T
HE
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N
T
HE
U.S.
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% TO
REJEC
T
ADDITIONAL WITNESSES% IN
THE IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL
OF WITH
% THE DONALD
TRU
MP
MOVES
THE
% PROCESS TO
THE
NEXT
STEP, A
V
OTE% ON THE
VERDICT.
% THAT
VOTE,
WHETHER
TO
ACQUIT
OR
% REMOVE THE
PRESIDENT, IS
% SCHEDULED FOR
NEXT
WEEK% FOLLOWING
CLOSING
ARGUMENTS.
% FOLLOWING T
HE
41-59
VOTE,
% WISCONSIN U.S. SENATORS SPO
KE T
O
% TODAY'S
ACTION.
% TAMMY BALDWIN
SHAREDTH
I
N A
% TWEET
EARLIER
THIS
EVENING.
% ",
EV
ERY
SENATE
IMPEACHMENT
% TRIAL IN
OU
R
NATION'S
HISTORY
% AND
INCLUDED
WITNESSES.
% I
VOTED
FOR
TESTIMONY
FROM
% RELEVANT
WITNESSES
WITH
DIRECT
% EVIDENCE
ABOUT
P
RESIDENT
TRUMP'S
% CONDUCT.
% SENATE
REPUBLICANS
VOTED T
O
KEEP
% IT A
SECRET."
% RON JOHNSON
SAID,
QUOTE,
% CONTRARY
TO
TH
E
WARNINGS
OF
% PELOSI,
SCHUMER
A
ND
NADLER,
THE
% HOUSE
PROVIDED A
TOTALLY
% PARTISAN
IMPEACHMENT,
RUSHED,
% VIOLATING DUE PROCESS
AND
% LACKING
ANY
IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE.
% NOW HOUSE
DEMOCRATS
A
RE
% DEMANDING THE
SENATE
DO
THEIR
% INVESTIGATORY WORK
FOR
THEM.
% CAVING TO
THEIR
DEMANDS WOULD% HAVE
SET A
DANGEROUS
PRECEDENT
% AND
ALTERED
THE
CONSTITUTIONAL
% ORDER,
THEREBY
WEAPONING
% IMPEACHMENT AND
ENCOURAGING MORE
% OF THEM.
% THAT I
S
WHY
I
VOTED
NO ON
THE
% QUESTION O
F
CALLING
WITNESSES.
% >>
N
OW
T
O
THE
RAPIDLY-DEVELOPING
% NEWS ON
THE
NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS.
% THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT
DECLARED A
% PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY
AND
H
AS
% IMPOSED
QUARANTINES
F
OR
% AMERICANS RETURNING F
ROM
THE
% EPICENTER OF
THE
OUTBREAK.
% IN
WISCONSIN, OF THE
N
INE
PEOPLE% WHY!
!
UNDER
INVESTIGATION,
TWO
T
EST
% RESULTS HAVE
COME
BACK
NEGATIVE
% AND
SEVEN
A
RE
STILL
PENDING.
% IN A
MOMENT,
W
E
WILL
FIND
OUT
% MORE
ABOUT T
HE
STATUS I
N
% WISCONSIN.
% BUT
FIRST, W
E HEAR
F
ROM
EXPERT
% PANELISTS
ASSEMBL
ED AT THE UW% HOSPITAL IN MADISON TH
IS WEEK% WHO DESCRIBE SYMPTOMS AND
% TREATMENT.%>>
WE SEE
COUGHING,
FEVERS,
% INITIAL SYMPTOMS.
% THEN
IT
CAN
DEVELOP
INTO A
VERY
% SEVERE
LUNG
DISEASE, WITH
% DIFFICULTY
BREATHING
AND
THEN
% PEOPLE OFTEN
NEED TO
BE
% HOSPITALIZED AND
G
O
ONTO
% CRITICAL CARE AT THAT POINT IN
% TIME.
% THE
VIRUSES
A
RE
USUALLY
% TRANSMITTED THROUGH
COUGHING,
AT
% LEAST
S
ARS
AND
MERS
WE
KNOW
ARE
% VIA
C
O
UGHING.
