% >> FOR MANY, MEMORIAL DAY
% WEEKEND IS THE BEGINNING OF
% SUMMER AND A TRIP TO THE CABIN
% OR SECOND HOME.
% EVEN PRIOR TO THE "SAFER AT
% HOME" EXTENSION DUE TO COVID-19,
% COUNTIES WERE URGING PEOPLE TO
% STAY HOME.
% TREVOR KELLER SHOWS US HOW AN
% INFLUX OF PEOPLE COULD HAVE A
% BIG IMPACT ON HEALTH CARE IN
% THOSE AREAS.
% >> BEAUTIFUL SCENERY IN ITS
% ISOLATED SETTING MAKE DOOR
% COUNTY AN ENTICING GET AWAY FROM
% THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
% BUT LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE URGING
% PEOPLE TO AVOID THE PENINSULA.
% >> I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD ASK
% PEOPLE NOT TO COME TO DOOR
% COUNTY.
% IT'S VERY CONCERNING TO US.
% IT'S JUST NOT IN OUR NATURE TO
% DO THAT.
% >> THE COUNTY IS ASKING PEOPLE
% TO STAY AWAY.
% THE WORRY IS AN OLDER POPULATION
% AND LIMITED HEALTH CARE STAFF.
% DOOR COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER IS
% THE COUNTY'S ONLY HOSPITAL.
% THEY'VE TRIPLED THEIR INTENSIVE
% CARE CAPACITY, BUT THAT'S 12 TO
% 15 ICU BEDS FOR A COUNTY OF
% 27,000 PEOPLE.
% >> TYPICALLY IF WE HAVE A
% CRITICALLY-ILL PATIENT, THAT
% PERSON WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO
% GREEN BAY.
% >> THE WHITE GULL INN IS CLOSED.
% THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING SUMMER
% CANCELLATIONS AND SENDING OUT
% REFUNDS.
% >> WE'RE ACTIVELY GIVING --
% SENDING MONEY OUT THE DOOR EVERY
% DAY AND NOT BRINGING ANY IN,
% WHICH IS DEFINITELY UNUSUAL FOR
% THIS TIME OF YEAR.
% >> AL JOHNSON'S RESTAURANT IS
% FAMOUS FOR ITS GOATS ON THE
% ROOF, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE MORE
% CONCERNED ABOUT CUSTOMERS
% THROUGH THE DOOR.
% >> THOSE MONTHS ARE WHAT CARRY
% US THE ENTIRE YEAR.
% WE'RE KIND OF IN A HOLDING
% PATTERN.
% >> ANXIETY IS HIGH, BUT BUSINESS
% OWNERS ALL AGREED VISITORS
% SHOULD STAY HOME.
% THEY JUST HOPE A ROCKY SPRING
% CAN STILL TURN INTO A MORE
% TYPICAL DOOR COUNTY SUMMER.
% >> IT'S A TOSS-UP BETWEEN BEING
% ANXIOUS TO OPEN OUR DOORS AS
% SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, BUT NOT
% WANTING TO PUT US OR OUR STAFF
% OR OUR VISITORS AT RISK.
% >> FOR "HERE AND NOW,"
% I'M TREVOR KELLER.
% >> THIS WEEK SOME POSITIVE NEWS