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The data shows it is safe to return to in-person instruction. Many studies have found transmission of the Coronavirus in schools to be amazingly low, given the close contact students and teachers have with one another. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently published new findings that support in-person instruction.  They conducted a study among rural Wisconsin schools during the Fall 2020 semester. Within the schools, masking and social distancing were strictly enforced. The report concluded that “With masking requirements and student cohorting, transmission risk within schools ap...

As Wisconsin’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise, federal data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services show that a multitude of the state’s hospitals have been under “extreme stress.” This data is based on the collection of COVID-19 patients at individual hospitals, with the Wisconsin Hospital Association reporting hospitalizations from as early as April.  Dec. 9 data showed that of the 1,535 inpatients reported, 43 of the 83 hospitals with COVID-19 inpatients had levels that would have placed them under “extreme stress.” Out of those hospitals, all but three were under...