% >> WELCOME TO "NOON WEDNESDAY",
% I'M MURV SEYMOUR.
% THE PUSH IS ON ACROSS THE STATE
% TO GET MORE PEOPLE IN WISCONSIN
% VACCINATED AS SOME PARTS SEE
% SPIKES IN COVID CASES.
% WILL CUSHMAN HAS BEEN REPORTING
% WITH COVID STATEWIDE AND JOINS
% US TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
% GOOD AND THE BANEWS AND THE
% EFFORTS TO GET COVID UNDER
% CONTROL.%WILL, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US
% FOR THIS UPDATE.
% LET'S START HERE.
% GIVE US A SNAPSHOT HOW THE
% STATEIS DOING AS A WHOLE WITH
% VACCINATIONS AND INFECTIONS.
% >> VACCINATIONS CONTINUE TO
% SLIME SLOWLY OVER THE LAST
% MONTH.
% AS OF YESTERDAY ABOUT 53% OF
% THE STATE'S RESIDENTS HAD
% RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF
% VACCINE.%THAT'S A LITTLE MORE
THAN 3
% MILLION PEOPLE.
% A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF THE
% STATE POPULATION SUGGESTS.
% THE NUMBERS ARE CREEPING UP
% SLOWLY OVER THE LAST MONTH WHEN
% COMPARED TO NEW CASES OF THE
% DISEASE OF COVID-19.
% CASES HAVE REALLY BEEN SPIKING
% OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
% JUST YESTERDAY THE STATE HEALTH
% DEPARTMENT REPORTED ABOUT 1500
% NEW CASES.
% THAT BRINGS THE SEVEN DAY
% AVERAGE FOR NEW CASES TO 1100
% NEW CASES PER DAY.
% WHICH IS THE HIGHEST THAT
% MEASURE HAS BEEN SINCE
% FEBRUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY.
% SO CASES ARE CLIMBING QUITE
% RAPIDLY.%MULTIPLE PARTS OF TH
E STATE.
% PRIMARILY MILWAUKEE AREA.
% >> YOU REPORT MORE THAN TWO
% DOZEN COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE
% THE VACCINATION RATE IS BELOW
% 50% AND BELOW 40% IN SOME
% PLACES.%SHOULD WE BE ALARMED
BY THESE
% NUMBERS?
% >> PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SEEM
% TO BE.
% THEY ARE RAISING THE ALARM
% ABOUT NEW CASES AS ARE DOCTORS
% WORKING IN COVID WARDS ACROSS
% THE STATE.
% THEY'RE REOPENING IN HOSPITALS
% AROUND THE STATE.
% SOME HAD CLOSED BECAUSE THE NEW
% CASES OF THE DISEASE REQUIRING
% HOSPITALIZATION HAVE SLOWED
% DOWN SO MUCH EARLIER IN THE
% SUMMER.%BUT YEAH, WITH A FAI
RLY LOW
% PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE VACCINATED
% IN A LOT OF WISCONSIN
% COMMUNITIES PUBLIC HEALTH
% OFFICIALS, DOCTORS AND
% HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE QUITE
% CONCERNED AT THE PRESENT MOMENT.
% >> YOU ALSO REPORT THERE ARE A
% HANDFUL OF COUNTIES WHERE THE
% VACCINATIONS MEET OR EXCEED THE
% GOAL OF GETTING 70% OF ADULTS
% VACCINATED.%WHAT ARE THESE C
OUNTIES DOING
% WHERE THE OTHERS AREN'T WHERE
% THE VACCINATION RATES ARE LOW?
% >> THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD
% QUESTION.
% I THINK AS OF YESTERDAY THERE
% WERE EIGHT OUT OF WISCONSIN'S
% 70 COUNTIES WHERE 70% OR MORE
% ADULTS IN THE COUNTY HAD AT
% LEAST STARTED THE PROCESS OF
% GETTING VACCINATED.
% HAD RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE.
% AND YEAH, IT IS HARD TO SAY.
% THERE ARE COUNTIES ALL OVER THE
% STATE INCLUDES DADE, DOOR, A
% COUPLE OF RURAL COUNTIES ALONG
% LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE.
% BAYFIELD AND ASHLAND COUNTY.
