State fair clinic administers 194 vaccine doses, 194 cream puffs?

MADISON, Wis. — A free clinic at the Wisconsin State Fair has administered nearly 200 doses of COVID-19 vaccine so far, Gov. Tony Evers’ office said Monday.

The clinic has administered 194 doses since the fair opened on Thursday, the governor’s office said.

Which means that 194 cream puffs — the fair’s signature treat — were also given out. Evers got behind the counter, himself, and took some cream puff orders over the weekend.

Like the rest of the country, Wisconsin is dealing with a surge of COVID-19 cases spurred by the highly contagious coronavirus delta variant. As of Thursday, the state’s seven-day average was 1,021 cases per day. The state’s seven-day average stood around 70 cases per day in late June.

AMI Expeditionary Healthcare is running the clinic in partnership with the state Department of Health Services.

The clinic offers the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines and will operate until the fair closes on Sunday.