%>>
DISRUPTION
TO
EVERYDAY LIFE
%MAY
BE
SEVERE.
%THAT'S
ACCORDING
T
O
THE CENTERS%FOR DISEASE CONTROL AN
D%PREVENTION THIS WEEK
I
N
%DECLARING THAT
THE
NOVEL
%CORONAVIRUS
OR
COVID-19,
HAS
%POTENTIAL
TO
SPREAD
WIDELY I
N
%THE
U.S.
%IN
TONIGHT'S
CLOSER
LOOK,
%FEDERAL HEALTH
OFFICIALS
WARN
%THAT
SCHOOLS COULD BE
CLOSED,
%MASS
PUBLIC
GATHERINGS
SUSPENDED
%OR
BUSINESSES
FORCED TO
HAVE
%EMPLOYEES WORK
REMOTELY.
%WHAT
IS
WISCONSIN
DOING
TO
%PREPARE
IN
W
E
TURN
TO
THE
DEPUTY
%ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
STATE%DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
S
ERVICES
%CHUCK
WARZECHA.%>>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
%>>
THE
CBC
FURTHER
SAYS
THAT
NOW
%IS THE
TIME
FOR
BUSINESSES,
%HOSPITALS,
COMMUNITIES, SCHOOLS
%AND
EVERYDAY
PEOPLE,
THEY
SAY,
%TO BEGIN
PREPARING.
%SO
WHAT
DOES
ALL
OF
THAT
LOOK
%LIKE IN
WISCONSIN?
%>>
SO
I
THINK
THE
KEY
MOMENT
%
THAT
WE'RE
LOOKING
AT
IS
THAT
%THE
POTENTIAL
FOR
THIS
DISEASE
%TO
BECOME
TRANSMITTED
WIDELY
IN
%OUR
COMMUNITIES,
WE'VE
SHIFTED
%TO
BECOMING
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FOR
THAT
%FROM JUST
WATCHING
IT
AND
TRYIN
G
%TO
PREVENT
IT
FROM
COMING INTO
%OUR
COMMUNITIES,
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REACHING%A POINT WHERE
THE
POTENTIAL AND
%THE
LIKELIHOOD
IS
THA
T
IT
COULD.
%
SO
WE'RE
ASKING
PEOPLE
THINK
%THROUGH
WHAT THEY
WOULD
DO,
HOW
%THEY MIGHT
SOCIALLY
ISOLATE,
HOW
%WE
MIGHT
ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE
TO
%THINK
ABOUT
WHAT
KINDS
OF
MASS
%GATHERINGS
ARE
HAPPENING
WHERE
%TRANSMISSION COULD
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PROBLEM
%AND
THE
N
AGAIN
MAKING
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WE'RE
%MAKING GOOD
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BASED
O
N
%RISK.
%WE
KNO
W
THAT
SOME
FOLKS
HAVE
%ALREADY
SIGNALED THAT
THEY'RE
%MAKING THOSE
DECISIONS EVE
N
%WITHOUT THAT RISK
IN
THE
%COMMUNITY AND WE
WANT
TO
MAKE
%SURE
THAT
WE
GET
AHEAD
OF
THAT
%AS
WELL.
%>>
AND
SO
IF
PEOPLE
WERE
MAKING
%THOSE
DECISIONS
O
N
THEIR
OWN
NOT
%TO
ATTEND, YOU
KNOW,
BIG
%CONCERTS OR
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THAT,
%SHOULD
THE
PUBLIC
ACTUALLY
%EXPECT
THE
PUBLIC
HEALTH
%INFRASTRUCTURE TO
TELL US
WHEN
%
THE
POINT
HAS
COME?
%>> YES.
%IN
FACT,
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PEOPLE
MAKE
THOSE
%DECISIONS, IT'S
USUALLY BECAUSE
%THEY
DON'T
KNOW THERE IS
HELP.
%WE WANT
TO
MAKE
SURE
WHE
N
FOLKS
%WONDER
WHAT THEY SHOULD
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MAKE
%THAT
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THEIR
LOCAL
%PUBLIC
HEALTH AGENCY.
%IN WISCONSIN
WE'VE
GOT
REALLY
%STRONG
PUBLIC HEALTH
SUPPORT
AT
%THE
LOCAL
LEVEL.%>>
NOW,
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WISCONSIN HAVING
%JUST A
SINGL
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CASE,
IT
%SEEMS HARD TO UNDERSTAND
HOW A
%WILD
SPREAD
OF
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COULD
%HAPPEN
HERE.
%HOW COULD
IT?
%>>
IT'S
LIKE
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IF
%YOU REMEMBER
FROM
ABOUT
TEN
%
YEARS
AGO.
%WHEN
THAT
FIRST
ARRIVED ON
THE
%SCENE,
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LIKE
INFLUENZA, THIS
%HAS
THE
POTENTIAL
T
O
SPREAD
%RAPIDLY.
%WE WATCHED THAT
HAPPEN
IN
CHINA
%FROM THE
EARLY
OUTBREAK
TO
%BROADER COMMUNITY
SPREAD.
