"These folks that we now refer to as Google docs, they go on Google and decide that they know better than the doctors. "Every week that goes by, it's unfortunate to say that people close to me who work here, who in the last few weeks have had terrible cases of COVID, who are now telling all their coworkers 'I can't believe I was so stupid. More: Here's what Detroit Tigers fans can expect when they attend Comerica Park Those selecting the indoor option will park for free on the TCF rooftop deck, entering off Congress, west of Washington.ĭuggan said no one will have to get vaccinated as a condition of coming to work, but sometime in May the city will go to daily screenings and weekly PCR tests for anyone who has not been vaccinated to protect the workplace. If someone chooses the indoor option for dose one, he or she will have the indoor option for the second dose, Duggan said. If a person chooses the drive-up clinic for the first shot, he or she will have the drive-up clinic for the second dose. Food and Drug Administration) grants the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer to go down to 12 years old, we, and I'm sure the state of Michigan, will start offering the vaccines to 12-year-olds," Duggan said. In those adolescents, vaccination led to a higher protective antibody response than in adults and was 100% effective against symptomatic disease, the study of 2,260 adolescents found. The Pfizer vaccine is safe and extremely effective in adolescents 12 to 15 years old, according to a company-sponsored study released early Wednesday. Those who are ages 16 and 17 must get the Pfizer vaccine as Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are for those ages 18 and older. More: Michigan leads US with highest number of COVID-19 cases per capita, more vaccines comingĭuggan said about 20% of the city's adult residents have been vaccinated, which is lagging behind the statewide percentage of about 33% of Michiganders who have received at least one dose of vaccine.Ĭity residents 16 and older or anyone who works in Detroit at a job site are eligible for a shot and can call 31 to schedule their appointment. "The vaccines work," Duggan said, adding that infection rates need to be knocked down. Hospitalizations of Detroiters and other Michiganders is on the rise, with health systems treating more younger patients now, as fewer of them have been vaccinated compared with their older counterparts. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Michigan is worst in the nation for virus cases per capita over the last seven days, according to the U.S. More: Beaumont Health has highest number of COVID-19 inpatients in Michigan There are also two Community Saturday events scheduled this week as city officials push to get more Detroiters vaccinated. Before long, he said, it will be operating five days a week as more of the one-dose shots arrive. Duggan said the Johnson & Johnson vaccination clinic that starts Saturday at the Northwest Activities Center, 18100 Meyers Road, is scheduling through next Wednesday.
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