%
->> A PBS WISCONSIN ORIGINAL%-PRODUCTION.%-THE FOLLOWING
PROGRAM IS
PART
OF
%-OUR "HERE AND NOW"
2020
ELECTION
%-COVERAGE.%->>
TODAY, I HAVE
DECLARED A
%-PUBLIC
HEALTH
EMERGENCY TO
%-ADDRESS THE
OUTBREAK
OF
COVID-19
%-IN
THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN.
%->>
GOVERNOR
TY RESPONDS
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS RESPONDS
%-TO THE
GROWING
NUMBER
OF
%-CORONAVIRUS
CIESES
CASES
IN
WISCONSIN%-AND
CLOSES
SCHOOLS
STATEWIDE
%-EFFECTIVE
WEDNESDAY.
%-ANDREA PALM
IS
HERE.
%-UW-MADISON WILL GO
TO
ONLINE%-INSTRUCTION
ONLY
AFTER
NEXT
%-WEEK'S SPRING BREAK.
%-WE'LL HEAR
FROM A
UW-MADISON%-OFFICIAL
WHO
OVERSEES STUDENT%-HEALTH
SERVICES.
%-AND A LEEGD
LEADING
EXPERT
IN
%-INFECTIOUS DISEASE
TELLS
US
%-WHAT'S AT
STAKE FOR
OLDER
%-PEOPLE.%->>
FUNDING
IS PROVIDED
BY
THE
%-FOCUS
FUND
FOR
JOURNALISM AND
%-FRIENDS OF PBS
WISCONSIN.
%->>
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
DECLARED%-A
PUBLIC
HEALTH
EMERGENCY A DAY
%-AGO
AND
TODAY
PRESIDENT DONALD%-TRUMP
DECLARED A
FEDERAL STATE
%-OF
EMERGENCY,
BRINGING
$50
%-BILLION FOR
STATE
AND
LOCAL
%-FUNDING.%-ALSO
TODAY,
NEW
CORONAVIRUS
%-CASES
HIT DOUBLE
DIGITS
IN
%-WISCONSIN,
SPREADING TO
%-MILWAUKEE,
RACINE
AND
SHEBOYGAN
%-COUNTIES.
%-TO
STAY UP TO
UP-TO-DATE,
VISIT
%-wiscontext.org.
%-THE STATE
IS
MOVING
TO
MIN
MITIGATE
%-THE SPREAD.
%-ALL
K-12 SCHOOLS
PUBLIC
AND
%-PRIVATE WILL
CLOSE
EFFECTIVE
%-WEDNESDAY.
%-THE
STATE
IS
ALSO
HELPING
37
%-RESIDENTS RETURNING TO WISCONSIN
%-FROM
THE
PRINCESS
CRUISE
SHIP
%-WHO
MAY HAVE
BEEN
EXPOSED
AND
%-WILL
SELF-QUARANTINE FOR
14
%-DAYS.
%-NATIONAL GUARD
SOLDIERS
DRIVING
%-THOSE PEOPLE
HOME ONCE
THEY LAND
%-IN THE
STATE.
%-TONIGHT ZAC SCHULTZ
REPORTS ON
%-THE FAST-MOVING
DEVELOPMENTS.%->>
ALL
STEPS
ARE
BEING
TAKEN TO
%-STOP THE
SPREAD
OF
THIS
VIRUS.%->>
THE
COVID-19
VIRUS HAS BEEN
%-LABELED A
GLOBAL
PANDEMIC
AND
%-NOW GOVERNOR TONY EVERS SAYS
%-IT'S A
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY%-IN
THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN.%->>
THIS DECLARATION
ALLOWS
US
TO
%-ACCESS
STATE
RESOURCES TO
DEAL
%-WITH
THIS
PANDEMIC
HEAD-ON,
CARE
%-FOR
THOSE
WHO
NEED
HELP
AND
ALSO
%-LIMIT THE
SPREAD OF
THE
VIRUS.
%->>
SOME
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AROUND
%-WISCONSIN ARE
CLOSING
OR
%-ADJUSTING THEIR
CALENDARS.
%-BUT GOVERNOR EVERS SAYS
HE'S
NOT
%-READY
TO
ASK
ALL
PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
%-BECAUSE THEY
CAN
MINIMIZE
RISK
%-WHILE STILL
PROVIDING
ESSENTIAL
%-SERVICES TO
THE
PUBLIC,
EVEN
%-BEYOND EDUCATION.%->>
ONE
IS
FOOD
SECURITY.
%-WE HAVE
TENS
OF
THOUSANDS OF
%-FOLKS IN
WISCONSIN,
INCLUDING
%-KIDS AND
OLDER
ADULTS,
WHO
RELY
%-ON SCHOOLS
AND
NONPROFITS
IN
%-ORDER TO
GET
THEIR
MEALS.
%-ENSURING THAT THOSE
FOLKS
ARE
%-TAKEN CARE
OF
IS A
TOP
PRIORITY.%->> ANDREA
PALM,
THE DEPARTMENT%-OF HEALTH
SERVICES
SECRETARY, IS
%-ASKING PEOPLE
TO
AVOID
LARGE
%-GROUPS AND
TO
STAY HOME
IF THEY
%-HAVE
SYMPTOMS.%->>
WE
UNDERSTAND
THAT
THESE
%-SIGNIFICANT STEPS ARE
GOING
TO
%-DISRUPT PEOPLE'S
LIVES,
BUT
ARE
%-MAKING
THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO%-PROTECT THE
LIVES OF
THE
MOST
%-VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF
OUR
%-FAMILIES, OUR
COMMUNITIES AND
%-OUR
STATE.%->>
IT
HAS
BECOME
CLEAR THAT NOW%-IS
THE TIME
FOR
THE
UNIVERSITY
%-TO TAKE
BROADER
ACTION.%->>
A
NUMBER
OF UNIVERSITY OF%-WISCONSIN SCHOOLS ARE
MOVING TO
%-ONLINE
CLASSES THROUGH
APRIL.
