Quoted: “In general, convention planners should be in touch with Milwaukee and state officials, particularly those in charge of preparedness, to assure the event maximizes safety for convention goers and prevention of any risks for disease transmission (airborne, food-borne, water-borne, etc.),” said Ajay K. Sethi, associate professor of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “That communication between convention planners and local and state public health is already happening.”