SURGE
IN
COVID-19
CASES,
%-HOSPITALIZATIONS AND
DEATHS
IN
%-WISCONSIN REACH
FRIGHTENING NEW
%-HEIGHTS, CLOSING
IN
ON
DAILY
%-CASE
COUNTS
NEAR
4,000
THIS
%-WEEK.
%-MEANWHILE,
DUELING
COURT
RULINGS
%-OVER COVID
RESPONSIBILITIES
RESPONSE
IN
%-WISCONSIN.
%-JUDGES
UPHELD
THE
MASK MANDATE
%-AND BLOCKED
LIMITS ON
CROWDS IN
%-ESTABLISHMENTS.
%-MONDAY
THE
STATE HEALTH
%-SECRETARY
IS
EXPECTED TO
APPEAR
%-BEFORE
THE
JUDGE
IN
THE
SAWYER
%-COUNTY
CASE
TO
DEFEND THE
STATE
%-ORDER TO
PLACE A
25
CAPACITY%-LIMIT AT
PLACES LIKE
RESTAURANTS
%-AND
BARS, AN
ORDER
THE
TAVERN
%-LEAGUE
OF
WISCONSIN
CALLED
A DE
%-FACTO
CLOSURE.
%-THE TEMPORARY
BLOCK OF THE
%-STATE'S ORDER
PROMPTED
SWIFT
%-REACTION
FROM
GOVERNOR TONY
%-EVERS.
%->>
JUST
BECAUSE
SOME
FOLKS
OUT
%-THERE
WANT TO
SEE
FULL
BARS
AND
%-FULL
HOSPITALS
DOESN'T MEAN WE
%-HAVE TO
LISTEN.
%-THE
LONGER IT
TAKES
FOR
FOLKS
TO
%-TAKE
THIS VIRUS
SERIOUSLY,
THE
%-LONGER IT WILL
TAKE TO
GET
OUR
%-ECONOMY AND
OUR
COMMUNITY
BACK
%-ON
TRACK.
%-WE
WANT TO
GET BACK
TO
ENJOYING
%-OUR FAVORITE
BARS
AND
%-RESTAURANTS, PUBLIC EVENTS
AND
%-SOME
SENSE
OF
NORMAL,
THEN WE
%-NEED
YOU
TO
STAY
HOME.%->>
THE
POLITICS OF
THE
PANDEMIC
%-SURGE
ON.
%-WHAT'S
THE
REPUBLICAN
PLAN
FOR
%-PUBLIC
SAFETY
AND
ECONOMIC%-SECURITY WITH
RISING COVID
%-RATES?
%-ASSEMBLY
MAJORITY
LEADER JIM
%-STEINEKE JOINS US
NOW
FROM
%-KAUKAUNA AND
THANKS FOR
BEING
%-HERE.
%->> THANKS
FOR
HAVING ME.
%->>
THE
FOX
VALLEY
IS A HOT
SPOT
%-FOR
COVID-19.
%-PEOPLE ARE
DYING AND
CASES
AND
%-HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE GOING
UP,
%-AS IN
THE
REST OF THE
STATE, AND
%-PATIENTS FROM YOUR
AREA
ARE
%-EXPECTED TO BE
TRANSFERRED
TO
%-THIS
OVERFLOW FIELD
HOSPITAL.%-WHAT
ARE
YOU
DOING
ABOUT
IT?
%->>
WELL,
THE
BIGGEST
THING
I
%-THINK WE
ALL
HAVE A
%-RESPONSIBILITY TO
DO
IS
TO
%-CONTINUE TO
EDUCATE THE
PUBLIC
%-AS TO
WHAT THE
ISSUES
ARE.
%-BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, THERE'S
STILL
%-PEOPLE OUT
THERE
THAT DON'T
%-THINK THAT THIS
IS A
VERY
%-SERIOUS VIRUS.
%-WE
HAVE
TO
MAKE
IT
CLEAR
TO
THEM
%-THAT IT IS.
%-AND
THEN
CONTINUE
TO
PUSH
SOCIAL
%-DISTANCING, FOLLOWING THE
CDC
%-GUIDELINES, WASHING HANDS
%-REGULARLY
AND, MOST
IMPORTANTLY,
%-STAYING HOME WHEN
YOU'RE
SICK.
%-PEOPLE
HAVE
TO
TAKE
SOME
%-RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THEMSELVES,%-AND WE HAVE
TO
CONTINUE
WITH
%-THAT
UNIFIED
MESSAGE.%->>
A
CIRCUIT
COURT
JUDGE THIS
%-WEEK
REFUSED TO
BLOCK
THE
STATE
%-MASK MANDATE
SAYING,
QUOTE,
IF
%-THE
LEGISLATURE IS
UNCONVINCED
%-THAT A STATE OF EMERGENCY
DOES
%-EXIST, WHICH
GIVES THE
GOVERNOR
%-THE
ABILITY
TIME
POSE THOSE
%-RULES, THE
LEGISLATURE
HAS
THE
%-ULTIMATE POWER
TO TERMINATE
IT."
%-SO DO YOU THINK
WISCONSIN IS
IN%-A STATE OF
EMERGENCY
OR SHOULD
%-BE
SO
DECLARED?
%->>
OBVIOUSLY,
THE
VIRUS
PRESENTS
%-SOME SERIOUS CHALLENGES
FOR
%-PEOPLE AROUND THE
STATE.
