With a new, faster-moving coronavirus variant now confirmed in Michigan, the state is boosting its vaccination goal.

The state’s lead epidemiologist Wednesday estimated that at least 90 percent of Michiganders 16 and older may need to be vaccinated against COVID to effectively beat back the spread of the coronavirus. That is a dramatic increase over the state’s previously stated goal of a 70 percent vaccination rate to achieve herd immunity from the virus.

Source: Michigan: 90 percent need COVID vaccine for herd immunity. That’s unlikely. | Bridge Michigan