NOW TO COVID DEVELOPMENTS, STATE
DEPUTY HEALTH SECRETARY JULIE
WILL HEMS VAN DYKE SAYS
WISCONSIN NEEDS TO GET AN 80%
FULLY VACCINATED RATE IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST THE DELTA VARIANT.
CURRENTLY 50% OF WISCONSINITES
ARE FULLY VACCINATED.
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS SAYS THE
SPEED OF THE CURRENT SURGE MAKES
VACCINATIONS ALL THE MORE
IMPORTANT.
>> AS OF EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE
7-DAY AVERAGE OF NEW CONFIRMED
CASES HAS INCREASED 40% OVER THE
PAST WEEK, AND IT IS 11 TIMES
HIGHER THAN IT WAS A MONTH AGO.
ALL 72 COUNTIES ARE EXPERIENCING
HIGH OR VEL HIGH DISEASE VERY HE
ACTIVITY AND OUR HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS ARE PREPARING FOR THE
WORST.
FOLKS, THIS DELTA VARIANT IS NO
JOKE.
IT IS HIGHLY INFECTIOUS AND IS
SPREADING MORE QUICKLY THAN ANY
OTHER STRAIN OF THE VIRUS.
WE ARE NO LONGER IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST COVID-19.
THIS IS NOW A FIGHT AGAINST THE
DELTA VARIANT AND ALL THE
POTENTIAL VARIANTS THAT COULD
FOLLOW.
BUT WISCONSIN, THERE IS GREAT
NEWS HERE, AND THAT IS THAT WE
HAVE THE ANSWER.
THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE: GET
VACCINATED.
THE VACCINE IS SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE.
AND GETTING VACCINATED IS THE
BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF,
YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR COMMUNITY
FROM COVID-19 AND THE DELTA
VARIANT.
IT'S EASY, IT FREE, AND ANYONE
CAN GET THE VACCINE REGARDLESS
OF IMMIGRATION STATUS OR IF
YOU'VE HAD COVID BEFORE.
>> THE DELTA VARIANT IS A WHOLE
NEW GAME BECAUSE IT IS HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS, MUCH MORE CONTAGIOUS
THAN THE ORIGINAL STRAIN OF
COVID-19.
LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
WITH THE ORIGINAL STRAIN OF
COVID-19, AN INFECTED PERSON WAS
LIKELY TO INFECT TWO OTHER
PEOPLE WHO WERE THEN LIKELY TO
INFECT TWO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE FOR
A TOTAL OF SIX CASES FROM ONE
INFECTION.
WITH THE DELTA VARIANT, AN
INFECTED PERSON IS LIKELY TO
INFECT FIVE PEOPLE, WHO ARE
LIKELY TO INFECT 25 PEOPLE, FOR
A TOTAL OF 30 CASES FROM ONE
INFECTION.
SIX COMPARED TO 30.
YOU CAN EASILY SEE HOW THIS
VARIANT WILL SPREAD LIKE
WILDFIRE.
AS THE WEATHER CHANGES AND MORE
PEOPLE MOVE INDOORS, THE VIRUS
WILL SPREAD EVEN MORE RAPIDLY.
IF YOU ARE UNVACCINATED AND
EXPOSED, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF
YOU'LL GET IT, IT'S WHEN.
AND WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNVACCINATED ARE MOST AT RISK
FOR GETTING VERY ILL,
HOSPITALIZED, AND DYING.
WITH THIS SURGE, WE'RE A FEW
WEEKS BEHIND OUR SOUTHERN
STATES.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN IN
FLORIDA COULD HAPPEN HERE.