Whitmer Marks One Year Since COVID-19 Hit Michigan

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March 10, 2020 everything changed in Michigan with the first confirmed cases of COVID-19. Governor Gretchen Whitmer reflected on the efforts of the past 12 months Wednesday, recalling the efforts made to keep people as safe as possible in the state and around the country. She told the stories of four people and partners, Brewery Vivant owners in Grand Rapids that served on a state COVID workgroup, a nurse in Westland, a 7th grade teacher in Macomb County, and a woman named Latresa who lost her husband to COVID in early April.

“Latresa said goodbye to the love of her life on his doctor’s phone,” Whitmer said. “She went from planning their life together to figuring out how to fly his body home to his mother for burial in South Carolina.”

She says Latresa has become outspoken to encourage people to wear masks, wash hands, social distance, and get vaccinated.

“Every day, 10 million Michiganders make decisions that determine our collective future. As Latresa wisely pointed out, it’s not about one of us. It’s about all of us,” Whitmer said.

Michigan has lost over 15,700 lives due to COVID-19 so far.