%-AND
UW-MADISON
IS ASKING
%-STUDENTS TO
MOVE OUT OF THE
%-DORMS.%->>
WE
ARE
ALSO
DIRECTING
%-UNDERGRADUATES WHO LIVE
IN
OUR
%-RESIDENCE HALLS
TO
RETURN
TO
%-THEIR PERMANENT HOMES
IF AT ALL
%-POSSIBLE.%->>
DANE
COUNTY
EXECUTIVE JOE
%-PARISI SAYS
RIGHT
NOW
THEY'RE
%-ASKING
PEOPLE
TO
VOLUNTARILY
%-AVOID
LARGE
GROUPS,
BUT
THAT
%-COULD
SHIFT
FROM
VOLUNTARY
TO
%-MANDATORY.
%->> I'D ALSO
LIKE TO
NOTE
THAT
%-THE
DIRECTOR
OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
%-HAS
THE POWER
TO
ENACT
STATUTORY
%-AUTHORITY
TO
PREVENT
DISEASE%-SPREAD IN
THE
COMMUNITY.
%-SHOULD THE
SPREAD
OF
COVID-19
%-ESCALATE,
THE
DIRECTOR
OF
PUBLIC
%-HEALTH HAS THE
OPTION TO
USE
%-THIS
AUTHORITY
TO
ORDER
%-SUSPENSION
OF PUBLIC EVENTS IN
%-THE
AREA.%->> A
NUMBER
OF
LARGE CROWD
%-EVENTS
HAVE
ALREADY BEEN
%-CANCELLED,
INCLUDING
SPORTING
%-EVENTS,
TOURS OF
THE
CAPITOL
AND
%-CAMPAIGN
EVENTS.%->>
MOST
POLITICIANS
SPEND
THEIR
%-TIME
HUGGING AND
SHAKING
HANDS
%-AND THOSE
DAYS ARE
GONE.%->>
REPORTING
FROM
MADISON,
I'M%-ZAC
SCHULTZ
FOR "HERE AND NOW."
%->>
IT'S A FAST-MOVING
SITUATION%-ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND HERE IN
%-OUR
STATE.
%-WE
CHECK
IN
WITH ONE OF
THE
%-PEOPLE AT
THE
HELM OF
THE
%-RESPONSE.
%-WE ARE
JOINED
BY
THE
%-SECRETARY-DESIGNEE OF
THE
%-WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
%-SERVICES, ANDREA PALM.
%-SHE'S HERE WITH
THE
LATEST
AND
%-THANKS VERY
MUCH FOR
JOINING US.%->>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
ME.
%->>
SO
THESE
NEW
CASES ARE
SPREAD
%-ALL ACROSS THE
STATE, WHICH
KIND
%-OF
DESCRIBES
THE
PROGRESSION.
%-IN THE
COMING
DAYS, WHAT DO
YOU
%-EXPECT TO SEE?
%->>
WE
EXPECT TO
CONTINUE TO
SEE
%-CONFIRMED
CASES.
%-THAT'S PART
OF
WHY
WE HAVE BEEN
%-LEANING
IN
TO
INCREASE ACCESS TO
%-TESTING.
%-IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
US
AS%-A
STATE
TO
KNOW WHERE
THOSE
%-INFECTIONS ARE SO
THAT WE
CAN
%-MOVE
INTO
ACTION
QUICKLY
WITH
%-OUR
LOCAL
PARTNERS
IN
LOCAL
%-PUBLIC HEALTH TO
GET
THOSE
FOLKS
%-INTO
SELF
QUARANTINE,
TO
DO
%-CONTACT
TRACING AND
TO
REALLY
%-WORK HARD
TO
MITIGATE THE SPREAD
%-OF
THIS
DISEASE.%->>
AS
TO
TESTING, THERE'S
BEEN%-AN AWFUL LOT
OF DISCUSSION ABOUT
%-THIS AND
HOW
IN
MANY
PLACES
IT'S
%-JUST
INADEQUATE.
%-WHAT ABOUT
IN
WISCONSIN?
%-DO YOU
HAVE
THE
CAPACITY
TO
TEST
%-AS
MANY
OF
THESE
CASES AS
%-NEEDED?%->> WE
CURRENTLY
ARE
MEETING
%-DEMAND.
%-WE DON'T
HAVE
MORE
DEMAND FOR
%-TESTS THAN WE
HAVE
CAPACITY
FOR.
%-BUT
WE
DO
THINK
AS
THIS
%-CONTINUES TO RAMP
UP,
WE WILL BE
%-IN A
SITUATION SIMILAR
TO
MANY
%-OTHER STATES
WHERE WE
NEED
%-INCREASED ACCESS FROM
THE
%-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO
THESE
TEST
%-KITS.
%-WE HAVE
PUT
IN A
REQUEST NOW
SO
%-THAT WE ARE
HOPEFUL
THAT
THE
%-FEDS
CAN
FULFILL THAT
REQUEST
%-BEFORE WE
GET
TO
THAT POINT.
%-THE
STATE
LAB
OF
HYGIENE HAS%-ALSO PUT
IN A REQUEST.
%-WE RECOGNIZE
THAT A
SHORTAGE, AN
%-INABILITY
TO
ACCESS
TESTS
COULD
%-COME TO
WISCONSIN
AND WE ARE
%-ASKING THE
FEDS TO
MEET
OUR
%-NEED,
AS
ARE
MANY OTHER
STATES.%->>
ARE
THERE
OTHER
HOSPITALS
OR
%-FACILITIES
THAT
EXPECT
TO
START
%-TAKING ON
TESTING?%->>
THAT'S A
REALLY
IMPORTANT%-QUESTION
AND AN IMPORTANT POINT.
%-WE HAVE
HAD A
COUPLE
OF
PRIVATE
%-LABS
COME
ONBOARD.
%-MOST HOSPITALS AND
CLINICS, THEY
%-HAVE
CONTRACTS
WITH
LABS
WHO
RUN
%-THEIR
TESTS.
%-THEY
TAKE
THE
SWAB OR
BLOOD,%-SEND
IT
TO
THEIR DIAGNOSTIC AND
%-GET
THE
RESULTS BACK.
