East Lansing Info (https://eastlansinginfo.news/series/covid-19/)
Since early February 2020, East Lansing Info (ELi) has been bringing original, important reporting on the local impact of the coronavirus pandemic, including economic, cultural, and medical effects on our community. Here’s a full run-down of our COVID-19 reporting for the people of East Lansing.
Below: A downtown that is normally packed this time of year feels ghostly with MSU and many businesses closed and all the festivals cancelled. (Photo by Gary Caldwell.)
Emily Joan Elliott | ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott reminds you where you can find mental health support and resources in the area.
Heather Brothers | Has recycling in East Lansing changed recently? No, but it may soon change for the better. Heather Brothers brings us the answers to your questions.
Andrew Graham | See ELi’s map that includes the locations being quarantined, type of residence, and length of quarantine.
Alice Dreger | ELi brings you the list of houses now quarantined. We also explain what some critics have to say about the local approaches being used.
Emily Joan Elliott | Says the Health Department: “more stringent and mandatory restrictions will be imposed if students do not comply and break the transmission cycle.” ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott reports.
Alice Dreger | East Lansing has got young people desiring freedom, police who have been told generally to back-off enforcement, public health experts who are wary of using sticks instead of carrots, a relatively new university administration, and a very new City Council. And numbers that are rising. ELi’s Alice Dreger reports.
Emily Joan Elliott | Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail is now plainly calling on students to stop partying, warning that “Sicker, older people will get it and die.” ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott reports.
Emily Joan Elliott | The data made available so far show just how dramatic the spike is. The recent surge of cases appear to be tied to multiple parties in the area. ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott reports.
Alice Dreger | While many Michigan cities and schools are slashing budgets in response to the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, East Lansing’s City Manager tells Council he has “actually some pretty good news.”
Emily Joan Elliott | With the MSU student population pushed off campus and into town, new approaches to public health messaging, academic support, and discipline are emerging. ELi’s Emily Joan Elliott reports.