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Cost of ending a pandemic: Who pays for shots in arms?
Cost of ending a pandemic: Who pays for shots in arms?
Cost has not been the primary concern in the multibillion-dollar effort to vaccinate the country against COVID-19 and end the yearlong pandemic, but somebody still has to pay for it.Who's paying and how much isn't so clear cut.The U.S. government is spending upward of $10 billion to purchase and…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
Cost of ending a pandemic: Who pays for shots in arms?
Jase Bolger: Did Michigan's COVID response really save more lives?
Jase Bolger: Did Michigan's COVID response really save more lives?
I read with interest Crain's editorial "It's time for state to give restaurants guidance." While I agreed with the overall point, I was alarmed that Crain's would suggest there was "no dispute" that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's extended lockdown was the cause of reduced COVID cases and is saving lives…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
Jase Bolger: Did Michigan's COVID response really save more lives?
Who Americans Spend Their Time With, by Age
Who Americans Spend Their Time With, by Age
Ever wondered who Americans spend the most time with? This chart assesses how many minutes per day Americans spend with different people.
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Who Americans Spend Their Time With, by Age
Divvying up doses: How Michigan's race, income factors impact COVID-19 vaccine allotments across the state
Divvying up doses: How Michigan's race, income factors impact COVID-19 vaccine allotments across the state
Michigan's 10 most populous counties collectively received about 3,400 fewer first doses of COVID-19 vaccine last week after the state applied a formula that factors in race, poverty, housing and other social vulnerabilities instead of allocating vaccine doses by share of population, state data…
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Divvying up doses: How Michigan's race, income factors impact COVID-19 vaccine allotments across the state
Detroit clothing brand Merit Goodness partners with Meijer to help send students to college
Detroit clothing brand Merit Goodness partners with Meijer to help send students to college
A Detroit-based clothing brand is getting the chance to sell some of its pieces inside one of the state's biggest retailers as a way to support high school and college students.Merit Goodness, a fashion brand established in 2012, has two of its products on the shelves of Meijer's two Detroit…
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Detroit clothing brand Merit Goodness partners with Meijer to help send students to college
Stadium capacity restrictions loosened ahead of Tigers' Opening Day in Detroit
Stadium capacity restrictions loosened ahead of Tigers' Opening Day in Detroit
It appears Comerica Park will have at least some fans in the ballpark for the Detroit Tigers' season opener.With newly announced rules allowing for up to 1,000 people at large outdoor entertainment facilities, the 41,083-seat Detroit stadium won't be empty aside from players, staff and media as it…
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Stadium capacity restrictions loosened ahead of Tigers' Opening Day in Detroit
Why it's hard to make vaccines and boost supplies
Why it's hard to make vaccines and boost supplies
With demand for COVID-19 vaccines outpacing the world's supplies, a frustrated public and policymakers want to know: How can we get more? A lot more. Right away.The problem: "It's not like adding more water to the soup," said vaccine specialist Maria Elena Bottazzi of Baylor College of Medicine…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
Why it's hard to make vaccines and boost supplies
How Hillsdale College employees got COVID vaccines before front-line health workers
How Hillsdale College employees got COVID vaccines before front-line health workers
When administrators at Hillsdale College, a conservative liberal-arts school, heard its local hospital didn't have a way to store the Pfizer-BioNTech covid vaccine, they offered the use of its science department's ultra-low temperature freezer. The vaccine must be stored at minus 94 degrees…
derek68·crainsdetroit.com·
How Hillsdale College employees got COVID vaccines before front-line health workers