%-SO
ADDING
THAT
CAPACITY
SO
THAT
%-HOSPITALS CAN
USE THE
CURRENT
%-INFRASTRUCTURE
THEY
ALREADY
USE%-WILL
BE AN IMPORTANT TOOL
TO
%-EXPAND CAPACITY MOVING FORWARD.
%-AND WE AT
THE
STATE
LAB IN
THE
%-STATE
ARE
WORKING
TO
HELP THOSE
%-PLACES
GET UP AND
RUNNING AS
%-QUICKLY
AS
POSSIBLE.%-AND
WE
HE
ALSO
ARE
EXPLORING
THINGS
%-LIKE
CENTRALIZED
TESTING
%-FACILITIES
OR
DRIVE-THROUGH
%-CLINICS.
%-YOU
HEAR ABOUT
THAT
IN
OTHER
%-STATES.
%-WE'RE
EXPLORING
AS MANY
OPTIONS
%-AS WE
CAN
SO
WE'LL BE
ABLE
TO
%-MEET
DEMAND.%->>
AS
TO THOSE
PASSENGERS ON
THE
%-CRUISE
SHIP,
HAVE
THEY ALREADY
%-BEEN
TESTED WHERE THEY
ARE
OR
%-WILL
THAT
HAPPEN ONCE
THEY
GET%-BACK
TO
WISCONSIN?
%->>
SO WE ARE
IN
REALLY
CLOSE
%-COMMUNICATION WITH
HHS
AND
THOSE
%-FOLKS
ARE
STILL
WITH
THE
FEDERAL
%-HHS
FOLKS AT
BASES
EITHER
IN
%-GEORGIA OR
IN
CALIFORNIA.
%-AND WE
HAVE
REQUESTED
THAT THE
%-TESTS
BE
DONE BEFORE
THEY'RE%-RETURNED
TO
THE STATE OF
%-WISCONSIN.
%-WE WANT FOLKS
TO
COME
HOME
AS
%-SOON AS WE
CAN,
BUT
WE
ALSO
WANT%-TO
BE REALLY
CAREFUL
NOT TO
HAVE
%-SYMPTOMATIC OR
CONFIRMED
CASES
%-MIXED
WITH
FOLKS WHO
ARE
%-ASYMPTOMATIC AND
NEGATIVE.
%-WE ARE
WORKING
OUT
THOSE
DETAILS
%-WORKING
AS
URGENTLY AS WE
CAN
TO
%-BE ABLE
TO
BRING
THESE
FOLKS
%-HOME.%->>
WHEN
K-12
SCHOOLS CLOSE
AND
%-SOME
IN
THE
STATE ALREADY
HAVE,
%-WHAT KINDS OF
PROVISIONS WOULD
%-NEED TO
BE
MADE
FOR
FREE
AND
%-REDUCED
MEALS?%->>
THAT'S A
GREAT QUESTION AND%-SOMETHING THAT
THE
GOVERNOR
%-KEEPS
FLAGGING FOR
FOLKS.
%-AND WE HAVE
MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS%-TO
SCHOOLS THAT
THEY
THINK ABOUT
%-THOSE
THINGS
WHEN THEY ARE
%-THINKING ABOUT
CLOSURES,
%-PLANNING
FOR
ALTERNATE CHILD
%-CARE,
PLANNING
FOR
WORKERS WHO
%-MAY
NEED
TO
TAKE
TIME
OFF
%-BECAUSE THEIR KIDS
AREN'T
IN
%-SCHOOL.
%-AND WHAT
WE
DO
ABOUT
ACCESS
TO
%-MEALS.
%-AND THERE ARE
FEDERAL
PROVISIONS
%-THAT
DPI
I
THINK RUNS
THE
%-PROGRAM
CAN
ACCESS A SHIFT
TO
%-WHAT WOULD BE
THE
SUMMER
MEAL
%-PROGRAM, WHICH IS
KIND
OF
PICK%-UP AND
GO
KIND
OF
SCENARIOS
%-WHERE
KIDS
CAN
STILL
HAVE
ACCESS
%-TO THAT
FOOD, BUT
IT'S A
%-DIFFERENT
FORM AS
OPPOSED
TO
IN
%-THE
SCHOOL
BUILDING.%->>
HOW
SUCCESSFUL DO YOU
THINK
%-THE
CANCELLATION
OF
UNIVERSITIES%-GOING
ONLINE
AND
K-12
SCHOOLS%-WILL BE
TOWARD
MITIGATING
THE
%-COMMUNITY
SPREAD?
%->> THEY
HAVE
DIFFERENT
IMPACTS
%-ON
MITIGATION.
%-I THINK
THE REASON
WE
CAME
OUT
%-YESTERDAY
AS
PART OF
THE
%-DECLARATION OF THE
PUBLIC
HEALTH
%-EMERGENCY
ON
MASS
GATHERINGS
IS
%-BECAUSE THERE IS
VERY CLEAR
%-EVIDENCE
THAT
THESE
LARGE
%-GATHERINGS WITH
LOTS OF
PEOPLE
%-IN
CLOSE
CONTACT
FOR
EXTENDED
%-PERIODS
OF
TIME
IS A
VERY
%-IMPORTANT WAY THAT
THE
VIRUS
%-SPREADS.
%-AND
SO IT IS
WHY
WE
LEANED
IN
%-FIRST THERE
AND
WHY WE
CONTINUE%-TO
TRY
TO
GIVE
GOOD
ADVICE
TO
%-SCHOOLS.
