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Covid 'pause' that closed dining rooms worked as intended, health director says

January 20, 2021, 8:00 AM

No one likes Covid-related shutdowns and restrictions. But judging from results in Michigan, there's "strong reason to believe" they work. 


Robert Gordon: "The pause has worked." (Photo: State of Michigan)

Robert Gordon, director of the state's Department of Health and Human Services, told The Detroit News Tuesday that Michigan is "in a far better place" than it was two months ago, and that it is on pace to ease those closings by Feb. 1. 

Craig Mauger writes:

In recent weeks, Michigan has reported significant drops in COVID-19 infection rates, deaths and hospitalizations linked to the virus and the rate of tests bringing positive results — metrics that have been included in decision-making on when to strengthen or lift restrictions.

Over the last seven days, Michigan has had the seventh-lowest rate of new cases per population nationally, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All of Michigan's neighboring states had higher rates.

No one can say with certainty what caused the decreases, Gordon said Tuesday.

“I think there is strong reason to believe the pause has worked and has mattered," he said.

Gordon briefly made his case in a series of tweets:


Read more:  The Detroit News


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