To mask or not to mask? Now that Governor Gretchen Whitmer has reoriented her benchmarks on COVID-19 restrictions to align with the CDC, questions remain with businesses and individuals about when masking is appropriate. Today on Stateside, an update on mask mandates from Lansing, a conversation with a small business owner on what she will do at her store, and a UM professor emeritus on the line between mandate and personal responsibility. Plus, we hear from a Saugatuck author on his new novel.
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Confusion continues as Whitmer’s new guidance aligns with CDC
- Rick Pluta is Capitol Bureau Chief for the Michigan Public Radio Network
Adolescents line up for vaccine in MI
- Laura DeBoer is a 9th grader at City High Middle School
Saugatuck writer Wade Rouse on the relationships getting you through
- Wade Rouse is author of The Clover Girls
- Support for arts and culture coverage comes in part from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.
The line between mandate and responsibility for masking in MI
- Rachel Lutz is owner of The Peacock Room in Detroit
- Peter Jacobson is professor emeritus of health managment and policy at University of Michigan