%-WE
THINK THAT
THE
MOVE
TO
CANCEL
%-OR
DO
AUDIENCE-FREE
SPORTING%-EVENTS
AND OTHER
SORT OF
SOCIAL
%-DISTANCING TACTICS
ARE
REALLY
%-IMPORTANT TO
STOP THE
SPREAD OF
%-THIS
DISEASE.%->>
WHAT
MESSAGE WOULD
YOU
GIVE
%-TO
PEOPLE?%->>
SO
I
THINK
THERE'S A
BALANCE
%-HERE BETWEEN
THE
URGENCY
OF
THIS
%-AND DOING
WHAT WE
NEED
TO
DO
TO
%-PITCH IN
AND
HELP
EACH
OTHER
AND
%-TAKE CARE
OF
THOSE WHO
ARE
MOST
%-VULNERABLE IN OUR
STATE,
THOSE%-WHO ARE
OLDER,
THOSE
WITH
%-UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
%-AND
SO
WHILE
MOST
FOLKS
WHO WILL
%-BE
INFECTED
WITH
THIS
WILL
%-EXPERIENCE MILD SYMPTOMS,
WE
ALL
%-NEED
TO
TAKE
CARE OF
THE
FOLKS%-WHO ARE
MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE
TO
%-SEVERE DISEASE.
%-AND SO
GETTING
PREPARED NOW
FOR
%-THE
DISRUPTIONS
THAT
COULD
%-HAPPEN IN
YOUR
LIFE
IS A
REALLY
%-IMPORTANT THING
TO
DO
AND
THEN%-TO
BE
SUPER
CONSCIENTIOUS
ABOUT
%-HOW WHAT YOU
DO
IMPACTS OTHERS
%-IN
OUR
COMMUNITY.%->> ALL
RIGHT.
%-SECRETARY
PALM,
THANKS VERY
MUCH
%-AND
GOOD
LUCK.%->> THANK
YOU.%->> AS
WE'VE
REPORTED,
%-UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE STATE
%-HAVE
MADE
THE
DECISION
TO
%-CONDUCT
CLASSES
ONLINE
FOLLOWING
%-SPRING
BREAK,
AT
LEAST
THROUGH
%-APRIL 10.
%-IN
TONIGHT'S
CLOSER
LOOK,
WE
%-CHECK IN
WITH
THE
ASSOCIATE
%-VICE-CHANCELLOR AND
EXECUTIVE
%-DIRECTOR OF
UNIVERSITY HEALTH
%-SERVICES
AT
UW-MADISON
JAKE
%-BAGGOTT FOR
MORE.
%-FIRST,
HAS
UW-MADISON
HAS
ANY
%-SUSPECTED
OR
CONFIRMED
CASES
OF
%-CORONAVIRUS AT
THIS
POINT?
%->>
WE'VE
HAD A FEW
CASES
THAT
WE
%-SUSPECTED BUT ALL THE
TESTS
NOW
%-ARE NEGATIVE
AND
SO WE
HAVE
NO
%-POSITIVE
CASES
WITH
STUDENTS
ON
%-CAMPUS.%->> OKAY.
%-AND
SO
AS
OF
CLOSE
OF
CLASS
%-TODAY,
SPRING BREAK
STARTS
FOR
%-THESE
STUDENTS
FOR ONE WEEK.
%-AND THEN
WHAT?
%->> SO
RIGHT.
%-SO
WE'VE
PREPARED STUDENTS FOR
%-THE IDEA THAT
WE'RE
GOING TO
BE
%-SHIFTING
TO AN
ONLINE
DELIVERY
%-OF ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION.
%-WE'VE ASKED
THEM
TO
TAKE
THEIR
%-MATERIALS FROM
THEIR
RESIDENCE
%-HALLS,
APARTMENTS IF
THEY'RE
%-TRAVELING
AWAY
AND TO BE
%-PREPARED
TO
RESUME
ACADEMIC
%-INSTRUCTION
IN AN
ONLINE
MODE
OR
%-OTHER
ALTERNATIVE
DELIVERY
%-METHOD
WHEN
SPRING
BREAKS TERM
%-ENDS.%->> WHY
DID
THE
UNIVERSITY
MAKE
%-THIS DECISION AT THIS
TIME?
%->> SO
IT'S A
CAREFULLY%-CONSIDERED
DECISION,
CONSIDERING
%-OUR PARTICULAR
ENVIRONMENT, THE
%-QUICKLY-DEVELOPING
CIRCUMSTANCES%-ACROSS
THE
COUNTRY
WITH
THE
%-INFLUENZA
AND
THEN
RECOGNIZING%-THAT
IF WE CAN
GET
IN
FRONT OF
%-THIS
AND
CONTROL
THE
POTENTIAL
%-RISK,
THAT WE
CAN
BETTER
PROTECT
%-OUR
COMMUNITY
AND
OUR
STUDENTS
%-THAT
WE
HAVE.%->>
SO IT
WOULD
DELAY
ANY
KIND
OF
%-SURGE IN
CASES THAT
WERE
%-REPRESENTED BY
THE
UW-MADISON
%-COMMUNITY, BUT WHAT
HAPPENS
WHEN
%-THESE
STUDENTS
RETURN?
%->> CERTAINLY.
%-WELL, AND
WHAT
WE HOPE
AND
WHAT
%-WE'VE
ASKED
IS
THAT
STUDENTS BE
%-PREPARED
TO STAY AT HOME.
%-SO
AS
THE
SITUATION
DEVELOPS AND
%-WE
CONTINUE
TO
ASSESS
THAT, WE
%-MAY
NEED
TO
MAKE A
DECISION
TO
%-CONTINUE THAT THROUGH
THE
%-BALANCE OF
THE
SEMESTER.
%-WE'RE PREPARING AS
IF
THAT'S
%-GOING TO BE
THE
CASE.%->>
THE
BALANCE OF
THE
SEMESTER?%->>
TEACHING
ONLINE, RIGHT.
%-WE'LL
REEVALUATE
THE
EARLY
PART%-OF
APRIL AND
DETERMINE IS THAT
%-STILL THE APPROPRIATE PATH FOR
%-US
AND
HOW
DO
WE
BEST SUPPORT
%-THAT.
%-SO
WE'RE PREPARED
FOR
THAT
%-CONTINGENCY.
%-SO
STUDENTS,
MOST
WON'T
RETURN%-NECESSARILY TO THE
COMMUNITY.
%-SOME
WILL.
%-WE'VE
ENCOURAGED THEM
NOT TO
%-TRAVEL
IF
THAT'S THE
CASE, IF
%-THEY'RE ALREADY
RESIDING HERE IN
%-THE COMMUNITY.
