The Green Bay Packers stadium Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., has launched a new program for fans in recovery named Section Yellow. NBC's TODAY ran a
“I wasn’t expecting that to happen but it feels special for your first child to be the first born in the new year,” said 23-year-old Hannah Downey, who gave birth at 12:25 a.m. at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk. “It’s pretty exciting.”
John McCracken2021-01-20T10:35:58-05:00December 18, 2020|
Vaccines will be rolled out over the coming months, but in the meantime, cold weather, isolation, and already-strained public health infrastructure will converge in the state this winter.
By John McCracken
The first snow to stick to the ground in Green Bay this year arrived on November 15. It was a mild start to a mild winter (thus far) in the state, but foreshadowed a season of difficulty to come and not just in terms of weather. By the next afternoon, the snow had melted completely off the roads and green grass poked through on front lawns. Two days later, there were ninety-two new deaths reported among confirmed COVID-19 cases, Wisconsin’s deadliest day that month.