St. Clair County becomes Michigan’s latest COVID hotspot
DETROIT – St. Clair County is Michigan’s top county in new coronavirus cases per-capita.
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Officials in St. Clair County said resident behavior plays a major factor in how and why COVID is spreading in the county.
“This is about personal responsibility. If you don’t want to listen to experts, be responsible for yourself and, more importantly, realize that what you do is impacting the people around you,” said county health director Dr. Annette Mercatante. “You have this highly-contagious form of this virus that lands in the fertile soil of the Thumb, where people don’t wear masks and don’t abide by social distancing rules.”
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