%-THE RESIDENCE
HALLS
IS
ONE OF
%-OUR
BIGGEST
CHALLENGES.%->> RIGHT.
%-HOW MANY
STUDENTS LIVE
IN
THE
%-DORMS
THAT
THIS
WOULD
AFFECT
%-THAT
THEY
LITERALLY HAD
TO
MOVE%-OUT OF
THEIR
DORM
ROOM?
%->>
WE HAVEN'T ASKED
THEM
TO
MOVE
%-OUT, BUT TAKE
THE
THINGS
THEY
%-NEED
FOR
THEIR
INSTRUCTION.
%-7,000
STUDENTS RESIDE
IN
THE
%-RESIDENCE HALLS.
%-BECAUSE OF THE
DEMAND FOR
THOSE,
%-THEY'RE
GENERALLY VERY
FULL.
%->>
WHAT
PROVISIONS
FOR
STUDENTS
%-WHO CAN'T LEAVE
THEIR
DORMS
OR
%-STAY
OFF
CAMPUS?
%->> RIGHT.
%-SO WE
KNOW
THAT THERE
ARE
%-CERTAIN STUDENTS WHO WILL
NOT
BE
%-ABLE TO
TRAVEL OR THEY MIGHT
BE
%-IN
SITUATIONS
THAT
GOING
HOME
%-WOULD
PUT
THEM
AT A
DISADVANTAGE%-IN
TERMS OF
CONTINUING
THEIR
%-EDUCATION
ONLINE BECAUSE
OF
%-ACCESS
TO
TECHNOLOGY
AND
SO
%-FORTH.
%-SO WE
HAVE A
PROCESS IN
PLACE
TO
%-CONSIDER HOW
TO
CONTINUE
TO
%-HOUSE THEM IN
THE
RESIDENCE%-HALLS.
%-BUT
THOSE
NUMBERS WILL
BE
%-CONSIDERABLY LESS.%->>
DO YOU
KNOW HOW
MANY?
%->>
WE
EXPECT
1,000
TO
2,000.
%-THERE'S AN
ONGOING
PROCESS FOR
%-APPLYING FOR
THAT ABILITY
TO%-RETAIN THAT.%-WE
HAVE A LARGE
NUMBER
OF
%-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS THAT
WE
%-THINK WILL MAKE
UP A CERTAIN%-PORTION OF
THAT.%->>
HOW
PREPARED ARE
PROFESSORS
%-AND
OTHER
INSTRUCTORS
TO
TEACH
%-CLASSES
ONLINE?
%->> YEAH.
%-SO THAT'S
GOING TO
VARY.
%-SOME
HAVE
ALREADY BEEN
USING
%-THAT
TECHNOLOGY,
WILL DO WELL.
%-WE'VE
GOT A
TEAM
ALREADY WORKING
%-WITH
THAT TECHNOLOGY
AND THAT
%-SUPPORT.
%-SO
SOME OF
THOSE
CLASSES WILL
%-START OFF
VERY,
VERY
SMOOTHLY,
%-WITH
NO
INTERRUPTION
NECESSARILY
%-AND
OTHERS
MIGHT
TAKE A
LITTLE
%-MORE
TIME TO GET
FULLY
%-FUNCTIONAL.
%-BUT
WE FEEL
LIKE
OUR
FACULTY
%-WILL ADAPT
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THAT
AND
%-UNDERSTAND THE
NECESSITY FOR
%-THAT.%->>
SHOULD
STUDENTS
ACTUALLY
%-RETURN
TO
CAMPUS
AROUND
THAT
%-APRIL 10
DATE
AND
SHOULD
THEY BE
%-COMING FROM
PLACES
LIKE NEW
%-ROCHELLE,
NEW YORK,
OR%-WASHINGTON
STATE,
WOULD
THERE
%-THEN
BE
SOME
PROCESS WHERE THEY%-WOULD BE
TESTED FOR
CORONAVIRUS%-UPON THEIR
RETURN?%->>
SURE.
%-SO
THE
GUIDANCE
RIGHT
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--
AND
%-IT
COULD
CHANGE, OF
COURSE,
BUT
%-THE
GUIDANCE RIGHT
NOW,
PEOPLE%-WHO ARE
RETURNING
FROM
AREAS
%-WHERE
CDC
HAS
CONFIRMED THERE
IS
%-COMMUNITY
SPREAD, WE
WOULD ASK
%-THEM
TO
SELF-QUARANTINE THAT
%-POINT.
%-THAT'S A
14
-DAY
PERIOD.
%-THAT WOULD REQUIRE
THEM TO
STAY
%-PRETTY
MUCH WITHIN WHEREVER
%-THEY'RE
GOING TO
BE
RESIDING
%-DURING THAT PERIOD
OF
TIME UNTIL%-THEY COULD BE
FULLY ENGAGED
IN%-THE COMMUNITY.
%-BUT
THAT
SHOULDN'T
INTERRUPT
%-ONLINE
LEARNING
THAT MIGHT BE
%-GOING ON.
%->>
WHY
ARE
STAFF
NOT
WORKING
%-REMOTELY
AT
THIS
POINT
UNLESS
%-THERE'S
CHANGING
GUIDANCE
ON
%-THAT?%->>
SOME
STAFF
ARE.
%-ONE OF THE
CONSIDERATIONS
IS NOT
%-PUTTING OUR
EMPLOYEES AND
STAFF
%-AT
ANY
NECESSARY
RISK.
%-AND SO
WE'VE
HAD
SOME
EMPLOYEES
%-WHO
HAVE
ALREADY
TRANSITIONED
TO
%-ONLINE.
%-THAT WILL
CONTINUE
TO
DEVELOP
AS%-A
POSSIBILITY
AS
CIRCUMSTANCES
%-WARRANT.
%-AND SO
THAT'S
ALWAYS
BEEN AN%-OPTION.
%-IT'S
JUST NOT
SOMETHING
THAT HAS
%-BEEN
WIDESPREAD.%->> ALL RIGHT.