%-EVERY
PART OF
THE
STATE
IS A
%-LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
%-THAT'S
WHY
WE
FAVORED A
MORE
%-LOCAL
APPROACH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU
%-LOOK AT
WHAT THE
GOVERNOR HAS
%-DONE
SO
FAR
WITH LIKE
THE
%-STATEWIDE
MASK
MANDATE,
WITHOUT
%-WORKING
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
%-THROUGHOUT THE
STATE BEFORE
%-PUTTING
IN
THAT
INTO
PLACE, WHAT
%-YOU
SAW
WAS LAW ENFORCEMENT
THE
%-DAY THAT GOVERNOR
EVERS
%-ANNOUNCED THIS
COMING OUT
AND
%-SAYING
THAT THEY
WEREN'T GOING
%-TO ENFORCE IT.
%-SO
THAT'S
THE
PROBLEM WITH
SOME
%-OF
THESE
HEAVY-HANDED MANDATES.
%-IF
IT'S
NOT
ENFORCEABLE,
IT'S
%-ONLY
WORTH
THE
PAPER THAT
IT'S
%-PRINTED ON.
%->>
SO
WILL REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP
%-GO
INTO SESSION
AND
TERMINATE
%-THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY?%->> NO.
%-I
MEAN,
WE'RE
FOCUSED
ON JUST
%-MAKING SURE THAT THE
RULE
OF LAW
%-IS
UPHELD AND
MAKING
SURE
THAT
%-AT
THE END OF
THE
DAY,
THAT THE
%-GOVERNOR IS FOLLOWING THE LAW.
%-THAT'S THE
MOST
IMPORTANT THING
%-TO
US.
%-I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
ALL
THE
TIME
%-TO
WEAR
MASKS.
%-IF YOU'RE
GOING
OUTSIDE,
GOING
%-INTO
PLACES,
INTO
STORES
WHERE
%-YOU'RE GOING
TO
COME
IN
CLOSE
%-CONTACT WITH
PEOPLE,
PEOPLE%-SHOULD BE
WEARING
MASKS.
%-THEY
SHOULD
BE
WASHING THEIR
%-HANDS.
%-AND THEY
SHOULD
BE
SOCIAL
%-DISTANCING.
%-THAT'S WHAT WE
BELIEVE.
%-WE'RE JUST AS FAR AS
THE
MASK
%-MANDATE,
WE'RE JUST ASKING
THE
%-GOVERNOR TO FOLLOW THE
LAW.
%->>
NOW, GOVERNOR
EVERS
WROTE
%-YOUR
LEADERSHIP A
SCATHING
%-LETTER THIS
WEEK ASKING
TO
MEET%-WITH YOU TO
SEE
YOUR
PLAN
TO%-RESPOND TO
THE
PANDEMIC
AND
WORK%-WITH
YOU.
%-HAS
LEADERSHIP
SCHEDULED
THAT
%-MEETING?%->> NOT THAT
I'M
AWARE
OF.
%-I
MEAN,
THE
GOVERNOR
ALSO
THIS
%-WEEK SAID
THAT
HE
DIDN'T SEE
ANY
%-REASON
TO
MEET.
%-HE
SAID
THAT
HIMSELF,
HE
KNEW
%-WHERE HE WAS
AT,
HE
FELT
LIKE
HE
%-KNEW WHERE
REPUBLICANS WERE
AT,
%-SO
HE
DIDN'T
NEED
THE
NEED
FOR A
%-MEETING.
%-THAT'S WHAT'S
BEEN
SO
%-FRUSTRATING THROUGHOUT THIS%-WHOLE PROCESS
IS
NEITHER SIDE IS
%-TALKING TO
EACH OTHER
AND
THE
%-GOVERNOR IS
COMING
OUT
WITH
%-THESE EE
DYCTS
EDICTS
AND
EMERGENCY
%-DECLARATIONS WITHOUT
TALKING TO
%-THE
LEGISLATURE
AHEAD OF
TIME.
%-MAYBE
IF
HE
BROUGHT PEOPLE
%-TOGETHER AROUND THE TABLE
AND
%-STOPPED
HURLING
INSULTS,
WE'D BE
%-ABLE
TO
WORK TOGETHER
IN A
MORE
%-CONGENIAL FASHION.%->> SO
YOU'RE TELLING ME
THAT
THE
%-GOVERNOR
TOLD
REPUBLICAN
%-LEGISLATIVE
LEADERSHIP
THIS
WEEK%-THAT HE
DID
NOT
WANT
TO
MEET%-WITH YOU TO SEE
YOUR
PLAN?
%->>
NO.
%-WHAT I'M
SAYING
IS
HE
SAID
%-PUBLICLY THAT
HE
DOESN'T SEE
THE
%-NEED
FOR A MEETING
GIVEN
THE
%-FACT THAT HE
KNOWS WHERE
HE
IS
%-AND HE
KNOWS
WHERE WE
ARE
AND
HE
%-DOESN'T FEEL LIKE
THERE'S A WAY
%-TO COME TOGETHER.
%-AND
IT'S
FRUSTRATING FOR
US.
%->>
HE
DID
STATE
IN
HIS
LETTER
%-THAT HE
WANTED
TO
SEE
YOUR
PLAN.
%-DO YOU
HAVE A
PLAN?
%->>
AGAIN, THIS
GOES BACK TO
THE
%-FACT THAT WE
BELIEVE THAT
SOCIAL
%---
THAT
PEOPLE SHOULD
BE
SOCIAL
%-DISTANCING, THEY SHOULD
BE
%-WASHING THEIR
HANDSMENT BUT
%-LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS HAVE%-ALL
THE
TOOLS
THAT
GEARS
%-SUPPOSEDLY
BELIEVES HE
HAS
TO
%-ORDER
TO
PUT
THESE
MACKMAN
MASK
MANDATES%-IN
PLACE TO
WORK
WITH
LOCAL TO
%-MAKE SURE IF
YOU
PUT
SOMETHING
%-IN THAT IS
IT'S
ENFORCEABLE.
