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>>> AS THE COVID CRISIS
SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL,
GOVERNOR WHITMER AND HEALTH
OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE NEW
STATEWIDE RESTRICTIONS.
>> IF FOR THE NEXT THREE
WEEKS EVERYONE TAKES THIS
SERIOUSLY AND DOES THEIR
PART, WE’LL BE IN A MUCH
STRONGER POSITION.
>> A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT
SHE’S CALLING FOR ALL OF US
TO DO TO SLOW THE SPREAD.
MEANTIME, ANOTHER GLIMMER OF
HOPE AS ANOTHER DRUG COMPANY
UNVEILS ITS PRELIMINARY
RESEARCH RESULTS.
MODERNA SAYS ITS VACCINE FOR
CORONAVIRUS IS NEARLY 95%
EFFECTIVE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, I’M RHONDA
WALKER.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THIS DOES TOP OUR NEWS THIS
NOON.
MODERNA RELEASING ITS EARLY
CLINICAL TRIAL DATA THIS
MORNING.
THE DRUG MAKER PLANS TO SEEK
F.D.A. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE
IMMUNIZATION AFTER MORE
SAFETY DATA IS GATHERED
LATER THIS MONTH.
OF THE 15,000 PARTICIPANTS
WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE
VACCINE, ONLY FIVE
CONTRACTED COVID-19 NONE
BECOME SERIOUSLY ILL.
IT’S THE SECOND VACCINE IN
THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE
TUANING ITLY HIGH SUCCESS
RATE.
DR. -- STUNNINGLY HIGH
SUCCESS RATE.
DR. FAUCI APPEARED ON THE
"TODAY" SHOW AND DISCUSS ED
THE PROGRESS.
>> THE DATA IS STRIKING,
SAVANNAH THEY’RE REALLY
QUITE IMPRESSIVE.
94.5% EFFICACY SO NOW WE
HAVE TWO VACCINE THAT’S ARE
REALLY QUITE EFFECTIVE.
SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY
STRONG STEP FORWARD TO WHERE
WE WANTED TO BE ABOUT
GETTING CONTROL OF THIS
OUTBREAK.
>> YOU MAY RECALL THAT LAST
WEEK PFIZER ANNOUNCED THAT
EARLY DATA SHOWS ITS VACCINE
IS MORE THAN 90% EFFECTIVE
AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS.
>>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS
INTO OUR NEWSROOM DETROIT
POLICE FOUND THIS
TWO-YEAR-OLD BOY CRYING AND
ALONE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
STREET.
THE CHILD WAS FOUND AROUND
8:00 THIS MORNING NEAR
TIREMAN ON DETROIT’S
WESTSIDE.
OFFICERS ARE NOW ASKING FOR
EVERYONE’S HELP TO FIND HIS
GUARDIAN.
WE VERY SHARED THESE
PICTURES ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AS WELL
SO IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHO
THIS IS PLEASE HELP UPS GET
THE WORD OUT.
>>> RIGHT NOW THE CITY OF
DETROIT IS ALSO HOLDING A
NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE
CORONAVIRUS.
THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE CITY
OF DETROIT.
LET’S LISTEN IN.
>> THE COVID SPREAD IN
MICHIGAN WAS STARTING TO
TURN YELLOWISH GETTING MORE
INFECTED AS THIS SPREAD
THROUGH THE MIDWEST.
HERE IS THAT SAME MAP TODAY.
THE MIDWEST IS ABSOLUTELY
COVERED IN COVID.
THE GOVERNOR DIDN’T TAKE HER
ACTION BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO
GET PEOPLE ANGRY AT HER, SHE
ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE
SCIENCE AND SAID I’M GOING
TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
SEVEN DAY POSITIVE INFECTION
RATE.
THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE TESTING CAME IN POSITIVE
IN SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN.
IN THE -- WHEN I WAS IN HERE
OCTOBER 21st, WHAT WE SHOWED
YOU WAS THE CITY OF DETROIT
HAD FAR AND AWAY THE LOWEST
INFECTION RATE IN THE STATE
AT 2.50%.
