Thanks to the several readers who pounced on my sharing of “useful information” about dealing with the spread coronavirus.
I mistakenly thought it was safe to share the post because the person who shared it with me is a recently retired professional in the medical field. What I didn’t know, and my source apparently didn’t know, is that versions of the same info have been floating around online for some time and have been criticized by many more official sources of info.
Several people who replied here to say that the information had already been debunked also advised that readers stick with official advice and/or prominent medical institutions.
Yes, I’m a bit chastened, but that’s the way it goes in this fast-moving digital world.
Thanks for your patience.
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Thanks, Ian! Keep up the great reporting.
In related news, an Oahu ride-share driver has been told to self-quarantine for 14 days, an office at the state Capitol has been closed for several days and staff members were put on leave as a precaution because one is the driver’s roommate, even though none of the above showed any symptoms. Yet “based upon CDC guidelines and DOH current policies, they were not tested by the Hawaii Department of Health and are extremely unlikely to have been infected,” according to SA.
This strikes me as uniquely idiotic.
Quarantine, close, and put on leave but don’t test? Ummm, wouldn’t a test of the single person that these concerns stem from go a long way in informing whether any of this other stuff is even necessary?
What a steaming load of bureaucratic idiocy.
The state’s news release about this situation strongly emphasized that “No one who works at the Hawai‘i State Capitol has tested positive for, or shown any symptoms of COVID-19.”
Only at the end did they disclose that nobody involved has actually been tested. So of course nobody tested positive.
This does not inspire trust in our government’s ability to handle this situation well or to be honest with the public about it. I expect straightforward information from our government when addressing a public health situation, not camouflaged nonsense.
Is there some specific and legitimate reason for not testing? A shortage of test kits? Are the tests unreliable if the person is not symptomatic? Are they planning to test anyone? Are they prohibited from testing a person who is not symptomatic? If someone in this situational chain becomes symptomatic and tests positive, will others be promptly tested?
These are obvious questions and the news media should be all over this stuff. And somebody should have to answer for the misleading statement.
Read it yourself: https://www.hawaiisenatemajority.com/post/hawai-i-state-capitol-public-access-room-temporarily-closed