% AND
BECAUSE
OF
THAT D
EEP
LUNG
% INFECTION.
% SO
IT'S
REALLY
COUGHS THAT
ARE
% TRANSMITTING
THE
VIRUS.% >> THERE
IS
NO
SPECIFIC
% TREATMENT, AS YOU
KNOW,
FOR
THIS
% NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS, BUT THERE
IS% A LOT OF
SUPPORTIVE CARE THAT
IS
% AVAILABLE AND PATIENTS
T
HAT
H
AVE
% SYMPTOMS THAT
NEED THAT
CARE,
W
E
% WANT
TO
MAK
E
SURE WE H
AVE
THE
% CAPACITY
A
ND
MANPOWER
TO
% ACCOMMODATE
THAT.
% >>
DR. RYAN
WESTERGAARD
IS% EPIDEMIOLOGIST FOR
THE
WISCONSIN% DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SERVICES
% AND
IS
COORDINATING THE RESPONSE
% TO
THE
CORONAVIRUS IN
WISCONSIN.
% HE
JOINS
US
N
OW
AND
THANKS
VERY
% MUCH FOR
BEING
HERE.
% ALONG
WITH
THE
U.S.,
THE WORLD% HEALTH ORGANIZATION HA
S
DECLARED% A
VIRUS A
GLOBAL
PUBLIC HEALTH
% EMERGENCY.%WHAT ARE
THE
IMPLICATIONS
O
F
% THAT HERE IN
WISCONSIN?% >>
WEL
L,
IN
THE
ERA
OF
GLOBAL
% TRAVEL,
THE
IMPLICATIONS
ARE
% THAT NEW
CASES OF
THE
NOVEL
% CORONAVIRUS
COU
LD
ARISE
ANYWHERE
% WHERE PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN
IN
% CONTACT
WITH
EITHER
EXISTING
% CASES OR
PEOPLE WHO
HAVE
% TRAVELED TO
THE
EPICENTER
IN% MAIN
!
MAINLAND
CHINA.
% SO FAR
IN
WISCONSIN,
WE'VE
HAD
% NO
CASES.
% WE'RE
REMAINING
VIGILANT
AND
ARE
% PREPARED
THA
T
WE
MIGHT
DEVELOP
% CASES.
% THERE
AR
E
PEOPLE
UNDER
% INVESTIGATION.
% RIGHT NOW
WE
'RE I
N
T
HE
% PREPAREDNESS STAGE.
% WE'RE
DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN T
O
% PREPARE FOR
THE
EVENTUALITY
THAT
% WE MAY HAVE
CASES.% >>
AS
YOU
SAID, THERE
ARE
N
INE
% PEOPLE
UNDER INVESTIGATION HERE
% FOR
TH
IS.
% WHAT PUTS
THEM
I
N
THAT
CATEGORY,
% THAT THEY
ARE
UNDER
% INVESTIGATION?%>> THERE
ARE
CRITERIA
FOR
PEOPLE
% FOR WHOM WE
THINK
IT'S
IMPORTANT% TO GET TESTING.
% AND
T
HE
CHALLENGE RIGHT
NOW
IS
% THAT
THERE'S
ONLY
ONE
LABORATORY% IN
THE UNITED STATES
WHERE
THE
% TESTING IS
BEING
DONE
AND
THAT'S
% AT
THE
C
DC
I
N
ATLANTA.
% SO
IN
ORDER TO
HAVE A
SYSTEMATIC
% APPROACH TO GET PEOPLE
TESTED,% THERE ARE
CRITERIA
FOR
WHO
MEETS% THE
CONDITIONS
THAT
MAKES
THE
% TESTING
INDICATED.
% RIGHT
NOW
IT'S
TRAVEL
TO
C
HINA
% PLUS
SYMPTOMS
SUGGESTIVE OF
% CORONAVIRUS INFECTION.%WE H
AVE HE
!
HAD A
TOTAL
OF
NINE.
