Wisconsin Trump rallies and COVID-19 are combining in very bad ways

Looks like our President is heading back to Wisconsin, as he desperately tries to stay out of prison find a way to win a state he can't afford to lose.

President Trump is planning a pair of campaign rallies on Saturday in La Crosse and Green Bay. https://t.co/G6NxCfk0Yu

— Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin (@SpectrumNews1WI) September 28, 2020

With that in mind, let's go back to the last time Trump was in Wisconsin, less than 2 weeks ago.

Air Force One pulls up to Trump campaign rally at hangar at Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, WI. pic.twitter.com/w7kCUdH1uL

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 18, 2020

Not a lot of masks in that picture. With that in mind, let's look at the number of Marathon County's new cases of COVID-19.

I'm not saying the increase is related to Trump's rally. But you sure can if you want.

And Trump could hardly choose two worse areas of Wisconsin to fly into when it comes to COVID breakouts. Brown County is currently having the worst breakout in the state, with no signs of slowing down.

While La Crosse has its highest number of new cases in the week before last, it's still at levels it had never been close to until the last month.

A president with a shred of humanity might ask local officials if he should still show up, or if he at least should take steps to avoid having large masses of (unmasked) people gathered together in a small, relatively enclosed space.

But this is Donald Trump we're talking about. He's never cared about COVID except as to how it might affect his election, and he'd rather hear the cheers from dead-enders than try to care about what might happen to those suckers after he takes off in Air Force One.

So between Trump's superspreader events this weekend and the increasingly colder weather, you can bet the state's hospitals will to continue to be on the verge of disaster for much of October. And our increasingly awful COVID situation is now getting national attention.

Wisconsin reports nearly 22% positivity rate for COVID testing.

"Green Bay and Fox Valley-area hospitals are near capacity, and local resources are strained as cases rise at a nearly exponential rate."https://t.co/fo0WND9S6C

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) September 29, 2020

Given that we just had the largest COVID-19 death toll in 4 months today, the next and most damaging step of COVID's resurgence in Wisconsin seems to be starting up. Don't be a foolish MAGAt, folks. Mask up and stay away from these self-centered weaklings, and you'll have a much better October and November than they will.