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Bowersox
The small changes to the ordinance that Public Health Administrator Dottie-Kay Bowersox was requesting had been announced Friday night and included the removal of bandanas, scarves and gaiters from the definition of âface covering.â
The changes recommended by the health department passed 12-1. Alderman Henry Perez voted against the changes. Aldermen Jason Meekma and Marcus West were absent.
Bowersox explained the bandanas, scarves, and gaiters were not being banned. Rather, the health department did not recommend them because they do not as closely cover the nose and face, nor do they offer as much protection as medical and cloth masks.
Pearce
Cody Pearce, the cityâs epidemiologist, told the City Council that as of Monday, the Public Health Department confirmed another 94 cases over the past week. âWhile that may not sound like a lot in comparison to the overall number of cases,â Pearce told the council Monday, âitâs an increase of almost three times the cases we saw a month ago where we saw just 27 cases in a seven-day period back in March.â
Likewise, hospitalizations have ticked upward â from a low of 194 statewide on March 21 to 357 as of Monday, nearly a month later, according to the Wisconsin Hospital Association â even if theyâre nowhere near the spike of more than 2,000 hospitalized patients seen in mid-November. Deaths attributed to COVID-19 have not seen a similar spike, although throughout the pandemic spikes in death rates are usually 2-8 weeks behind spikes in cases, according to Harvard research.
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RACINE â Friday night, the City of Racineâs public health administrator proposed a series of updates to the cityâs mask requirement.
The proposals in some ways call for rules to be stricter, but also call for others to be loosened. They are to be debated and possibly approved into ordinance during a City Council meeting Monday evening.
Bowersox
Dottie-Kay Bowersox, the public health administrator, requested the following:
Bandanas, scarves, and gaiters are removed from the definition of âface covering.â (Face coverings that would still be approved include medical masks and cloth masks.)
School cafeterias are added to the list of establishments offering or permitting food service, thus providing an exception for the wearing of face coverings while eating or drinking there.