% TWO HAVE
BEEN
RULE
D
OUT.% >>
THESE
TES
T
RESULTS
ARE STILL
% PENDING A
ND
THERE'S
JUST
T
HIS
% ONE
LAB
A
T
THE
CDC THAT IS
% CURRENTLY DOING
THOSE
TESTS.
% WHY IS IT
TAKING
SO
LONG?
% IS THAT
WHY?
% BECAUSE
THEY'RE
KIND
OF
OVERRUN
% WITH
SPECIMENS TO
TEST?
% >>
YES.
% WE DO
HAVE A LARGE
NUMBER
OF
% CASES.
% IT'S
ALWAYS A BRAND
N
EW
TEST
% BECAUSE
IT'S
A
BRAND
NEW VIRUS.
% SO
BEFOR
E
THE
DESCRIPTION
A
ND
% THE
GENETIC
SEQUENCING OF
T
HE
% VIRUS, THERE WAS NO
WAY
T
O
TES
T
% FOR
TH
IS
PARTICULAR VIRUS.
% SO THERE'S
-
- I'M
CERTAIN
% THEY'RE
WORKING AROUND
THE
CLOCK
% AND THEY ARE
PREPARING
AND
% THEY'RE
MANUFACTURING TEST KITS
% TO DISSEMINATE
TO
OTHER
% LABORATORIES AROUND THE COUNTRY
% THAT
CAN
STREAMLINE
THE
PROCESS.
% BUT THAT
TA
KES S
OME
TIME
BECAUSE
% IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT
TO M
AKE
S
URE
% THAT
TH
E
TEST
WORKS
IN A
% RELIABLE FASHION.
% SO THERE'S
IN
ADDITION TO
% MANUFACTURING THE TEST, THEY
% HAVE TO
D
O
THE
VALIDATION.
% WE WANT
TO
MAKE
SURE
WHE
N
W
E
% GIVE PEOPLE INFORMATION,
THAT
% IT'S
RELIABLE.% >>
IT'S
REPORTED THAT
SIX
% STUDENTS
AT
UW-PLATTEVILLE WHO
% WERE
RECEN
TLY
IN
WUHAN,
CHINA
% ARE
BEING
MONITORED
BY
THE
C
DC
% AND
THAT
ANOTHER
STUDENT
IN
% WAUWATOSA
IS
BEING
ISOLATED.
% WHAT
ABOUT
OTHER
CAMPUSES ACROSS% THE STATE?
% WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THAT?
% >>
WELL,
WE
AT
THE
STATE
HEALTH
% DEPARTMENT DON'T
SPEA
K
ABOUT% INDIVIDUAL
CASE
S
O
R
COMMUNITIES,% PARTICULARLY
IN
THIS
CURRENT
% SITUATION
WHERE
WE
DON'T
HAV
E
% ACTIVE
C
ASES.
% SO WE
DON'T
HAVE A
KNOWN
THREAT
% OF PERSON
TO
!
PERSON-TO-PERSON% TRANSMISSION.%
WE
SPEAK
IN
GENERAL
TERMS
TO
% MAKE
S
URE
EVERYONE G
ETS
THE
% MESSAGE THAT
PEOPLE WHO ARE
% RETURNING
FROM
AREAS
AND
HAVE
% HAD
CONTACT
KNOW
H
OW
T
O
MONITOR
% THEMSELVES FOR SYMPTOMS.
% ON
OU
R
WEBSITE WE
A
RE
LINKED
TO% WHAT ARE
THE
BEST
PRACTICES FOR% MONITORING IF
YOU'VE BEEN
TO
THE
% AFFECTED
AREA IN
TERMS
OF
WHAT
% SYMPTOMS TO LO
OK
FOR
AND
WE'RE
% TRYING TO HAVE THAT
BE
THE
% STANDARD
MESSAGE
THAT
WE
SHARE
% WITH ALL
PARTNERS.% >>
SHOULD
THERE
BE
POSITIVE
% CASES IN
WISCONSIN
OR
THIS
% DEVELOPS IN
THAT
K
IND
OF
% DIRECTION, DO
YOU
EXPECT
THAT
% WISCONSIN WILL T
HEN
ALSO
COMPLY
% WITH
THESE
QUARANTINE
% REQUIREMENTS?%>>
WELL,
THOSE
EFFORTS
T
O
% CONTAIN AN
INFECTIOUS
DISEASE
% ONCE
IT'S
BEEN
DETECTED ARE DONE
% ON A
CASE-BY-CASE
BASIS.