SUBURBAN WAYNE WAS AT FIVE,
SUBURBAN OAKLAND WAS AT SIX,
AND SUBURBAN MACOMB WAS AT
EIGHT.
WHAT WE WERE SEEING IS
BEHAVIOR IN THE SURROUNDING
SUBURBS THAT IN MY MIND WAS
COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE.
YOU JUST DRIVE THROUGH
SEEING PEOPLE OUT WITHOUT
MASKS.
IN THE CITY OF DETROIT BY
AND LARGE OUR FOLKS HAVE
TAKEN THIS VERY, VERY
SERIOUSLY AND I SAID AT THE
TIME, WE CAN’T PUT A WALL
AROUND OUR CITY BUT THIS IS
THE REALITY OF WHAT WE’RE
DEALING WITH.
WHEN THE GOVERNOR TOOK
ACTION YESTERDAY, HERE’S THE
CURRENT INFECTION RATE.
DETROIT IS HIGHER AT 6.8%
BUT WHAT’S LOOKS HAPPENING
IN THE SURROUNDING SUBURBS.
WAYNE HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED
TO 12.6.
OAKLAND UPWARDS OF 13, AND
MACOMB AT 17%.
I’VE BEEN LISTENING TO
COMPLAINTS ALL DAY FROM
RESTAURANT OWNERS IN DETROIT,
FROM CASINOS IN DETROIT
SAYING WE’VE DONE A GREAT
JOB.
WE FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS WE
DON’T HAVE OUTBREAKS AT OUR
RESTAURANTS WE DON’T HAVE
ANY SIGN OF OUTBREAKS AT
CASINOS.
WHY DOES THE GOVERNOR’S RULE
HAVE TO APPLY TO US?
BUT THE REALITY IS SHE HAS
TO TREAT US AS A REGION.
WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU IS
THIS THERE’S NO QUESTION
ABOUT IT.
CITY AND DETROIT BUSINESSES
ARE BEING SHUT DOWN NOW
BECAUSE OF IRRESPONSIBLE
BEHAVIOR IN THE SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES.
>> THAT IS MAYOR MIKE
DUGGAN.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
AND BRING YOU ANY NEW
INFORMATION HE PROVIDES
LATER EDITIONS OF LOCAL 4
NEWS AND OF COURSE ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
MEANTIME WE WANT TO GET YOU
UPDATED ON THIS NEW
THREE WEEK PAUSE THAT THE
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE FROM
GOVERNOR WHITMER ORDERED.
THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT
THIS WEDNESDAY.
IT INCLUDES REMOTE LEARNING
ONLY FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL AND
COLLEGES.
THE CLOSING OF INDOOR DINING
SERVICES AT RESTAURANTS AND
BARS AS MAYOR DUGGAN ALLUDED
TO.
MOVIE THEATERS AND CASINOS
ARE ALSO CLOSED AS OF
WEDNESDAY.
NOW THE GOVERNOR SAYS 13% OF
TESTS ARE COMING BACK
POSITIVE AND THAT NEEDS TO
INGREDIENT DOWN DRASTICALLY.
MAYOR DUGGAN ALLUDED TO THAT
AS WELL.
ROD MELONI HAS MORE ON THAT
WITH A LOOK AT WHAT THE
GOVERNOR AND WHAT THE
DIRECTOR OF THE HEALTH
SERVICES ARE SAYING THIS
NOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON,
RHONDA.
THE GOVERNOR HAS HER SAY HER
DIRECTOR ROBERT GORDON IS
THE GUY ACTUALLY PUTTING OUT
THE ORDERS.
IT’S THROUGH HIS DEPARTMENT.
ABOUT 100-YEAR-OLD LAW THAT
WAS PUT INTO EFFECT BECAUSE
OF THE SPANISH FLU THAT HE’S
OPERATING UNDER NOW.
