>> WELCOME TO "NOON WEDNESDAY",
I'M MURV SEYMOUR.
THE PUSH IS ON ACROSS THE STATE
TO GET MORE PEOPLE IN WISCONSIN
VACCINATED AS SOME PARTS SEE
SPIKES IN COVID CASES.
WILL CUSHMAN HAS BEEN REPORTING
WITH COVID STATEWIDE AND JOINS
US TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
GOOD AND THE BANEWS AND THE
EFFORTS TO GET COVID UNDER
CONTROL.
WILL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
FOR THIS UPDATE.
LET'S START HERE.
GIVE US A SNAPSHOT HOW THE
STATEIS DOING AS A WHOLE WITH
VACCINATIONS AND INFECTIONS.
>> VACCINATIONS CONTINUE TO
SLIME SLOWLY OVER THE LAST
MONTH.
AS OF YESTERDAY ABOUT 53% OF
THE STATE'S RESIDENTS HAD
RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF
VACCINE.
THAT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN 3
MILLION PEOPLE.
A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF THE
STATE POPULATION SUGGESTS.
THE NUMBERS ARE CREEPING UP
SLOWLY OVER THE LAST MONTH WHEN
COMPARED TO NEW CASES OF THE
DISEASE OF COVID-19.
CASES HAVE REALLY BEEN SPIKING
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
JUST YESTERDAY THE STATE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT REPORTED ABOUT 1500
NEW CASES.
THAT BRINGS THE SEVEN DAY
AVERAGE FOR NEW CASES TO 1100
NEW CASES PER DAY.
WHICH IS THE HIGHEST THAT
MEASURE HAS BEEN SINCE
FEBRUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY.
SO CASES ARE CLIMBING QUITE
RAPIDLY.
MULTIPLE PARTS OF THE STATE.
PRIMARILY MILWAUKEE AREA.
>> YOU REPORT MORE THAN TWO
DOZEN COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE
THE VACCINATION RATE IS BELOW
50% AND BELOW 40% IN SOME
PLACES.
SHOULD WE BE ALARMED BY THESE
NUMBERS?
>> PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SEEM
TO BE.
THEY ARE RAISING THE ALARM
ABOUT NEW CASES AS ARE DOCTORS
WORKING IN COVID WARDS ACROSS
THE STATE.
THEY'RE REOPENING IN HOSPITALS
AROUND THE STATE.
SOME HAD CLOSED BECAUSE THE NEW
CASES OF THE DISEASE REQUIRING
HOSPITALIZATION HAVE SLOWED
DOWN SO MUCH EARLIER IN THE
SUMMER.
BUT YEAH, WITH A FAIRLY LOW
PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE VACCINATED
IN A LOT OF WISCONSIN
COMMUNITIES PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS, DOCTORS AND
HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE QUITE
CONCERNED AT THE PRESENT MOMENT.
>> YOU ALSO REPORT THERE ARE A
HANDFUL OF COUNTIES WHERE THE
VACCINATIONS MEET OR EXCEED THE
GOAL OF GETTING 70% OF ADULTS
VACCINATED.
WHAT ARE THESE COUNTIES DOING
WHERE THE OTHERS AREN'T WHERE
THE VACCINATION RATES ARE LOW?
>> THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD
QUESTION.
I THINK AS OF YESTERDAY THERE
WERE EIGHT OUT OF WISCONSIN'S
70 COUNTIES WHERE 70% OR MORE
ADULTS IN THE COUNTY HAD AT
LEAST STARTED THE PROCESS OF
GETTING VACCINATED.
HAD RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE.
AND YEAH, IT IS HARD TO SAY.
THERE ARE COUNTIES ALL OVER THE
STATE INCLUDES DADE, DOOR, A
COUPLE OF RURAL COUNTIES ALONG
LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE.
BAYFIELD AND ASHLAND COUNTY.
MILWAUKEE SUBURBS AND A COUPLE
COUNTIES AROUND THE STATE.
THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT YOU
CAN SAY, I GUESS, ABOUT THE
SIMILARITIES.
THEY ARE FAIRLY DIFFERENT
PLACES WITH DIFFERENT PUBLIC
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS SO I'M NOT
SURE IF IT'S NECESSARILY A
WINNING STRATEGY TO GETTING
THOSE VACCINATIONS UP HIGHER.
BUT WE KNOW IN SOME PLACES LIKE
IN DOOR COUNTY, A LARGE PORTION
OF THE POPULATION IS OLDER, IT
IS MADE UP OF FAIRLY LARGE
NUMBER OF RETIREES.