%-THAT'S WHAT
THE
GOVERNOR
HAS
%-FAILED TO DO
TO
MAKE
SURE
THAT
%-WHATEVER HE
DOES
IS
ENFORCEABLE.
%-WHAT
HE
HAS
DONE
SO
FAR
IS
NOT
%-ENFORCEABLE.%-IF YOU
CAN POINT
TO
ONE
%-INDIVIDUAL IN
THE
STATE
THAT HAS%-BEEN
WRITTEN A
TICKET
FOR
NOT
%-WEARING A
MASK,
I'D
BE
%-INTERESTED IN
SEEING
IT
BECAUSE%-I DON'T BELIEVE IT
EXISTS.%->>
ALL
EYES
ARE
ON
WISCONSIN
%-BECAUSE
OF
ITS
RECORD COVID
%-CASES, AS
YOU
WELL
KNOW,
AND
THE
%-PRESIDENT IS
COMING
HERE
%-TOMORROW, TO
JANESVILLE,
FOR A
%-RALLY.
%-SHOULD THE
PRESIDENT
COME?
%->>
I
THINK
THE
PRESIDENT SHOULD
%-COME,
JUST
LIKE, YOU
KNOW, JOE
%-BIDEN
HAS
VISITED THE
STATE,
%-KAMALA HARRIS AND
OTHERS.
%-I
THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE
%-RESPONSIBLE,
SHOULD SOCIALLY%-DISTANCE
AND
WEAR
MASKS
WHEN
%-THEY'RE IN
CLOSE
CONTACT WITH
%-PEOPLE.%-WE HAVE
TO
DO
OUR
BEST
TO
KEEP
%-PEOPLE
SAFE.%->> ALL
RIGHT.
%-MUCH
MORE
TO
ASK
YOU,
BUT WE ARE
%-AT
TIME'S LIMIT.
%-SO REPRESENTATIVE
STEINEKE,
%-THANKS FOR
JOINING
US.%->>
THANKS FOR
HAVING
ME.%->>
AND
WHY
WOULD
THE
LEGISLATURE
%-RETURN
TO
SESSION
TO
VOTE DOWN
%-THE
EMERGENCY
ORDER?
%-TODAY, THE
WISCONSIN SUPREME
%-COURT TOOK RECEIPT
OF A
PETITION
%-FOR
ORIGINAL ACTION
FILED
ON
%-BEHALF
OF A
WAUKESHA
RESIDENT
%-WHO'S ASKING THE
HIGH
COURT
TO
%-DISALLOW GOVERNOR EVERS FROM
%-ENACTING
BACK-TO-BACK
EMERGENCY
%-ORDERS, LIKE
THE
ONE
MANDATING
%-MASKS,
WHICH A
LOWER
COURT
%-UPHELD.
%-THE
COURT
IS
GIVING
EVERS
UNTIL
%-NEXT
THURSDAY TO
FILE A
%-RESPONSE.
%-NOW
TO
COVID-19 AND
THE
IMPACT
%-THE DISEASE
HAS
ON
HOW
%-CANDIDATES INTERACT
WITH
VOTERS.
%-ZAC
SCHULTZ HAS BEEN
SPENDING A%-LOT OF
TIME ON
THE
CAMPAIGN%-TRAIL.
%-HE
FOUND THERE
ARE
DISTINCT
%-DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
WAY A
%-REPUBLICAN AND
THE
DEMOCRAT
%-CAMPAIGN.
%->>
HOW
YOU
DOING,
SIR?
%->> GOOD.
%-HOW ARE
YOU?
%->>
GOOD.%->>
ALL
AROUND
WISCONSIN.%->> HI
THERE.
%-JUST WANT
TO
SAY
HI.
%-I'M
YOUR
STATE
SENATOR.%->>
REPUBLICANS
CANDIDATES ARE
%-OUT
IN
THE
FIELD
KNOCKING
DOORS.
%-TRYING TO
MAKE AN
IMPRESSION
ON
%-VOTERS.%->>
I'M
BONNIE
LEE.
%-I'M
RUNNING
FOR
STATE
ASSEMBLY
%-IN
THIS
DISTRICT.%->>
THE
HISTORY
OF
CAMPAIGNING
IN
%-WISCONSIN SAYS THIS IS
HOW
YOU
%-WIN
ELECTIONS, SOMETHING
%-FIRST-TIME
CANDIDATE
BONNIE LEE
%-SAYS
WAS
MADE
CLEAR
TO
HERE BY
%-THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.%->>
YOU
GOT
TO
KNOCK A
LOT OF
%-DOORS.
%-AND I
CAN
ATTEST TO
THAT.
%->>
DEMOCRATS ARE
TAKING A
%-DIFFERENT
APPROACH.%->>
HELLO?
%->>
HI.
%-IS
THIS
CHARLENE?%->>
HI,
TIM.
%-I'M
CALLING TINE
VIET YOU
TO
INVITE YOU
TO A
%-ZOOM
MEETING.%->>
THE
COVID-19
PANDEMIC MEANS
%-IT'S NOT
SAFE
TO
CAMPAIGN IN
%-PERSON.%->>
THERE'S A
LOT
MORE
FOCUS ON
%-MAKING
CALLS.%->>
MOST OF THE
EVENTS
THAT LET
%-CANDIDATES
MEET
VOTERS
%-FACE-TO-FACE WERE CANCELLED.%->>
THE
DAIRY
BREAKFAST,
THE
%-PARADES, VERY
FEW
IF
ANY
OF
%-THOSE ARE
OCCURRING.
