Coronavirus

Stay-at-home seems to work in Wisconsin, says health secretary

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5 years ago

April 9, 2020

The health services secretary for Wisconsin is encouraged by signs that state residents are flattening the COVID-19 curve.

Andrea Palm spoke during a telephone town hall on Thursday, and said that if stay-at-home orders had not been put in place, the number of COVID cases in Wisconsin might have doubled every three days.

“We are now doubling our number of cases about every 5 days, and so we really do think that there is cause for optimism about the impact that ‘safer at home’ is having on our trajectory,” said Palm.

She predicts that

Days after the spring election in Wisconsin, citizens are still complaining about having been required to vote in person during an epidemic.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.