Tag: Wisconsin

Third Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Wisconsin

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and Public Health Madison and Dane County announced today that a third person has tested positive for COVID-19. The person was exposed while traveling in the United States and is currently isolated at home. County health officials are working to determine the people who have been in contact with the patient to isolate or quarantine people and test those who are exhibiting symptoms.
— Read on www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/news/releases/031020.htm

Wisconsin Now Conducting Tests for COVID-19 Virus

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The test being performed at the State Lab and the City of Milwaukee Health Department lab is the redesigned CDC test that has FDA Emergency Use Authorization. Test performance has been verified in both labs. — Read on www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/news/releases/030220.htm

Video Link: COVID-19 Briefing 3/2/2020

From left to right on the screen, you’ll see: • Jeanne Ayers, State Health Officer • Dr. Allen Bateman, Assistant Director of the Communicable Disease Division at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene at the University of Wisconsin- Madison • Tom Haupt, Respiratory Disease Epidemiologist / Influenza Surveillance Coordinator

Wisconsin Assembly unanimously votes to pass bill requiring schools to teach about the Holocaust

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The Wisconsin State Assembly has voted unanimously this week to pass legislation that would make it mandatory for middle schools and high schools in the state to teach students about the Holocaust and other genocides.
— Read on thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/483764-wisconsin-assembly-unanimously-votes-to-pass-bill-requiring-schools-to

Your data trails are being tracked and parsed

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A documentary called “The Great Hack” was shown recently at the York Public Library as part of this year’s Camden Conference. The 2019 film is about Big Data and a major player called Cambridge Analytica (CA). It focuses on David Carroll, a professor of media design at The New School in New York. Carroll understood that CA had personal data on him from a variety of sources. He is not alone. The documentary claims CA had 5,000 data points on all of us in 2016. Now, you might say,
— Read on www.seacoastonline.com/opinion/20200129/your-data-trails-are-being-tracked-and-parsed

Gov. Evers announces agenda to address youth vaping; ‘A serious public health epidemic’

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

MADISON – Governor Tony Evers’ office on Sunday, Jan. 19 announced an agenda designed to help combat vaping among kids and educate the public about the potential dangers associated with vaping products — directing state agencies to strengthen enforcement measures related to preventing the sale of…
— Read on fox6now.com/2020/01/19/gov-evers-announces-agenda-to-address-youth-vaping-a-serious-public-health-epidemic/