Wisconsin lawmaker Jacque out of hospital after COVID-19
FILE - Wisconsin Rep. Andre Jacque, R-DePere, serves as committee chair during a public hearing of the Assembly labor committee regarding Right to Work legislation at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Monday, March 2, 2015. [AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King]
Wisconsin state Sen. Andre Jacque has been discharged after a five-week hospital stay that included being intubated and placed on a ventilator due to pneumonia caused by COVID-19.
Jacque spokesman Matt Tompach said Tuesday that Jacque is "doing much better."
Jacque is one of the Legislature’s most conservative lawmakers who opposed mask and vaccine mandates.
The 40-year-old Jacque was intubated and placed on a ventilator Aug. 23. Tompach says Jacque is continuing respiratory and occupational therapy. Tompach says Jacque is "feeling good mentally, breathing well, and making substantial progress toward regaining his health."