%-WE'LL LEAVE IT
THERE.%-JAKE
BAGGOTT,
THANKS VERY
MMP.%->> THANK
YOU.%->>
EVEN
AS THE
PRESIDENT
%-DECLARED A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY,%-THERE WERE
CONGRESSIONAL%-BIPARTISAN NEGOTIATIONS
OVER AN
%-ECONOMIC
RELIEF PACKAGE
TO
HELP
%-FURTHER
OFFSET
THE
DISRUPTIONS%-OF THE
CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC.
%-BESIDES
WORKING
TO
REACH
ACCORD%-ON
ITEMS LIKE
PAID
SICK
TIME.
%-WE CAUGHT
UP
WITH
SENATOR TAMMY
%-BALDWIN IN
WASHINGTON
THIS
WEEK
%-JUST
BEFORE
CORONAVIRUS CLOSED
%-THE
CAPITOL
AND
CONGRESSIONAL
%-OFFICES TO
VISITORS.
%-SHE TOLD
US
WHY
SHE'S IN
FAVOR
%-OF
PAID SICK LEAVE.%->>
THE
OUTBREAK
OF
COVID-19 HAS
%-SHOWN
US
HOW
IMPORTANT
%-SELF-QUARANTINE
OR
%-SELF-ISOLATION
IS TO
FIGHTING A
%-PANDEMIC AND
ADDRESSING A
PUBLIC
%-HEALTH EMERGENCY.
%-AND IF
YOU
CAN'T
AFFORD
TO DO
%-IT, IT IS
CREATING A
MORE
%-DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR
OUR
%-PUBLIC
HEALTH.
%-THERE'S GOING TO
BE
SOME
PEOPLE%-WHO ARE
ORDERED
BY
PUBLIC
HEALTH
%-OFFICIALS TO
STAY
HOME.
%-THERE'S GOING TO
BE
OTHERS
WHOSE
%-CHILDREN ARE
SENT
HOME
FROM
%-SCHOOL AND
THE
SCHOOL
IS
CLOSED.
%-AND TO HAVE
TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN
%-PUTTING FOOD ON THE
TABLE,
%-PAYING RENT
OR
HEAT AND
STAYING
%-HOME
WITH A
YOUNG
CHILD
WHO
%-NEEDS
PROVISION,
THAT'S AN
%-UNTENABLE POSITION.
%-AND
SO THIS
IS
AN
EMERGENCY
STEP
%-THAT
I
AM
STRONGLY
SUPPORTIVE
%-OF.%->>
FOR HIS
PART,
REPUBLICAN U.S.
%-SENATOR FROM
WISCONSIN, RON%-JOHNSON
HIMSELF
HAS
CONSULTED
%-WITH DOCTORS ABOUT THE
NEED
TO
%-SELF QUARN TEEN.
%-FORMER GOVERNOR SCOTT
WALKER HAS
%-ALSO
ISOLATED
HIMSELF AFTER
%-ATTENDING
THE
C-PAC
CONFERENCE%-WHERE SOMEONE
TESTED
POSITIVE
%-FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
%->>
NURSING
HOMES
AND
ASSISTED
%-LIVING
FACILITIES ACROSS THE
%-STATE ARE
CLAMPING
DOWN
ON
%-VISITORS IN
ORDER
TO
PREVENT
%-CORONAVIRUS.
%-NEW
GUIDELINES
NOW
INCLUDE
%-SCREENING
ALL
INDIVIDUALS,
%-INCLUDING HEALTH CARE
WORKERS,
%-CONSULTANTS
AND
VISITORS BEFORE%-THEY WOULD BE
ALLOWED TO
ENTER
%-THOSE
FACILITIES.
%-MARISA WOJCIK SAT
DOWN
WITH
JOHN
%-VANDERMERE, PRESIDENT OF
THE
%-WISCONSIN HEALTH CARE
%-ASSOCIATION
AND WISCONSIN
WISCONSIN
CENTER
%-FOR ASSISTED LIVING TO
HEAR
WHAT
%-MEASURES FACILITIES ARE
TAKING.%->>
WE'RE
ADVISING OUR
MEMBERS
TO
%-DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO
%-PROTECT THE HEALTH
AND
SAFETY OF
%-THE
RESIDENTS THAT
WE
SERVE.
%-SO
OUR
MEMBER
FACILITIES
ARE
%-ENGAGING IN A
COUPLE
OF CRITICAL
%-PRACTICES.%-FIRST OF
ALL,
THEY'RE
LIMITING
%-VISITATIONS OF
ALL
VISITORS
TO A
%-FACILITY.
%-ANY
VISITORS
THAT DO
ACTUALLY GO
%-INTO
THE
FACILITY,
THEY'RE
%-MAKING SURE
THAT THEY
WASH
THEIR
%-HANDS AND
THAT THERE ARE
%-SCREENING
PRACTICES
IN
PLACE
OF
%-THOSE
VISITORS.
%-THAT
THERE'S A
RESTRICTION
ON
%-LARGE GROUPS
IN
THOSE
FACILITIES
%-TO
ENACT
SOME
SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
%-AND THEN
OBVIOUSLY
I
THINK WHEN
%-YOU'RE
DEALING
WITH A
VULNERABLE
%-POPULATION, IT'S IMPORTANT
TO
%-MAKE SURE
THAT
THOSE
INDIVIDUALS
%-HAVE ACCESS
TO
THEIR
FAMILIES.
%-SO WE
ARE
RECOMMENDING
THAT
OUR
%-FACILITIES AND
OUR
FACILITIES
%-ARE
ADOPTING PRACTICES
TO
ENSURE
%-THAT
FACETIME
AND
REMOTE
%-CONFERENCING
OPTIONS ARE
%-AVAILABLE
TO ENSURE
THAT
%-RESIDENTS
STILL
MAINTAIN
THAT
%-PSYCHOSOCIAL CONNECTION WITH
%-THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS.
%-ONE OF
THE
THINGS THAT'S
VERY
%-IMPORTANT
TO
REALIZE
IN
THIS
SET
%-OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN
THE
PANDEMIC
%-IS
THE
ISSUE OF
THE
MORBIDITY
%-RATES AMONG
THE
ELDERLY.
