"SAFER AT HOME" ORDER.THE REOPEN
INGS COME THE SAME
% WEEK WISCONSIN SAW ITS LARGEST
% ONE-DAY INCREASE IN CORONAVIRUS
% CASES.
% EARLIER I TALKED WITH GOVERNOR
% EVERS IN OUR WEEKLY ONE-ON-ONE
% INTERVIEW AND, GOVERNOR, THANK
% YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
% AGAIN.
% IT'S THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW
% THAT WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN
% POSITIVE CASES.
% IT STANDS AT 460 MORE CASES
% REPORTED TODAY, FOR A TOTAL OF
% 7,314, WITH 327 PEOPLE WHO HAVE
% DIED.
% HOW DO THESE NUMBERS BODE FOR
% THAT 14-DAY DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY
% REQUIRED TO REOPEN THE STATE?
% >> WELL, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER
% THAT 14-DAY DOWNWARD TREND IS
% THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE CASES
% DIVIDED BY -- AS A PERCENTAGE OF
% THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TESTS.
% SO WE ARE TESTING A LOT MORE.
% NOW, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT --
% SO ONE -- I THINK A COUPLE DAYS
% AGO, THE NUMBER -- THE
% PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE TESTS
% WERE ABOUT 6% OR 7%.
% NOW THEY'RE 11% OR 12%.
% SO THAT IS AN INCREASE IN THAT
% PERCENTAGE.
% BUT THAT IS -- YOU KNOW, I'M NOT
% A MATHEMATICIAN HERE ON THOSE
% NUMBERS, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS
% WE WERE TESTING A LOT OF PEOPLE
% IN BROWN COUNTY THAT WORKED IN
% THOSE MEAT-PACKING PLANTS, AND
% SO THE LARGE NUMBER IS A LOT
% CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.
% I WON'T SAY ALL, BUT A LOT.
% BUT WE'RE SPENDING -- WE WANT TO
% MASSIVELY INCREASE SPENDING
% ACROSS THE STATE, BUT AT THIS
% POINT IN TIME, BECAUSE OF THAT
% SURGE THERE, WE ARE TESTING MANY
% PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE VIRUS.
% >> I THINK I'M READING THESE
% NUMBERS CORRECTLY FROM THE
% DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES'
% DAILY KIND OF TRACKING OF THESE
% NUMBERS.
% IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE TESTING
% AROUND 3,000 A DAY, AND YET WE
% HAVE THIS CAPACITY NOW OF
% 11,000.
% >> RIGHT.
% >> WHY AREN'T WE ABLE TO GET UP
% TO THAT CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE?
% >> WELL, SEVERAL REASONS.
% ONE IS-- AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING
% HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO DO
% THIS.
% MY GOAL IS ANYBODY THAT NEEDS A
% TEST SHOULD HAVE A TEST.
% I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE DONALD
% TRUMP, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE
% TO DO.
% WE DO HAVE ENOUGH TESTING
% MATERIALS.
% IT'S GETTING PEOPLE TESTED.
% AND WE HAVE ENOUGH LAB CAPACITY.
% SO WE -- YOU KNOW, I THINK WE
% HAVE -- I'M TRYING TO THINK,
% ALMOST 3500 TODAY.
% SO WE ARE RAMPING UP.
% WE'VE INCREASED TESTING.
% WE HAVE PLANS ALL ACROSS THE
% STATE.
% NORTHWEST WISCONSIN IS GOING TO
% HAVE LOTS IN THE NEXT COUPLE
% DAYS, BUT SO IS THE REST OF THE
% STATE.
% I BELIEVE WE CAN GET TO THAT
% 80,000 NUMBER IN A HURRY.
% FOCUSING ON GREEN BAY AND SOME
% OF THE OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE
% ARE SURGES AND ALL THOSE ARE
% DISCONCERTING, AND SO -- BUT
% IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE
% TESTING ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
% WE WILL DO THAT.
% THAT HAS TO BE OUR GOAL.
% >> IN FACT, YOU ANNOUNCED TODAY
% THAT YOU'RE KIND OF BRANCHING
% OUT AND DOING COMMUNITY TESTING.
% IS THAT PART OF YOUR EFFORT TO
% REACH THIS CAPACITY, TO DO MORE
% TESTING?
% >> ABSOLUTELY.
% FOR EXAMPLE, PEPIN AND -- I'M
% TRYING TO THINK WHICH OTHER
% COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN,
% PEPIN AND BUFFALO COUNTY ARE
% HAVING TESTS ON MAY 1.
% AND, YES, IT'S GOING TO BE
% COMMUNITY TESTING.
% IF PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY WANT TO
% GET TESTED, THEY'LL GET TESTED.
% AND SO WE'RE DOING THAT ALL
% ACROSS THE STATE.
% WE'VE BEEN KIND OF REACTIVE.
% I'M ENCOURAGING -- AND I'VE SAID
% THIS A LOT.
