Top Wisconsin Health Official Says Mistakes Were Made in Dealing With COVID-19

Kirsten Johnson has supported mask and vaccine mandates in the past, but says she does not any longer.

People get tested for COVID-19 in Milwaukee, Wis., on Oct. 9, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Officials made mistakes in dealing with COVID-19, Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services secretary-nominee said this week.

“We certainly made mistakes,” Kirsten Johnson, until recently Milwaukee’s health commissioner, told a state Senate hearing.