% >> AN ESTIMATED 100,000 PEOPLE
% VENTURED INTO THE WISCONSIN
% DELLS DURING THE 4TH OF
% JULY WEEKEND EVEN WITH
% CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS.
% THESE ARE THE CROWDS AT NOAH'S
% ARK WATERPARK.
% GUESTS WERE ASKED TO WEAR MASKS
% INSIDE THE PARK BUT WERE NOT
% REQUIRED TO WEAR THEM.
% THE NUMBER OF COVID CASES IN
% WISCONSIN NOW TOPS 33,000, WITH
% MORE THAN 800 DEATHS, AND THE
% RATE OF POSITIVE CASES CONTINUES
% TO RISE.
% THE UPWARD SURGE HAS BEEN STEADY
% SINCE THE WISCONSIN SUPREME
% COURT STRUCK DOWN WISCONSIN'S
% "SAFER AT HOME" ORDER.
% GOVERNOR TONY EVERS THIS WEEK
% SAID HE WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED
% IMPOSING A FACE MASK ORDER TO
% PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD IF HE HAD
% THE POWER TO DO SO.
% >> I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
% ASKED ABOUT ISSUING ANOTHER
% "SAFER AT HOME" ORDER OR
% REQUIRING MASKS AT THE STATE
% LEVEL.
% UNFORTUNATELY, THE REALITY IS
% THAT THE SUPREME COURT RULING IN
% THE REPUBLICAN LAWSUIT REALLY
% HAMSTRUNG OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND
% TO THIS PANDEMIC.