FROM A STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST
ABOUT RESPIRATORY VIRUSES
HITTING CHILDREN AND THE
INTERPLAY WITH COVID-19 AND ALSO
ABOUT THE NEW DELTA VARIANT.
PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED ARE
MOSTLY PROTECTED FROM THAT NEW
VARIANT, BUT AT A TIME WHEN
VACCINATIONS ARE NOT ONLY
PROTECTING PEOPLE, BUT LEADING
TO A BACK-TO-NORMAL LIFESTYLE,
WISCONSIN SENATOR RON JOHNSON IS
FOCUSING ON THE DOWNSIDE OF
VACCINES.
THIS WEEK HE INTRODUCED A GROUP
OF PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCED
NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS FROM
GETTING THE SHOT.
>> NONE OF US ARE MEDICAL
DOCTORS.
NONE OF US ARE MEDICAL
RESEARCHERS.
WE'RE NOT PRETENDING TO BE.
BUT WE CAN SEE THE
PUBLICLY-AVAILABLE INFORMATION.
WE CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS DATA
AND GO THIS IS CONCERNING.
THIS OUGHT TO BE TAKEN
SERIOUSLY.
THIS OUGHT TO BE LOOKED AT.
>> WISCONSIN MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS GATHERED THIS WEEK
IN A ZOOM EVENT TO TAKE
EXCEPTION TO SENATOR JOHNSON'S
STAND ON VACCINATIONS, INCLUDING
A COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC
PHYSICIAN FROM MILWAUKEE.
>> SENATOR RON JOHNSON IS
EXTREMELY OUT OF PLACE IN TRYING
TO GIVE MEDICAL ADVICE.
NOT ONLY THAT, BECAUSE OF HIS
POSITION OF POWER, RON JOHNSON
IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
I WORRY THAT EVENTS LIKE THE ONE
SENATOR JOHNSON HELD YESTERDAY
WILL COST THE LIVES OF PEOPLE
HERE IN MILWAUKEE AND ACROSS OUR
STATE.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE WITH MY
COLLEAGUES TODAY.
AS PHYSICIANS, WE CALL ON
SENATOR RON JOHNSON TO DO THE
RESPONSIBLE THING: SHARE WITH
PEOPLE THAT COVID-19 VACCINES
ARE DEMONSTRABLY SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST
COVID-19 BY GETTING VACCINATED.
>> THE STATE'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER
HAD SCATHING WORDS FOR SENATOR
JOHNSON IN AN EDITORIAL THAT
MALIGNED HIM.
THEY WROTE, QUOTE, HE IS THE
MOST IRRESPONSIBLE
REPRESENTATIVE OF WISCONSIN
CITIZENS SIN