%->>
REPUBLICANS
LIKE
DAN
KAPANKE
%-SAYS
THAT MAKES
DOORS
MORE
%-IMPORTANT.%->> WE HAVE
TO
WORK
HARDER AT
THE
%-DOORS,
HARDER TO GET
OURSELVES
%-IN
FRONT OF
PEOPLE.%->>
ASSEMBLY
SPEAKER
ROBIN
VOS
%-SAYS IT IS POSSIBLE
TO
KNOCK
%-DOORS SAFELY
IN A
PANDEMIC.%->>
THE
VAST
MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE
%-IF YOU
SOCIALLY
DISTANCE,
THAT
%-MEETS
THE
CRITERIA.
%-PEOPLE STILL
WANT TO GET
TO
KNOW
%-PEOPLE.%->> WHEN
I'M
GOING DOOR TO
DOOR,
%-I
CARRY A MASK
ON
ME.
%-IF
SOMEONE WANTS
ME
TO
MASK
UP,
%-I
CERTAINLY
WILL.%->>
THEY
STOPPED DOING
DOORS
IN
%-THE SPRING BUT
STARTED UP
AGAIN
%-IN
JUNE
WHEN
WISCONSIN'S
COVID
%-OUTBREAK TEMPORARILY SLOWED
%-DOWN.%->>
WE'VE
HAD
SOME
FOLKS
WHO
%-ANSWER THE DOOR
AND
THEY'RE
NOT
%-COMFORTABLE TALKING TO
SOMEONE.
%-I
COMPLETELY RESPECT
THAT.%->>
I'VE
HAD
SEVERAL
PEOPLE UPSET
%-THAT I
WAS
THERE
WITHOUT A
MASK,
%-BUT I
WAS
OUTSIDE TRYING
TO
KEEP
%-MY
DISTANCE.%->>
DEMOCRATS
SAY
GOING DOOR TO%-DOOR
IS
MORE
LIKELY
TO
ALIENATE%-VOTERS.
%->>
THEY DO
NOT
WANT TO
SEE
%-CANDIDATES COMING
TO
THEIR
DOOR.%->> WE ARE
PROTECTING PEOPLE
AND
%-NOT
SPENDING
TIME
OUTSIDE
%-KNOCKING
DOORS.%->>
DEMOCRATIC
ROBIN
VINENY
SAYS
%-HER WORK
AT
THE
DOORS
LED
TO
HER
%-UPSET
WIN.
%-BUT
SHE
SAID
HER
METHODS HAD
TO
%-CHANGE.%->>
OUR
METHODS
HAS
TO
HONOR
OUR
%-MESSAGE.
%-AND
SO I
CAN'T
LOOK
AT YOU
AND
%-SAY HUMAN
LIFE MATTERS
AND
THEN
%-RISK T.%->>
SO
WHAT DO
DEMOCRATS
THINK
%-ABOUT
THEIR
REPUBLICAN
OPPONENTS
%-KNOCKING DOORS
IN
THEIR
%-DISTRICTS?
%->>
THAT'S THEIR
CHOICE.%->>
THERE
YOU
GO.
%->> BUT WHERE DOES
THAT
LEAVE
%-DEMOCRATS WHEN IT
COMES
TO
%-REACHING
VOTERS?
%->>
HI,
TIM.%->>
DEMOCRAT
PATTI
SCHACHTNER
%-SAYS
THAT
LEAVES
ONLY ONE
%-OPTION.%->>
HUNDREDS OF
CALLS.%->>
ROBIN
VOS
THINKS DEMOCRATS%-ARE
MISSING
OUT.%->>
I
THINK
BEING A
TELEMARKET
%-ER, WHERE
THEY'RE JUST
TRYING TO
%-CALL PEOPLE ON THE
PHONE,
THAT'S%-A
DIFFERENT
INTERACTION THAN
%-LOOKING SOMEBODY
IN
THE
EYE
AND
%-ASKING THEM A
QUESTION.%->>
THE
ULTIMATE
GOAL
OF
DOORS
OR
%-ANY
OUTREACH
IS
TO
PERSUADE
AND
%-TURN OUT
VOTERS.%->>
BEN
WICK
LER IS
CHAIR OF
THE
%-DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF
WISCONSIN.
%-THEY'RE TESTING IF
THERE'S A
%-DIFFERENT AND
SAFER
WAY.%->>
THE
MOST
IMPORTANT
THING
IS
%-AUTHENTIC
CONVERSATIONS.
%-CONVERSATIONS CAN HAPPEN AT
%-DOORS.
%-THEY
CAN
HAPPEN ON THE
PHONE.%->>
HELLO.
%-MY
NAME
IS
PETER.%->>
THAT'S WHERE
PETER
AND
CAROL
%-COME
IN.
%-PETER IS A FIELD
ORGANIZER FOR
%-THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OF%-WISCONSIN IN
THE
LA CROSSE
AREA.%->>
WELCOME
TO
MY
LIFE
FOR
HOURS
%-ON
END.%->>
HIS
WIFE
CAROL
IS A
VOLUNTEER%-TEAM LEADER.
%->>
I
REALLY
THINK PETE
AND
I
%-HAVE
ALWAYS
FELT
LIKE WE COULD
%-MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.%->>
THAT'S
TRUE.%->>
WITHOUT BEING
EVEN
REALLY
%-IDEALISTIC
ABOUT
IT.
%->>
HELLO.
%-IS
THIS
FRANCIS?
