Judy Woodruff:
Five years after the pandemic declaration, the divisions over the COVID response here track the national picture. A recent report from the Pew Research Center found that the pandemic deepened partisanship, distrust in institutions, and the fragmentation of our news media.
Early on, Michigan saw a backlash to public health measures with protests against business and school closures by people flouting masking and social distancing guidelines. In the fall of 2020, a group of men were charged with plotting to kidnap Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer for pushing those measures.
But away from those headline-grabbing events, residents here took away very different lessons from their experiences.