% MILWAUKEE SUBURBS AND A COUPLE
% COUNTIES AROUND THE STATE.
% THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT YOU
% CAN SAY, I GUESS, ABOUT THE
% SIMILARITIES.
% THEY ARE FAIRLY DIFFERENT
% PLACES WITH DIFFERENT PUBLIC
% HEALTH DEPARTMENTS SO I'M NOT
% SURE IF IT'S NECESSARILY A
% WINNING STRATEGY TO GETTING
% THOSE VACCINATIONS UP HIGHER.
% BUT WE KNOW IN SOME PLACES LIKE
% IN DOOR COUNTY, A LARGE PORTION
% OF THE POPULATION IS OLDER, IT
% IS MADE UP OF FAIRLY LARGE
% NUMBER OF RETIREES.
% WE KNOW THAT OLDER
% WISCONSINITES LIKE ELSEWHERE
% AROUND THE NATION ARE GETTING
% VACCINATED AT MUCH HIGHER RATES.
% WE ALSO KNOW THERE IS A
% POLITICAL -- PEOPLE'S
% WILLINGNESS TO GET VACCINATED.
% AT LEAST IN SOME AREAS AND WE
% KNOW THAT PLACES LIKE DANE
% COUNTY THAT ARE QUITE BLUE AND
% DEMOCRATIC VOTED HEAVILY FOR
% JOE BIDEN THOSE ARE ALL KIND OF
% FACTORS THAT HAVE BEEN
% ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER
% ENTHUSIASM FOR GETTING A
% VACCINE.
% I THINK IT DEPENDS AS MUCH ON
% THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COUNTY
% AS IT DOES ON THE STRATEGIES OF
% THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS
% OF GETTING VACCINATION RATES
% HIGHER.
% >> SO BECAUSE OF THIS DELTA
% VARIANT OF THE VIRUS THERE HAVE
% BEEN MORE PLEAS FROM HEALTH
% OFFICIAL OFFICIALS AND OTHERS
% FOR UNVACCINATED FOLKS TO GET
% TO VACCINE.
% HOW ARE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE
% STATE RESPONDING TO THAT?
% >> IT SEEMS LIKE AT LEAST SOME
% PEOPLE ARE HEARING THE PLEAS.
% WE KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF
% HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IN THE STATE
% HAVE RECENTLY MANDATED
% VACCINATION FOR THEIR WORKERS,
% THAT HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN THE
% CASE UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN CASES
% WERE SPIKING.
% AND COINCIDING WITH THAT IT
% SEEMS THAT MORE PEOPLE IN THE
% LAST WEEK OR TWO HAVE DECIDED
% TO START THE VACCINATION
% PROCESS THAN WERE STARTING IT
% EARLIER IN JULY.
% THE NUMBER OF -- THE AVERAGE
% NUMBER OF DOSES ADMINISTERED
% HAS CREPT UP PRETTY STEADILY
% OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS
% FROM 500 -- EXCUSE ME 5,500
% SHOTS PER DAY TO ABOUT 2,000
% SHOTS PER DAY.
% MORE PEOPLE SEEM TO HEED THE
% ADVICE THAT PUBLIC HEALTH
% OFFICIALS --
% >> IT IS WORTH NOTING YOU
% MENTIONED DOOR COUNTY A LITTLE
% BIT.
% THEY HAVE A HIGH VACCINATION
% RATE AMONG ADULTS BUT SEE AN
% INCREASE IN CASES THERE
% RECENTLY.%DO WE KNOW WHAT'S
HAPPENING
% WITH THAT?
% >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
% THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING
% PLACES LIKE DANE COUNTY WITH
% HIGH VACCINATION RATES.
% WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS EVEN IN
% PLACES THAT FAIRLY HIGH
% VACCINATION RATES AROUND 70%, A
% LITTLE BIT UNDER IN DOOR
% COUNTY, THERE ARE STILL QUITE A
% FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
% VACCINATED WHO ARE GETTING
% INFECTED.%WE ALSO -- THE EVI
DENCE IS
% BECOMING CLEARER THAT THE DELTA
% VARIANT, THIS VERY CONTAGIOUS
% VARIANT SPREADING QUITE RAPIDLY
% ACROSS WISCONSIN AND THE UNITED
% STATES IS LIKELY ASSOCIATED
% WITH MORE BREAKTHROUGH
% INFECTIONS.%SO PEOPLE WHO AR
E FULLY
% VACCINATED GETTING INFECTED AND
% THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD TERM A
% BREAKTHROUGH INFECTION.%WE B
ELIEVE THOSE ARE A LITTLE
% HIGHER WITH THE DELTA VARIANT.
