GOOD
GOOD LIVES. >> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.
WELL , WE CAN ALL ADMIT WE LOVE
OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST
IN WISCONSIN. BUT WINONA COUNTY
IS ADVISING PEOPLE TO NOT TRAVEL
TO LACROSSE BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF
OUR NATION'S HOT SPOTS
FOR COMENT. IF YOU DON'T NEED
TO GO, DON'T. THAT'S
THE OFFICIAL MESSAGE WE'RE
HEARING TONIGHT, RIGHT ?
>>? THAT'S
>>? THAT'S >> RIGHT . JANNAH COUNTY SAYS
THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING BE
ARRESTING ANYBODY, BUT
IT'S CERTAINLY IN EVERYONE'S
BEST INTEREST CONSIDERING WHAT'S
GOING ON OVER THERE. WHEN
YOU SUDDENLY POST AN ADVISORY
WARNING AGAINST TRAVELING ACROSS
THE RIVER TO YOUR CLOSEST
NEIGHBOR, IT GENERATES A LOT
OF REACTION. BUT WE KNOW IN A
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
WANTS TO MAKE ONE THING CLEAR.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING OUT
IN WISCONSIN AT ALL. WE'RE JUST
ASKING PEOPLE TO ADD TO A
PROBLEM. IF YOU DON'T NEED
TO GO, DON'T GO. EMERGENCY
>> MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR BEN
KLINGER SAYS THE ADVISORY
ACTUALLY CAME AT THE REQUEST
OF THE LA CROSSE COUNTY PUBLIC
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS
DEALING WITH A HIGH COVID
ACTIVITY LEVEL AVERAGING MORE
THAN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN
CASES PER DAY AND A 34 %
POSITIVITY RATE OVER THE PAST
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. >>
WEEK. >> THEY ASKED US TO HELP
THEM GET THE WORD ABOUT
PEOPLE NOT TRAVELING TO LA
CROSSE SPECIFICALLY TO THIS
WEEKEND'S HISTORICALLY RED THIS
OCTOBER FEST WEEKEND WHICH THEY
DIDN'T CANCEL AND THEY WERE
CONCERNED THAT A LARGE AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE WOULD COME TO TOWN
AND STILL CELEBRATE. I WENT FROM
KNOWING NO ONE WHO HAD
COVID CASES AS FAR AS FRIENDS
FROM ALL ACROSS THE AREA
TO KNOWING CLOSE TO A DOZEN
WITHIN A WEEK.
>> ADAM VLOK IS RECOVERING FROM
COVID HIMSELF. HE'S A STUDENT AT
UW LACROSSE. THE EPICENTER
OF THE OUTBREAK. ALL STUDENTS
HAVE NOW BEEN SHELTERING
IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
AND ADAM SAYS GETTING OUTSIDE
INFORMATION HAS BEEN HARD. LAST
WEEK THE COUNTY STOPPED UPDATING
ITS OUTBREAKS AND INVESTIGATIONS
PAGE DUE TO A RAPID INFLUX
OF CASES, ADDING YOU SHOULD
ASSUME YOU WILL COME INTO
CONTACT WITH COVID 19 WHENEVER
YOU INTERACT WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE
OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD BECAUSE
WE HAVE WIDESPREAD COVID 19
ACTIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> CHAOTIC BECAUSE THE PUBLIC
HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LACROSSE
AND THE JUSTICE IN GENERAL IS
KIND OF BURSTING AT THE SEAMS
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PREPARED
FOR THE LEVEL OF CASES WE'VE HAD
.HE SAYS THE TRAVEL ADVISORY
FROM WOONONA COUNTY MAKES SENSE
SINCE MANY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
FREQUENTLY CROSS THE BORDER. HE
ALSO POINTS OUT THAT IT'S NOT
THE ONLY STRATEGY LACROSS HAS
TRIED. THE LACROSSE COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT ASKED ME
TO REACH OUT TO YOU. THEY SAID
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN I SPILLED
CHILI TO YOU? I'M SERIOUS ABOUT
>> THIS STUFF. YES. THE COUNTY
EVEN PAID ACTOR
BRIAN BAUMGARDNER TO RECORD THIS
VIDEO REFERENCING HIS OFFICE
CHARACTER
CHARACTER
CHARACTER >> AND THE LACROSSE COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS
RIGHT NOW. EVERYBODY EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF US OR SPILLING
CHILI METAPHORICALLY, OF COURSE
.STOP SPILLING THE CHILI. WEAR
A MASK. WASH YOUR HANDS. STAY
APART. DO YOUR PART TO AND
COVID 19. THE MESSAGE FROM
KEVIN FROM THE OFFICE WAS
CLEARLY NOTHING ELSE HAS TODAY.
LET'S JUST TRY THIS. LET'S TRY
AND GET A CELEBRITY CANDIDATE
TO HELP WITH CONTAINING COMENT
CASES BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST DON'T
REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THEIR
CASES. KEEP RISING.
>> GOOD NEWS IS SO FAR IT
DOESN'T APPEAR AS THOUGH TOO
MUCH CHILI HAS BEEN SPILLED
KNOWN TO COUNTY. BEN SAYS
TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED TESTS WERE
CONDUCTED IN THE STATE AND
AROUND THE COMMUNITY LAST WEEK,
WHICH IS 70 POSITIVES SO FAR
>>. THE VIRUS DOESN'T KNOW
BORDERS SO. OR JUST ASKING
PEOPLE TO BE CAUTIOUS. AND IF
YOU DON'T NEED TO TRAVEL TO A
HOTSPOT, DON'T TRAVEL
>> SPEAKING
>> SPEAKING >> OF THAT HOT SPOT. THERE IS
A BIT OF GOOD NEWS OVER IN LA
CROSSE. THE COUNTY HAS SEEN AT
LEAST SOME OF THE CASES PLAYING
OFF A LITTLE BIT IN THE LAST FEW
DAYS DIP BELOW ONE HUNDRED
AND AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL.
THEY SAY THE TESTING IS SHOWING
SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT. IN FACT,
THEY EXPECT TO LIFT THE SHELTER
IN PLACE BEGINNING SLOWLY ON
MONDAY WITH THE INTENTION
TO RESUME IN-PERSON CLASSES ON
OCTOBER 5TH GENOLA
>>. A QUICK QUESTION. A LOT
OF PARENTS, IF THEY HAVE
STUDENTS DOWN THERE, MAYBE
A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS AND WANT
TO BRING THEM HOME, BUT THAT'S
NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
RIGHT . YEAH. THEY'RE REALLY NOT
RECOMMENDING THAT . OF COURSE,
SOME STUDENTS HAVE GOTTEN OUT
OF THERE BECAUSE THE SHELTER
IN PLACE WAS PRETTY RESTRICTIVE
.BUT EVEN IF YOU DO THAT AND
YOU NEED TO REALLY ISOLATE FROM
YOUR FAMILIES, THAT'S
THE BIGGEST WE HAD. DR. FOUSHEE
EVEN TALKING ABOUT HOW AWFUL
THAT WOULD BE IF TOO MANY
STUDENTS LEFT CARRYING
THE DISEASE BACK TO THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS THAT WERE MAYBE AT
HIGHER