"If you need emergency care, you should seek it. COVID-19 visits and longer hospitalizations is pushing our system and our healthcare workers to the brink."ĭirector Hertel also commented on wait times and procedures that are on hold due to hospitals being overwhelmed with both COVID and non-COVID patients. "Today, we remain at a critical point in the pandemic," said Hertel. Health experts stated that even if you are fully-vaccinated you can still get COVID and spread it but it reduces your risk of being hospitalized.ĭirector Elizabeth Hertel from Health and Human Services also spoke at the briefing. Stay home if you’re sick with COVID-19 or any other respiratory illness.Everyone should wear a mask in indoor and outdoor crowded settings.Whitmer outlined ways to protect yourself during the next few weeks which she indicated could be tough in Michigan related to the virus. This is about 800,000 American lives and this is preventable,“ said Whitmer. This is not about ratings or leaderships or polls. Whitmer also addressed the rise in cases and urged the unvaccinated population to get vaccinated and boosted to prevent becoming infected by the omicron and Delta variants. The majority of hospitalized COVID patients are unvaccinated, according to health experts. Governor Whitmer stated that hospitals across the state are stretched thin and nurses, doctors, and respiratory therapists are at the brink overwhelmed with COVID patients. She addressed Michiganders in a press conference at the Hispanic Center in Grand Rapids.
#Whitmer press conference today update#
(WXYZ) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer provided an update on the uptick in omicron variant cases and overall COVID spread in Michigan on Tuesday.
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