LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced an executive directive on Wednesday which instructs “state agencies to identify and remove any barriers to accessing COVID-19 vaccines.”

Gov. Whitmer wrote in a press release, “Today’s executive directive ensures Michiganders can get the COVID-19 vaccine.”

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However, are there any barriers in Michigan when it comes to accessing vaccines? The short answer: no.

Whitmer appears to be trying to correlate a supposed lack of access to the COVID-19 vaccine to recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing authorizations to high-risk groups. In addition, the vaccines still “are available for all patients who choose them after consulting with their doctors.” U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  made the distinction last month.

But not everyone is buying what Gov. Whitmer is selling. Greg Manz, a GOP consultant told Michigan News Source that the governor is still “fear-mongering” five years after the first cases of COVID-19 popped up. “[It’s] a self-inflicted wound that drags Michiganders back to the memory of her dystopian lockdowns,” Manz said. “Instead of moving forward, she insists on reliving the failures of her past, and let’s be clear: the virus should be called what it really is — the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Virus.”

Click here to read more about the governor’s directive.