WE KNOW THAT OLDER
WISCONSINITES LIKE ELSEWHERE
AROUND THE NATION ARE GETTING
VACCINATED AT MUCH HIGHER RATES.
WE ALSO KNOW THERE IS A
POLITICAL -- PEOPLE'S
WILLINGNESS TO GET VACCINATED.
AT LEAST IN SOME AREAS AND WE
KNOW THAT PLACES LIKE DANE
COUNTY THAT ARE QUITE BLUE AND
DEMOCRATIC VOTED HEAVILY FOR
JOE BIDEN THOSE ARE ALL KIND OF
FACTORS THAT HAVE BEEN
ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER
ENTHUSIASM FOR GETTING A
VACCINE.
I THINK IT DEPENDS AS MUCH ON
THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COUNTY
AS IT DOES ON THE STRATEGIES OF
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS
OF GETTING VACCINATION RATES
HIGHER.
>> SO BECAUSE OF THIS DELTA
VARIANT OF THE VIRUS THERE HAVE
BEEN MORE PLEAS FROM HEALTH
OFFICIAL OFFICIALS AND OTHERS
FOR UNVACCINATED FOLKS TO GET
TO VACCINE.
HOW ARE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE
STATE RESPONDING TO THAT?
>> IT SEEMS LIKE AT LEAST SOME
PEOPLE ARE HEARING THE PLEAS.
WE KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF
HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS IN THE STATE
HAVE RECENTLY MANDATED
VACCINATION FOR THEIR WORKERS,
THAT HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN THE
CASE UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN CASES
WERE SPIKING.
AND COINCIDING WITH THAT IT
SEEMS THAT MORE PEOPLE IN THE
LAST WEEK OR TWO HAVE DECIDED
TO START THE VACCINATION
PROCESS THAN WERE STARTING IT
EARLIER IN JULY.
THE NUMBER OF -- THE AVERAGE
NUMBER OF DOSES ADMINISTERED
HAS CREPT UP PRETTY STEADILY
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS
FROM 500 -- EXCUSE ME 5,500
SHOTS PER DAY TO ABOUT 2,000
SHOTS PER DAY.
MORE PEOPLE SEEM TO HEED THE
ADVICE THAT PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS --
>> IT IS WORTH NOTING YOU
MENTIONED DOOR COUNTY A LITTLE
BIT.
THEY HAVE A HIGH VACCINATION
RATE AMONG ADULTS BUT SEE AN
INCREASE IN CASES THERE
RECENTLY.
DO WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING
WITH THAT?
>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING
PLACES LIKE DANE COUNTY WITH
HIGH VACCINATION RATES.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS EVEN IN
PLACES THAT FAIRLY HIGH
VACCINATION RATES AROUND 70%, A
LITTLE BIT UNDER IN DOOR
COUNTY, THERE ARE STILL QUITE A
FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
VACCINATED WHO ARE GETTING
INFECTED.
WE ALSO -- THE EVIDENCE IS
BECOMING CLEARER THAT THE DELTA
VARIANT, THIS VERY CONTAGIOUS
VARIANT SPREADING QUITE RAPIDLY
ACROSS WISCONSIN AND THE UNITED
STATES IS LIKELY ASSOCIATED
WITH MORE BREAKTHROUGH
INFECTIONS.
SO PEOPLE WHO ARE FULLY
VACCINATED GETTING INFECTED AND
THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD TERM A
BREAKTHROUGH INFECTION.
WE BELIEVE THOSE ARE A LITTLE
HIGHER WITH THE DELTA VARIANT.
THAT'S CERTAINLY PART OF THE
PUZZLE AS WELL.
>> DANE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS
SAY THEY'RE OVER THE MOON WITH
THE HIGH VACCINATION RATES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
I GET THE IMPRESSION THE
NUMBERS DON'T ALWAYS TELL THE
WHOLE STORY.
HOW CAN YOU HAVE SUCH A HIGH
VACCINATION RATES AND
VACCINATIONS NEAR THE UW CAMPUS
AND SUN PRAIRIE ARE LOW.
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
>> I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE
RATES ARE SO HIGH IN SOME
PLACES.
THERE ARE AREAS FOR INSTANCE
VERONA WHERE THE VACCINATION
RATE IS ALMOST 90%.
THAT'S A SUBURB OF MADISON.
I ALSO TALKED TO THE VACCINE
DEPUTY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH DANE
COUNTY, COMBINED HEALTH
DEPARTMENT FOR MADISON AND DANE
COUNTY.
