Michigan officials focus on vaccinations, less on restrictions

STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan. – Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel visited a new COVID drive-thru vaccination site in Sterling Heights on Wednesday.

The new vaccination site is located in the old Sears Automotive Center at Lakeside Mall.

The site is vaccinated only by appointment.

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Hertel said it is shots, not stops, that are needed to put the brakes on the surge in COVID cases. She said fewer people with the virus were in intensive care and the state was closely monitoring hospitalizations.

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Macomb County has become a COVID hotspot.

“We have seen an 118% increase in cases,” Macomb County health director Andrew Cox said.

The state said it was a race to get people vaccinated against the rapid spread.

With no restrictions, how high do county health officials think cases need to go before further action is taken?

The answer, again, is to get more hitting in the arms.

“It’s now up to these other groups to get them to clinics,” Cox said. “This is how we’re going to slow it down.”

You can sign up to be vaccinated in Macomb County here.

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