I want to tell you about my visit to St. Joseph’s Hospital this morning after the warnings I’ve gotten from health leaders across the state: As COVID cases in Michigan soar, our hospitals are filling up & health workers simply don’t have the staff or resources they need.
Hospitals like this one & Sparrow are over capacity in their ICU. Patients are in beds lining the halls; waiting rooms have become treatment sites for ER visits. Health workers have been pushed & pushed over the past 20 months & now they're reaching their limits.
I was grateful for the chance to deliver the doctors and nurses here a bundle of ‘thank you’ cards — from students at Brighton High School and Maltby Intermediate School and Pinckney Community Schools — for all their tireless work to keep us safe and healthy. 
The staff I met asked for 2 things: for folks to get vaccinated & to be ‘shown some grace’ as they work to get us through this crisis. They've made so many sacrifices over the last 2 years, but this is the toughest challenge since the start of the pandemic. They need our support.
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