% QUARANTINE
A
ND
ISOLATION ARE
% USED TO
MAKE
SURE
SUSCEPTIBLE
% PEOPLE DON'T
COME
IN
CLOSE
% CONTACT WITH
THAT
CAN
% TRANSMIT
THE
VIRUS.
% THERE
ISN'T A BLANKET POLICY
O
F
% HOW THIS
WILL
GO.
% WHAT WE
T
RY
TO
DO
IS
USE
THE
% BEST
INFORMATION WE HAVE AND
IN% A
VERY
C
OLLABORATIVE
PROCESS
% WITH
LOCA
L
HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS
% WHICH IN
WISCONSINS WOULD HAVE% THE AUTHORI
TY TO
D
O
THINGS
LIKE
% QUARANTINE ORDERS
A
ND
IN
% COLLABORATION ON
NATIONAL
% ADVISORS
AT
THE
C
DC
TO
MAKE
THE
% RIGHT CALL
IN A
THAT
% PROTECTS
PUBLIC
HEALTH
BUT
ALSO
% RESPECTS
PRIVACY
AND
% CONFIDENTIALITY AT THE SAME%
TIME.% >>
W
HAT
SHOULD
PEOPLE
KNOW
ABOUT
% HOW
THIS
VIRUS
IS
TRANSMITTED?
% >>
THAT'S A
REALLY
GOOD
QUESTION
% BECAUSE
ALTHOUGH
IT'S A
NOVEL
% VIRUS, IT'S I
N
TH
E
FAMILY
O
F
% VIRUSES
CALLED
RESPIRATORY
% VIRUSES.
% RIGHT NOW
WE'RE
IN
THE
MIDDLE
O
F
% RESPIRATORY VIRUS SEASON A
ND THE
% BIGGEST
THREAT TO
HEALTH
IN
% INFLUENZA.
% BY AND
LARGE
THE
MECHANISMS
OF
% TRANSMITTING
CORONAVIRUS
AND
% INFLUENZA VIRUS AND OTH
ER
TH
INGS
% IN
THAT
S
AME
FAMILY
OF
VIRUSES
% ARE
SIMILAR.
% IT'S
RESPIRATORY
DROPLETS,
% SNEEZING OR
COUGHING, SO
% DROPLETS CAN
COM
E
IN
CONTACT
% WITH
SOMEONE'S
NOSE
O
R
MOUTH
OR
% EYES.
% HANDWASHING IS
IMPORTANT
BECAUSE
% VIRUS CAN
LIVE
FOR A
LIMITED
% AMOUNT
O
F
T
IME
ON A SURFACE.
% SO
REALLY
I
N
THAT
REGARD, THIS
% IS
NOT
N
EW
TERRITORY.
% WE
KNOW A L
OT
OF
TH
INGS
ALREADY
% ABOUT
HO
W
T
O
PREVENT
THE
SPREAD
% OF
RESPIRATORY
VIRUSES
THAT
% PEOPLE SHOULD BE DOING
ALL THE
% TIME.%>>
YOU WERE
SAYING
IN
GERMANY,
% THOUGH, THERE'S THINGS
ABOUT
% THIS
VIRUS.
% IT'S NOVEL.
% IT'S NEW.
% THAT
KIND
OF
HAVE
PEOPLE
P
LIKE
% YOURSELF
WONDERING
WHAT'S AROUND% THE
NE
XT
CORNER.
