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Wed Apr 22, 2020, 12:19 AM Apr 2020

MILWAUKEE DOCUMENTS SEVEN CORONAVIRUS CASES LINKED TO IN-PERSON VOTING

MILWAUKEE DOCUMENTS SEVEN CORONAVIRUS CASES LINKED TO IN-PERSON VOTING

Akela Lacy at the Intercept


April 20 2020, 4:28 p.m.

https://theintercept.com/2020/04/20/milwaukee-coronavirus-voting-election/

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THE CITY OF Milwaukee has identified seven positive coronavirus cases linked to in-person voting on April 7, according to a city health official. 

Six people who voted in person in Milwaukee tested positive, as did one poll worker, Health Commissioner Jeanette Kowalik told The Intercept. Tuesday marks the two-week incubation period since the election. The city’s health department is still missing a significant amount of data from ongoing investigations into the spread of the virus following the election, she said, but they expect a more complete picture by Friday. 

“Right now we have identified six cases that were tied to in-person voting. And one election worker was also positive,” Kowalik said. “There are a lot of missing data through the investigations and contact tracing, so we’re waiting for 70 percent of the fields to be populated.” 

The election-linked infections were identified through the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System, an existing statewide program for reporting communicable diseases, and a version of which exists in every state. After the election, state officials added a field to the system, which is used by health officials and includes a voluntary questionnaire for people with illnesses, to ask whether respondents had either worked or voted in person on Election Day, where they worked or voted, when they developed symptoms, and if they had gotten positive test results. “That would be a flag for us, so that’s how we found out that there’s seven,” Kowalik said. 

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MILWAUKEE DOCUMENTS SEVEN CORONAVIRUS CASES LINKED TO IN-PERSON VOTING (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2020 OP
Can they sue repukrs? Make the case to remove shitty judges? SheltieLover Apr 2020 #1
Well we knew this was coming... Blue Owl Apr 2020 #2
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