Local doctors: "The virus is still here and it's still spreading"

Local doctors from ThedaCare and Bellin Health are advising people to still practice social distancing and use good hygiene while counties lift restrictions.

CASES OFCORONAVIRUS COULDRISE AS BUSINESSESSTART TO RE OPEN.THEY ADVISEPEOPLE TO STILLPRACTICE SOCIALDISTANCING.N-B-C 26'S RYANCURRY EXPLAINS WHYDOCTORS THINK IT ISTOO EARLY FOR SOMEPLACES TO RE OPEN.ITS BEEN 2 MONTHSSINCE A STATEWIDESAFER AT HOMEORDER FORCED MANYBUSINESSES TOSHUTDOWN.THIS WEEK THE STATESUPREME COURTOVER TURNED THATORDER.SOME COUNTIES HAVEIMPOSED THEIR OWNORDERS ..

WHILEOTHERS DECIDED ITSTIME TO LET PEOPLEGO BACK TO WORK."this virus is still aroundand we are not out of thewoods yet."DR PAUL CASEY FROMBELLIN HEALTH SAYSIT DOESNT TAKEMUCH FOR THE VIRUSTO SPREAD ..REGARDLESS OFWEATHER OR NOTONE HAS SYMPTOMS.(TAKE SOT:"This virus i smostcontagious 2 days beforesymptoms show up.

Youcan be in a room talking tosomeone and the virus isairsolized and you in haleit and now your infected."(TAKE SOT:"There still remains a risk.unfortunatley we are stillseeing positive cases andwe have not seen thesteady decline we wouldlike to see before tingsopen back up."DR. JENNIFER FRANKFROM THEDACARE ISALSO MONITORINGHOW COUNTIES GOABOUT RE OPENING.WINNEBAGO ANDOUTAGAMIECOUNTIES DO NOTHAVE AS MANY CASESAS BROWN COUNTY.HOWEVER ..

SHE ALSOWOULDN'T BESUPRISED TO SEE ARISE IN CASES.(TAKE SOT:"If you came into closecontact with someone whohad it, there is a highlikelihood of getting thevirus.

We have tried tolower that risk by loweringperson to person contact."SHE SAYSTHEDACAREMONITORSCONTAGIOUS DISEASBY THE AMOUNT OFPEOPLE WHOCONTRACT IT.THEY SAY ONEPERSON HAVING THEFLU ..

CAN INFECT ANADDITIONAL PERSONIN CLOSE CONTACT.ONE PERSON WITHCORONAVIRUS CANINFECT ANYWHEREBETWEEN TWO TOFIVE PEOPLE INCLOSE CONTACT."If we kind of just millaroudn and let everyoneloose.

Thos infected areexpected to infectanywhere between 2 anda half to 5 additionalpeople."AS COUNTIES LIFTRESTRICTIONS ...BOTH DOCTORS HOPEPEOPLE PRACTICEGOOD HYGIENE ..

ANDFOLLOW THE 6 FOOTDISTANCE RULE.(TAKE SOT:"Make sure you arestaying at least six feetaway from people in publicplaces.""We can just go out andexpect eveyrthing to befine.

One person in acrown of 100 people caninfect a lot of people.RYAN CURRY ..

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