% >>
TH
E
THING
THAT'S
N
OVEL
O
R
% UNUSUAL
OR
UNIQUE
ABOUT
THE
% SITUATION
IS
BECAUSE
IT'S
BRAND
% NEW,
WE'RE
A
T A
POSITION
WHERE% WE CAN
ACTUALLY DO
THINGS
TO
% PREVENT FROM
HAVING AN
EPIDEMIC
% OF
SUSTAINED
PERSON-TO-PERSON% TRANSMISSION.%
THAT'S WHY
WE'RE
PUTTING
ENERGY
% INTO
THE
RESPONSE
AND
THE
% CONTAINMENT,
BECAUSE
INFLUENZA
% AND
OTHER
VIRUSES,
THEY'RE
% ALREADY
HERE.
% WE
CA
N
GIV
E
GENERAL
% RECOMMENDATIONS,
BUT
WE
KNOW
% INFLUENZA IS GOING
T
O
CONTINUE
% TO
CIRCULATE.
% BY
D
OING
PUBLIC HEALTH
AND
THE
% INFECTION CONTROL
THINGS
WE'VE
% SAID, WE
HAVE A
POSSIBILITY
OF
% PREVENTING A
LARGE
OUTBREAK.% >>
WHAT DID YOU
SAY
HAPPENED
IN
% GERMANY THAT
W
AS
UNUSUAL?
% >> I
WOULDN'T SAY IT
WAS
% UNUSUAL, BUT TODAY THERE
WAS A
% CASE REPORTED
IN
THE NEW
ENGLAND
% JOURNAL
OF
MEDICINE
THAT THERE
% WERE
CA
SES
O
F
INDIVIDUALS
% CONTRACTING
TH
E
VIRUS
FROM A
% PERSON
W
HO
WASN'T
OBVIOUSLY
% SICK.
% THEY
HAD A
CHART
WH
ICH
SHOWED% THIS
IS A
DATE
AT
WHICH A
PERSON
% DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS.%THIS WAS
THE
DATE
IN
WHICH
% PEOPLE THINK
YOU
HAD
CONTACT
% WITH WERE
IN
CONTACT WITH HIM
% HAD.
% IT
WAS
THE
FIRST
STRONG
EVIDENCE
% THAT
SOMEONE
COULD
SPREAD
THE
% VIRUS BEFORE
THE
Y
HAD
OVERT
% SYMPTOMS.
% WE KNOW
THAT
THAT'S
ALSO TRU
E
% FOR
INFLUENZA
AND
THE
COMMON
% COLD.
% IT
HADN'T BEEN
DOCUMENTED
I
N A
% SCIENTIFIC
PUBLICATION BEFORE% TODAY.
% SO IT
WAS
A
NOTABLE
DEVELOPMENT
% IN
T
HIS
CURRENT
EPIDEMIC,
B
UT
% NOT
SOMETHING
DIFFERENT FROM
% OTHER
RESPIRATORY VIE
!
VIRUSES.% >>
Y
OU
S
AID
ANXIETY
MANAGEMENT
% IS KEY.
% WHAT
DO
YOU
SAY
T
O
PEOPLE WHO
% ARE
OVERL
Y
ANXIOUS
ABOUT
THIS?
% >> I
USE
THE
TERM
ANXIETY
% MANAGEMENT, BECAUSE I
N
SOME
WAY
% THAT DISCOMFORT
WITH
THE
FACT
% THAT
THERE'S A
NOVEL
INFECTION
% OUT
THERE IS NOT
MISPLACED.
% IT CAN BE
CONCERNING THAT
% THERE'S NEW
VIRUSES WE CAN
COME
% IN CONTACT
WITH.
% I
TH
INK
WE
WANT
THAT
ANXIETY
OR
% INFECTION
OR
CONCERN TO
BE
USED
% PRODUCTIVELY, WHICH
IS
% ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THA
T THERE
ARE
% THINGS WE CAN
DO,
HAND
HYGIENE
% AND
RESPIRATORY HYGIENE AND
% STAYING HOME FROM
WORK
WHEN
% YOU'RE SICK.