SHE SAID THAT THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IS KIND OF
INTERPRETING SOME OF THE LOCAL
VACCINATION RATE WITH A BIT OF
A JAUNDICED EYE.
YOU MENTIONED THE AREA AROUND
CAMPUS.
SHE SAID THEY AREN'T PUTTING
TOO MUCH STOCK INTO THAT LOWER
WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LOWER
VACCINATION RATE IN THAT ZIP
CODE AROUND CAMPUS BECAUSE
THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENTS
THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING WILL
HAVE BEEN VACCINATED OVER THE
SUMMER AND THOSE VACCINATION
RECORDS ARE LIKELY ASSOCIATED
WITH THE PERMANENT ADDRESS,
WHICH FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS IS
STILL WHERE ADDRESSES WHERE
THEY GREW UP, NOT NECESSARILY
IN DANE COUNTY OR ON CAMPUS.
THEN YOU MENTIONED SOME AREAS
EAST OF SUN PRAIRIE, DEFINITELY
KIND OF THE RURAL HINTER-LANDS
OF DANE COUNTY HAVE LOWER
VACCINATION RATES AND SMALLER
POPULATION AND ACTUALLY THE
VACCINATION RATES THERE ARE A
BIT HIGHER THAN THEY ARE IN
MOST RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE.
>> I ALSO SEE THAT HEALTH
OFFICIALS IN DANE COUNTY HAVE
SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE LOW
NUMBER OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS
GETTING THE VACCINE.
WHY ARE THE NUMBERS IN THIS
ETHNIC GROUP LAGGING BEHIND
WHITES AND OTHER MINORITIES AND
WHAT IS BEING DONE ABOUT THAT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
A LITTLE UNDER 40% OF DANE
COUNTY'S BLACK RESIDENTS HAVE
GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE
VACCINE COMPARED TO 2/3 OF THE
COUNTY'S WHITE RESIDENTS AND I
POSED THAT SAME QUESTION TO THE
VACCINE DEPUTY OF DANE COUNTY
AND SHE SAID THAT THEY ARE
DEALING WITH SOME KIND OF
LONGSTANDING ISSUES OF NOT A
LOT OF GREAT COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT AND HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS WITH MEMBERS OF
MADISON'S BLACK COMMUNITIES.
SHE SAID THEY ARE CONTINUING TO
HOLD LOCAL VACCINATION CLINICS
IN PREDOMINANTLY BLACK
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WORKING WITH BLACK CHURCHES TO
TRY TO SPREAD THE WORD ON
VACCINATIONS.
AND SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT A
SOCIAL MEDIA MISINFORMATION HAS
BEEN AN ISSUE.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS HAVING
TO COMBAT AMONG PEOPLE ACROSS
THE COMMUNITY.
SHE SAID THAT'S DEFINITELY AN
ISSUE AS WELL.
>> LET'S MOVE FORWARD HERE AND
TALK ABOUT THE DELTA VARIANT.
DOES IT MAKE UP A LOT OF NEW
COVID CASES ACROSS THE STATE?
>> IT DOES.
LAST WORD FROM STATE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IT WAS AT LEAST OVER
80% OF NEW CASES WERE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE DELTA
VARIANT.
>> AND I KNOW SOME VACCINATED
PEOPLE OUT THERE FEEL PROTECTED
AGAINST THE VIRUS.
WHAT DOES THE CDC SAY ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THESE FOLKS
SHOULD LET THEIR GUARD DOWN
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOW VACCINATED?
>> RIGHT.
ESPECIALLY I THINK I AM NOT
SURPRISED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
ARE CONFUSED ABOUT THE SUPER
NEW AT THIS POINT BUT THE NEWER
CDC GUIDANCE THAT EVEN FULLY
VACCINATED PEOPLE WEAR
FACEMASKS IN PUBLIC ENCLOSED
SPACES AND AREA WITH HIGH
TRANSMISSION.
NOT TO SAY THE VACCINES ARE NOT
PROTECTIVE.
THEY ARE STILL VERY PROTECTIVE.
IN FACT, I JUST GOT SOME
STATISTICS FROM THE STATE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAST NIGHT
ABOUT BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS,
HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND DEATHS IN
THE STATE BETWEEN JANUARY 1st
AND AUGUST 4th OF THIS YEAR.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF INFECTIONS
IN THE STATE ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH UNVACCINATED PEOPLE.
I HAVE OEF GOT THE STATS RIGHT
HERE.