%->>
THEY'VE MADE
THOUSANDS OF
%-CALLS TO
VOTERS
IN WESTERN
%-WISCONSIN OVER THE PAST FEW
%-MONTHS.%->>
NOT A
DEMOCRAT.%->>
LOOKING TO
CHANGE A
FEW
MINDS
%-AND
ADD
VOTES TO
THE
DEMOCRATIC
%-TICKET.%->> WHAT
WOULD
IT
TAKE
FOR JOE
%-BIDEN TO
SWAY
YOU
OVER TO
VOTE
%-FOR
HIM?
%->> BEN
WICKLER
SAYS
IT'S
NOT
THE
%-AMOUNT
OF
PHONE
CALLS
THAT
%-MATTER, BUT
THE
QUALITY.%->>
WHAT WE
LOOK AT MOST
OF
ALL
%-IS HOW
LONG
ARE PEOPLE
TALKING,
%-WHAT
DO
THEY
REPORT ABOUT
WHAT
%-HAPPENS ON
THOSE
CALLS, IS
THIS%-A
KIND
OF
REMINDER OR
ACTUALLY%-AN
IN-DEPTH
ENGAGEMENT
THAT WILL
%-STICK WITH
SOMEONE?
%->>
IN
2016
PETER
WORKED
AS A
%-POLL
WORKER,
REGISTERING
VOTERS
%-ON
ELECTION DAY.
%-HE
SAW A LONG
LINE
OF
WHITE
MEN
%-WHO HADN'T
VOTED
SINCE
BEFORE%-PRESIDENT
OBAMA.%->> THEY
ACTED
ANGRY
AND
THEY
HAD%-A
CHIP
ON
THEIR
SHOULDER.
%-I
WAS
PRETTY
SURE THEY WERE
%-VOTING FOR
TRUMP.%->>
DON
TRUMP
WON WESTERN
WISCONSIN.
%-PETER
AND
CAROL HAVE
BEEN
WORK%-TO
GO
REVERSE THAT
TREND.%->> WE HAVE
TO
DO
SOMETHING
%-DIFFERENT TO MAKE
IT
MORE
FUN.
%->>
THEY
THOUGHT THEY
COULD
%-CHANGE MINDS ONE
DOOR
AT A
TIME.%->>
THAT'S THE
BEAUTY
OF
%-CANVASSING, IS
WHEN
WE
CANVASS,
%-ESPECIALLY SINCE WE
LIVE
HERE,
%-THEN WE ARE
THE
FACE
OF
%-DEMOCRATS.%->>
BACK IN
MARCH, THEY
HOSTED AN
%-EVENT CALLED
PHONES ON
TAP,
%-WHERE
VOLUNTEERS
COULD
DRINK
%-LOCAL
MICROBREWS
AND
MAKE
CALLS
%-TO
RECRUIT MORE
VOLUNTEERS
TO
%-THEN KNOCK
DOORS.
%-THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
SHUT
THEM
%-DOWN
LESS
THAN A
WEEK LAIMPLET
%-SINCE
THEN,
IT'S
BEEN
ZOOM
%-MEETINGS AND
PHONE
CALLS.
%-CAROL SAYS SOME
CALLS ARE
ROUGH,
%-BUT
SOMETIMES SHE
MAKES A
%-CONNECTION.%->> ONE
OF
THOSE
AHA
MOMENTS
%-WHERE YOU'RE LIKE,
YES, THIS
IS
%-WHY
I'M DOING
THIS.%->>
EVERYTHING
THAT'S PLAGUE
OUT
PLAYING OUT
%-AT
THE
STATE
LEVEL
MIRROR WHAT'S
%-HAPPENING ON
THE
PRESIDENTIAL
%-CAMPAIGNS.
%-WHILE
MIKE
PENCE
VISITED
%-WISCONSIN
TUESDAY.
%->>
THREE WEEKS
TODAY ON THE
ROAD
%-TO
VICKERY
VICTORY
GOES
RIGHT THROUGH
%-WISCONSIN.%->>
BIDEN
HAS
KEPT
RALLIES
%-VIRTUAL, WITH
EVEN
IN-STATE
%-SURROGATES
APPEARING
VIA
ZOOM.%->>
I
REPRESENT THE
6TH
SENATE
%-DISTRICT.%->>
MILWAUKEE'S NORTH
SIDE
IS
ONE
%-AREA
WHERE
THE
LACK
OF DOOR
%-KNOCKING MAY HURT THE
MOST.
%->>
YOU
ACTUALLY HAVE
TO
REACH
%-OUT AND
TELL
PEOPLE WHAT'S IN
IT
%-FOR
THEM
FOR
VOTING.%->>
DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSWOMAN
GWEN
%-MOORE
REPRESENTS MILWAUKEE.
%-SHE'S
WELL
AWARE
THAT
TURNOUT
IN
%-MILWAUKEE'S
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
%-COMMUNITIES
CRASHED
IN
2016.%->>
I
REALLY
THINK
THAT
2016
%-REALLY WAS A
LESSON
IN
HAVING
%-DEMOCRATS TURN
AWAY
FROM THEIR
%-OLD
MODEL
OF
CAMPAIGNING.%->>
DEMOCRATS
CAN'T
JUST
TAKE
%-AFRICAN-AMERICAN
VOAS
FOR
VOTES FOR
%-GRANTED.%->>
WHEN
PEOPLE
HAVE SAID
YOU
%-TAKE
VOTES FOR
GRANTED, THEY
%-MEAN T.
YOU
ACTUALLY HAVE TO ASK%-PEOPLE TO
VOTE.
