There are signs that we are possibly nearing the peak of the ravaging effect of coronavirus in the state of Wisconsin, as the percentage of increased cases is decreasing on a near-daily basis.
Cedarburg Republican State Senator Duey Stroebel says moves need to be made to begin to work on the second piece of recovery from COVID-19, that of recovering the state’s economy. However, he believes it needs to be a series of measures that are present to the severity of cases in that local area.
“This isn’t a one-size fits all (solution). When you look at some areas of the state and you look at where COVID really isn’t being an issue up there, to think we have the exact same rules across the state of Wisconsin, and given the different changes we have throughout the state. We need to start to make those adjustments. One size fits all doesn’t work,” Stroebel told WTMJ’s Steve Scaffidi on Thursday.
“We have hot spots, and we realize we have certain demographics that we need to focus on. That’s where we need to start to adjust this moving forward.”
He says time is of the essence.
“It’s crushing our economy. It’s crushing our taxpayers. It’s going to be very hard to rebound from if we don’t start to do something really soon,” he explained.
Stroebel was one of the senators who unanimously passed a coronavirus relief bill that he wasn’t totally satisfied with, but which he felt needed to happen quickly.
“Wasn’t perfect, but had to be done,” said Stroebel of the move that will allow the $2.3 billion from the federal government become available for use.
“It allowed us to make more efficient use and make sure we crossed all the t’s and dotted all the i’s to make sure we could use all that federal money.”
Listen to the full interview above.