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Analysis: Michigan’s Covid-19 surge becomes a reality check for a restless nation

Amid an alarming surge in Covid-19 cases in Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Friday appeal to her state’s residents to voluntarily take a two-week pause on indoor dining and gatherings was a sobering message and a reality check for Americans who have been returning to many of their old pastimes as the pace of vaccinations pick up.