I'm tired of being treated like this - Hoard's Dairyman

I’m writing this through tears of anger, frustration, disbelief, and exhaustion. I am so tired of being a farmer. I’m not even talking about the work, which is exhausting enough; I’m talking about everything else. I’m tired of the political regulations that we have no say in being made about our lives. I’m tired of the people (activists and more) commenting on and telling stories about lives they don’t even live. I’m tired of having to choose which bills we pay because processors always make their profit and leave the farmers to make up the difference. I’m tired of being an easy target because we’re too busy working our butts off to see the evil that’s coming.

I opened a letter recently that confused and then enraged me. To make a long story short, Dean Foods wants their money back. Apparently, there’s a law that states they can go back 90 days from the date they claimed bankruptcy and ask for a portion of the money they paid farmers. They would like a check before the end of the year.

I’m going to let that sink in.

We will fight this, because they’re wrong. We sold them a product that they used and sold; it’s the cost of business. But it’s so disheartening because it feels like a dying company is trying to squeeze everything they can out of an already hurting industry.

We’re farmers. We work 100 hours a week to provide nutrition for a world that appreciates us less every day. We miss major life events to treat one sick cow because it can’t treat itself. We spend money we don’t have and hours we’ll never get back making sure your food is cheap and safe. But there’s always a struggle. Some battle to be fought. When is it our turn to stop fighting? When do we get to pick the fight? Because today, I’m feeling pretty feisty.

Take me back to 2014 when the milk check paid the bills and the future felt limitless.

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Jessica Peters

The author dairies in partnership with her parents and brother at Spruce Row Farm in Pennsylvania. Jessica is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, and since 2015, she has been active in promoting dairy in her local community. You can find her and her 250 Jersey cows on Facebook at Spruce Row Dairy or on Instagram at @seejessfarm.

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Here's ASD's latest plan to bring Anchorage students back to classrooms - Alaska Public Media News

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Anchorage School District officials presented a plan to bring students back to school buildings as early as January 19th at a school board meeting Tuesday night. 

That’s two weeks after school begins following the holiday break. 

RELATED: Anchorage students to continue online learning through end of quarter

The plan will focus on returning small groups of students, across all grade levels, to school buildings, prioritizing students who are failing or need additional support. Then the district will bring back all students for full-time in-person learning in phases, starting with the youngest students.

The district is currently in Phase 0 with only learning online. Phase 1 brings small groups of students into school buildings for in-person learning, and then slowly brings all students back for in-person learning. No time-table for the phases was presented. (Screenshot of Anchorage School District presentation)

Superintendent Deena Bishop said she is confident in the plan because the district already has 26 small tutoring groups of about 10 students each running in school buildings. There will be 52 small groups in classrooms within the next three weeks, Bishop said.  

“Our educators are seeing the importance of educating face to face and they’re doing it, and coming in and organizing around the mitigation strategies,” Bishop said. “So we’re only building confidence day by day of what ASD can do.”

Read more: Tutoring programs give a window into what reopened Anchorage schools may look like

Right now, the tutoring programs are voluntary for teachers and largely targeted towards specific students. After the break, schools will be required to have small in-person groups.

Some school board members asked if students could return to in-person learning sooner, given that the district was already prepared for in-person learning in mid-November before postponing the plan.  

While Bishop said administrators need the time to review mitigation strategies and prepare for students, she also said she was interested in speeding up the timeline as well. But doing so, would largely depend on staffing levels. 

Bishop said administrators in the Mat-Su school district shared school closures in their district were most often related to staffing shortages because teachers needed to quarantine or follow contact tracing requirements, rather than covid cases within the schools. 

If ASD schools can adequately staff their school buildings after the break, they might be able to start with in-person learning sooner, Bishop said.

But, the district doesn’t know exactly how many teachers will return to classrooms, and it will likely remain unknown until in-person learning begins, according to Matthew Teaford, the district’s chief human resources officer. Teaford said staffing levels could fluctuate if teachers need to quarantine or call out sick. Staffing has also changed any time the district announces a re-opening date.

“We have noted a sort of an ebb and flow in those queries from staff as we’ve moved toward a planned opening day,” said Teaford said. “Upticks in terms of requests for leave or other accommodations as we approach those dates.”

