THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> AS WE SHIFT FROM SUMMER TO
FALL AND PEOPLE SPEND MORE TIME
INDOORS, HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
URGING WISCONSINITES TO GET AN
OMICRON SPECIFIC BOOSTER.
THE VACCINE IS COMING TO THE
STATE THROUGH FEDERAL
ALLOCATIONS AND PRIVATE
PHARMACIES AND SAID TO BETTER
PROTECT AGAINST THE NEWEST
STRAINS OF THE VIRUS.
MODERNA BOOSTER IS APPROVED FOR
1 AND OLDER.
PFIZER FOR 12 AND OLDER.
>> IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS SINCE
SCHOOL HAS STARTED WE'VE SEEN A
JUMP OF ABOUT 14% IN THE CASES
OF CHILDREN WITH COVID-19.
SO ABOUT 90,000 CASES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
RECOGNIZE THIS MIGHT BE
ACTUALLY UNDERREPORTED SINCE A
LOT OF CHILDREN ARE RECEIVING
HOME TESTS AND THEY AREN'T
ALWAYS REPORTED.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT DATA
POINT BECAUSE IT REMINDS US
THAT COVID-19 IS STILL VERY
MUCH PRESENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND AS WE GO INTO THE WINTER
SEASON, WE LEARN ABOUT OTHER
VIRAL ENTITIES THAT THE END TO
HAVE A HIGHER INSTANCE DURING
THE WINTER, PARTICULARLY
INFLUENZA.
SO THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE THE
BOOSTER SPECIFICALLY TARGETED
TOWARDS THE OMICRON VARIANT BA5
REALLY HELPS US TO KEEP OUR