%THAT
CAN
HAPPEN
QUICKLY
WITH
ANY
%VIRUS
THAT
COMMUNICATES
IN
THE
%COMMUNITY.%>>
ARE
THERE
NEW
GUIDANCES
FRO
M
%PEOPLE
GETTING
IT
FROM
OTHER
%PEOPLE IN
TERMS
OF
TESTING?
%DO YOU
STILL
HAVE
T
O
HAVE
COME
%FROM A
PLACE
LIKE
CHINA
WHERE IT
%IS
WIDESPREAD TO BE
TESTED
OR IS
%THAT
BEING
EXPANDED AS
WELL?
%>> THAT IS
BEING
EXPANDED.
%WE'RE
GETTING
UPDATED
GUIDANCE
%ON
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%WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS ARE
%MONITORING WHAT'S
HAPPENING%AROUND THE GLOBE
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%CHANGING
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WE'RE
GIVING
OUT
%IN
ADD
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CONSIDERING RISK
%LEVELS WHEN
PEOPLE COME
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%INTO THE
COUNTRY, WHETHER
%THEY'VE HAD
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H
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%FROM
THE
HIGHER-RISK
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%WE EXPECT
THAT
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O
CONTINUE
TO
%CHANGE
AS
THIS
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AND
%EVOLVES AT
THE
GLOBAL
LEVEL.%>>
ARE
CASES
UNDER
INVESTIGATION
%IN WISCONSIN
AT
THIS
MOMENT
%EXPANDING?%>> NO.
%ACTUALLY, WE
CURRENTLY
HAVE
HAD
%17
CASES
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--
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UNDER
%INVESTIGATION.
%THAT'S BEEN
THE
CASE
FOR
SOME%TIME.
%
WE
CURRENTLY HAVE
NO
PENDING
%
CASES.
%SO ALL
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THOSE
WAS
%NEGATIVE AND
THEN
THA
T
ONE
CASE
%YOU
MENTIONED
EARLIER
IS
O
UR
%ONLY
POSITIVE CASE
THAT
WE'VE
%HAD.%>>
I
UNDERSTAND
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THE
CDC
%SAYS
IT
HAS
NOW
KIND
O
F
FIXED
%THE
TEST
KITS
THAT CAN BE
SENT
%OUT
TO
STATES.
%
HAS
WISCONSIN
RECEIVED
ITS
TEST
%KITS?
%AND WHEN DO
YOU
EXPECT
THAT
TO
%HAPPEN?%>> SO
I
KNOW
OUR
STATE
%LABORATORY
OF
HYGIENE HAS
BEEN
%WORKING WITH
THE
CDC
O
N
GETTING
%THAT
TEST UP
AND
RUNNING.
%I
CAN'T
FORECAST
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THAT
WILL
%HAPPEN.
%I EXPECT IT WILL
B
E
RELATIVELY
%SOON,
WITHIN A
WEEK
OR
TWO
AT
%THE
VERY
LONGEST.
%WE
ARE
VERY
FORTUNATE IN
%WISCONSIN TO
HAVE A
VERY
%HIGH-QUALITY
STATE
LABORATORY
O
F
%HYGIENE.%>>
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THE
ISSUES
IN
CHINA
%WITH
THIS,
ARE
THERE
SUPPLY
%CHAIN PROBLEMS IN
TERMS
OF
%GETTING
EVEN
PHARMACEUTICALS OR
%EQUIPMENT OR
THE
PROTECTIVE GEAR
%
THAT WE
NEED
HERE?
%>> SO
FROM A
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
%EQUIPMENT
STANDPOINT,
YES.
%FDA
SUS
SENT A
MESSAGE OUT
I
%
THINK
THIS
MORNING
ANNOUNCING
%THEY DON'T
HAVE AN
ONGOING
%SHORTAGE
OF
PHARMACEUTICALS AT%THIS POINT, S
O
I'M
NOT
SURE
I'VE
%HEARD AN
UPDATE ON
THAT.
%BUT
FROM
THE
STANDPOINT
O
F
%PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT, FACE
%MASKS,
GOWNS,
THINGS
LIKE
THAT,
%YEAH, WE
DEFINITELY ARE
SEEING
%CHALLENGES IN
THE
SUPPLY
CHAIN
%AND
THAT'S AN A
REA
THAT
WE'RE
%WORKING ON
GUIDANCE
ON AS
WELL
%TO
MAKE
SURE
THAT WE
CAN
GIVE
%PEOPLE
ALTERNATIVE
%RECOMMENDATIONS, WE CAN
GIVE
%GUIDANCE
ON
CONSERVATION
UNTIL
%THE
SUPPLY
CHAIN CAN
BE
%RESTABILIZED AND
ALSO
MAKE A
%PITCH
THAT
EVERYONE
GET
THEIR
%FLU
SHOT,
BECAUSE THAT
IS
%CIRCULATING IN
THE
COMMUNITY
AT%A HIGH LEVEL
AND
THAT
PUT
S
%STRESS ON THE
SAME HEALTH CARE
%SYSTEM
THAT WE
NEED TO
BE
%PREPARED
FOR
THI
RIGHT.
%CHUCK
WARZECHA, THANKS VERY
MUCH
%FOR