%->>
WITH
DEMOCRATS
NOT
DOING
%-DOORS, WHO IS
LEFT TO
SPEAK
TO
%-THESE
VOTERS?
%->>
WE
WANT
TO
BUILD
POWER
%-THROUGH OUR VOTE.
%-SO
AGAIN I'LL
SAY
MORE NEXT
%-WEEK.
%-BUT WE NEED
EVERYONE,
%-EVERYONE TO
VOTE.
%-EVERYONE,
EVERYONE TO
VOTE.%->>
THE
REVEREND
DR. DONNA
CHILDS
%-WAS
RECENTLY
INSTALLED
AS
SENIOR
%-PASTOR
AS
TABERNACLE
COMMUNITY%-BAPTIST CHURCH
IN
THE
HEART
OF
%-MILWAUKEE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN
%-NEIGHBORHOODS.%->>
WE'VE
BEEN
HERE
AS A
CHURCH
%-FOR
98
YEARS,
SO
WE
TRULY
KNOW
%-THAT WE
ARE A FOCAL
POINT OF THE
%-COMMUNITY.%->>
REVEREND
CHILDS
SAYS
THEIR
%-CHURCH SENT
OUT
MEMBERS
TO
KNOCK
%-DOORS.%->>
FOR
OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY
%-DEFINITELY ARE
AWARE.
%-AS FAR
AS
EXCITEMENT, THAT
%-VARIES.
%-MANY
PEOPLE ARE
THINKING THIS
IS
%-CRITICAL, I
MUST DO IT.
%-YOU
HAVE
SOME WHO
ARE
THINKING%-WHAT
WILL IT
MATTER?
%->> IT'S
NOT A NEW
PROBLEM.
%-THE
AREA
SURROUNDING
THE
CHURCH
%-VOTES
DEMOCRATIC
99% OF THE
%-TIME.
%-BUT
TURNOUT
PEAKED
IN
2012,
THE
%-LAST
TIME PRESIDENT OBAMA
WAS ON
%-THE
TICKET.
%-THE
DROP-OFF
IN
DEMOCRATIC
%-TURNOUT
IN
2014
WAS
ABOUT
30%
%-STATEWIDE.%-IT WAS
THE
SAME
IN
THE
HEAVILY
%-AFRICAN-AMERICAN
6TH
SENATE
%-DISTRICT.
%-AND
EVEN
WARD
149,
HOME
OF
%-TABERNACLE BAPTIST.
%-IN
2016
STATEWIDE
NUMBERS
FOR
%-DEMS
BOUNCED
BACK, BUT
THE
%-WARD'S
DIDN'T
IMPROVE.
%-TURNOUT WAS
EVEN
LOWER
FOR
%-AFRICAN-AMERICANS
IN
MILWAUKEE.%->> THERE IS
ABSOLUTELY
NO
%-MISTAKE THAT WE
WIN
OR
LOSE
BY
%-THOSE
MARGINS.%->>
REVEREND
CHILDS SAYS
THIS
%-HIGHLIGHTS THE
NEED
FOR
HUMAN
%-CONTACT.%->>
PEOPLE
LOVE
INDIVIDUAL TOUCH.
%-AND
I
THINK THAT'S THE
SAME
WITH
%-THIS
CANVASSING.
%-WHEN PEOPLE SEE
YOU
TOOK
TIME
%-OUT
TO WALK AND
COME
TO
MY
DOOR,
%-WHAT A PERSONAL TOUCH
THAT MAKES
%-UPON
THEM
AND AN IMPRESSION
THAT
%-THEY
CARE.%->>
WHICH BRINGS US
TO
THE
CRUX%-OF
THE
PROBLEM FOR
DEMOCRATS.
%-DURING A
PANDEMIC,
HOW
DO
VOTERS
%-KNOW THE
REASON
YOU
DIDN'T
COME
%-TO
THEIR
DOOR
WASN'T
BECAUSE
YOU
%-DON'T
CARE, BUT
BECAUSE
YOU
CARE%-SO
MUCH?
%->>
I
THINK YOU
LEAVE A
LOT
OF
%-PEOPLE
UNTOUCHED
AND
THAT COULD
%-BE CRUCIAL
FOR
THIS
ELECTION.%->>
REPORTING
FROM
WISCONSIN,
I'M%-ZAC
SCHULTZ
FOR "HERE AND NOW."
%->>
THE
STATE
REPORTS IT'S
%-PROVIDING EXTRA
COUNTING
MACHINE
%-TO
HANDLE THE
CRUSH
OF
ABSENTEE%-BALLOTS IN THE
MIDST OF
THE
%-PANDEMIC.
%-STATE FAIR PARK
STARTED
%-ACCEPTING COVID-19 CASES THIS
%-WEEK.
%-WITH
CASES
SURGING,
HOSPITALS IN
%-THE
FOX
VALLEY
ARE
EXPECTED TO
%-BE
ABLE
TO
TRANSFER PATIENTS
TO
%-THAT ALTERNATE
CARE
FACILITY.
%-HOSPITALS IN THAT
PART OF
THE
%-STATE HAVE BEEN
SOUNDING
THE
%-ALARM ON
NUMBERS
OF
COVID
%-PATIENTS
COMING
THROUGH THEIR
%-DOORS, INCLUDING
OUR
NEXT
GUEST.
%-DR. PAUL CASEY IS
THE
MEDICAL
%-DIRECTOR OF
THE
EMERGENCY
%-DEPARTMENT
AT
BELLIN
HOSPITAL
IN%-GREEN BAY
AND
THANKS VERY
MUCH
%-FOR BEING
HERE,
DOCTOR.%->>
YOU'RE
QUITE
WELCOME.%->>
WELL,
WISCONSIN'S FIELD
%-HOSPITAL, AS
WE'VE SAID
IS,
IS
%-ACCEPTING COVID PATIENTS NOW.
