LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A small group of people rallied at the State Capitol Friday, demanding Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer resign over the handling of nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic.
The protesters blame Governor Whitmer for the deaths of elderly people who caught COVID-19 in nursing homes. They take issue with the state’s decision to allow nursing homes to take in patients with COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic, instead of putting them in separate facilities.
The state says more than 2,100 people have died of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
But the protesters say the state is under-reporting deaths by not listing people who died in assisted living and other facilities.