%-SO
IT COULD
BE
15%
AND HIGHER
IN
%-THE
EVENT
THAT
TESTING
IS
%-NECESSARY
FROM A
CLINICAL
%-STANDPOINT,
WE'RE
DOING
%-EVERYTHING
THAT WE
CAN
AT
THE
%-STATE LEVEL
AND
THE
INDIVIDUAL
%-FACILITY LEVEL AND THE
PROVIDER
%-COMMUNITY TO WORK
WITH STATE
%-OFFICIALS TO
ENSURE
THAT THERE'S
%-TESTING
AVAILABLE.%->>
THE
WISCONSIN
ELECTIONS
%-COMMISSION LATE THIS
WEEK
%-DECIDED TO
ALLOW MUNICIPAL
%-CLERKS
WITH
GUIDANCE
OF
LOCAL
%-HEALTH OFFICIALS
TO
RELOCATE
%-POLLING
PLACES
CURRENTLY
SLATED%-TO BE
IN
NURSING
HOMES AND
OTHER
%-FACILITIES WHERE PUBLIC
HEALTH
%-IS A CONCERN.
%-THE
COMMISSION ALSO
DIRECTED%-MIEW
%-MUNICIPAL CLERKS
TO
MAIL
%-ABSENTEE
BALLOTS
DIRECTLY TO
%-RESIDENTS IN
NURSING
HOMES
%-INSTEAD
OF
DISPATCHING
TEAMS
OF
%-SPECIAL
VOTING
DEPUTIES
TO
THOSE
%-PLACES.
%-THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS
IS
%-ESPECIALLY DEADLY FOR
OLDER
%-PEOPLE
WITH
UNDERLYING
%-CONDITIONS.%-THESE
PEOPLE
ARE
CONSIDERED HIGH
%-RISK.
%-BUT
WHAT
DOES THAT
MEAN
AND
WHAT
%-SHOULD THEY
DO?
%-FOR
ANSWERS
TO
THOSE
QUESTIONS%-AND
MORE,
WE TURN ONCE
AGAIN
TO
%-DR. NASIA
SAFDAR,
THE
MEDICAL
%-DIRECTOR
OF
INFECTION CONTROL
AT
%-UW HOSPITALS
AND
CLINICS
AND
%-THANKS VERY MUCH
FOR
BEING
HERE.%->> THANK
YOU.
%->>
WHAT FIRST
IS
THE
%-CIRCUMSTANCE AT
YOUR
HOSPITAL IN
%-TERMS OF
ICU
BEDS
FILLED AND
%-PATIENTS
NEEDING
REST
RESPIRATORS
AND
%-THE
LIKE.%->> AT
THE
MOMENT
WE'RE NOT
%-SEEING
THAT.
%-IT'S
INEVITABLE
AT
SOME
POINT
%-THAT WILL
HAP.%->>
YOU
ARE
NOT
CURRENTLY
%-TREATING ANYONE
WITH
COVID-19.%->> THAT'S
CORRECT.
%->>
WITH
THIS
OUTBREAK
NOW,
DO
%-WISCONSIN HOSPITALS HAVE THE
%-CAPACITY AND
EQUIPMENT
TO
TREAT
%-VERY
SICK
PATIENTS
WITH THIS
%-CORONAVIRUS?%->> I
THINK
IT
DEPENDS.
%-I THINK TO
THE
EXTENT
THAT WE
%-CAN
PREPARE,
I
THINK
MOST
HEALTH
%-SYSTEMS HAVE
DEVELOPED
%-PREPAREDNESS
PLANS
OR
COLLECTING
%-SUPPLIES
AND
MAKING SURE
WE'RE
%-COORDINATING.
%-IT MAY
BE
IF THIS
IS
VERY
SEVERE
%-WE MAY
NOT
BE
ADEQUATELY
%-PREPARED
FOR
THE
WORST
POSSIBLE%-SCENARIO.
%-FOR WHAT
WE
THINK
IS
LIKELY TO
%-HAPPEN, WE
FEEL WE
ARE
PREPARED.%->> HOW
DOES
THE DECLARATION
OF%-AN EMERGENCY
COME
INTO
PLAY
IN
%-TERMS
OF
YOUR
PREPAREDNESS
%-PLANS?%->>
WELL, I
THINK
IT
ALLOWS
FOR
%-BETTER
COORDINATION ACROSS
%-SYSTEMS FOR
SHARING OF
SUPPLIES,
%-OF
RESOURCES,
OF
POTENTIALLY
%-STAFFING IF THERE
WAS A
%-WORKFORCE SHORTAGE.
%-FOR ALL
THOSE
REASONS IT
%-PROVIDES
FLEXIBILITY IN
MANAGING
%-THOSE
CRUCIAL
ASPECTS
OF
CARE.%->> DO
YOU
EXPECT
THAT
MEASURES%-BEING TAKEN
TO
LIMIT
CROWDS AND
%-UNIVERSITIES, FOR
EXAMPLE, GOING
%-TO
ONLINE
CLASSES WILL
ALLOW
%-THAT
SO-CALLED
FLATTENING OUT OF
%-CASES
TO LET
HOSPITALS
LIKE
%-YOURS MANAGE
SMALLER
WAVES
OF
%-PATIENTS AS
OPPOSED TO
HAVING
%-LIKE A SURGE
ALL
AT
ONCE?
%->>
I
THINK
IT'S
THE
ONLY MEASURE%-WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO
US TO ALLOW
%-US TO
DO
THAT.
%-SO I
THINK
IT WILL
BE
EFFECTIVE.
%-THE
QUESTION IS
PEOPLE NEED
TO
%-ENFORCE IT
AND
ADHERE
TO
IT
TO
%-AVOID
THESE
MASS
GATHERINGS AND
%-EVENTS
WHERE A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE
%-ARE
CONGREGATED TOGETHER.%->> IS
THAT A CONCERN
OF
YOURS,
%-THAT
PEOPLE WILL
TAKE
IT
VERY
%-LIGHTLY?
