%-WISCONSIN TODAY
SHOW
ANOTHER
%-2500 PEOPLE
TESTED
POSITIVE
FOR
%-COVID-19
AND
ALL
72
COUNTING
%-REPORT
HIGH
COVID ACTIVITY.
%-FOR
MORE
WE
CHECK
IN
WITH
CHIEF
%-MEDICAL OFFICER IN
WISCONSIN AND
%-STATE
EPIDEMIOLOGIST,
DR. RYAN
%-WESTERGAARD.
%-THANKS VERY
MUCH
FOR
JOINING
US.
%->>
HI,
FREDERICA.
%-NICE TO BE WITH
YOU.%->>
HOW
FRIGHTENED SHOULD
WE
BE
%-BY THESE
NUMBERS?
%->>
WELL,
I'M
EXTREMELY MORE
%-CONCERNED, MORE
CONCERNED
THAN
%-I'VE BEEN
THROUGHOUT
ANY
POINT
%-IN THE PANDEMIC.
%-THE
INCREASE,
MEAN
THE
%-TRAJECTORY OF NEW
CASES, IS
%-STEEPER THAN
IT
HAS
EVER BEEN.
%-WE'RE ALSO
STARTING TO
SEE AN
%-UPTICK
IN
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND
%-SEVERE DISEASE.
%-SO THIS IS
ABOUT
THE
MOST
%-CONCERNING PICTURE THAT
WE'VE
%-HAD.%->>
AND
NOW
HEALTH
OFFICIALS
LIKE
%-YOURSELF ARE
WORRIED
ABOUT WHAT
%-IS
AROUND THE
BEND AS
WELL.%->>
WELL,
RESPIRATORY
VIRUS
%-SEASON STARTS
IN
THE
FALL,
GETS
%-WORSE IN
THE WINTER AND RESOLVES%-IN THE
EARLY
SPRING.
%-IT'S A
LITTLE
DIFFERENT EVERY
%-YEAR, BUT THAT
IS
THE
PATTERN.
%-SO
IF WE
ARE
AT
THE
BEGINNING
OF
%-COLD
AND
FLU
SEASON
AND
COVID-19%-VIRUS
BEHAVES
LIKE
OTHER
%-RESPIRATORY
VIRUSES,
IT
COULD
%-GET A
LOT
WORSE UNLESS WE
TAKE
%-SOME
PRETTY AGGRESSIVE
ACTIONS.%->>
LIKE?
%->>
WELL,
WE
SAW
HOW TO
FLATTEN
%-THE CURVE
IN
THE
SPRING
IN
%-APRIL AND MAY.
%-MOST STATES
HAVE SOME
SORT
OF
A%-"STAY AT HOME" ORDER.
%-WIDESPREAD
ATTENTION
TO
SOCIAL
%-DISTANCING
WORKS.
%-WE'RE
GOING
TO
NEED
TO
DO
THAT
%-TO
FLATTEN THE
CURVE
AGAIN.%->>
AND
YET WHAT IS
AT
THE
%-GOVERNOR'S
DISPOSAL
AT
THIS
%-MOMENT
IS A
MASK
MANDATE.%-IS THAT
CORRECT
?
%->> A
MASK MANDATE CAN
BE A
%-HELPFUL TOOL AS
WELL,
BUT
IT'S
%-ONE PIECE
OF A
LARGE
PUZZLE IN
%-TERMS
OF
PREVENTION
STRATEGIES.
%-AND IF
THE
POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENT
%-DOESN'T
SUPPORT A "STAY AT HOME"
%-ORDER, IT'S
ON
EVERYONE
%-INDIVIDUALLY TO TAKE
IT
ON
%-THEMSELVES TO
LIMIT
SOCIAL
%-CONTACT AS
MUCH
AS WE
CAN.%->>
IS
THAT
FRUSTRATING FOR
YOU
%-THAT THERE
ARE
POLITICAL LIMITS
%-TO
THAT?
%->>
WELL,
I
THINK
IN
PUBLIC
%-HEALTH WE TAKE
THE
ENVIRONMENT%-WE HAVE AND
THE
TOOLS WE
HAVE
%-AND
WE
TRY TO
BE
AS
HELPFUL AS%-WE
CAN.
%-SO
WE'RE
WORKING WITH
THE
%-SITUATION
AS
WE
SEE
FIT
AND
%-TRYING TO DO
THE
BEST WE
CAN.%->>
I
UNDERSTAND
THAT
THE
NEED
IS
%-CRITICAL FOR
MORE
CONTACT
%-TRACERS.
%-HOW
CLOSE
ARE
WE
TO
COMING
UP
%-AGAINST
SURGE CAPACITY
IN
OTHER
%-AREAS LIKE
HOSPITAL
BEDS
?
%->>
WELL,
THE
HOSPITAL
BEDS
AND
%-VENTILATORS SEEM TO BE
IN
GOOD
%-SUPPLY.
