What is allowed (and not allowed) in Michigan for the next 3 weeks? Summary Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer met backlash after she issued an executive order issuing a statewide return to harsher lockdown restrictions in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 for the next 3 weeks. As COVID-19 infections and deaths climb nationwide, Whitmer imposed new harsher lockdown restrictions on the entire state, beginning on Wednesday and lasting until 8 December. The new restrictions allow for small gatherings of …