{"id":1058098,"date":"2021-11-26T19:59:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T00:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1058098"},"modified":"2021-11-26T19:59:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T00:59:12","slug":"military-to-assist-michigan-with-coronavirus-surge-after-gov-whitmer-seeks-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/military-to-assist-michigan-with-coronavirus-surge-after-gov-whitmer-seeks-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Military to Assist Michigan with Coronavirus Surge After Gov. Whitmer Seeks Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmilitary-to-assist-michigan-with-coronavirus-surge-after-gov-whitmer-seeks-help%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1058098&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-september-21-2021-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The federal government plans to send 44 military medical workers to Michigan to assist hospitals treating coronavirus patients during a fourth surge that has become the worst in the nation, according to state health officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cIt also will open beds at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Detroit for transfers.&nbsp;Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sought the assistance at the request of the Michigan Health &amp; Hospital Association,\u201d the Associated Press (AP) <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-health-detroit-veterans-gretchen-whitmer-667a8fa4437d330af8a178437739636f\">reported<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">The two groups of 22 physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists are scheduled to arrive next week and tend patients for 30 days inside Beaumont Hospital located in Dearborn, and Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, the health department explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Over 4,100 individuals had been hospitalized with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases as of Wednesday, the AP report said, adding that the number of hospitalized adults who had confirmed illnesses was 3,900, which is 87 percent more than one month ago and approximately 94 percent of the state\u2019s record high that was reached in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cRight now, our doctors and nurses are reporting the vast majority of their patients are unvaccinated or have not yet received a booster dose,\u201d the governor noted in a recent statement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cWe can all do our part to help reduce the strain on our hospital systems by getting vaccinated, making an appointment to get a booster dose and continuing to take precautions to keep ourselves and loved ones safe,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Last week, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/11\/19\/michigan-announces-face-mask-advisory-everyone-2-older\/\">announced<\/a> an indoor mask advisory for residents two years old and up before the holiday season, regardless of their vaccination status.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Brian Peters, who is CEO of the statewide hospital group, described the current situation as \u201cdire\u201d and said the Department of Defense\u2019s help was \u201cdesperately needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cMany hospitals throughout the state are operating at capacity, delaying nonemergency medical procedures and placing their emergency departments on diversion,\u201d he explained. \u201cReceiving these teams of federal caregivers can only help those hospitals.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.7627118644068\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: MHA CEO Brian Peters issued a statement on the Department of Defense approving a request from the state for healthcare staffing support. Full statement\u27a1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fyiQEVqpPq\">https:\/\/t.co\/fyiQEVqpPq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fvqKGvQiy4\">pic.twitter.com\/fvqKGvQiy4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michigan Health &amp; Hospital Association (@MIHospitalAssoc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MIHospitalAssoc\/status\/1463593776245616647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Meanwhile, Gov. Whitmer (D) was seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/27\/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-bucks-mask-mandate-at-d-c-bar-before-skipping-campaign-event-for-mcauliffe\/\">maskless<\/a> at a bar in Washington, DC, according to photos that emerged in late October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">The pictures&nbsp;obtained by the Washington Free Beacon&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexmnester\/status\/1452750402869473288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1452750402869473288%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F10%2F27%2Fmichigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-bucks-mask-mandate-at-d-c-bar-before-skipping-campaign-event-for-mcauliffe%2F\">showed<\/a> Whitmer at the Vue rooftop bar at the Hotel Washington without a mask, \u201ca violation of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser\u2019s (D) indoor mask mandate,\u201d Breitbart News reported at the time:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.8181818181818\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">latest:<\/p>\n<p>before bailing on a campaign event for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerryMcAuliffe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TerryMcAuliffe<\/a> on Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gretchenwhitmer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gretchenwhitmer<\/a> was spotted maskless at a swanky bar in D.C. Friday night, as seen in photos sent to the Free Beacon<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/odgm1JqRMM\">https:\/\/t.co\/odgm1JqRMM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Nester (@alexmnester) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexmnester\/status\/1452750402869473288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhitmer gained a reputation last year for her strict coronavirus policies when cases began surging, but her reputation suffered, per&nbsp;polling, as she repeatedly came under fire for violating her own orders,\u201d the Breitbart News report concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government plans to send 44 military medical workers to Michigan to assist hospitals treating coronavirus patients during a fourth surge that has become the worst in the nation, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1058098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}