BUT THEY BOTH ARE SINGING
OFF OF THE SAME SONG SHEET.
THAT IS THAT MASKS ARE VITAL
AND THAT GETTING TOGETHER
INDOORS IS A BAD IDEA,
ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO
THANKSGIVING.
AS COVID CASES SPIKE ACROSS
THE STATE GOVERNOR GRETCHEN
WHITMER IS BACK SAYING
MICHIGAN NEEDS TO HUNKER
DOWN AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT
THREE WEEKS.
>> IF FOR THE NEXT THREE
WEEKS EVERYONE TAKES THIS
SERIOUSLY, AND DOES THEIR
PART, WE’LL BE IN A MUCH
STRONGER POSITION.
WE’RE TRYING TO AVOID AN
OVERARCHING STAY AT HOME
ORDER AND THAT’S WHY THIS IS
A TARGETED TEMPORARY
STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE CAN PUSH THE CURB DOWN.
IF WE DO THEN WE’LL BE ABLE
TO REENGAGE SOME OF THIS.
>> Reporter: SHE’S HAVING
HER HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT SHUT
DOWN INDOOR DINING IN
BOWLING ALLEYS AND REQUIRING
IN-PERSON LEARNING FOR HIGH
SCHOOLERS AS OF WEDNESDAY.
SHE’S ALSO LOOKING FOR
COLLEGE STUDENTS TO STAY
AWAY FROM CLASSES AS WELL.
IN THE MEANTIME, HER HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR
ROBERT GORDON IS SAYING
MICHIGAN IS A VERY DIFFICULT
SPOT IS IN NEED OF MORE
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MASKS.
>> MASKS ARE THE SINGLE MOST
IMPORTANT THING THAT PEOPLE
CAN DO TO BLOCK CORONAVIRUS
TRANSGRESSION TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES AND TO PROTECT
OTHERS.
MASKS ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH.
PEOPLE ALSO NEED TO BE
EXTRAORDINARILY CAREFUL WHEN
THEY’RE INSIDE WITH PEOPLE
FROM INSIDE THEIR HOUSEHOLD.
THERE’S HUGE AMOUNT
TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATED WITH
INDOOR GATHERINGS AND IN
PEOPLE’S HOMES.
>> Reporter: SO THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR SAYS
THAT HE IS OPTIMISTIC THAT
IF WE STICK WITH THESE
GUIDELINES, THAT IN THREE
WEEKS TIME THINGS WILL
IMPROVE AND THEY CAN MAYBE
LOOSE SOMEONE OF THE
GUIDELINES.
BUT THEY SAID IF IT DOESN’T
WORK, IF THINGS GET BAD
THERE ARE LARGER TOUGHER
CUTBACKS THAT WOULD HAVE TO
BE MADE.
SO WE’LL HAVE TO SEE ALL
THAT GOES.
NOW AT THE SAME TIME, THE
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE IS OUT
OF SESSION.
IT IS HUNTING SEASON AND
IT’S TRADITIONAL FOR THE
LEGISLATURE NOT TO MEET.
THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN HIGHLY
CRITICAL OF THAT.
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT
WHERE THE GOVERNOR AND THE
LEGISLATURE ARE IN TERMS OF
WHETHER THAT LAW THAT THE
GOVERNOR WANTED AS IT
RELATES TO A MASK MANDATE IS
EVEN POSSIBLE.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT COMING
UP ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00.
REPORTING LIVE IN SOUTHFIELD,
ROD MELONI, LOCAL 4.
>> ALL RIGHT, ROD, IF YOU.
>>> MEANWHILE, -- THANK YOU.
>>> MEANWHILE THERE ARE A
LOT OF MIXED REACTIONS.
WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOLS
SOME ARE SAYING THAT IT
DOESN’T INGREDIENT FAR
ENOUGH TO PROTECT BOTH
TEACHERS -- DOESN’T GO FAR
ENOUGH TO PROTECT BOTH
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.
