WEIGH WHAT TO RESTRICT AND WHERE
ARE, WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT DATA
THEY'RE USING TO DECIDE?
GINA MANGIERI IS ALWAYS
INVESTIGATING AND FOUND AND WHAT
IS -- AND WHAT ISN'T -- TRACKED
BY THE NUMBERS.
EVERYONE FROM THE PUBLIC TO
LAWMAKERS TO SCIENTISTS AND
DOCTORS WATCHING COVID TRENDS
ARE CLAMMORING FOR HEALTH
OFFICIALS TO RELEASE MORE KINDS
OF COVID DATA IN HAWAII. THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS MORE
IS COMING, BUT I DUG INTO WHAT
COULD INFORM BETTER PUBLIC
POLICY.
THE GOVERNOR AND HONOLULU'S
MAYOR SAY THEY'RE TAKING A
TARGETED APPROACH WITH THE
LATEST RESTRICTIONS, AVOIDING
MASS SHUTDOWNS OR CATEGORICAL
CLOSINGS
WE DO BELIEVE AND KNOW THAT
THESE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS
CAN FURTHER HELP STOP AND SLOW
THE SPREAD OF COVID 19 HERE ON
OAHU
BUT HOW DO THEY -- OR WE --
REALLY KNOW BEYOND THE ANECDOTAL
DISCLOSURES ABOUT INDIVIDUAL
CASES OR CLUSTERS
WHAT IS PROVING TO BE THE MORE
RISKY AREAS?
I OBTAINED THE COVID CASE FORMS
AND STATE DATABASE TEMPLATES TO
DIG INTO HOW HEALTH OFFICIALS
POSITIVE COVID CASES. FROM THIS
WE CAN SEE WHAT COULD BE
ACCESSIBLE TO POLICYMAKERS IN
ORDER TO KNOW THE AREAS THAT
REALLY ARE PROVING TO BE THE
MOST RISKY SITES FOR THE VIRUS.
IT IS SET UP WITH SPECIFIC
VARIABLES FOR RACE AND AGE, ALSO
WHETHER THERE'S BEEN RECENT
TRAVEL OR A HOUSEHOLD
TRANSMISSION. BUT BEYOND THAT
THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC CATEGORIES
ON THE INTAKE FORMS TO HELP SORT
"PLACE OF EXPOSURE" INTO THE 17
LOCATION-SPECIFIC CATEGORIES
THAT HAWAII'S REOPENING PLAN
SAYS IT'S WATCHING FOR RISK. IT
WOULDN'T EASILY OUTPUT FOR
EXAMPLE
COME FROM THE BEACH OR THE BAR,
THE GYM OR THE OFFICE.
I DO THINK THE GENERAL
CATEGORIES OF THE CLUSTERS WOULD
BE A VALUABLE PIECE OF
INFORMATION AND ESPECIALLY SINCE
THIS DISEASE IS A SUPERSPREADING
DISEASE SO CLUSTERS REALLY
REALLY MATTER
THAT'S DR. VICTORIA FAN, A UH
MANOA SOCIAL SCIENTIST WHO IS
PART OF THE HAWAII PANDEMIC
APPLIED MODELING WORK GROUP --
HIPAM FOR SHORT. HIPAM'S
WORST-CASE MODEL AS OF THIS
SUMMER CAME MORE THAN TRUE IN
LATE JULY, AND THEIR FORECAST
INTO
AUGUST WARNS OF A 10 TO 12
THOUSAND CASE RANGE WITHIN WEEKS
IF SOMETHING DRASTIC DOESN'T
CHANGE VICTORIA FAN-"WITH HIPAM
WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR
GETTING MORE REAL-TIME GRANULAR
DATA, WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING
WITH
AND TRYING TO WORK WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN TERMS OF
IMPROVING THEIR DATA SYSTEMS"
SO HAVE LAWMAKERS -- THE STATE
HOUSE IMPLORING HEALTH OFFICIALS
TO SHARE MORE DETAILS REGULARLY
ABOUT WHEN AND ESPECIALLY
WHERE COVID POPS UP. SOME OF
THOSE WISHES ARE ABOUT TO COME
WE HAVE NEW METRICS THAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE PUBLISHING INCLUDING
RESPONSE TIME FOR CASE
INVESTIGATIONS AND CONTACT
TRACING.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET THAT
INFORMATION TOGETHER AS BEST WE
CAN SO WE CAN REPORT IT
ROUTINELY AS WELL AS LAB
TURNAROUND TIMES
AND A LOT OF OTHER DATA THAT WE
THINK IS GOING TO BE USEFUL TO
GIVE THE PUBLIC A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHERE
WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING
LOTS OF DATA ALREADY EXISTS ON
THE STATE DASHBOARD AND JUST
TUESDAY
THE STATE RELEASED AN AGGREGATED
LIST OF PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
CASES AND SAY THEY'LL KEEP DOING
THAT WEEKLY. LINKS TO THE STATE
DATA AND HIPAM FORECASTS ARE ON
OUR WEBSITE, ALONG WITH THE NEW
WEEKLY CASE AND CLUSTER
COMPILATION. GINA MANGIERI KHON2
NEWS ALWAYS INVESTIGATING.
WEBSITE, ALONG WITH THE NEW
WEEKLY CASE AND CLUSTER
COMPILATION. GINA MANGIERI KHON2
NEWS ALWAYS INVESTIGATING.
JOE:
GET READY TO PAY MORE FOR ITEMS
THAT NEED TO BE SHIPPED BETWEEN
THE ISLANDS. BUSINESS OWNERS SAY
A 46% RATE INCREASE BY YOUNG
BROTHERS WILL LIKELY BE PASSED
ON TO CONSUMERS.
JENN BONEZA FOLLOWS UP.