LATE SUMMER AND FALL.
% >> LA CROSSE COUNTY IS SEEING AN
% UPTICK IN COVID-19 CASES AT A
% RATE OF 40% HIGHER THAN THE
% STATE AVERAGE.
% A SEVERE RISK RED ALERT HAS BEEN
% ISSUED.
% THE PUBLIC WAS NOTIFIED OF
% POSSIBLE EXPOSURE IF THEY
% VISITED ANY OF SEVEN BARS AND
% RESTAURANTS IN THE DOWNTOWN
% LA CROSSE AREA.
% RESIDENTS ARE BEING ADVISED TO
% STAY AT HOME AND REDUCE
% GATHERINGS TO NO MORE THAN TEN
% PEOPLE.
% >> I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS.
% I KNOW WE CAN DO BETTER.
% I KNOW THAT WE CAN MAKE CHOICES
% TO ALWAYS WEAR FABRIC FACE
% COVERINGS AND ALWAYS PHYSICAL
% DISTANCE.
% AND WE CAN CHANGE THIS OUTCOME
% THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING.
% SO DON'T BE -- DON'T BE
% DISCOURAGED THAT WE ARE IN RED.
% IF WE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AS A
% COMMUNITY, ALL TOGETHER, NOT
% JUST INDIVIDUALS, THEN WE WILL
% SEE THESE NUMBERS GO DOWN.