%-WHEN WE
TALK
TO HEALTH CARE
%-LEADERS,
THE
CRITICAL
PIECE,
%-WHAT
THEY SAY
IS
THAT
WE
MIGHT
%-RUN OUT OF
STAFF,
NURSES, FOR
%-EXAMPLE, WHO
IF THEY
ARE
EXPOSED
%-AND
NEED
TO
QUARANTINE
CAN
%-PROMOTE A REAL
SHORTAGE
OF%-HEALTH CARE
RESOURCES.
%-SO IT'S
NOT
JUST
BED
%-AVAILABILITY.
%-IT'S
ALSO
STAFFING.
%-AND SO WE
NEED
TO
PLAN
AHEAD
%-FOR, AS YOU
SAID,
THE
POTENTIAL
%-SURGE AND TRY
TO
FIGURE OUT
HOW
%-TO MAKE
OUR
RESOURCES WORK THE
%-BEST.%->>
BRIEFLY
HERE,
DOCTOR,
WE'RE
%-BEING
TOLD
NOT
JUST
TO
DISTANCE,%-WEAR
MASKS
AND
WASH
OUR
HANDS,
%-BUT
TO STAY HOME.
%-ARE WE
BASICALLY
TO
%-SELF-QUARANTINE IN THE
MIDST
OF
%-THIS
WIDE COMMUNITY
SPREAD?
%->>
WELL, I
THINK THAT
THE
NOTION
%-OF QUARANTINE
HAS A
SPECIFIC%-MEANING AND
I
THINK
IT'S
VERY%-IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE TO
%-UNDERSTAND THAT.
%-THAT
IS,
WHEN
YOU
FIND
OUT
%-YOU'VE
BEEN
EXPOSED TO
SOMEBODY
%-WHO'S
BEEN
INFECTED
OR
DIAGNOSED
%-WITH
COVID-19, A
14-DAY
%-QUARANTINE
IS
ESSENTIAL.
%-SO
IT'S
DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT WE
%-NEED IN
TERMS
OF
WIDESPREAD
%-SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
%-QUARANTINE IS
SOMETHING
WE
%-PROBABLY NEED
TO
TALK ABOUT
MORE
%-AND
UNDERSTAND
BETTER
AS A KEY
%-PREVENTION
STRATEGY.%->>
WE
WILL
TALK TO
YOU
NEXT
%-TIME.
%-DR. RYAN
WESTERGAARD, THANKS%-VERY
MUCH.%->> THANKS FOR
THE
GOOD
%-QUESTIONS.
%->>
THE
INVESTIGATION
INTO
THE%-POLICE
SHOOTING
OF
JACOB
BLAKE
%-IN
KENOSHA WILL
SEE A
WELL-KNOWN
%-OUTSIDE EXPERT
TAKING ON THE
%-CASE
AS A
CONSULTANT TO
REACH A
%-CHARGING DECISION.
%-FORMER
MADISON
POLICE
CHIEF
%-NOBLE WRAY
ALSO
SERVED AS A
%-POLICE
REFORM EXPERT
FOR
THE
%-U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
%-THE KENOSHA
DA
SAYS WRAY
ASKED
%-ONE
QUESTION BEFORE
TAKING THE
%-CASE.
%-HAVE
YOU ALREADY
MADE THE
%-CHARGING DECISION?
%-WRAY
WAS
TOLD
NO.
%->>
I'VE
BEEN
HONORED
AS A
%-POLICING PROFESSIONAL
TO
DO A
%-NUMBER OF
THINGS,
BUT
I'M
FROM
%-WISCONSIN,
AND, YOU
KNOW, THIS
%-IS
WISCONSIN'S MOMENT OF
TRUTH.
%-AND I WANT
THE
BEST
FOR
THIS%-STATE AND
THE
PEOPLE
IN
THIS
%-STATE.
%-SO I
WAS
HONORED
ORIGINALLY.
%-AND THE REASON
WHY
I
ASKED
THAT
%-QUESTION
IS
BECAUSE
THIS SHOULD
%-BE A FAIR
AND
IMPARTIAL%-INVESTIGATION.
%-IT
SHOULD
NOT
COME
ACROSS
AS
%-SOMETHING
THAT HAS
BEEN
%-PREJUDGED OR
THE
DECISION
HAS
%-ALREADY BEEN
MADE.%->>
WRAY SAYS
HE
EXPECTS
TO
MOVE
%-WITH DELIBERATE SPEED,
BUT
SAYS
%-NO
TIME
LIME HAS BEEN
SET
FOR
%-WHEN
HE
MUST
COMPLETE
HIS
%-REVIEW.
%-NOW BACK
TO PRESIDENTIAL%-POLITICS.
%-ALL
EYES
ARE
ON
WISCONSIN
THIS
%-FALL
AND
PARTICULARLY
ON
RURAL
%-WISCONSIN,
WHERE A
TIGHT
%-STATEWIDE VOTE COULD
BE
DECIDED.
