| November 4, 2021 
 Each week, MLive has been fielding questions about COVID-19. Our health reporters take the questions and then get answers for our readers through previous and new reporting. In recent segments, we answered questions about if individuals recovered from COVID should get a booster shot and why vaccinated people get infected, as well as what’s with natural immunity? This week, we answer questions about COVID spread for vaccinated people, vaccine doses for children and this submitted question regarding booster shots: "I contracted COVID-19 one month ago and still have many symptoms. My doctor told me that I should not get the booster, for which I am eligible, or the flu shot until I am symptom free. Is that true?" GET ANSWERS HERE  Here in Michigan, we hear about lake-effect snow a lot during the winter months. And with snow already falling on our state, we all know winter is close. So MLive's Chief Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa put together this deep dive into the subject: "Lake-effect snow has several conditions that need to be met for heavy snow. The statement usually goes, 'Cold air blowing over the warm Great Lakes is setting off lake-effect snow.' It’s not that simple. So I thought I’d break it down for you and show you some of the other factors or conditions needed to make lake-effect snow. READ MORE  A geopolitics and globalization expert said in a newly published book that the Great Lakes region – and specifically Michigan – may become the best place on the planet to live by 2050 because of climate change. Author Parag Khanna in October published his newest book “Move: The Forces Uprooting Us,” which explores a vision of the future with civilization defined by mobility and sustainability. The author said he suspects this scenario because of expected catastrophic climate change, disrupted economies, and destabilized governments. The book lays out in its prologue how the author settled on Michigan as the ultimate residence by the end of the next three decades for several reasons. READ MORE  After public outcry from Detroit residents over the lack of majority Black districts in draft political maps, Detroit-based members of Michigan’s independent redistricting commission are this week attempting to bring alternate state House and Congressional options to the fore. But it’s unclear whether the bulk of commissioners will accept those ideas so late in the process as they prepare to meet their self-imposed deadline of advancing final draft maps for another round of public input by Nov. 5. Led by Commissioner Brittni Kellom, a Detroit Democrat, the 13-member panel spent the bulk of its Tuesday meeting discussing reconfigurations of a draft state House map to try reuniting Detroit neighborhoods and boost Black voting age populations in several Detroit-area districts. READ MORE  A stunning Southwest Michigan country estate that sits on 323 secluded acres checks all the must-have boxes for luxury amenities. The spacious, 14,000-square-foot, finished multi-level home overlooks a private, fully stocked 9-acre lake and has a 5,000-square-foot underground bunker built for maximum security “in an uncertain world,” according to the property website. The main home has 5 bedrooms, 6 full baths and 3 half baths. The master bathroom has a jetted soaking tub, his/her bathrooms and his/her showers and a laundry room. We have photos and video here, so you can get a look: CHECK IT OUT
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