Lockdown policies were unprecedented in the state's history and deviated from Michigan's official plan...
- It banned "all public and private gatherings of any number of people."
- Whitmer signed it on the morning of March 23 and made it effective at 12:01 a.m. on March 24.
- Michigan residents had about 12 hours to prepare to be subjected to a first-of-its-kind shelter-in-place, a policy typically only considered in wartime.
Some other important questions remain about Whitmer's COVID-19 response.
These include:
- Why did Michigan record more COVID-19 deaths per capita than neighboring states, such as Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois? How did those states fare better?
- What were the benefits and costs of the following policies:
- Requiring two- to four-year-olds to wear masks in April 2021.
- Closing indoor bars in July 2020.
- Keeping ice arenas, theaters, bowling alleys and gyms shuttered for more than a year.
- Allowing people to walk on a golf course but not golf on a golf course.
- Mandating teenage athletes test weekly for COVID-19 in April 2021.
- Permitting people to fish from a rowboat but not from a boat with a motor.
- Allowing downhill skiing but not outdoor ice skating.
- Closing high schools for three weeks in November 2020.
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