% RUNS FROM APRIL 24 UNTIL MAY 26
% AND DOES ALLOW FOR CURBSIDE
% PICKUP AT LIBRARIES AND GOLF
% COURSES CAN REOPEN WITH NEW
% RESTRICTIONS.
% FOR THE FIRST TIME, GOVERNOR
% TONY EVERS THIS WEEK OUTLINED
% THE CRITERIA THAT MUST BE MET
% BEFORE SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES
% CAN REOPEN AND SHOWED HIS
% FRUSTRATION WITH REPUBLICANS WHO
% LOOK TO SETTLE THE MATTER IN
% COURT.
% GOVERNOR EVERS HAS AGREED TO
% JOIN US EACH WEEK, AND EARLIER I
% SPOKE WITH THE GOVERNOR.
% GOVERNOR, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR
% BEING WITH US.
% >> THANK YOU MUCH.
% GOOD TO BE BACK.
% >> WELL, SO PROTESTS AND
% LAWSUITS OVER THE EXTENSION OF
% THE "SAFER AT HOME" ORDER.
% IN REPORTING ON THE REPUBLICAN
% SUIT BROUGHT TO THE SUPREME
% COURT, I DESCRIBED YOU AS BEING
% LIVID.
% WHAT MAKES YOU SO ANGRY ABOUT
% THEM SEEKING THE REMEDY TO
% BLOCKING THIS ORDER IN COURT?
% >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT
% FRUSTRATES ME IS THAT WE MADE A
% DECISION TO FOLLOW THE WHITE
% HOUSE AND THE CDC'S KIND OF
% PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHEN WE'RE
% READY TO OPEN UP PARTS OF OUR
% ECONOMY.
% SO WE'RE FOLLOWING A DONALD
% TRUMP MODEL HERE.
% AND SO IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE
% ANNOYED ABOUT, THEN THEY NEED TO
% GO TALK TO DONALD TRUMP.
% BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IT'S A
% CONTINUED ATTACK ON THE
% EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
% THEY STARTED IT WITH THE LAME
% DUCK SESSION, AND THEY CONTINUE
% TO THIS DATE.
% AND IT WOULD BE JUST A MINOR
% IRRITANT IF -- THIS WILL DELAY
% THINGS, AND THIS WILL DELAY
% THINGS IN A WAY THAT I BELIEVE
% ACTUALLY COSTS LIVES AND ALSO
% INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF US,
% YOU KNOW, EVEN FURTHERING DOWN
% THE ROAD OUR OPPORTUNITY AS A
% STATE TO OPEN UP ECONOMICALLY.
% IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
% IT'S A POLITICAL POWER GRAB,
% PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
% AND, FRANKLY, WE GOT A LOT OF
% STUFF ON OUR PLATE NOW.
% WE DON'T NEED POLITICAL POWER
% GRAB TO BE INSERTED INTO THE
% MIDDLE OF IT.
% >> YOU SAID THAT YOU BELIEVE THE
% SUPREME COURT WILL LISTEN TO
% SCIENCE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, BUT
% WHAT IF THEY AGREE WITH THE
% REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE?
% WHAT THEN?
% >> WELL, I GUESS IT GOES THROUGH
% SOME -- IT'S THEIR BALL GAME
% THEN.
% THEY HAVE -- THEY WILL HAVE THE
% ABILITY TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO
% DO.
% AND IT WILL ALL BE DONE THROUGH
% ADMINISTRATIVE RULE-MAKING AND,
% FRANKLY, IT'S BEEN MY
% OBSERVATION IN THE PAST THAT
% THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
% HAPPENS IN A DAY.
% IT HAPPENS IN WEEKS AND
% SOMETIMES MONTHS, YOU KNOW, IN
% SOME CASES HALF A YEAR.
% SO TO DO THIS IN THAT FASHION
% JUST -- IT DOESN'T SPEED UP
% ANYTHING AND IT CREATES HAVOC
% AND I JUST -- I JUST THINK THE
% -- WE ARE ON --
% WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE.
% WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS
% STATE, NOT BATTLE THIS OUT
% IN THE SUPREME COURT.
% >> NOW, WISCONSIN IS NOT ALONE,
% BUT OUR ECONOMY IS CRATERING
% WITH LOST BUSINESS AND LOST
% JOBS.
% STATE COFFERS COULD BE GUTTED.
% WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE
% BELEAGUERED PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN
% AS NEW COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS
% CONTINUE?
% >> WELL, WE HAVE A PLAN.
% THE PLAN IS QUITE SIMPLE.
% IT HAS THE THREE CRITERIA WHERE
% WE'RE GOING TO BE JUDGING
% WHETHER WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.
% WE HAVE TO DO TESTING, CONTACT
% TRACING.
% ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE IN
% PLACE.
% THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN HAVE
% SACRIFICED A BUNCH, AND I
% APPRECIATE THAT.
% WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE
% OF THIS VIRUS.
% BUT AT THE SAME TIME WHEN WE
% HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO OPEN THE
% DOOR A LITTLE BIT IN CERTAIN
% AREAS TO ALLOW BUSINESSES TO
% EXPAND AND BRING BACK WORKERS,
% WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
% IF THAT HAPPENS BEFORE MAY 26,
% LET IT HAPPEN.
% WE ARE WILLING TO DO THAT.
% BUT WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE
% VIRUS.
% WE HAVE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE
% WE'RE BOXING IN THE VIRUS, NOT
% BOXING IN PEOPLE.
% >> NOW, THIS IS YOUR BADGER
% BOUNCE BACK PLAN TO SLOWLY
% REOPENING, AND IT INCLUDES
% SEEING A 14-DAY DECLINE IN
% POSITIVE CASES, BEING ABLE TO
% TEST 85,000 PEOPLE A WEEK AND
% DEPLOYING 1,000 CONTACT TRACERS.
% HOW FAR ARE WE OR HOW CLOSE ARE
% WE TO MEETING THESE METRICS?
% >> WELL, THE METRICS AROUND THE
% NUMBER OF TESTS, WE'RE GETTING
% CLOSE.
% I THINK TODAY WE HAD OVER 10,000
% TESTS.
% SO IT'S SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, WE'RE
% AT 70,000.
% WE KNOW WE CAN INCREASE THAT.
% WE'RE ASKING OUR PHYSICIANS AND
% OTHER CARE PROVIDERS TO TEST
% PEOPLE THAT ARE SHOWING
% SYMPTOMS.
% I THINK THE LAB CAPACITY IS
% OVERALL ACROSS THE STATE IN
% PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
% PERSONAL EQUIPMENT IS NOT SO
% GOOD, ALTHOUGH WE'RE GOING TO
% RECEIVE A LARGE SHIPMENT FROM
% THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
% SO THOSE PIECES WE'RE IN A
% PRETTY GOOD PLACE.
% BUT NOW WE'VE HAD AN OUTBREAK IN
% GREEN BAY WITH A MEAT-PACKING
% PLANT.
% I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS, BUT
% I GUESS IT HAS TO DO WITH NOT
% HAVING THE APPROPRIATE THINGS IN
% PLACE THERE.
% THAT WILL SET BACK THAT PART OF
% THE STATE, SIMPLE AS THAT.
% >> WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE AND
% REACTION TO THAT, IF IN FACT
% THOSE PLANTS HAVE NOT BEEN
% PRACTICING SAFETY MEASURES?
% >> WELL, SHAME ON THEM.
% AND SHAME ON THEIR INSURERS FOR
% INSURING THEM.
% WE HAVE A PANDEMIC.
% AND ONE OF THE CORE PIECES OF
% THAT PANDEMIC IS TO HAVE
% PHYSICAL DISTANCE BETWEEN
% PEOPLE.
% AND IF -- I DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT
% AND IF THAT IN DISTANCES HAS
% CAUSED THIS, THEN THAT'S A
% PROBLEM AND WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK
% AT IT.
% CLEARLY WE'RE WORKING WITH THE
% LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS TO SEE
% WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING NEXT.
% WE'RE SPENDING MOST OF OUR TIME,
% FRANKLY, TESTING AND TRACING THE
% FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN INFECTED SO
% THAT WE CAN KEEP THINGS TO A
% MINIMUM.
% >> ASIDE FROM THAT CLUSTER OF
% POSITIVE CASES IN THAT AREA,
% WHAT ABOUT THE ARGUMENT THAT NOT
% ALL PLACES ARE HIT AS HARD AS
% CITIES AND THAT THOSE LOCALITIES
% SHOULD BE ABLE TO REOPEN, EVEN
% NOW?
% >> YEAH.
% AND WE LOOK AT THAT REGULARLY.
% AND THERE'S A SWATH OF COUNTIES
% IN THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR
% STATE THAT HAVE VERY SMALL
% NUMBERS.
% ACTUALLY, A COUPLE HAVE ZERO.
% BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NO
% VIRUS IN THAT COUNTY.
% CLEARLY, ONLY -- IT TAKES A TEST
% TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND TAKES
% SYMPTOMS TO MAKE A TEST HAPPEN,
% AND MANY PEOPLE ARE
% ASYMPTOMATIC, SO THEY'RE NEVER
% GOING TO BE TESTED.
% THERE'S VIRUS ALL ACROSS THE
% STATE.
% BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IF
% THERE'S THINGS WE CAN DO
% INDIVIDUALLY OR REGIONALLY,
% WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
% >> ALL RIGHT.
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS, THANKS VERY
% MUCH.
% THANKS FOR JOINING US.
% >> THANKS, FREDERICA.