Fatherhood in the pandemic, How governments are responding to Omicron

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Healthcare worker in a Covid-19 ward at UW Hospital
A healthcare worker in a PAPR hood walks through the hallway inside one of UW Hospital’s COVID-19 units Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Angela Major/WPR

President Biden recently said there’s no one federal solution to the COVID-19 pandemic. We look at the ways state and local governments are responding to a surge in cases. We also talk with the head of a Milwaukee fatherhood group about the opportunities and challenges dads saw during the last two years.

Featured in this Show

  • Being a dad during the pandemic

    Parenting has been exceptionally challenging during the pandemic. The leader of the City of Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative joins the program to share his experience and research on what dads have experienced over the last two years.

  • What federal, state and local governments can do about COVID-19

    Over the holidays, President Joe Biden said the federal government can’t solve COVID-19 and that it’s up to individual states. We look at what the federal, state and local governments – as well as the private sector – are doing to help bring an end to the pandemic.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Colleen Leahy Producer
  • Bill Martens Producer
  • Darryl Davidson Guest
  • Julie Rovner Guest