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Wisconsin @GovEvers: "Wearing a mask is not a political statement."
There have been 476,854 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Wisconsin, Julie Willems Van Dijk says.
"It's not vaccines or masks. It's vaccines and masks," Willems Van Dijk says.
. @GovEvers says Republicans in the Legislature should support the "compromise" version of the COVID-19 relief bill that he previously negotiated with Senate GOP leaders.
. @GovEvers says he hasn't seen the final version of the latest bill, so he's not going to say what he's going to sign or not sign. (The Assembly delayed voting on it yesterday.)
. @GovEvers says he doesn't know "the circumstances under which that happened" when asked by a reporter about @AlexanderLasry getting a dose of vaccine. He says they have said they don't want extra doses going to waste. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/daniel-bice/2021/01/29/bucks-exec-alex-lasry-33-got-covid-19-vaccine-says-he-lucky/4296973001/
Julie Willems Van Dijk again says that the issue Wisconsin is facing is limited supply of vaccine.
. @GovEvers says he and his wife, Kathy, have not jumped the line to get COVID-19 vaccine.
. @GovEvers says his administration had "got kicked to the curb" by Republicans, and says his mask mandate "is about saving lives."
Asked about extra doses left over at the end of the day, Julie Willems Van Dijk talks about the 6th dose that is sometimes left in a 5 dose Pfizer bottle at the end of the day. She says you can't put a vial back in the freezer once you've taken it out. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/12/16/pfizer-covid-vaccine-vials-extra-doses-fda/3935042001/
Willems Van Dijk also says some people don't show up for their appointments. "We don't want a dose wasted. We need all these doses in arms," she says.
. @GovEvers mentions snow emergencies affected people showing up for appointments.
. @GovEvers mentions snow emergencies affected people showing up for appointments.
. @GovEvers on competing with other states for COVID-19 vaccine: This should be done at the federal level. It will turn into the wild west.
