and youth sports are possible vectors for the virus. And I think what happened is my husband was with my son, his soccer game. “We’re not 100% sure,” she said of how they all got it, “but we think from the soccer field, with the parents, even though we’re all masked up. The mother of two said she thinks her family became infected with coronavirus through her children’s soccer league. Tina Catron, 44, is under Skrzynski’s care at Beaumont Health’s Royal Oak facility. “But we do send a lot of those out to the state and we are seeing something like 40% of our patients now (with) B.1.1.7.” “Right now, the regular Covid test we do – that’s still just showing Covid (or) no Covid,” Skrzynski said. He said they send out a small sample of some of their cases to the state for DNA analysis. Justin Skrzynski is a Covid hospitalist – a title that didn’t exist a year ago – which means he specializes in the care of Covid patients. Michigan adds more than 8,400 new Covid-19 cases in one day, the most since DecemberĪt Beaumont Hospital’s Royal Oak, a facility of the largest health care provider in the Wolverine State, the prevalence of the B.1.1.7 variant is clear.ĭr. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP) Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press/AP Registered nurse Erica Fairfield, right, works at the Hackley Community Care COVID-19 curbside testing site at 2700 Baker Street in Muskegon Heights, Mich., Friday, Nov. The actual number is likely much higher considering the difficulty in determining which variant is causing cases throughout the state – the samples have to be sent to a state lab for time-consuming DNA analysis to determine the variant. The state health department has identified more than 1,200 instances of the B.1.1.7 variant. The virus is invisible and people did not know they’re walking through a cloud of Covid, and next thing you know, they’re infected.”ĭangerous variant spreading throughout the stateīoth the B.1.351 and highly contagious B.1.1.7 variants have been identified in Michigan, but the B.1.1.7 strain is now spreading throughout the community. “Second is everyone is tired of wearing masks, so you will go out and see a lack of social distancing, the lack of wearing masks. “This variant is more virulent, and so therefore more infectious, and so easier to catch,” said Dover. Jim Dover, CEO and president of Sparrow Health System, a large health care provider in central Michigan, said two things are driving the current surge: pandemic fatigue and mutations in the coronavirus that have made it more contagious and possibly more deadly. His wife, Betsy, who is fully vaccinated, also got the virus but suffered minor symptoms. Romankewiz, who lives a healthy life and has no underlying conditions, said he contracted the virus from his 19-year-old-son, Andy. I mean, I felt like I had been beat up, I felt like I had been in a car accident. “I felt like I went 10 rounds with Mike Tyson,” he said. Watching TV, responding to a steady stream of text messages and cracking jokes from his hospital bed in Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital, Romankewiz said he feels upbeat about his prospects for a full recovery but that the virus laid him low. How one of Detroit's churches is tackling vaccine hesitancy to help combat Michigan's Covid-19 surge Detroit's Greater New Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church gathered for Easter Sunday - or Resurrection Sunday - service in light of enthusiasm and questions surrounding the coronavirus vaccine.
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