MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The wife of a Wisconsin lawmaker who has been an outspoken critic of vaccine and mask mandates and who is still hospitalized with COVID-19-caused pneumonia is urging people to get vaccinated for the coronavirus.
Republican state Sen. Andre Jacque has been hospitalized on the grounds that Aug. 16. He become placed on a ventilator a number of days later.
His spouse, Renee Jacque, noted in an e-mail to WBAY-tv on Monday that five of their eight members of the family have validated positive for COVID-19. they have six children, including an baby. She noted that of the three totally vaccinated members of the family, one person shrunk the virus with light signs.
"while vaccination is a personal choice, I ask that those individuals who're eligible and able to get hold of the COVID-19 vaccine please agree with inserting their have confidence within the scientific experts who recommend it. These professionals, and their peers, are these whom we now have additionally positioned our have confidence in to care for my husband," Renee Jacque wrote.
She did not say which members of the family have COVID-19 or unlock their circumstances or an update on her husband's reputation.
Neither the body of workers for Jacque's workplace, nor members of the family, have tested if the senator has got the COVID-19 vaccine.
Sen. Jacque's brother, Pierre Jacque, has also inspired vaccinations.
"whereas I admire the prayers for my brother and i needless to say that's how they feel they're assisting, i might ask them to you know, use one of the assist that God has already given them to live out of that same circumstance," observed Pierre Jacque.
Sen. Jacque serves the first Senate District, which covers all of Door and Kewaunee Counties, as well as parts of Brown, Calumet and Manitowoc counties.
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