'Dear Pandemic:' Local researchers commit to COVID-19 facts Local women putting pandemic facts in your fingertips MILWAUKEE - Thrown into the deep end of the COVID-19 pandemic, at one time or another, many of us have found ourselves drowning in complicated information. One group of female experts has set out to change that -- transforming the way we seek and share facts. "The World Health Organization has deemed parallel to the pandemic, something happening called an 'info-demic,'" said Dr. Amanda Simanek, UWM Associate Professor of Epidemiology. Dr. Amanda Simanek In the uncharted world of COVID-19, we've sought out heroes in hospitals, in classrooms, even at grocery stores. But