% THAT'S CERTAINLY PART OF THE
% PUZZLE AS WELL.
% >> DANE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS
% SAY THEY'RE OVER THE MOON WITH
% THE HIGH VACCINATION RATES
% THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
% I GET THE IMPRESSION THE
% NUMBERS DON'T ALWAYS TELL THE
% WHOLE STORY.
% HOW CAN YOU HAVE SUCH A HIGH
% VACCINATION RATES AND
% VACCINATIONS NEAR THE UW CAMPUS
% AND SUN PRAIRIE ARE LOW.
% HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
% >> I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE
% RATES ARE SO HIGH IN SOME
% PLACES.
% THERE ARE AREAS FOR INSTANCE
% VERONA WHERE THE VACCINATION
% RATE IS ALMOST 90%.
% THAT'S A SUBURB OF MADISON.
% I ALSO TALKED TO THE VACCINE
% DEPUTY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH DANE
% COUNTY, COMBINED HEALTH
% DEPARTMENT FOR MADISON AND DANE
% COUNTY.
% SHE SAID THAT THE HEALTH
% DEPARTMENT IS KIND OF
% INTERPRETING SOME OF THE LOCAL
% VACCINATION RATE WITH A BIT OF
% A JAUNDICED EYE.
% YOU MENTIONED THE AREA AROUND
% CAMPUS.
% SHE SAID THEY AREN'T PUTTING
% TOO MUCH STOCK INTO THAT LOWER
% WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LOWER
% VACCINATION RATE IN THAT ZIP
% CODE AROUND CAMPUS BECAUSE
% THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENTS
% THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING WILL
% HAVE BEEN VACCINATED OVER THE
% SUMMER AND THOSE VACCINATION
% RECORDS ARE LIKELY ASSOCIATED
% WITH THE PERMANENT ADDRESS,
% WHICH FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS IS
% STILL WHERE ADDRESSES WHERE
% THEY GREW UP, NOT NECESSARILY
% IN DANE COUNTY OR ON CAMPUS.
% THEN YOU MENTIONED SOME AREAS
% EAST OF SUN PRAIRIE, DEFINITELY
% KIND OF THE RURAL HINTER-LANDS
% OF DANE COUNTY HAVE LOWER
% VACCINATION RATES AND SMALLER
% POPULATION AND ACTUALLY THE
% VACCINATION RATES THERE ARE A
% BIT HIGHER THAN THEY ARE IN
% MOST RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE.
% >> I ALSO SEE THAT HEALTH
% OFFICIALS IN DANE COUNTY HAVE
% SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE LOW
% NUMBER OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS
% GETTING THE VACCINE.
% WHY ARE THE NUMBERS IN THIS
% ETHNIC GROUP LAGGING BEHIND
% WHITES AND OTHER MINORITIES AND
% WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THAT?
% >> THAT'S RIGHT.
% A LITTLE UNDER 40% OF DANE
% COUNTY'S BLACK RESIDENTS HAVE
% GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE
% VACCINE COMPARED TO 2/3 OF THE
% COUNTY'S WHITE RESIDENTS AND I
% POSED THAT SAME QUESTION TO THE
% VACCINE DEPUTY OF DANE COUNTY
% AND SHE SAID THAT THEY ARE
% DEALING WITH SOME KIND OF
% LONGSTANDING ISSUES OF NOT A
% LOT OF GREAT COMMUNICATION
% BETWEEN THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH
% DEPARTMENT AND HEALTHCARE
% PROVIDERS WITH MEMBERS OF
% MADISON'S BLACK COMMUNITIES.
% SHE SAID THEY ARE CONTINUING TO
% HOLD LOCAL VACCINATION CLINICS
% IN PREDOMINANTLY BLACK
% NEIGHBORHOODS.%WORKING WITH B
LACK CHURCHES TO
% TRY TO SPREAD THE WORD ON
% VACCINATIONS.
