Hospital leaders have pleaded. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has warned.

Health officials have mandated, inspected and threatened fines.

And a statistical model developed by Harvard researchers predicts nearly 1,000 COVID deaths a day in Michigan by year’s end if we can’t change the arc of the virus.

But even as hospitalizations and deaths accelerate, will residents follow state pandemic restrictions — including limits on holiday gatherings — to help curb the spread of COVID-19?

The odds hardly seem promising.

Source: Michigan officials say no to big Thanksgiving gatherings. Who will listen? | Bridge Michigan