EPIC IN THE NEWS
COVID outbreaks in Michigan schools already 8 times higher than last year
DATE: October 4, 2021
One month into the new school year, there are more than eight times more COVID cases connected to outbreaks among students and staff in Michigan schools than at the same point last year.
And that’s a conservative estimate, given that the state recently narrowed the definition of what constitutes an outbreak. Experts attribute the rise to more students in classrooms this fall, a lack of mask mandates across many districts and counties, and the more transmissible delta variant of COVID-19.
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