% AND SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT A
% SOCIAL MEDIA MISINFORMATION HAS
% BEEN AN ISSUE.
% THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS HAVING
% TO COMBAT AMONG PEOPLE ACROSS
% THE COMMUNITY.
% SHE SAID THAT'S DEFINITELY AN
% ISSUE AS WELL.
% >> LET'S MOVE FORWARD HERE AND
% TALK ABOUT THE DELTA VARIANT.
% DOES IT MAKE UP A LOT OF NEW
% COVID CASES ACROSS THE STATE?
% >> IT DOES.
% LAST WORD FROM STATE HEALTH
% DEPARTMENT IT WAS AT LEAST OVER
% 80% OF NEW CASES WERE
% ASSOCIATED WITH THE DELTA
% VARIANT.
% >> AND I KNOW SOME VACCINATED
% PEOPLE OUT THERE FEEL PROTECTED
% AGAINST THE VIRUS.
% WHAT DOES THE CDC SAY ABOUT
% WHETHER OR NOT THESE FOLKS
% SHOULD LET THEIR GUARD DOWN
% BECAUSE THEY'RE NOW VACCINATED?
% >> RIGHT.
% ESPECIALLY I THINK I AM NOT
% SURPRISED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
% ARE CONFUSED ABOUT THE SUPER
% NEW AT THIS POINT BUT THE NEWER
% CDC GUIDANCE THAT EVEN FULLY
% VACCINATED PEOPLE WEAR
% FACEMASKS IN PUBLIC ENCLOSED
% SPACES AND AREA WITH HIGH
% TRANSMISSION.
% NOT TO SAY THE VACCINES ARE NOT
% PROTECTIVE.
% THEY ARE STILL VERY PROTECTIVE.
% IN FACT, I JUST GOT SOME
% STATISTICS FROM THE STATE
% HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAST NIGHT
% ABOUT BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS,
% HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND DEATHS IN
% THE STATE BETWEEN JANUARY 1st
% AND AUGUST 4th OF THIS YEAR.
% THE VAST MAJORITY OF INFECTIONS
% IN THE STATE ARE ASSOCIATED
% WITH UNVACCINATED PEOPLE.
% I HAVE OEF GOT THE STATS RIGHT
% HERE.
% ABOUT 153,000 CASES IN
% WISCONSIN BETWEEN JANUARY AND
% AUGUST 4th WERE VACCINATED
% PEOPLE THAT COMPARES TO 5,000
% CASES FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE
% SO OBVIOUSLY A SMALLER NUMBER
% THERE.%AT THE SAME TIME THERE
WERE
% OVER 6800 HOSPITALIZATIONS
% AMONG UNVACCINATED PEOPLE
% VERSUS ABOUT 300
% HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR VACCINATED
% PEOPLE.
% AND THEN ABOUT -- EXCUSE ME,
% SORRY, ALMOST 1300 DEATHS
% BETWEEN JANUARY AND AUGUST
% AMONG UNVACCINATED PEOPLE
% COMPARED TO 35 DEATHS FOR FULLY
% VACCINATED PEOPLE.
% IT IS A MUCH, MUCH SMALLER
% NUMBER OF PEOPLE GETTING
% INFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS WHO
% ARE FULLY VACCINATED BUT THEN
% EVEN A SMALLER NUMBER GETTING
% SEVERE SYMPTOMS AND A VERY
% SMALL NUMBER ARE DYING COMPARED
% TO UNVACCINATED PEOPLE.
% SO THE VACCINES ARE A POWERFUL
% PROTECTIVE EFFECT AND AT THE
% SAME TIME THE NEW GUIDANCE TO
% MASK UP IN AREAS OF HIGH
% TRANSMISSION IS JUST AS MUCH IF
% NOT MORE TO PROTECT
% UNVACCINATED PEOPLE AROUND YOU
% IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED.
% >> IS THERE ANY WAY TO FORECAST
% WHAT THE NUMBER WILL DO THIS
% FALL WITH MORE PEOPLE GOING
% BACK TO SCHOOL, THE FALL
% SPORTING SEASON WILL BEGIN AND
% ALL THIS ADDS UP TO MORE LARGE
% GATHERINGS?%ARE THERE MORE C
ONCERNS ABOUT
% PUBLIC SAFETY HEADING INTO FALL?