A September survey from the district’s teachers’ union indicated that a quarter of teachers said they would not return to the classroom. 

But, a more recent survey showed teachers in schools running tutoring groups feel good about returning to classrooms, according to Deputy Superintendent Mark Stock.  

“… implying that where we had brought students in, where we had done and followed our mitigation strategies, those top schools were all rated with the highest ratings for safety from staff,” Stock said. “So we believe this builds confidence.”

The district hopes to have their plan finalized by Christmas break, Stock said. If that can happen, Stock said, the superintendent will be able to announce within the first week of January whether in-person learning can begin.

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Where do the Eagles go from here? Why Philly must make at least one major change before 2021 - CBS Sports

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Three seasons ago, the Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings met in the NFC Championship Game to determine the class of the conference. Six weeks into 2020, they both looked dysfunctional: Their quarterbacks were turning the ball over at an alarming rate. Their defenses were getting gashed at inopportune times. Their veteran head coaches had no answers.

Only one of those teams has returned to normalcy in the weeks since. And it's not the team that won that NFC championship back in 2017.

As such, it's no longer a weekly practice to dissect what's gone wrong with the Eagles' 2020 season after three straight playoff appearances from Philly. Now, the conversations are far grimmer ...

Who's going to get the ax?

Team owner Jeffrey Lurie has been notoriously loyal to his leadership. Besides Chip Kelly (2013-2015), he's waited until each of his previous head coaches (Rich Kotite, Ray Rhodes, Andy Reid) have had two straight non-winning seasons before making a change. General manager Howie Roseman, meanwhile, who was first hired back in 2000, has survived two different head coaching changes since first assuming GM roles in 2010.

But this season is begging for Lurie's early intervention. In a historically bad NFC East, the Eagles are 3-7-1 with three more tough games on deck. Even in the increasingly unlikely event Philly is less bad than its rivals in the two divisional games that close the year and somehow stumbles into a home playoff game, this much is clear: The Birds must make at least one major change ahead of 2021.

"Major" would not qualify as more toying with coach Doug Pederson's offensive staff. It would qualify as replacing Doug. Or Howie. Or their franchise quarterback, Carson Wentz, who looks less and less like one by the week.

No one can change the truth: The triumvirate of Wentz, Roseman and Pederson was borderline magical in 2017. Wentz was legitimately and rightfully the talk of the NFL, cruising to a division title with MVP-caliber brilliance. Pederson out-schemed everyone, including Bill Belichick on the game's biggest stage. And Roseman hit on almost every one of his gambles, adding countless key veterans (Nick Foles, Alshon Jeffery, Jay Ajayi, LeGarrette Blount, Chris Long, Patrick Robinson) at precisely the right time. In 20 years, Eagles fans will only look fondly upon their dance with destiny. They rewrote Philly sports history.

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And yet, in 2020, all three of the Eagles' major leaders have teamed up for something worse: A total collapse. As was obvious weeks ago, the Birds are not underwhelming because of Wentz. They are not underwhelming because of Pederson. They are not underwhelming because of Roseman. They are underwhelming because of all of them.

So ... who will (or should) pay the price?

The first priority for Lurie should not, and likely will not, be determining Wentz's future. It should be determining the future of those around him -- those tasked with salvaging, supporting and/or replacing him. As the focal point on the field, Wentz has been an easy (and often justified) target for criticism in 2020. But even if the Eagles were to turn to Jalen Hurts for the remainder of the year, and even if Hurts then lit it up, you don't fully solve the QB position without identifying who's actually in charge in 2021 and beyond. Put it like this: Whether it's Wentz or Hurts or someone else, do you want any of those guys being shepherded by the current staff, or surrounded with "talent" culled by the current front office?

