Wife of Lawmaker on Ventilator Asks People to 'Consider' Getting Vaccinated Against COVID-19 [View all]

From an email.

Some people learn the hard way.
Rather weak comment by Renee.



UpNorthNews info@upnorthnewswi.com via gmail.mcsv.net

Sep 1, 2021, 7:10 AM (9 days ago)

to me



Renee Jacque, wife of state Sen. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere), Wife of Lawmaker on Ventilator Asks People to 'Consider' Getting Vaccinated Against COVID-19

https://mailchi.mp/couriernewsroom/sept1-up-north-news-12631754?e=09ad509cd0

Renee Jacque, wife of state Sen. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere), who is currently hospitalized due to COVID-19, released a statement to Channel 2 WBAY in Green Bay asking that anyone who is eligible to "consider" getting the vaccine.

“While vaccination is a personal choice, I ask that those individuals who are eligible and able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine please consider placing their trust in the medical professionals who recommend it,” Renee Jacque wrote in her statement.

Andre Jacque was hospitalized on Aug. 17 and later placed on a ventilator. He and several members of his family tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and Friday the week before. Renee Jacque, who has six children, said five of eight members of their family tested positive. Three family members are vaccinated, and just one had a breakthrough case of the virus, she said.

Pierre Jacque, Andre Jacque’s brother, who has publicly denounced his family’s politics and encouraged people to get vaccinated, said on Twitter that Renee’s statement was “GOOD and BRAVE of her.”

“I do not envy the batshit crazy blowback that will come from certain family members and peers,” Pierre Jacque wrote.

—Reported by Christina Lieffring