% >> I THINK THERE ARE ESPECIALLY
% WITH THE START OF THE SCHOOL
% YEAR.
% WE KNOW NO CHILDREN YOUNGER
% THAN 12 ARE VACCINATED BECAUSE
% THEY AREN'T ELIGIBLE FOR
% VACCINATION.
% AND WE'RE SEEING A NUMBER OF
% SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE
% STATE ANNOUNCING THAT THEY ARE
% GOING TO REQUIRE MASKS FOR ALL
% STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF
% REGARDLESS OF THEIR VACCINATION
% STATUS, WHICH IS A
% RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE
% HEALTH DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW.
% SURELY A LARGE NUMBER OF SCHOOL
% DISTRICTS MAY HAVE NO MASK
% REQUIREMENT OR SOME SORT OF
% HYBRID MASK REQUIREMENT.
% AND SO YEAH, I THINK DEFINITELY
% THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL HAS
% PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS A
% LITTLE ANXIOUS ABOUT NEW CASES
% AND THEN AS YOU SAID, I THINK
% WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT
% WHERE LARGE PUBLIC GATHERINGS
% ARE JUST HAPPENING AGAIN
% WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE
% NECESSARILY PRUDENT.
% SUMMER FEST IS STILL ON IN THE
% BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER IN
% MILWAUKEE.
% SOME OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED
% THEY'LL REQUIRE PROOF OF
% VACCINATION OR RECENT NEGATIVE
% COVID TEST TO GAIN ENTRANCE TO
% SUMMER FEST GROUNDS.
% SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT THEY
% ARE WORKING TO DO TO TRY TO
% REDUCE THE RISK THAT LARGE
% PUBLIC GATHERING POSES.
% YEAH, IT IS DEFINITELY OF
% CONCERN GOING FORWARD.
% >> YOU MENTIONED SUMMER FEST.
% LET'S TALK MILWAUKEE.
% HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY SEE
% AN EXTREME SURGE IN COVID CASES
% THERE.
% HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY THE
% SITUATION GETS THIS EXTREME
% LABEL?
% >> YEAH, IT IS BECAUSE CASES
% ARE JUST RISING SO QUICKLY IN
% MILWAUKEE COUNTY AND IN
% MILWAUKEE IN PARTICULAR.
% THEY'VE BEEN RISING MUCH FASTER
% THERE THAN THEY HAVE IN ANY
% OTHER PART OF THE STATE FOR THE
% LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
% MILWAUKEE COUNTY HAS A
% VACCINATION RATE AROUND 50%.
% PRETTY CLOSE TO THE STATEWIDE
% VACCINATION RATE.%SO IT DEFI
NITELY SEEMS TO BE ON
% THE LEADING EDGE OF NEW CASES
% AND ALSO HOSPITALIZATIONS.
% HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE STARTING
% TO SPIKE IN MILWAUKEE AND
% SURROUNDING AREA AS WELL.
% IT MAY BE PORTENDING WHAT MIGHT
% COME IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
% STATE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.
% >> CAN THEY CONNECT THE SURGE
% AT ALL TO THE BUCKS CELEBRATION
% WITH ALL THE FOLKS COMING OUT
% TO CELEBRATE THE CHAMPIONSHIP?
% >> YEAH, THERE ARE ACTUALLY
% SEVERAL HUNDRED CASES OF COVID
% WERE CONFIRMED VIA CONTACT
% TRACING TO THE ASSOCIATED WITH
% THE CELEBRATIONS IN THE
% DISTRICT OR IN THE VICINITY OF
% THE BUCKS ARENA AND ARE
% BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH
% THOSE REALLY LARGE GATHERINGS
% AND CELEBRATIONS.
% >> DO WE KNOW, WILL, WHETHER
% THEY'RE DOING ANYTHING AT ALL
% TO SLOW THE CASES IN MILWAUKEE
% BECAUSE OF THIS EXTREME SURGE?
