After the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned the state’s stay at home order earlier this week, bars across the state quickly filled up, with many customers going without masks and sitting close together.
One of them was Katie, a Wisconsin nurse who was filmed by a local news crew at Limanski’s Pub in West Allis. She spoke openly on camera about her job. “I have a toddler at home, and I’m a full time nurse. It’s been very stressful and hard to go out and be with my friends and family at bars,” she said.
Her employer, Advocate Aurora Health, told CBS News it was “disappointed” in her choice not to wear a mask “given the ongoing education and safety measures we are fully committed to.” The hospital system added that it is important for everyone to keep practicing safety measures such as social distancing, hand washing, staying home when sick and wearing masks in public as local guidance advises. Its chief nursing officer, Mary Beth Kingston, said employees are screened before their shifts.
Katie later issued a public statement. “Given the intense media scrutiny I have received over these last two days regarding my decision Wednesday evening to go to my sister’s bar to help her with the opening, I decided to issue a public statement,” she said. I’d like to express my regret for not wearing a mask or practicing social distancing while there. It was a lapse in judgment on my part.”
She added that she has no COVID-19 symptoms and no indication of exposure, but is voluntarily self quarantining for seven days and will be screened before returning to work.
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