| August 26, 2021 
 Fully vaccinated Michiganders have made up a larger share of the state’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in recent weeks, including 23.4% of cases and 28.1% of hospitalizations within the last 30 days. However, doctors say there’s important context that, when paired with that data, continues to show that vaccines remain significantly effective at preventing serious illness and death from COVID-19. “People need to realize that there’s more to the numbers, and there’s a story behind the numbers,” said Dr. Liam Sullivan, an infectious disease specialist with Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids. “There’s more to it than just looking at the surface of that (percentage). That doesn’t mean the vaccine is failing, not by any stretch of the imagination. READ MORE ►More than 20% of recent COVID cases, hospitalizations have been among Michigan's fully vaccinated  Michigan authorities are drawing attention to the state’s motorcyclist track record on highway safety. Michigan is part of the national campaign Toward Zero Deaths, which tracks crash statistics, promotes safety culture and strategy and champions the idea that one death on our nation’s roadways is too many. Last year 150 fatal crashes involved motorcycles out of the total 1,010 fatal crashes that happened across the state, according to the Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center. Half of all motorcycle fatalities in Michigan involve riders who are not properly licensed, statistics show. READ MORE  Michigan is leaving the creation of school masking policies up to local health departments and school districts, with no plan to implement another statewide order. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was again asked about her administration’s decision not to mandate masking in schools this fall during a press event Tuesday in Grand Rapids. With each response, she indicated that local leaders were the best avenue for such policies and continued to “strongly encourage” the use of masks to lower coronavirus transmission rates. READ MORE ►Police investigating death threat against Genesee County health official who ordered mask mandate
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