% >> WELL, I THINK THERE LIKE
% EVERYWHERE PUBLIC HEALTH
% OFFICIALS AND DOCTORS, ETC.,
% ARE REALLY PUSHING VACCINATIONS
% TRYING TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE
% WHO HAVEN'T BEEN VACCINATED
% YET, WHICH IS STILL QUITE A
% LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, TO TAKE
% A STEP TO START THE VACCINATION
% PROCESS.%I THINK THAT'S NUMBE
R ONE.
% NUMBER TWO IS REALLY STRONGLY
% URGING AND RECOMMENDING PEOPLE
% WEAR MASKS AGAIN IN PUBLIC
% SETTINGS REGARDLESS OF YOUR
% VACCINATION STATUS.
% AND THEN REALLY RECOMMENDING
% THAT PEOPLE KIND OF RECONSIDER
% ATTENDING LARGE PUBLIC
% GATHERINGS OR RECONSIDER
% POTENTIAL TRAVEL, OTHER
% POTENTIALLY RISKY BEHAVIORS
% THAT COULD SPREAD THE VIRUS.
% >> THIS FEELS LIKE WE'RE
% SLIPPING BACK TOWARDS SQUARE
% ONE WITH THE DANGER OF THIS
% VIRUS.%WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOU
T THAT?
% >> YEAH.
% I AM SMILING BECAUSE IT FEELS
% -- I THINK LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE
% I FEEL CHAGRINED AT THE MOMENT.
% A MONTH OR TWO IT FELT LIKE WE
% WERE SEEING LIGHT AT THE END OF
% THE TUNNEL WITH THE PANDEMIC
% AND NOW LIKE IT FEELS LIKE DEJA
% VU LIKE LAST FALL HOW QUICKLY
% CASES ARE INCREASING AGAIN.
% THE DIFFERENCE IS SO MANY
% PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED NOW.
% A LOT STILL HAVE TO BE
% VACCINATED.%A LITTLE MORE TH
AN HALF OF
% WISCONSINITES ARE VACCINATED
% AGAINST COVID-19 NOW AND SO
% THAT IN AND OF ITSELF HAS A
% REALLY STRONG PROTECTIVE
% EFFECT, NOT JUST FOR YOU AS AN
% INDIVIDUAL BUT FOR THE ENTIRE
% COMMUNITY.%THERE ARE CLEARLY
STILL A LOT
% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED
% AND DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE
% IMMUNITY THROUGH PRIOR
% INFECTION WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO
% THE DISEASE.
% AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY
% VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS ALSO WHO
% ARE VULNERABLE WHEN THEY ARE
% COMPROMISED OR WHAT NOT.
% THERE IS DEFINITELY STILL QUITE
% A RISK ESPECIALLY TO HOSPITALS.
% HOSPITALS ARE SEEING A LOT MORE
% COVID PATIENTS AND SOME ARE
% RECOMMENDING OR CHOOSING TO
% MAYBE PUSH BACK PROCEDURES OR
% THINKING ABOUT -- THINKING
% DEEPLY ABOUT CARE MODELS GOING
% FORWARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
% WEEKS AND MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE
% DEFINITE STRAIN THAT ALL THESE
% HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE HAVING ON
% THEIR INFRASTRUCTURES AND
% WORKERS.
% THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS
% DEFINITELY OF CONCERN.
% BUT FOR AVERAGE VACCINATED
% PERSON IN WISCONSIN, I WOULD
% SAY -- I PERSONALLY AM FULLY
% VACCINATED AND I FEEL LESS
% ANXIOUS ABOUT THE PANDEMIC
% RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT EVEN
% GIVEN THE STILL A VERY SERIOUS
% ISSUE FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT I
% FEEL LESS PERSONAL RISK THAN I
% DID LAST FALL WHEN I WASN'T
% VACCINATED AT ALL.
% >> WE'LL HAVE TO LIVE IT THERE.
% WILL CUSHMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE
% UPDATE AND EXCELLENT REPORTING
% ON THE COVID CRISIS ACROSS THE
% STATE.
% >> YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
% THANKS A LOT.
% >> FOR MORE ON "HERE AND NOW"
% AND VISIT PBS WISCONSIN.
% THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
% "NOON WEDNESDAY".
% I'M MURV SEYMOUR, HAVE A GREAT
% DAY, EVERYBODY.