% HEALTH OFFICIALS THAT ARE
% DEALING WITH PEOPLE, THEY SHOULD
% BE ORDERING THESE TESTS.
% THAT IS PART OF OUR JOBS, MAKE
% SURE WE GET AS MANY PEOPLE
% TESTED AS POSSIBLE.
% >> NOW, YOU OPENED UP MORE
% BUSINESSES TO THINGS LIKE
% CURBSIDE PICKUP AND OPENED MOST
% STATE PARKS THIS WEEK.
% WAS THIS IN RESPONSE TO
% CRITICISM, OR IS IT JUST TIME?
% >> YEAH.
% WE LOOK ALL THE TIME.
% I MEAN, WE ARE CONSTANTLY
% VIGILANT ON WHAT WE CAN DO NEXT.
% AND IT'S ALWAYS WEIGHING THE
% RISK AND THE TRANSMISSION OF A
% DISEASE VERSUS ECONOMICS.
% AND WE'RE ALWAYS DO THAT.
% SO WE FELT CONFIDENT IN THE
% CURBSIDE WORK.
% ACTUALLY, THE NIGHT -- FROM THE
% DAY WE ASKED IT, I SAW
% ADVERTISEMENTS ON TV FOR
% BUSINESSES ADVERTISING THEIR
% CURBSIDE TRANSACTIONS.
% SO WE'VE -- IN THAT CASE WE
% NARROWED IT DOWN TO ONE OR TWO
% CONSUMERS AND ONE PERSON FROM A
% STORE DOING THEIR WORK AT THE
% CURBSIDE.
% THAT SEEMS LOGICAL.
% WE CAN CONTROL VIRUS
% TRANSMISSION THAT WAY.
% SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR
% BETTER WAYS TO DO IT, AND WE'LL
% CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
% WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A STAY-AT-HOME
% THING UNTIL THE END OF THE
% MONTH, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING
% TO THE END OF THE MONTH.
% >> HOW OPEN ARE YOU TO PLANS
% LIKE THOSE FROM THE WISCONSIN
% MANUFACTURERS AND COMMERCE,
% WHICH KIND OF ASSIGN RISKS TO
% INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES AND WHERE
% THEY ARE AND HOW MANY CASES
% THERE ARE IN THOSE PLACES?
% HOW OPEN ARE YOU TO THAT PLAN?
% >> WELL, THEY HAVE SOME THAT ARE
% -- PARTS OF THE PLAN THAT SEEM
% REASONABLE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE
% -- THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE
% PUBLIC HEALTH SIDE OF THINGS AND
% THAT IS WE NEED TO HAVE -- WE
% NEED TO DRIVE DOWN THE NUMBER OF
% VIRUSES IN THE STATE.
% AND THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT
% IS TESTING, TRACING AND HAVING
% THE APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT.
% THAT'S WHAT DONALD TRUMP LAID
% OUT FOR US, FRANKLY, ALONG WITH
% THE CDC.
% SO WE'RE STILL FOLLOWING THAT.
% BUT I DON'T DISMISS WHAT THEY'RE
% DOING.
% I'M JUST SAYING THAT THERE HAS
% TO BE A PUBLIC HEALTH CONNECTION
% THERE.
% >> ARE YOU NOW WORKING WITH
% REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE LEADERS,
% THE VERY SAME ONES WHO TOOK YOU
% TO THE SUPREME COURT TO SUE THE
% ADMINISTRATION OVER ON THE
% EXTENSION OF THE "STAY AT HOME"
% ORDERS?
% BUT ARE YOU WORKING WITH THEM TO
% KIND OF WORK SOMETHING OUT HERE?
% >> WELL, I WOULD SAY WE'RE NOT
% IN THAT POSITION.
% CLEARLY, WE HAD A PLAN, AND
% THEIR RESPONSE TO IT WAS TAKING
% ME TO COURT, THE SUPREME COURT.
% SO NOW THAT'S PLAYING OUT IN --
% YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS HOW THAT'S
% GOING TO WORK OUT.
% BUT I'D SAY IF WE RELY ON THE
% FACTS AND THE LAW AND PRECEDENT,
% WE SHOULD WIN.
% BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF
% THEY HAVE A PLAN, LET'S TALK
% ABOUT IT.
% AND WE KEEP THEM INFORMED.
% MY STAFF MEET WITH HIS STAFF
% REGULARLY.
% WE'VE ENCOURAGED THEIR STAFF TO
% BE PART OF OUR -- TO WATCH OUR
% -- BE PART OF THE CENTER OF --
% AT TRUAX FIELD THAT WE HAVE WITH
% OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
% SO THERE'S NOT THAT THERE'S NOT
% COMMUNICATION GOING ON.
% THEY HAVE A PLAN, I'LL BE GLAD
% TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
% >> ALL RIGHT.
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS, THANK YOU
% VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.
% >> THANKS, FREDERICA.
% HAVE A GOOD DAY.
% STAY WELL.
% >> MEANWHILE, THE STATE SUPREME