%->>
IT'S
VERY DIFFERENT
FROM
WHAT
%-WE'RE USED
TO.
%-WE
THINK
ALL WILL BE
FINE.
%-WHILE THAT'S THE
CASE FOR THE
%-MAJORITY OF THE
POPULATION,
%-THERE'S A CERTAIN
SEGMENT THAT
%-ISN'T
IN
THAT
BOAT.%->>
AS TO
THOSE
AT
HIGHEST
RISK,
%-OLDER
PEOPLE
AND
THOSE
WITH
%-COMPROMISED IMMUNE
SYSTEMS,
HOW
%-DANGEROUS IS
THIS FOR
THEM?
%->>
FOR
THAT
GROUP,
THIS VIRUS
%-HAS
THE
POTENTIAL TO
BE
VERY%-DEADLY.%-IF
YOU
LOOK
AT
THE COMPLICATION
%-RATE, THE
SEVERITY
OF
ILLNESS,
%-THE DEATH
RATES
FROM
COVID-19,%-IT'S
THAT
POPULATION THAT
IS
%-LIKELY TO
BEAR THE
BRUNT OF
IT.
%->>
THE
GUIDANCE
IS
THAT
THOSE
AT
%-HIGHEST
RISK
OVER
AGE
60
AND
%-WITH
UNDERLYING
CONDITIONS
%-SHOULD
SELF-ISOLATE?%-IS THAT
RIGHT?%->> THEY
SHOULD
AVOID
MASS
%-GATHERINGS.%-THEY
SHOULD
AVOID PUBLIC
PLACES
%-WHERE
THERE'S
PEOPLE
%-CONGREGATING TOGETHER,
YES.%->>
WHEN
WE
TALK
ABOUT
UNDERLYING
%-CONDITIONS, WHAT ARE
THOSE?
%->>
ANY
CHRONIC
CONDITION,
LUNG
%-DISEASE,
HEART
DISEASE,
IMMUNE
%-COMPROMISE,
ORGAN
%-TRANSPLANTATION,
RENAL
DISEASE
%-OR
KIDNEY DAMAGE.
%-THOSE
ARE
ALL
CONDITIONS TO BE
%-CONCERNED WITH.%->>
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
THE
%-POPULATION
DOES THIS
REPRESENT?
%->>
CONSIDERABLE AND
GROWING%-POPULATION.%-IF YOU
THINK
OF
AGE
60
AND
%-OLDER,
THAT'S A
LARGE PROPORTION
%-OF
OUR
POPULATION.%->>
WELL, IS THERE ANYTHING
THAT
%-THIS POPULATION CAN
DO
TO
TRY
TO
%--- OTHER THAN
AVOIDING MASS
%-GATHERINGS TO
TRY
TO PREVENT
%-THIS?%->> I
THINK
AVOIDING
SICK PEOPLE
%-TO
THE
EXTENT THAT THEY
CAN.
%-EXPOSURE TO
SOMEONE WHO IS
ILL,
%-EVEN IF
IT'S A
MILD ILLNESS.
%-SO
THIS
POPULATION IS
MAYBE
%-TAKING CARE OF
GRANDCHILDREN
OR
%-FAMILY MEMBERS
AND
DOING
BABYSIT
%-ISING
%-BABY-SITTING
FOR
LOVED
ONES.
%-YOU WANT
TO
AVOID
COMING
INTO
%-CONTACT WITH
SOMEBODY
WITH A%-REST
%-RESPIRATORY ILLNESS.%->>
WHAT WOULD
SYMPTOMS
OF
THIS
%-CORONAVIRUS LOOK LIKE?
%->>
THE
EARLY
SYMPTOMS CAN BE
%-PRETTY
ATTENUATED
BECAUSE
THEIR
%-IMMUNE
SYSTEM
IS
COMPROMISED.
%-THEY
MIGHT NOT
GET
THE
HIGH
%-FEVER.
%-THEY HAVE TO
BE ON
THE
LOOKOUT
%-FOR MILD SYMPTOMS.
%-THE
SECOND
WEEK THEY HAVE
TO
%-REALLY LOOK
VERY
CLOSELY
AT
%-THEIR SYMPTOMS
TO
MAKE
SURE THEY
%-ARE
RECOVERING
FOR
WHAT
MIGHT
%-SEEMINGLY
BE A
MILD
CONDITION.
%->>
WHAT SHOULD
THEY
DO
IF
THEY
%-SEE THESE KINDS
OF
SYMPTOMS,%-EVEN
IF
THEY SEEM
MILD?
%->> THEY SHOULD
CALL
THEIR HEALTH%-CARE
PROVIDER.
%-I
DON'T
RECOMMEND PEOPLE COME
%-INTO
THE HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM
%-BECAUSE YOU
PUT YOUR
RECEIVING%-AT RISK IF
YOU
DO
THAT.
%-SO CALLING
AHEAD
AND
MAKING
%-ARRANGEMENTS TO
FIND
OUT
IF
THEY
%-NEED TO BE
TESTED
AND
THEN TO BE
%-TESTED
IF
IT'S
APPROPRIATE.%->>
DR. NASIA
SAFDAR, THANKS
VERY
%-MUCH.%->> THANK
YOU.%->>
FOR
UPDATED INFORMATION
AND
%-THE
ANSWERS TO
FREQUENTLY-ASKED%-QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
CORONAVIRUS
%-IN
WISCONSIN, GO
TO
THE
%-wiscontext.org
WEBSITE.
%-AND
FINALLY
TONIGHT,
THIS
%-PROGRAM
NOTE,
FRIDAY
NIGHT,
%-MARCH
27,
THE
CANDIDATES
RUNNING
%-FOR
STATE SUPREME
COURT,
%-INCUMBENT
JUSTICE
DANIEL
KELLY
%-AND JUDGE
JILL
KAROFSKY WILL BE
%-HERE
FOR A
LIVE
DEBATE.
%-AND THAT
IS
OUR
PROGRAM FOR
%-TONIGHT.
%-I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
%-HAVE A GREAT
WEEKEND.
%->>
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MORE "HERE AND
NOW"
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%-AND
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