THIS WEEK, DANE COUNTY AND
% MADISON BECAME THE FIRST IN THE
% STATE TO MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR
% FACE MASKS IN PUBLIC.
% THE EMERGENCY ORDER APPLIES TO
% EVERYONE FIVE YEARS AND OLDER.
% IT REQUIRES MASKS INSIDE PUBLIC
% PLACES AND INSIDE PRIVATE
% RESIDENCES WHEN PEOPLE FROM MORE
% THAN ONE HOUSEHOLD ARE GATHERED.
% THE FACE MASK ORDER STARTS
% MONDAY, JULY 13.
% SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SHOWS
% WEARING A CLOTH FACE MASK
% COVERING REDUCES THE RISK OF
% COVID-19 INFECTION.
% >> THIS IS IMPORTANT.
% THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT NEXT
% STEP THAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER
% TO REDUCE THE NUMBERS OF CASES
% THAT WE HAVE WITH COVID.
% AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WHO'S
% STANDING HERE TODAY WHO ALSO
% SERVED AND I HAVE ASTHMA, IT IS
% CRITICAL THAT WE MAKE SURE WE
% NOT ONLY PROTECT OURSELVES, BUT
% OTHERS THAT ARE SO VULNERABLE.
% >> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US,
% EVEN PEOPLE WHO FEEL HEALTHY, TO
% WEAR A MASK, BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN
% BE INFECTIOUS UP TO TWO DAYS
% BEFORE SYMPTOMS BEGIN AND PEOPLE
% MAY BE ABLE TO SPREAD COVID-19
% EVEN IF THEY NEVER HAVE
% SYMPTOMS.
% >> WE ARE SEEING MORE COMMUNITY
% SPREAD HERE IN MADISON.
% 33% OF PEOPLE TESTED IN THE LAST
% TWO WEEKS DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY
% NOT SICK.
% ABOUT 13% OF PEOPLE TESTING
% POSITIVE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS
% HAVE NO SYMPTOMS.
% >> AND WE HAVE TO RESPOND
% ACCORDINGLY.
% IF WE ADHERE TO PUBLIC HEALTH
% GUIDELINES, INCLUDING WEARING A
% MASK, WE GREATLY IMPROVE OUR
% ODDS OF GETTING THIS VIRUS BACK
% UNDER CONTROL AND KEEPING IT AT
% BAY.