That brings us to Roseman, Lurie's homegrown right-hand man. Howie has been adept at manipulating the salary cap and getting creative for splashy moves, but neither of those specialties has been apparent in close to three years. His most egregious contributions to the 2018-2020 Eagles suggests he's the chief culprit for the current mess if Lurie is intent on identifying one:

• A steady dependence on older and predictably oft-injured veterans (Alshon Jeffery, DeSean Jackson, Jason Peters, etc.), particularly at spots critical to the quarterback's growth and health, like wide receiver and offensive line.
• A failure to make more than a handful of meaningful draft picks in addition to repeatedly cutting down his own draft capital in trades (note the non-contributions of J.J. Arcega-Whiteside, Sidney Jones, Shareef Miller and countless others).
• An odd hesitancy to pull the trigger on ideal trade targets, again at critical positions (see: DeAndre Hopkins, Stefon Diggs).

Have the Eagles fielded outright bad rosters since the Super Bowl run? Not necessarily on the surface. But you can be the judge of whether consistently re-signing retreads like Jay Ajayi, Jordan Matthews and Vinny Curry speaks to deep roster assembly. And again, those critical spots? Yikes. Take wide receiver as just one example: Instead of paying a justified premium for Diggs or Hopkins, or spending a few million on Robby Anderson, or drafting Justin Jefferson, Roseman has been content, from 2018 on, to let Carson Wentz throw to Greg Ward, Nelson Agholor, Richard Rodgers, etc. while guys like Jeffery, DeSean, Arcega-Whiteside and Mike Wallace take turns in the tub or on the sidelines.

Roseman hasn't just failed his head coach and franchise QB by saddling them with unreliable lineups. He's also put the Eagles in one of the worst salary-cap positions of 2021. (A nice parting gift for the new GM!) There's reason to believe Lurie may gift Howie yet another chance at redemption, but if one piece of the Eagles' Big Three must go, it should probably be the one most responsible for building the team. And that's with or without a December miracle from either Pederson or Wentz.

Doug, as it turns out, should not be in the clear, either. It would've seemed unfathomable even a year ago to cut ties with him so soon; he won the Eagles their first Super Bowl, for crying out loud, and he did it by outsmarting the Patriots dynasty with Nick Foles and a bunch of backups! He also has one thing always going for him: The players never quit. Unlike the last days of Andy Reid and Chip Kelly, neither this season nor any before it has suggested Pederson has "lost the locker room." He's been a master at rallying the troops at the very last second.

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He was not a bad coach entering 2020, either. He did more than enough to earn trust. The problem is, he's been so bad in 2020 that his 2018-2019 shortcomings are now amplified, appearing more like inevitable products of his coaching rather than slight aberrations. Pederson deserves all the credit in the world for his crunch-time success; you don't go 13-6 in December and make three straight playoff trips by accident. But his teams have gone a combined 22-23-1, including playoffs, since the Super Bowl and are now guaranteed to have posted a worse record in three straight seasons. That, friends, is concerning.

Even worse: Offense is supposed to be Pederson's specialty. (It also happens to be the recipe for success in today's NFL.) And right now, there are few teams -- the winless Jets? the rebuilding Giants? the Dolphins, with rotating QBs? -- with a worse offense than Pederson's Eagles. Just take a peek at how his offenses have progressively declined during his head-coaching run:

Season	NFL rank, yards per game	NFL rank, points per game
2016	22	16
2017	7	3
2018	14	18
2019	14	12
2020	28	25

As you can see, things have been mostly mediocre and, now, catastrophic since the Super Bowl. It'd be one thing if Pederson's unit took a slight dip in 2020, but it's completely fallen off the map. And it looks even more atrocious. When Seattle and the NFL's worst pass defense came to town on Monday night, anyone who'd watched Pederson's listless, un-creative attack all year knew the Seahawks' ineptitude did not matter, because the Eagles were destined to stumble over themselves anyway. 

And guess what? They did. Wentz's off-mark throws did not help, but neither did another weekly dose of questionable lineup decisions -- let's start an aging, rehabbing Alshon Jeffery over up-and-coming Travis Fulgham! let's sit Wentz for Jalen Hurts only to reinsert Wentz on third down! and let's not use Miles Sanders, who led all rookies in scrimmage yards a year ago!

The Athletic's Sheil Kapadia sums Pederson's predicament up perfectly:

Lurie wants an offensive mind who's on the cutting edge of what's next, a trend-setter. With Pederson, he's watched a coach who is apparently incapable of finding answers. The initial plan when Lurie hired Pederson was to find a coach who could be a quarterback whisperer. But instead, Wentz has performed like one of the league's worst quarterbacks and regressed in 2020.