%-DO
YOU
EXPECT TO
HAVE
TO
SEND
%-PATIENTS
THERE?
%->>
WE
ACTUALLY TALKED
ABOUT
THAT
%-EARLIER
TODAY.
%-A
COUPLE PROBLEMS
WITH
THE
FIELD
%-HOSPITAL.
%-THE
FIRST
IS
IT'S
120
MILES
%-AWAY, SO
IT'S
NOT
LOGISTICALLY
%-THAT
CONVENIENT
FOR
OUR
%-PATIENCE'
FAMILIES
IF
WE
SEND
%-SOMEBODY 120
MILES
AWAY.
%-ALTHOUGH COVID PATIENTS
%-TYPICALLY CAN'T
HAVE
VISITORS.
%-THERE'S A
SEVERE
LIMITATION TO%-THE
SEVERITY
OF
ILLNESS THAT
THE
%-FACILITY CAN
HANDLE.
%-THEY
HAVE TO
BE
AMBULATORY.
%-THEY HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO
CHECK
%-THEIR
OWN
BLOOD
SUING ARE.
%-THE
NURSE
TO
PATIENT
RATIO
IS
%-1-7.
%-IT DOESN'T
OFFER
THE
SAME
LEVEL
%-OF
CARE WE CAN
GIVE IN
THE
%-HOSPITAL.
%->>
INTERESTING.
%-YOU PROVIDED US
WITH A
GRAPH OF
%-THE DAILY
COUNT
OF
ADMITTED
%-PATIENTS
WITH
COVID-19 AT
YOUR
%-HOSPITAL.
%-CLEARLY
THE
NUMBERS
GO
WAY
UP
%-STARTING
IN
OCTOBER.
%-OTHER THAN
SHEER
NUMBERS,
WHAT%-DO YOU WANT
PEOPLE
TO
KNOW
ABOUT
%-WHO THESE
PATIENTS
ARE
AND
WHO'S
%-MOST AT
RISK?
%->>
SO,
THAT
GRAPH
SHOWS A
%-STRIKING
RISE IN
CASES
THAT
%-ACTUALLY STARTED
THE
LAST
PART
%-OF SEPTEMBER.
%-AND I
GET A
DAILY
REPORT
THAT
%-DETAILS THE
NUMBER
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PATIENTS%-WE HAVE
IN
THE
HOSPITAL.
%-AND YOU
CAN
SEE
FROM
THAT
GRAPH
%-THAT WE HAD
KIND
OF A
NICE
%-LITTLE
HUMP
OR
WAVE BACK
IN
THE
%-SPRING AND
THEN
BY I
THINK IT%-WAS THE
THE
3rd
OR
4TH
OF
JUNE WE
%-ARE DOWN
TO
ONE
INPATIENT.
%-END OF
SEPTEMBER,
THE
NUMBERS
%-KEPT
RISING.
%-SO I
PLOTTED
THAT
ALL
OUT
ON AN
%-EXCEL SPREAD
SHEET,
GENERATED%-THAT GRAPH
AND
WENT,
MY
%-GOODNESS,
WE'RE
IN
FOR
TROUBLE
%-HERE.
THAT'S
EXACTLY
WHAT
WE'RE
%-SEEING.
%-AND
WE'RE
SEEING PEOPLE
OF
ALL
%-AGE
RANGES
--
I
SHOULDN'T
SAY
%-THAT.
%-RANGING
FROM
LATE
20s
TO
70s
%-AND ABOVE.
%-THE
VAST
MAJORITY
OF
PATIENTS
%-WE'RE SEEING
ARE
50
AND
ABOVE.
%-THE
MOST
VULNERABLE
IN
TERMS
OF
%-RISK
FOR
MORTALITY
ARE
ELDERLY
%-PEOPLE.
%-THE
OVERALL
MORTALITY RATE
IS
%-ABOUT
1%
OF
THOSE PEOPLE WHO
GET
%-IT WILL
DIE.
%-IF
YOU'RE ABOVE
70,
30%
OF
THOSE
%-PEOPLE WILL
NEED TO
BE
ADMITTED
%-AND 30%
OF
THOSE
WILL DIE.
%-THE
OLDER YOU
ARE,
THE
MORE
%-MEDICAL PROKS YOU
PROBLEMS YOU
HAVE,
THE
%-MORE RISK
OF
YOU
DYING
FROM
THE
%-DISEASE.
%-WE'RE
SEEING
ELDERLY
PEOPLE
WHO
%-DON'T
GO
ANYWHERE -- AND
I
ASK
%-PEOPLE WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU
%-GOT
IT?
%-THE OTHER
DAY
I
SAW AN
ELDERLY
%-MAN
IN
HIS
LATE
70s
WHO
SAID,%-I DON'T KNOW.
%-MY WIFE
AND
I
STAY
HOME.
%-WE
HAVEN'T BEEN
ANYWHERE.
%-WHO COMES
TO
VISIT?
%-MY
GRANDCHILDREN
BRING
MY
%-GROCERIES.
%-SO
THAT'S
THE
ONLY WAY
THAT
%-FAMILY COULD HAVE
GOTTEN
THE
%-VIRUS.
%-AND
THAT'S THE
THEME
WE'RE
%-HEARING OVER
AND
OVER
AND
OVER.
%-WE
HAD A
SMALL
FAMILY
BIRTHDAY
%-PARTY, JUST TEN
OF
US.