%-WE
TRAVELED
TO
CLARK COUNTY TO
%-SEE
HOW
VOTERS
THERE
WERE
%-APPROACHING ELECTION
DAY.
%-HERE'S
PORTIA
YOUNG.
%->>
AMERICA'S
HEARTLAND
IS
%-HISTORICALLY WHERE POLITICAL
%-CANDIDATES
FIND A
STRONG
%-CONSERVATIVE
BASE.
%-RURAL
WISCONSIN
IS
TRADITIONALLY%-NO
DIFFERENT
.
%->>
WE'RE IN
THE
MIDDLE
OF A
%-CONSERVATIVE AREA.%-I CAN'T
SEE
THAT
CHANGING.%->>
THAT'S
EDITOR OF THE
%-NEWSPAPER IN
LOYAL, A
SMALL
%-DAIRY TOWN IN
THE
NORTHWEST
PART%-OF THE
STATE.
%-LOYAL IS
ALSO
IN
CLARK
COUNTY,
%-WHERE THERE ARE TWICE
AS
MANY
%-DAIRY
COWS
AS
PEOPLE.
%->>
HE
SAYS
FISCAL
CONSERVATISM%-AND THE
AIL
ABORTION ISSUE
DRIVE THE
%-VOTE.
%-THIS
IS
DEFINITELY
REPUBLICAN
%-TERRITORY NO MATTER
WHO
THE
%-CANDIDATE.
%-HE
ACKNOWLEDGES
BEING
THE
ODD
%-MAN
OUT
AS A
DEMOCRAT.%->>
NOBODY
SEEMS TO BE
ABLE
TO
%-MEET IN THE
MIDDLE OR
LISTEN TO
%-THE OTHER SIDE.
%-THIS IS WHAT
I
THINK.
%-I'M
NOT
SO
SURE A GOOD
FRIEND OF
%-MINE A
COUPLE
WEEKS AGO
CALL
ME%-AN IDIOT
BECAUSE I'M
NOT
VOTING
%-FOR TRUMP IN THE
FALL.
%-SO THERE YOU HAVE
IT.
%->>
HE
SAYS
COVID-19
ALSO
WIDENED
%-THE
DIVIDE, A
DIVIDE
HE
THINKS
%-BECAME CLEAR
FOUR YEARS
AGO.
%-FARMERS, A
LARGE POPULATION IN
%-THIS
COUNTY,
HAVE
TRADITIONALLY
%-VOTED REPUBLICAN AND
HAVE
TAKEN%-A
BIG
ECONOMIC
HIT OVER
THE
LAST
%-FIVE
YEARS.
%-YOUNG
DAIRY
FARMERS
ROBIN
AND
%-CHRIS
SAY
THEY
HAVEN'T MADE
UP
%-THEIR
MINDS,
BUT
UNDERSTAND
WHY%-THERE
IS
STILL SO MUCH
SUPPORT
%-FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
IN
CLARK
%-COUNTY.%->> THE
REPUBLICAN
PARTY
STARTED%-HERE IN
WISCONSIN.%->>
I
GUESS
WHAT
PEOPLE
LIKE
%-ABOUT
TRUMP,
TOO, HE
SAYS
HE'S
%-GOING TO
DO
SOMETHING,
HE DOES
%-IT,
YOU
KNOW?
%-I GUESS
THAT'S
WHAT A LOT
OF
%-PEOPLE AROUND HERE
LIKE.
%-BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT PEOPLE
ARE
%-AROUND
HERE.
%-PEOPLE ARE
TRUE
TO
THEIR
WORD
%-AROUND HERE.%-SO I
THINK
THAT
HAS A
LOT TO
DO
%-WITH IT.
%-YOU
DON'T
KNOW
HOW
THE
PERSON
%-REALLY IS
UNLESS YOU
MEET
THEM
%-FACE-TO-FACE, WHICH
IS HARD TO
%-DO.%->>
SOME
POLITICAL
WRITERS
THINK%-DONALD TRUMP
WINNING
RURAL
%-WISCONSIN MIGHT BE HARDER TO
DO
%-THIS
TIME AROUND.
%-HE WON
WISCONSIN
FOUR
YEARS AGO
%-
IN SMALL
TOWNS
LIKE
LOYAL
AND
IN
%-RURAL
COUNTIES.%->>
THANKS
TO
PORTIA
YOUNG
AND
%-MILWAUKEE PBS
FOR
THAT
REPORT.
%-AND THAT IS
ALL
FOR
TONIGHT'S
%-PROGRAM.
%-I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
%-HAVE A
GREAT
WEEKEND.
%->>
FOR
MORE "HERE AND
NOW"
2020
%-ELECTION COVERAGE,
GO
TO
%-pbs.org AND
CLICK ON
NEWS.
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FUNDING
FOR "HERE AND
NOW"
IS
%-PROVIDED BY
THE
FOCUS
FUND
FOR
%-JOURNALISM AND
FRIENDS
OF PBS
%-WISCONSIN.