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RE: Wuhan Corona Virus Coming Soon? (Now Here) - randomq - 02-05-2020
Why does this remind me of the recent county DBA contract offered as part of the "recovery" spending? First of all, if the recovery hasn't started by now it's not a recovery. Second, why do you need a $100-200k/yr,multi-year contract database specialist for one little project to track recovery spending? You could probably do it in Excel, or have a full-stack dev put a web app together in a few weeks. I suspect it is just another diversion of emergency funds to hire someone's nephew or fill unrelated county needs.
Expect more of the same with these Coronavirus pamphlets and future spending. Maybe some new air conditioning for the county building and new vehicles for civil defense. Got one niece graduating from pharmacy school that could use a job too.
RE: Wuhan Corona Virus Coming Soon? (Now Here) - Guest - 02-05-2020
quote:Sorta like the way Harry hired his nephew, a National Park Ranger, to be head of CD?
Originally posted by randomq
I suspect it is just another diversion of emergency funds to hire someone's nephew or fill unrelated county needs.
Imagine that? If Harry can hire someone that has no idea how to run Civil Defense, his nephew for God's sake, county might as well be run by monkeys. I can't see how there'd be a difference. As long as Harry can emulate all the great kings, ie grow old and senile while wielding the iron fist of power, who cares, eh?
RE: Wuhan Corona Virus Coming Soon? (Now Here) - kalakoa - 02-05-2020
county might as well be run by monkeys
Use of the subjunctive is only correct when indicating conditions which are contrary to fact.
RE: Wuhan Corona Virus Coming Soon? (Now Here) - Punatic007 - 02-05-2020
It would be nice to know what protocol Hilo and Kona airports should have in place by now given Honolulu is receiving flights from China. If this virus is as bad as some experts say, flyers from China should be tested IMO, and they should pay for it themselves.
If I worked or stayed in China during this time I would simply stay there until the virus was no longer considered a threat as opposed to possibly bringing it back here. Think what you will but China is a mickey mouse country regardless of their facade, you can't trust anything to be up to international standards and life is cheap,
RE: Wuhan Corona Virus Coming Soon? (Now Here) - kalakoa - 02-05-2020
what protocol Hilo and Kona airports should have in place
Both airports will receive a poster-sized version of the pamphlet...
RE: Wuhan Corona Virus Coming Soon? (Now Here) - leilanidude - 02-05-2020
The flu is killing more people than this virus.
RE: Wuhan Corona Virus Coming Soon? (Now Here) - kander - 02-05-2020
This is the a flu. A particularly nasty one. More contagious that the normal flu and more deadly.
If you consider how many that have died compared to recovery rate its half chance 50/50 at this time. Compared to the seasonal flu 99.999/.001 magnitudes of difference.
If it ends up breaking out on the islands im afraid of an unmitigated disaster.
Mom and dad come home from a Superbowl party. one innocuous kiss to the children goodnight and then send them off to school like little hand grenades the next day. Its like something out of a Hollywood movie of what could happen. It is happening, just not here. not yet.
RE: Wuhan Corona Virus Coming Soon? (Now Here) - ironyak - 02-05-2020
Again that's not how you calculate Case Fatality Rate. Maybe better to look at numbers from outside China where there have been ~200 confirmed infections and a couple deaths so ~1% mortality so far. CFR depends a lot on containment and access to health care, neither of which are functioning well in Wuhan.
But at least local government's concern for protecting tourism is prompting some attention and action.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/02/05/hawaii-news/asylum-seekers-from-china-being-held-in-federal-detention-center-at-honolulu-airport-2/
"These two Chinese, we don’t know whether they came off a flight indirectly through China or went to the mainland and came back. We have an international crisis going on. This is a pandemic. We have to take it very seriously with an overabundance of caution to do all we can to assure the public that things are safe. We are just a fragile, small, little place — 50% of our economy is in jeopardy.”
RE: Wuhan Corona Virus Coming Soon? (Now Here) - kander - 02-05-2020
Ironyak, I agree wholeheartedly with you the numbers are somewhat nebulous. But we are at where china was over a month ago. Their medical system is just about on par with the rest of the world. It just became swamped with overwhelming numbers. Now the CDC is doing everything in its power to slow the spread but even they admit that they cannot contain it and expect more infections.
And of course the tourist money is always an issue. As I said before would Hawaii choose money over the health and safety of its residents? I would hope not. The long term ramifications of the virus to not only local economy is grave, but the world economy. If people can no longer afford to visit the islands thats a whole can of worms in itself.
Any way you slice this pickle its gonna be sour.
RE: Wuhan Corona Virus Coming Soon? (Now Here) - kalakoa - 02-05-2020
would Hawaii choose money over the health and safety of its residents?
Yes.