ABOUT 153,000 CASES IN
WISCONSIN BETWEEN JANUARY AND
AUGUST 4th WERE VACCINATED
PEOPLE THAT COMPARES TO 5,000
CASES FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE
SO OBVIOUSLY A SMALLER NUMBER
THERE.
AT THE SAME TIME THERE WERE
OVER 6800 HOSPITALIZATIONS
AMONG UNVACCINATED PEOPLE
VERSUS ABOUT 300
HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR VACCINATED
PEOPLE.
AND THEN ABOUT -- EXCUSE ME,
SORRY, ALMOST 1300 DEATHS
BETWEEN JANUARY AND AUGUST
AMONG UNVACCINATED PEOPLE
COMPARED TO 35 DEATHS FOR FULLY
VACCINATED PEOPLE.
IT IS A MUCH, MUCH SMALLER
NUMBER OF PEOPLE GETTING
INFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS WHO
ARE FULLY VACCINATED BUT THEN
EVEN A SMALLER NUMBER GETTING
SEVERE SYMPTOMS AND A VERY
SMALL NUMBER ARE DYING COMPARED
TO UNVACCINATED PEOPLE.
SO THE VACCINES ARE A POWERFUL
PROTECTIVE EFFECT AND AT THE
SAME TIME THE NEW GUIDANCE TO
MASK UP IN AREAS OF HIGH
TRANSMISSION IS JUST AS MUCH IF
NOT MORE TO PROTECT
UNVACCINATED PEOPLE AROUND YOU
IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED.
>> IS THERE ANY WAY TO FORECAST
WHAT THE NUMBER WILL DO THIS
FALL WITH MORE PEOPLE GOING
BACK TO SCHOOL, THE FALL
SPORTING SEASON WILL BEGIN AND
ALL THIS ADDS UP TO MORE LARGE
GATHERINGS?
ARE THERE MORE CONCERNS ABOUT
PUBLIC SAFETY HEADING INTO FALL?
>> I THINK THERE ARE ESPECIALLY
WITH THE START OF THE SCHOOL
YEAR.
WE KNOW NO CHILDREN YOUNGER
THAN 12 ARE VACCINATED BECAUSE
THEY AREN'T ELIGIBLE FOR
VACCINATION.
AND WE'RE SEEING A NUMBER OF
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE
STATE ANNOUNCING THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO REQUIRE MASKS FOR ALL
STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF
REGARDLESS OF THEIR VACCINATION
STATUS, WHICH IS A
RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW.
SURELY A LARGE NUMBER OF SCHOOL
DISTRICTS MAY HAVE NO MASK
REQUIREMENT OR SOME SORT OF
HYBRID MASK REQUIREMENT.
AND SO YEAH, I THINK DEFINITELY
THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL HAS
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS A
LITTLE ANXIOUS ABOUT NEW CASES
AND THEN AS YOU SAID, I THINK
WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT
WHERE LARGE PUBLIC GATHERINGS
ARE JUST HAPPENING AGAIN
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE
NECESSARILY PRUDENT.
SUMMER FEST IS STILL ON IN THE
BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER IN
MILWAUKEE.
SOME OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED
THEY'LL REQUIRE PROOF OF
VACCINATION OR RECENT NEGATIVE
COVID TEST TO GAIN ENTRANCE TO
SUMMER FEST GROUNDS.
SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT THEY
ARE WORKING TO DO TO TRY TO
REDUCE THE RISK THAT LARGE
PUBLIC GATHERING POSES.
YEAH, IT IS DEFINITELY OF
CONCERN GOING FORWARD.
>> YOU MENTIONED SUMMER FEST.
LET'S TALK MILWAUKEE.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY SEE
AN EXTREME SURGE IN COVID CASES
THERE.
HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY THE
SITUATION GETS THIS EXTREME
LABEL?
>> YEAH, IT IS BECAUSE CASES
ARE JUST RISING SO QUICKLY IN
MILWAUKEE COUNTY AND IN
MILWAUKEE IN PARTICULAR.
THEY'VE BEEN RISING MUCH FASTER
THERE THAN THEY HAVE IN ANY
OTHER PART OF THE STATE FOR THE
LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
MILWAUKEE COUNTY HAS A
VACCINATION RATE AROUND 50%.
PRETTY CLOSE TO THE STATEWIDE
VACCINATION RATE.
SO IT DEFINITELY SEEMS TO BE ON
THE LEADING EDGE OF NEW CASES
AND ALSO HOSPITALIZATIONS.
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE STARTING
TO SPIKE IN MILWAUKEE AND
SURROUNDING AREA AS WELL.