%-NOBODY
WAS
SICK
SO
WE
THOUGHT WE%-WERE
SAFE.
%-TURNS
OUT ONE
OF
THOSE
WAS
%-ASYMPTOMATIC AND SPREAD
IT
TO
%-OTHER PEOPLE.
%-THE
OLDER PEOPLE
AND
THOSE
WITH
%-OTHER
DISEASES
ARE
THE
ONES
WHO
%-HAVE TO BE
HOSPITALIZED.
%->> SO WHAT WOULD
THE
MESSAGE
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%-THERE
THEN.
%-IT'S
NOT
NECESSARILY PEOPLE
%-CRAMMING INTO
BARS
OR
GOING
TO
%-SO-CALLED SUPER
SPREADER
EVENTS,
%-BUT
WOULD
THAT
THEN MAKE
US
%-BELIEVE
THAT WE SHOULD
ALL
%-BASICALLY BE
TRYING
TO
%-SELF-QUARANTINE?%->>
THE
MESSAGE
IS
IF
IT'S
%-SOMEBODY YOU
KNOW
THAT
DOES
NOT
%úLIVE IN
YOUR
IMMEDIATE
%-HOUSEHOLD, YOU
NEED
TO
TAKE
THE
%-PRECAUTIONS WITH THAT
PERSON
%-WHEN
YOU GET TOGETHER.
%-SO
I'M
NOT
SAYING WE
SHOULDN'T%-GET TOGETHER.
%-BUT
WHEN WE HAVE
MEETINGS
IN
THE
%-HOSPITALS, WE
ALL
WEAR
MASKS.
%-WE HAVE --
THE
TABLES
LABELED TO
%-WHERE WE CAN
SIT
SO
WE'RE
%-PROPERLY
SOCIALDY
SOCIALLY DISTANCED.
%-IF YOU
HAVE A
BIRTHDAY PARTY
%-WITH TEN
PEOPLE WHO
AREN'T
%-LIVING WITH
YOU,
YOU
SHOULD ALL%-BE
WEARING A MASK.
%-IT
SOUNDS
HARSH, BUT
THAT'S
THE
%-ONLY WAY
WE'RE
GOING
TO
STEM
THE
%-TIDE
OF
THIS
PANDEMIC,
IS
NOT
%-SPREADING IT
TO EACH
OTHER.
%-AND
THE
SPREAD IS
OCCURRING
FROM
%-FAMILY MEMBERS
OR
CLOSE
FRIENDS.
%-YOU
KNOW,
YOU
GO
OUT
TO --
I
HAD
%-ANOTHER PATIENT WHO
WAS
PRETTY
%-SICK.%-SHE
WAS
IN
HER
EARLY 60s.
%-I
SAID,
WHERE DID YOU
GET
IT?
%-SOME OF
US
DECIDED TO GO OUT
TO%-A
BAR
ONE
NIGHT.
%-WE
WERE
ALL
FEELING
FINE.
%-SIX OF
US
GOT
IT.
%->>
WOW.
%-WHAT
ARE
YOUR
PROJECTIONS
ABOUT%-HOW
LONG
THIS
SECOND
WAVE
COULD
%-LAST?%->> SO
WE'VE
ACTUALLY
DONE
SOME
%-LOCAL
MODELING,
AND
THE LOCAL
%-MODELS
PREDICT THAT
THIS
SECOND
%-WAVE
WILL
PEAK
MID-NOVEMBER.
%-SO
THIS WILL
BE
ANOTHER
%-BELL-SHAPED CURVE JUST
LIKE
THAT
%-FIRST HUMP.
%-SO THAT
TAKES
THIS
WAVE OF
THE
%-PANDEMIC --%->> THAT
IS
TRULY
FRIGHTENING.
%-WE
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR
%-WORK.
%-THANK
YOU
FOR WHAT YOU
DO
AND
%-THANKS
VERY
MUCH
FOR
JOINING
US,
%-DR. PAUL
CASEY.%->> YOU'RE
WELCOME.
%-YOU'RE
WELCOME.%->>
IN
THE
FACE
OF A
SURGING
%-COVID-19 CASELOAD IN
WISCONSIN,%-HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS
AND
PUBLIC
%-HEALTH
OFFICIALS
ARE
ALSO
HAVING
%-TO
BATTLE A
PARALLEL
%-"INFO-DEMIC" OF
ONLINE%-MISINFORMATION ABOUT
THE
%-DISEASE.
%-CONSPIRACY
THEORIES
THAT
CAST
%-DOUBT
O
N
COVID-19 DATA AND
%-INFORMATION ARE
FINDING A
%-ENTHUSIASTIC
AUDIENCE.
%-OUR
PARTNERS
AT
WISCONTEXT HAVE%-BEEN DIGGING INTO THIS
AND
HOW
%-IT'S
MAKING AN ALREADY
DIFFICULT
%-JOB
FOR
PUBLIC
HEALTH
%-DEPARTMENTS ALL THE
MORE
%-CHALLENGING.
%-LOOK
FOR
THEIR
REPORTING ON
THIS
%-TOPIC
AND
MORE
NEXT
WEEK
AT
%-WISCONN
%-wiscontext.org.
%-AS
WE
RACE
EVER
CLOSER
TO
%-ELECTION
DAY, WISCONSIN VOTE
IS
%-THE
INFORMATION
FOR
COMPLETE
%-INFORMATION.
%-FIND
IT
AT
wisconsinvote.org.%-AND THAT IS
OUR
PROGRAM FOR
%-TONIGHT.
%-I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
%-HAVE A GOOD
WEEKEND.
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FOR
MORE "HERE AND NOW"
2020
%-ELECTION
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