State Sen. Andre Jacque, 40, who opposed mask and vaccine mandates, tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month and was hospitalized Aug. 16.
MADISON, Wis. — A Republican state senator from Wisconsin who opposed mask and vaccine mandates and then developed pneumonia after testing positive for COVID-19 was in stable condition Wednesday after being placed on a ventilator, his spokesman said.
Jacque said Aug. 16 that he had tested positive the previous week after testifying at a packed committee hearing while not wearing a mask. Jacque opposed mask mandates and requirements for vaccinations. It wasn’t known whether Jacque was vaccinated. Jacque’s hospitalization comes amid a surge of COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin blamed on the more contagious delta variant. New cases and hospitalizations spiked in August to levels not seen since January. About 51% of Wisconsin’s total population, and about 61% of adults, have been fully vaccinated.
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