“We had those large losses from that one nursing home, and that has skewed the mortality rate...”
Just happened to catch the DC mayor’s press conference yesterday. She and health officials discussed 2 confirmed cases there. When asked, they refused to give details of each case (age of patients, how they may have contracted COVID, etc.). If the deaths tend to be in the elderly population, or people with serious pre-existing health conditions, this would be relevant information to get out to the public. Instead, public health officials speak in generalities, give no real data except numbers, but then “recommend” to people what they “must” do to protect themselves. There is a disconnect here, and it seems to be feeding the major media high technology societal panic.
I also notice that reporting on the possible origins and about China have disappeared from general US news. Also, knocked bigmouth Schumer’s threats against the judiciary off the front page. Watch out on COVID because like 911 (e.g. FISA) and the 2008 financial crisis (e.g. Dodd Frank), the federal government (Congress) could make an attempt to expand their power to enact national public safety laws and take away some more of our freedom. If anything, they should put tighter control on non-citizens and immigration... which they will not.
That’s why Tucker Carlson makes sure to call it Chinese coronavirus. China did it.
They think they are abiding by the law by not reporting out the facts.
Baloney!
As long as patient's names are not given out, there's no violation
of HIPPA.
Telling us the ages and contributing health conditions for a broad body
of people who succumbed to a disease, is not a breach of a single
person's private information.
You address the issue of the press and panic. And this does play
into it.