When it comes to COVID, what is more important when it comes to government mandates protecting its citizens – a lower case rate or a lower death rate? The state of Michigan celebrates its lower case rate when compared to its neighbors — and ignores the fact that people here died of COVID at a higher rate than in those states.
The state of Michigan shows in a report the trend line of cases in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The chart carries this headline: “Cumulative COVID-19 Case Rates: Midwest Comparison.”
The state adds, “Michigan’s mitigation policies helped control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 relative to other states in the Midwest, particular during the surge in November and December.”
But the state doesn’t include a chart from the CDC that could provide death rates in those states. It shows Michigan with the highest death rate among those states, as measured per 100,000 people.
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