IT MAY BE PORTENDING WHAT MIGHT
COME IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
STATE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.
>> CAN THEY CONNECT THE SURGE
AT ALL TO THE BUCKS CELEBRATION
WITH ALL THE FOLKS COMING OUT
TO CELEBRATE THE CHAMPIONSHIP?
>> YEAH, THERE ARE ACTUALLY
SEVERAL HUNDRED CASES OF COVID
WERE CONFIRMED VIA CONTACT
TRACING TO THE ASSOCIATED WITH
THE CELEBRATIONS IN THE
DISTRICT OR IN THE VICINITY OF
THE BUCKS ARENA AND ARE
BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH
THOSE REALLY LARGE GATHERINGS
AND CELEBRATIONS.
>> DO WE KNOW, WILL, WHETHER
THEY'RE DOING ANYTHING AT ALL
TO SLOW THE CASES IN MILWAUKEE
BECAUSE OF THIS EXTREME SURGE?
>> WELL, I THINK THERE LIKE
EVERYWHERE PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS AND DOCTORS, ETC.,
ARE REALLY PUSHING VACCINATIONS
TRYING TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE
WHO HAVEN'T BEEN VACCINATED
YET, WHICH IS STILL QUITE A
LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, TO TAKE
A STEP TO START THE VACCINATION
PROCESS.
I THINK THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO IS REALLY STRONGLY
URGING AND RECOMMENDING PEOPLE
WEAR MASKS AGAIN IN PUBLIC
SETTINGS REGARDLESS OF YOUR
VACCINATION STATUS.
AND THEN REALLY RECOMMENDING
THAT PEOPLE KIND OF RECONSIDER
ATTENDING LARGE PUBLIC
GATHERINGS OR RECONSIDER
POTENTIAL TRAVEL, OTHER
POTENTIALLY RISKY BEHAVIORS
THAT COULD SPREAD THE VIRUS.
>> THIS FEELS LIKE WE'RE
SLIPPING BACK TOWARDS SQUARE
ONE WITH THE DANGER OF THIS
VIRUS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> YEAH.
I AM SMILING BECAUSE IT FEELS
-- I THINK LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE
I FEEL CHAGRINED AT THE MOMENT.
A MONTH OR TWO IT FELT LIKE WE
WERE SEEING LIGHT AT THE END OF
THE TUNNEL WITH THE PANDEMIC
AND NOW LIKE IT FEELS LIKE DEJA
VU LIKE LAST FALL HOW QUICKLY
CASES ARE INCREASING AGAIN.
THE DIFFERENCE IS SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED NOW.
A LOT STILL HAVE TO BE
VACCINATED.
A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF OF
WISCONSINITES ARE VACCINATED
AGAINST COVID-19 NOW AND SO
THAT IN AND OF ITSELF HAS A
REALLY STRONG PROTECTIVE
EFFECT, NOT JUST FOR YOU AS AN
INDIVIDUAL BUT FOR THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE CLEARLY STILL A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED
AND DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE
IMMUNITY THROUGH PRIOR
INFECTION WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO
THE DISEASE.
AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY
VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS ALSO WHO
ARE VULNERABLE WHEN THEY ARE
COMPROMISED OR WHAT NOT.
THERE IS DEFINITELY STILL QUITE
A RISK ESPECIALLY TO HOSPITALS.
HOSPITALS ARE SEEING A LOT MORE
COVID PATIENTS AND SOME ARE
RECOMMENDING OR CHOOSING TO
MAYBE PUSH BACK PROCEDURES OR
THINKING ABOUT -- THINKING
DEEPLY ABOUT CARE MODELS GOING
FORWARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
WEEKS AND MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE
DEFINITE STRAIN THAT ALL THESE
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE HAVING ON
THEIR INFRASTRUCTURES AND
WORKERS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS
DEFINITELY OF CONCERN.
BUT FOR AVERAGE VACCINATED
PERSON IN WISCONSIN, I WOULD
SAY -- I PERSONALLY AM FULLY
VACCINATED AND I FEEL LESS
ANXIOUS ABOUT THE PANDEMIC
RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT EVEN
GIVEN THE STILL A VERY SERIOUS
ISSUE FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT I
FEEL LESS PERSONAL RISK THAN I
DID LAST FALL WHEN I WASN'T
VACCINATED AT ALL.
>> WE'LL HAVE TO LIVE IT THERE.
WILL CUSHMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE
UPDATE AND EXCELLENT REPORTING
ON THE COVID CRISIS ACROSS THE
STATE.
>> YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
THANKS A LOT.
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