>> Reporter: WHEN ANNOUNCING
THE TAKE A PAUSE COVID
RESTRICTIONS THE GOVERNOR
AND PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS
POINTED TO HIGH SCHOOLS AND
COLLEGES AS A MAIN SOURCE OF
COMMUNITY SPREAD.
>> UP TO 200 OUTBREAKS THAT
WE ARE CURRENTLY
INVESTIGATING K-12 STUDENTS
AND STAFF 49% OF THEM ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH
SCHOOLS.
OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUAL CASES, ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE OUTBREAKS, ALMOST
TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH
SCHOOLS.
>> WHY?
ILLEGAL PARTIES, UNMASKED
GATHERINGS IN COLLEGE GROUP
LIVING SITUATIONS ALL
FUELING THE VIRUS.
NONE OF THAT SEEMS TO APPLY
TO K-8 STUDENTS SO THE STATE
IS ALLOWING THEM TO STAY IN
SCHOOL OR AT LEAVE LEAVING
IT UP TO INDIVIDUAL
DISTRICTS.
>> IT BECAME CLEAR TO US
THAT THESE CONGREGATING
OLDER STUDENTS WAS INHERENTLY
MORE RISKY IN TERMS OF COVID
SPREAD THAN OUR YOUNGER
GRADES.
>> Reporter: BUT THE
MICHIGAN EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION DISAGREES.
THE PRESIDENT WRITING WE DO
NOT BELIEVE THAT SUSPENDING
IN-PERSON LEARNING ONLY FOR
OLDER STUDENTS GOES FAR
ENOUGH.
WITH THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES
SETTING RECORDS DAILY WE
BELIEVE IT’S IN THE BEST
INTEREST OF ALL STUDENTS AND
SCHOOL EMPLOYEE FOR
IN-PERSON LEARNING TO BE
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED FOR
ALL GRADES.
FOR REMOTE LEARNING THEY ARE
ALSO PUSHING BACK AGAINST
DISTRICTS FORCING TEACHERS
TO TEACH VIRTUALLY IN THEIR
CLASSROOMS.
WRITING WE ALSO CALL ON
DISTRICTS TO IMMEDIATELY
SEIZE REQUIRING EDUCATORS TO
SHOW UP IN-PERSON IN SCHOOLS
TO TEACH VIRTUAL CLASSES.
IN LIGHT OF THE CLEARLY
STATED GOAL OF CONDUCTING
WORK REMOTELY IF FEASIBLE.
NICK MONACELLI, LOCAL 4.
>>> NICK, THANK YOU I TODAY
THE DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
COMMUNITY DISTRICT SHIFTED
BACK TO FULLY REMOTE
LEARNING ALREADY.
LEARNING CENTERS ARE OPEN
RIGHT NOW FOR PARENTS WHO
NEED CHILD CARE.
ALSO THE FOOD THAT IS GOING
TO BE DISTRIBUTED TWICE A
WEEK STUDENTS AS THEY LEARN
FROM HOME.
THE REMOTE LEARNING PLAN
WILL STAY IN EFFECT
ALJANUARY 11th .
YOU CAN HEAD TO
CLICKONDETROIT.COM FOR ALL
OF THE NEW INFORMATION YOU
NEED ON THESE NEW
RESTRICTIONS ISSUED BY THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALSO A
MORE IN-DEPTH LOOK AT HOW
THE CHANGES IMPACT SCHOOL
SPORTS.
>>> CONGRESSMAN TIM WAHLBERG
HE REVEALS THAT HE HAS THE
CORONAVIRUS.
THE REPUBLICAN ISSUED A
STATEMENT I RECEIVED NEWS
YESTERDAY THAT I TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
MY SYMPTOMS ARE MILD AND I
REMAIN IN GOOD SPIRITS.
THE CONGRESSMAN SAYS THAT HE
IS IN THE PROCESS OF
REACHING OUT TO INDIVIDUAL
THAT’S HE CAME IN CONTACT
WITH PRIOR TO HIS ISOLATION. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.