| October 11, 2021 
 Public health officials across Michigan are facing threats of violence from their neighbors while anger over school masking requirements boils into calls to strip health departments of their power and funding. Health officials are targets of harassment, death threats and accusations of treason being voiced in chaotic public meetings as parents and political activists demand an end to measures meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Expressions of intense anger over health rules are pitting school boards and county commissions against health officials who worry the outrage is derailing efforts to protect their communities. Meetings across the state have featured residents invoking religious theology, alleging mask orders amount to child abuse and comparing vaccines to experiments Nazi Germany conducted during the Holocaust. READ MORE  For months, doctors have been adamant that the clear majority of patients they see in need of medical care for COVID-19 have not gotten fully vaccinated prior to infection. Not only are vaccinated individuals better protected against severe cases of COVID-19, health officials say they are more likely to develop “mild-to-moderate” symptoms if they are infected with coronavirus. But what does COVID-19 typically look like in a breakthrough case? “A bad cold would be the best way to describe it,” said Dr. Liam Sullivan. READ MORE  Michigan tribal leaders say they feel confident as the U.S. Department of the Interior prepares to take the next step in its investigation into Native American boarding schools. The dark history of the boarding schools was brought to light after over 600 bodies of Indigenous children in unmarked graves were found at the site of what was once the Marieval Indian Residential School in Canada this past June. Bodies of 215 Indigenous children were found in Canada the month before in Kamloops, northwest of Vancouver. This discovery prompted United States Department of Interior to launch its own investigation into American Indian boarding schools. READ MORE  Oops. They did it again. The Detroit Lions stormed all the way back from a double-digit deficit in Minnesota, just as they did against Baltimore. Then they watched a desperation final drive move Minnesota into position for a game-winning field goal as time expired, just as they did against Baltimore. And this time, they didn’t even need the crossboard. Greg Joseph hit the winnner for Minnesota, sending Detroit to a 19-17 loss on Sunday as fake snow fell from the U.S. Bank Stadium rafters. Prince blared from the speakers. And Dan Campbell walked back up the tunnel wondering just what he has to do to get his first victory in Detroit. READ MORE ►Dan Campbell vouches for defensive playcalling after another late Lions collapse  In a surprise 5-4 vote that wasn’t on the agenda, Michigan’s independent redistricting commission approved its first statewide draft map for publication ahead of a series of public hearings later this month. The draft state Senate map, voted through during the commission’s Friday meeting, would significantly shake up existing district lines and as drawn would make the partisan makeup of the upper chamber more competitive than it’s been in decades. The vote was unusual on several fronts. Just nine of the commission’s 13 members were present. Voting on draft maps wasn’t on the commission’s agenda for the day, and votes on state legislative and Congressional maps were scheduled for this week. READ MORE ►Michigan redistricting commission's latest critic? The group that sparked its creation
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