It's conceivable that Pederson can secure his job with yet another "underdog" finish, but if the offense just skirts by -- or even if it doesn't, against vulnerable defenses in Green Bay, Arizona, etc. -- there's still a case to be made that change is possible, if not smart. As with Roseman and Wentz, the blame does not fall solely on him, and he still deserves the statue erected in his name outside of Lincoln Financial Field. But it's not as if Lurie would be devoid of "trend-setter" offensive types in eyeing potential replacements, either: The freshness of a Joe Brady, Eric Bieniemy, Nathaniel Hackett, Graham Harrell, Arthur Smith, Lincoln Riley could be enticing, especially if resurrecting Wentz and/or unearthing another QB is the top priority.

And what about Wentz?

That leaves us with Wentz, maybe the most confounding of all, considering his meteoric rise to MVP candidacy and equally abrupt fall to the bottom tier of NFL QBs. Eleven straight weeks of mostly bad, occasionally awful and rarely fine performances are nothing to sneeze at, but Wentz also has four solid, occasionally elite, seasons on his resume. Unless Hurts comes in and looks like an instant hit, the dust will settle after the season and Lurie will assuredly have an easier time convincing himself his one-time superstar is salvageable.

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Make no mistake: Wentz going from burden-bearer to one of the Eagles' biggest burdens in 2020 is downright scary considering he's in Year Five and should have enough in the tank to rise above his circumstances. And if you're restarting the whole operation in 2021, complete with a new coach and GM, it's not crazy at all to think the Eagles could (or should) use their presumptive top-10 draft pick to target a top QB prospect. Even in the scenario where Wentz sticks around, you could potentially add a new QB of the future, allow Wentz and/or Hurts a shot at proving their worth before selling one or both returning QBs to a team with an urgent or later need.

Still, if you're looking to throw any of the Eagles' top dogs on the chopping block, there are several reasons Wentz will not be first in line. His $128 million contract, while not entirely un-tradeable (hello, Colts?), dictates the Eagles will save themselves lots of money and effort, not to mention a chance at redemption for their formerly top-10 QB, by keeping Wentz through at least 2021. It stands to reason that if Wentz is going to make a serious return to form, it's not going to happen until after this ruined, discombobulated season is in the books anyway.

After that, for the sake of his QB, whoever is coaching his team, and for a city already desperate to re-taste the football glory so recently realized, it's up to Jeffrey Lurie to do something.

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Here are today’s newscast changes since the Ravens/Steelers game may finally happen - WSLS 10

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ROANOKE, Va. – First Thursday. Then Sunday. Then Tuesday.

Now, the plan is for the Pittsburgh Steelers to host the Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday afternoon at 3:40 p.m.

Since the game is airing on WSLS 10, we’ve made a few changes to our programming schedule so you’ll still have local news from us this evening.

• 10 News at 5 will now be 10 News at 3, airing in place of Dr. Phil. It’s nothing different than our normal newscast, just two hours earlier.
• 10 News at 5:30 will not air
• 10 News at 6 will be an online-only newscast lasting about 15 minutes. Don’t worry, we’ll still bring you the latest news, weather and sports, just in a slightly condensed fashion.
  • It won’t only be on WSLS.com, you’ll also be able to watch on our mobile app, Facebook and any of our OTT apps (Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV)
• 10 News at 7 will air as normal, as long as the game is over by then.

If for some reason, the game is not played today, then it will be business as usual on WSLS 10.

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Coronavirus in Michigan: Here’s what to know Dec. 2, 2020 - WDIV ClickOnDetroit

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DETROIT – The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 366,242 as of Tuesday, including 9,324 deaths, state officials report.

Tuesday’s update represents 5,793 new cases and 190 additional deaths, including 30 from Vital Records review. On Monday, the state reported 360,449 total cases and 9,134 deaths.

New COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise in Michigan. Testing has increased in recent weeks, with more than 45,000 diagnostic tests reported per day, but the positive rate has increased to near 13% over the last week. Hospitalizations have increased steadily for the last five weeks, including upticks in critical care and ventilator use.

