Protect Michigan Commission Weekly Newsletter
March 9, 2021
Officially one year into Michigan's COVID-19 response, this pandemic has changed our way of life in ways we could not have foreseen in March of 2020, with thousands of families making sacrifices and having lost loved ones. But today, we have hope.
With more than 2 million doses administered, and almost one million Michigan residents fully vaccinated, we are swiftly approaching a future without COVID-19. While masks, social distancing and hand washing will continue to be important as the vaccine supply and distribution grows, our state has come so incredibly far in the past year.
Built on decades of research, the now three authorized COVID-19 vaccines have high efficacy rates, and all three have been proven safe and effective at preventing COVID-related hospitalization and death in thousands of clinical trial participants.
The progress we've made and the potential we hold is something that we should all take a moment to appreciate. We are well on our way towards safely reopening Michigan - and your support as members of the Protect Michigan Commission is instrumental as we charge ahead.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist are marking the one-year anniversary of the first cases of COVID-19 being diagnosed in Michigan by asking all Michiganders to turn on the lights outside of their homes on Wednesday, March 10, from 8 to 9 p.m., in remembrance of the Michiganders we have lost.
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22 community outreach COVID-19 vaccine pilot programs announced
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Protect Michigan Commission have awarded 35,800 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to 22 pilot projects in an effort to help enhance the state's vaccine equity strategy.
The following organizations are participating in the community outreach pilot project:
- Advanced Pharmacy – Kalamazoo County
- Alma Family Practice, P.C. – Gratiot County
- Allegan County Health Department – Allegan County
- Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) – Wayne County
- Bay-Arenac Behavioral Health Authority – Bay County
- Calhoun County Public Health Department – Calhoun County
- Covered Bridge Healthcare – St. Joseph County
- Cristo Rey Family Health Center – Ingham County
- Dearborn Fire Department – Wayne County
- Genoa Healthcare – Oakland County
- Henry Ford Health System – Macomb, Wayne, Jackson, Oakland counties
- Ingham County Health Department – Ingham County
- Kent County Health Department – Kent County
- Mid-Michigan Health – Alcona, Alpena, Clair, counties
- Northwest Michigan Health Services, Inc. – Oceana, Mason, Manistee, Benzie counties
- Saginaw County Health Department – Saginaw County
- Region VII Area Agency on Aging – Saginaw County
- Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital – Schoolcraft County
- Clair County Health Department – St. Clair County
- Wayne Health – Wayne County
- Washtenaw County Health Department – Washtenaw County
- Western Wayne Family Health Center – Wayne County
Learn more about the pilot projects that were chosen here.
Vaccine Update
This week, more Michiganders are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Later this month all residents, age 50 and up, will be eligible.
Last weekend, the MDHHS and the Michigan National Guard called seniors age 65 and older in Bay, Midland and Saginaw Counties to notify them of available appointments at a mass vaccine clinic at Delta College. A second dose clinic will be scheduled in the coming weeks.
Nearly 460,000 (26%) of Michiganders 65 and up are fully vaccinated with over 964,000 (55%) receiving their 1st dose.
Check the COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard to follow Michigan’s progress.
 Upcoming Meetings
Tuesday, March 9
10 a.m. - Seniors Workgroup
Thursday, March 11
10 a.m. - Rural Workgroup
Friday, March 12
10 a.m. - Healthcare Workgroup
1 p.m. - Veterans Workgroup
1 p.m. - Disability Workgroup
2 p.m. - Colleges/Universities Workgroup
If you'd like to join one of these or a different workgroup from our list, please email ProtectMICommission@michigan.gov.
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