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%>>
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%WE
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%PEOPLE AT
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%RESPONSE.
%WE ARE
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%SECRETARY-DESIGNEE OF
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%WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
%SERVICES, ANDREA PALM.
%
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%THANKS VERY
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%>>
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%>>
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%CONFIRMED
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%LEANING
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%IT'S
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%INFECTIONS ARE
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%MOVE
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%OUR
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%PUBLIC
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%WORK HARD
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%JUST
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%DO YOU
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%AS
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%DEMAND.
%WE DON'T
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%TESTS
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%IN A
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%
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%INCREASED ACCESS FROM
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%FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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%WE HAVE
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%THAT WE ARE
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%FEDS
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%BEFORE WE
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%ALSO PUT
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%WE RECOGNIZE
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%INABILITY
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%ASKING THE
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%FACILITIES
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%TAKING ON
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%>>
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%WE HAVE
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%LABS
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%MOST HOSPITALS AND
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%HAVE
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%THEIR
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%THEY
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%INFRASTRUCTURE
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%WILL
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%EXPAND
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%AND WE
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%STATE
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%PLACES
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%QUICKLY
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%LIKE
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%FACILITIES
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%CLINICS.
%YOU
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%STATES.
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%MEET
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%>>
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%BEEN
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%WILL
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%>>
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%COMMUNICATION WITH
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%GEORGIA
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%AND WE
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%RETURNED
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%WISCONSIN.
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%SYMPTOMATIC OR
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%ASYMPTOMATIC AND
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%BE ABLE
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%SOME
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%WHAT KINDS
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%
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%>>
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%THOSE
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%THINKING ABOUT
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%PLANNING
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%CARE,
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%SCHOOL.
%AND
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%MEALS.
%AND THERE ARE
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%WHAT WOULD BE
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%TO THAT
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%DIFFERENT
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%THE
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%COMMUNITY
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%>> THEY
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%YESTERDAY
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%DECLARATION OF THE
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%EVIDENCE
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%PERIODS
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%OR
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%DISTANCING TACTICS
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%THIS
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%TO
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%>>
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%AND DOING
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%AND
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%SEVERE DISEASE.
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%
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%
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%IN
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