Health Departments in WPLC Service Area
Michigan Public Libraries: Re-opening Considerations after closures during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Library of Michigan COVID-19 Resources for Michigan Libraries
Leaning in Place – Mel.org Covid-19 Resources
PLA Free COVID-19 Webinar Series
Resources for Michigan Businesses During COVID-19
Government Response to Coronavirus, COVID-19
REALM REPORT
The latest finding from the study of COVID 19 on library materials is available. MLA is suggesting quarantining item for 96 hours rather than 72, due to these new findings where the virus still was noticeable after 4 days on magazines.
https://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/COVID-19-research-project.html
https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/test1-results.html
https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/test2-results.html
Mi Coronavirus Vaccine page – https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98178_103214—,00.html (includes Michigan’s draft vaccine plan).
To come: there will be a CDC VIS sheet about the COVID vaccine here https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/current-vis.html
Michigan’s Interim COVID-19 Vaccination Plan w/CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/downloads/michigan-jurisdiction-executive-summary.pdf
Harvard Health Letter- General consumer article on vaccine mis- and disinformation
APIC- Understanding herd immunity and the COVID vaccine
WHO- myths and misconceptions about vaccineshttps://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/vaccines-and-immunization-myths-and-misconceptions
Keep checking back with the NLM’s Medlineplus resource as they will continue to update consumer-level info on COVID vaccines as it becomes available. There’re also Medlineplus articles and tutorials on evaluating Internet health information.
Here is a “spotting fake news” handout from Cornell University: https://guides.library.cornell.edu/evaluate_news/infographic