Michigan’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 6,605 on Monday, slightly lower than one week ago. The 7-day death average was 78, the highest since May. The state’s fatality rate is 2.5%. The state also reports “active cases,” which were listed at 186,100 on Monday, its highest mark on record. More than 165,000 have recovered in Michigan.

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 5 million have recovered in the U.S., with more than 13.5 million cases reported across the country. More than 268,300 have died in the U.S.

Worldwide, more than 63.4 million people have been confirmed infected and more than 1.47 million have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. The true numbers are certainly much higher, because of limited testing, different ways nations count the dead and deliberate under-reporting by some governments.

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Bed capacity dwindling at some Michigan hospitals amid COVID surge

Several Michigan hospitals, including some in Metro Detroit, are seeing more and more beds filled as COVID-19 continues to surge in the state.

Here’s a look at some bed occupancy percentages at hospitals in Southeast Michigan as of Nov. 30: (The percentage of staffed inpatient beds occupied by any patient regardless of COVID-19 status. This includes surge or overflow beds.) View here.

Much of US experiencing ‘severe’ virus outbreaks amid ‘third COVID wave,’ researchers say

Since the summertime, we’ve been following data from Covid Act Now, a group of technologists, epidemiologists, health experts and public policy leaders that monitors and identifies each state’s risk level for a COVID-19 outbreak. For months, the group had only four risk level categories: “low,” “medium,” “high” and “critical.” As of Saturday, however, the group has included a new, fifth risk level: “severe.”

The map of color-coded states in “America’s COVID Warning System,” as the group calls it, is doing just that with its daunting red hues: warning Americans that the entire country has reached a critical moment with the virus. Covid Act Now has even labeled this virus surge as the country’s “third wave” of the coronavirus.

As of Saturday, 20 states -- primarily those in the midwest -- are colored maroon, meaning they are identified as experiencing a “severe outbreak” of COVID-19. Most of the remaining states -- 27, to be exact -- are labeled red, meaning they are experiencing “an active or imminent outbreak,” according to the data.

Michigan is currently labeled as experiencing an active or imminent outbreak, which is considered the critical level.

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State suspends 3 liquor licenses, cites 4 establishments

Liquor licenses have been suspended at three Michigan establishments Wednesday for violating the state’s recent public health order meant to slow the spread of coronavirus.

The Michigan Liquor Control Commission issued emergency suspensions of liquor licenses at the following establishments:

• Jimmy’s Roadhouse in Newaygo, permit held by Cory’s Restaurant, Inc.
• Brew Works of Fremont in Fremont, permit held by B. and D., LLC
• The Meeting Place in Fenton, permit held by The Meeting Place, LLC

Officials say all three establishments have violated the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service (MDHHS)’s latest emergency order that prohibits in-person dining services at all bars and restaurants, along with other restrictions affecting high schools, colleges workplaces and more.

Whitmer urges Michiganders to follow COVID rules ahead of Thanksgiving

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released a video Tuesday asking residents to follow COVID-19 safety rules over Thanksgiving weekend.

Whitmer is asking Michiganders to wear masks, practice social distancing, wash hands frequently and avoid large gatherings over the holiday.

“Thanksgiving is about taking time to appreciate the things around us as well as give to others,” Whitmer said. “This year in particular, I am thankful for our frontline workers in our hospitals, child care centers, grocery stores, and everyone else who put their lives on the line to protect our families from COVID-19. As the weather gets colder and as cases continue to skyrocket, we must do everything we can to protect these heroes on the front lines. We all have a role to play to keep our family, friends, neighbors, and frontline workers safe. I know this year will be different, but to protect our families, frontline workers, and small businesses, we must make short-term sacrifices for our long-term health.”

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What does emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine mean?

Pfizer formally asked U.S. regulators Friday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine. Emergency use of a vaccine is when regulators allow shots to be given to certain people while studies of safety and effectiveness are ongoing.

Before any vaccine is permitted in the U.S., it must be reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration, which requires study in thousands of people. Normally, the process to approve a new vaccine can take about a decade. But the federal government is using various methods to dramatically speed up the process for COVID-19 vaccines.

Can Michigan get COVID-19 curve down enough for new restrictions to end after 3 weeks?