% SO
PAYING
EXTRA
ATTENTION OR
% HAVING A NEW
VIR
US
IN
THE
PUBLIC
% CONSCIOUSNESS CAN
HAVE
BENEFITS
% BECAUSE
THE
MESSAGE
IS
THERE'S
% THINGS WE
ALREADY
KNOW
TO
% PREVENT
THE
SPREAD
OF
V
IRUSES
% AND THIS
IS A
VIRUS
M
ANY
MANY
% THAT WE
KNOW
HOW
TO
P
REVENT
THE
% SPREAD
OF.
% >>
WE
SEE
PEOPLE
E
VE
N H
ERE
% WEARING
MASKS.
% IS
T
HAT
SOMETHING
DOCTORS
% RECOMMEND?%>> THAT'S
ALSO A
GOOD
Q
UESTION.
% RIGHT NOW
THERE'S
NO
GENERAL
% RECOMMENDATION THAT
PEOPLE
% SHOULD WEAR
MASKS
OUT
I
N
PUBLIC.
% THE
ROLE
O
F
M
ASKS
IN HEALTH
CARE
% IS
VER
Y
IMPORTANT
BECAUSE% SOMEONE
PROVIDING CARE
TO
% SOMEONE WHO IS
KNOWN TO
HAVE AN
% INFECTION,
THEY'RE AT
RISK.
% RESPIRATORY
VIR
USES
LIKE
THIS
% ONE, THE
STANDARD
R
ECOMMENDATION% IS IF
YOU'RE WITHIN THREE HE
TO
% SIX
FEET
OR
W
ITHIN
LITERALLY
% SPITTING
DISTANCE
OF
SOMEONE,
% THAT'S
THE
HIGHEST
RISK
WHERE A
% RESPIRATORY
DROPLET
COULD
% SPREAD.
% ANYTIME PEOPLE ARE
IN
T
HAT
% PROXIMITY T
O
EACH
OTHE
R
W
E
WEAR
% MASKS.
% IF
WE'RE
A
T
HOM
E
CARING
FOR A
% RELATIVE WHO
H
AS A
RESPIRATORY
% INFECTION, A MASK
CAN
REDUCE THE% RISK THAT DROPLETS WI
LL BE
% EXPOSED
TO A
PERSON AS
WE
LL.
% AT THIS
T
IME
THERE'S
N
O
% RECOMMENDATION THAT
WE
DO
THIS
%
WHEN
WE'
RE OUT
IN THE
PUBLIC.
% >>
SO
OVERALL WHAT
I
S
YOUR
% MESSAGE TO
PEOPLE
IN
WISCONSIN
% AROUND
THIS?
% >>
M
Y
MESSAGE
I
S
LET'S
TAKE
CARE
% OF EACH
OTHER
AND
THAT
INVOLVES
% OPEN
COMMUNICATION,
TRUSTING% HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS
AND
PUBLIC
% HEALTH
PROVIDERS
TO
KEEP
% INFORMATION
UP-TO-DATE AND
WASH
% YOUR
HANDS
AND
PRACTICE
GOOD
% RESPIRATORY HYGIENE.%AND
I
TH
INK
WE
DO THESE
THINGS
% THAT WE
ALREADY
KNOW
HOW
TO
DO.
% THE RISK
O
F A
LARGE
EPIDEMIC
OF% A NEW
RESPIRATORY
VIRUS
I
S
NOT A% HIGH
RISK,
AND A
COLLATERAL
% BENEFIT MIGHT BE
THAT WE
C
AN
% REDUCE
FL
U
AN
D
COLDS AS WELL
I
F
% WE
MAY
ATTENTION
T
O
TH
ESE
% THINGS.%>> PEOPLE ARE
SAYING THE
RISK
IS
% LOW WHEN
YOU
COMP
ARE I
T
IN
% CONTEXT
W
ITH
THE
RI
SK OF
THE
% SEASONAL
INFLUENZA AGAIN.
% >>
THAT'S
TRUE.
% >> ALL
RI
GHT.