Michigan State Senator Mike Shirkey said he plans to miss the annual state policy meeting because of what he calls “extreme” vaccine needs.
Snowy state SenateThe majority leader of the Republican Party has not yet received the COVID-19 vaccine, but said he has “natural immunity.”
The Mackinaw Policy Conference hosted by the Detroit Area Chamber of Commerce stated that vaccinations will be required in 2021.
Shirkey said the Chamber of Commerce “crowned in political science instead of embracing[ing] Actual science” participated in the meeting through mandatory vaccines. He pointed out that he had been infected with COVID-19 in December 2020, and it is speculated that if there is no vaccine, he may have some immunity, according to reports Detroit Free Press.
Abby Walls, a spokesperson for the majority leader, pointed out that a study showed that some people with COVID-19 can get protection for up to 11 months.
A recent study by CDC It shows that people who have been infected with COVID-19 in the past are “about twice as likely to be infected again if they are not vaccinated.”
“If you have been infected with COVID-19 before, please still get vaccinated,” Dr. Rochelle Varensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control, said in a statement last week.
Shirkey said that if the meeting was held in Canada instead of in the United States, he would understand the need to provide a vaccination certificate.
Shirkey said in a statement: “It cannot be ignored that the position of this vaccine authorization is more extreme than the policies of the Grand Hotel, the citizen government on the island, and the entire state of Michigan.”
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Shirkey supports wearing masks, but strongly opposed wearing masks and vaccinations throughout the pandemic.
After Michigan’s Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a statewide mask directive last year, Shirkey Twitter, Saying “I do not support statewide mask regulations. I do encourage everyone to comply with any policies set by individual companies, organizations, and schools.”
At the time, Whitmer responded that she was worried that “the top Republican of the Michigan state government is an anti-mask and does not want to encourage or require everyone in Michigan to wear a mask.”
Whitmer said his comments showed “true contempt for science and ignorance of the epidemiology we face.”
As of Tuesday, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Michigan during the pandemic has reached 913,000, and the death toll is close to 20,000.
Weekly newspaper Senator Shirkey was contacted for comments, but no response was received immediately.