Michigan Gov. Whitmer was asked Thursday if the state can get its COVID-19 curve down enough over the next three weeks to avoid extending the new temporary restrictions on restaurants, schools and other parts of the economy.

“If we see meaningful movement in the right direction, that is possible,” Whitmer said. “That shows that we are capable of getting our arms around this.”

On Thursday Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the chief medical executive for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, said the state’s hospitals are “closer and closer to becoming overwhelmed” and are currently, on average, about 79% full.

Michigan’s ‘3-week pause’ COVID restrictions in effect

Michigan is entering a three-week “pause” to several activities in an effort to help stop a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

Under new restrictions issued Sunday evening by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), here’s what will be closed starting Wednesday, Nov. 18 until Dec. 8 in Michigan.

Note: The map in the article shows the entire state of Michigan under what MDHHS calls risk “Level E” -- read that here.

What’s closed starting Wednesday, Nov. 18:

• High schools (in-person learning)
• Theaters, movie theaters, stadiums, arenas,
• Colleges and universities (in-person learning)
• Bowling centers, ice skating rinks, indoor water parks
• Work, when it can be done from home
• Bingo halls, casinos, arcades
• Dine-in restaurants and bars (indoor dining)
• Group fitness classes
• Personal services (salon, spa) that involve mask removal*
• Organized sports, except professional sports and certain NCAA sports (Big Ten football, for example)

*For more information, view the MDHHS' official Gatherings and Face Mask emergency order, which goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Nov. 18, right here.

What remains open during this three-week period:

• Indoor gatherings are still allowed but only between two households and with no more than 10 people.
• Small outdoor gatherings (25 people)
• Retail
• Preschool through 8th grade (local district choice)
• Childcare
• Manufacturing, construction, other that is impossible to do remotely
• Public transit
• Hair salons, barber shops, other personal services (Per the MDHHS order -- Section 4.e.: In facilities offering non-essential personal care services, including hair, nail, tanning, massage, traditional spa, tattoo, body art, and piercing services, and similar personal care services, gatherings are only permitted to the extent that services do not involve the removal of face masks. All services must be provided by appointment, and gatherings in waiting areas are prohibited.)
• Gyms and pools (for individual exercise only)
• Restaurants and bars (for outdoor dining, takeout, and delivery only)
• Professional sports (without spectators)
• Parks and outdoor recreation
• Funerals (25 people)
• Health care

Interactive map shows COVID risk by event size in each Michigan county

One of the biggest challenges with containing COVID-19 is trying to limit gatherings -- and a new interactive tool shows just how risky it could be.

Researchers at Georgia Tech released a the “COVID-19 Risk Assessment Planning Tool,” a peer-reviewed resource that tells you the risk of being around someone with COVID-19, by the event size, in each U.S. county, in real-time.

According to the data, as of Nov. 13, at an event with 10 people, the risk of a person present with COVID-19 is 19% in Wayne County, 30% in Macomb County and 24% in Oakland County.

If that event is with 25 people, the risk increases to 41% in Wayne County, 59% in Macomb County and 37% in Oakland County.

At an event with 100 people, risk levels in pretty much every Michigan county surpasses 80%, including some at 99%, like Kent and Calhoun counties.

‘The health care system can capsize’: Michigan hospitals rapidly filling with COVID-19 patients

Michigan hospitals are rapidly filling with COVID-19 patients once again, and experts are warning residents that if this trend continues, it will be disastrous for the state’s health care system.

Brian Peters, the CEO of the Michigan Heath and Hospital Association, spoke about the state’s latest rise in COVID-19 cases during a virtual panel discussion Thursday. The MHA represents all the hospitals and health systems throughout Michigan.

“I can tell you, very clearly, that we are squarely in the midst of a public health crisis,” Peters said.

The MHA is seeing warning signs from all hospitals -- from the small, rural hospitals to the largest urban systems -- in every corner of that state, he said.

“Our hospitals are rapidly filling with COVID-19 patients at a very alarming rate,” Peters said. “If this continues in the coming weeks, we will surpass our all-time record high in terms of COVID-19 inpatient hospitalization numbers here in the state of Michigan.”

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Michigan rolls out coronavirus exposure app statewide: How it works, how to download

Michigan is expanding its COVID-19 exposure app for residents to use statewide after a successful pilot program in October.

