Wisconsinites’ actions have saved many lives, and we’ve made meaningful progress in the fight against the coronavirus. At the legislature’s urging, however, the plan that’s been working has largely been struck down. doj.state.wi.us/news-releases/… For decades, WI law has given the chief health official authority to ‘close schools and forbid public gatherings ... to control outbreaks and epidemics’; to ‘issue orders … for the control and suppression of ... diseases’; and to ‘authorize and implement all emergency measures.'