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08/11 How We Have Made Decisions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Take a look back at how we made decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic, from March to today, with a timeline of events.
08/10 Data Notes for the Week of August 10

The latest highlights from this week's data snapshot and other notes about data from this week.
08/06 COVID-19 Contact Tracing: When Public Health Calls and When It’s a Scam

Public health contact tracing helps trace the spread of COVID-19. Unfortunately, there are people who could try to scam you by impersonating public health staff or a contact tracer.

08/06/2020 How to Understand COVID-19 Numbers
Viewed in isolation or presented without context, coronavirus numbers don’t always give an accurate picture of how the pandemic is being handled.
08/06/2020 Opioid overdoses up more than 30% in Madison since start of COVID-19 pandemic
From January to June, the Madison Police Department received 139 overdose calls, compared to 102 during the same time in 2019.
08/06/2020 People are dying after drinking hand sanitizer, CDC says
Young children might unintentionally swallow these products, whereas adolescents or adults with history of alcohol use disorder might intentionally swallow these products as an alcohol (ethanol) substitute.

8/12 Public Health Madison & Dane County Announcing Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program
Public Health Madison & Dane County has been awarded funding to implement a Breastfeeding Peer Counseling...
7/9 #MaskUpMadison and #MaskUpDane Collaboration Promotes Mask Wearing To The Public
Organizations in Dane County are collaborating to tell everyone about the importance of wearing masks through a new...
7/7 Public Health Madison & Dane County Releases New Orders Requiring Face Coverings
Effective on Monday, July 13, 2020 at 8:00 am, Public Health Madison & Dane County is issuing Emergency Order #8...

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