The anonymous, no cost and voluntary app, piloted in Ingham County and on the campus of Michigan State University last month, lets users know whether they may have recently been exposed to COVID-19. Users can confidentially submit a positive test result into the app and alert others in recent proximity that they may have also been exposed to the virus.

Read about it here.

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Michigan COVID-19 daily reported cases since Nov. 15:

• Nov. 15 -- 6,381 new cases
• Nov. 16 -- 6,382 new cases
• Nov. 17 -- 7,458 new cases
• Nov. 18 -- 5,772 new cases
• Nov. 19 -- 7,592 new cases
• Nov. 20 -- 9,779 new cases (new single-day record)
• Nov. 21 -- 7,528 new cases
• Nov. 22 -- 5,755 new cases
• Nov. 23 -- 5,756 new cases
• Nov. 24 -- 6,290 new cases
• Nov. 25 -- 4,273 new cases
• Nov. 26 -- 8,581 new cases
• Nov. 27 -- 8,581 new cases
• Nov. 28 -- 8,080 new cases
• Nov. 29 -- 5,214 new cases
• Nov. 30 -- 5,214 new cases
• Dec. 1 -- 5,793 new cases

Michigan COVID-19 daily reported deaths since Nov. 15:

• Nov. 15 -- 27 new deaths
• Nov. 16 -- 28 new deaths
• Nov. 17 -- 79 new deaths (24 from vital records)
• Nov. 18 -- 62 new deaths
• Nov. 19 -- 134 new deaths (61 from vital records)
• Nov. 20 -- 53 new deaths
• Nov. 21 -- 101 new deaths
• Nov. 22 -- 32 new deaths
• Nov. 23 -- 33 new deaths
• Nov. 24 -- 145 new deaths (51 from vital records)
• Nov. 25 -- 73 new deaths
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Hundreds of people braved cold temperatures Tuesday morning and got in line early for a chance at a free grocery gift card in Miami.

Police said people started lining up around 9 p.m. on Monday night.

Images from Chopper4 showed a long line of people with very little social distancing.

People stood in line all bundled up, some with their pets, others with their kids. Waiting. Hoping to be one of the 500 people to get their hands on a Publix gift card.

“My coworker picked me up about 3:15 a.m. and we got here around 3:50 a.m.,” said Mabel Miller.

Miller used her only day off work to wait in line.

The coronavirus pandemic has cut her work hours, making it harder to put food on the table.

“I don’t get food stamps. I live off of my paycheck. So when groceries, bills come first, then I buy groceries. Maybe $60 to $70. That’s not enough groceries for me and my mom,” said Miller.

Hundreds of people lined up around Regatta Park near city hall.

The City of Miami handed out 500 Publix gift cards, each worth $250.

Some people were turned away because they don’t live within Miami city limits.

“Hialeah, down south. If Mayor Suarez is not your mayor you are not supposed to be in this line,” the announcement was made.

The line was cut off at around 9 a.m. and some people who waited hours for help were told to go back home.

“No more line everyone. I’m very sorry but there are no more cards,” the announcement came.

Martha Gutierrez had waited in line since about 7 a.m.

“There are elderly people here, people who are handicapped, people who are in need. They didn’t help us with the rent and now we have to come and wait here for a gift card of $250,” said Gutierrez.

“Those that don’t live in the city, unfortunately, we’re limited to helping those that live in the city. I wish I had more recourses and more ability to help more people but this is what we can do,” said Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.

“It’s sad to see how much need there is. How the need is so much more than our ability to give,” added Suarez.

Click here to find out about future card distributions.

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As for the annual CAMACOL holiday food basket giveaway, it’ll be a little different this year.

CAMACOL has teamed up with the Miami marlins for a drive-thru-only giveaway on December 16th.

Recipients receive a Jabas food basket filled with a complete “Latin-styled” holiday dinner including rice, beans, yucca, bread, soda, a pork shoulder, spices, sugar, milk, and other essential items.

There’s enough food for about 10 people.

“I am delighted to have joined forces with the Miami Marlins, an organization which, now more than ever, is front and center for our community,” Jose L. Chi, President of CAMACOL.

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