ANTI-MASKERS... CORONAVIRUS CONSPIRACIES...
CORONAVIRUS CONSPIRACIES... WE'VE ALL HEARD THE
DIFFERENT DEBATES
HAPPENING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND RIGHT
HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY
SINCE THE PANDEMIC
BEGAN.
WELL, TODAY... IDAHO
HEALTH CARE LEADERS
ARE ADDRESSING SOME
PEOPLE WHO SPOKE OUT
DURING A SOUTHWEST
DISTRICT HEALTH MEETING
THIS MORNING.
OUR SHIRAH MATSUZAWA
LISTENED IN....
SHE'S HERE NOW WITH
WHAT UNFOLDED.
SHIRAH.
THE SOUTHWEST
DISTRICT HEALTH MEETING
LASTED HOURS...
AND AS IT WAS
HAPPENING HEALTH
LEADERS FROM SOME OF
IDAHO AND EASTERN
OREGON'S LARGEST
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
ALSO HELD A "Q AND
A"...BUT TOOK A MOMENT
TO EXPRESS FRUSTRATION
OVER WHAT THEY HAD
JUST HEARD GOING ON IN
CANYON COUNTY.
9:36:18 THIS IS A SCAM
9:36:20 THIS WHOLE
THING IS A SCAM 9:36:23
PASSIONATE...
9:29:33 YOU GUYS ALL
HAVE POLITICAL FOLKS
WHO WORK ON THIS
BOARD? YOU ALSO HAVE
TO LOOKOUT FOR THE
RIGHTS OF THE
POPULATION AS WELL
AND NOBODY HAS THE
RIGHT TO TRAMPLE
AMERICA'S
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
9:29:51
EMOTIONAL PLEAS...
9:46:00 WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE'S A LOT
GOING ON IN THE
COMMUNITY AND THAT
YOU GUYS HAVE A HUGE
JOB... OUR KIDS ARE BEING
FAILED BY THE PLANS
THAT ARE IN PLACE 9:46:13
AND FRUSTRATION...
9:43:00 I'D LIKE TO HAVE
SOMEONE SHOW ME THE
HOSPITALS, TAKE ME TO
THE HOSPITAL DOC, I'LL
RISK IT, I'LL EVEN RISK A 14
DAY QUARANTINE, YOU
TAKE ME THROUGHOUT
THE STATE AND YOU
SHOW ME HOW
OVERWHELEMED THEY
ARE 9:43:10
FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE
CORNAVIRUS
DISCUSSION...
CORNAVIRUS DISCUSSION... DR. SOUZA: AS WE SPEAK
RIGHT NOW, IN BUILDINGS
LIKE THE ONE DEPICTED
BEHIND ME ON MY
SCREEN, OUR FELLOW
CITIZENS ARE SUFFERING
INSIDE THOSE BUILDINGS.
AND AS WE SPEAK HERE
RIGHT NOW, OUR FELLOW
CITIZENS ARE ALSO DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN
INSIDE OF BUILDINGS LIKE
THAT, INSIDE OF CLINICS
LIKE THAT, TO CARE FOR
THEIR FELLOW HUMAN
BEINGS.
TWO DIFFERENT
MEETINGS HELD
TUESDAY...
BOTH ON THE SAME
TOPIC: COVID-19.
DR. SOUZA: WE HAVE SO
MANY PEOPLE SICKENED
BY THIS IN OUR
COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW,
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE
DYING FROM THIS
PANDEMIC INSIDE OUR
BUILDINGS RIGHT NOW,
THE NOTION THAT A
PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT
WOULD GIVE A PLATFORM
TO TWO KNOWN
CONSPIRACY THEORISTS
TO SHARE THEIR NON-
PATRIOTIC NARRATIVE IS
JUST UNBELIEVABLE. A
PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT.
SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
HEALTH OPENED THE
FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC TO
SHARE THEIR CONCERNS
TO THE BOARD.
9:37:25 THANK YOU FOR
ALSO BRINGING IN SOME
GUEST SPEAKERS TODAY
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A
DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE
AND OPINIONS OF
EXPERTS, OBVIOUSLY
WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT
OF ONE SIDED
INFORMATION 9:37:38
9:40:36 THERE'S
ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE
DOCTORS AND THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
AND THE PEOPLE AND I
HAVE TO SAY YOU ARE SO
COMPARTMENTALIZED IN
THE DOCTOR SIDE OF
THINGS THAT YOUR
PERIFIOL? IS NO NARROW,
YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE
BIG PICTURE 9:40:48
THEN HEALTH EXPERTS
FROM VARIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS WEIGHED
IN ON THE TOPIC.
10:53:35 DR. BLUE: RIGHT
NOW, OUR BEHAVIOR IS
THE ONLY THING WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW TO CHANGE
THIS TRAJECTORY 10:53:43
BUT WHILE THAT
MEETING WAS
HAPPENING.
PHYSICIANS FROM SOME
OF IDAHO AND EASTERN
OREGON'S LARGEST
HEALTHCARE
ORGANIZATIONS ALSO
ADDRESSED WHAT WAS
SEEN AND HEARD DURING
TUESDAY'S SOUTHWEST
DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD
MEETING.
ST. LUKE'S DOCTOR JIM
SOUZA EXPRESSING
FRUSTRATION... CALLING
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
THE HEROES.
SOUZA: SADLY, THEY'RE
DOING THIS, WORKING
THE LONG SHIFTS AND
THE EXTRA SHIFTS,
HOLDING THE HANDS OF
PEOPLE, TOILETING
PEOPLE, CARING FOR
THEIR WOUNDS IN THE
FACE OF A TOXIC
MINORITY NARRATIVE
THAT'S ACTUALLY
DENIGRATING THE WORK
THEY DO.
SOUZA: I'D LIKE TO KNOW
WHEN WE'RE GOING TO
STOP GIVING OXYGEN TO
THOSE WHO ARE TRYING
TO SAY THIS IS EITHER A
HOAX OR NO BIG DEAL.
"I'M IN EMMETT, AND I
FEEL KIND OF SCARED TO
SAY WHAT I FEEL AND
THAT I MAY HAVE HARM
TO ME OR TO MY FAMILY
OR TO MY PROPERTY
SINCE WE'RE A SMALL
COMMUNITY IN EMMETT
AND THE VOCAL FEW
MIGHT TRY TO STIFLE THAT
AND THEY KIND OF HAVE,
SO I JUST QUIETLY DO
WHAT I DO AND BECOME
THE SILENT MAJORITY
UNFORTUNATELY."
UNFORTUNATELY."
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> DR.
> DR. SOUZA WHO YOU HEARD FROM THERE
ADDED... THE HEALTH
CARE PROFESSIONALS
HAVE BEEN AS
TRANSPARENT AS THEY
POSSIBLY CAN BE.
BUT THEY WELCOME ANY
SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW
THEY CAN BE EVEN MORE
SO.
MARK...
SO. MARK...
MARK...