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VP Pence Campaigns in Ripon; Wis. Health Officials On Surge

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

July 17, 2020

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As Vice President Mike Pence made campaigns in Wisconsin touting the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, Wisconsin's State Epidemiologist Ryan Westergaard and Health Secretary-designee Andrea Palm both expressed concern about the sharp increase of community spread of COVID-19. Westergaard saying "epidemic indicators are mostly bad and potentially getting worse."

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