BRIG:
SOME CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AFTER
RECENT TURMOIL AT THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH.
THOSE WHO CRITICIZED DIRECTOR
BRUCE ANDERSON AND
EPIDEMIOLOGIST SARAH
PARK SAY THE STATE CAN NOW DEAL
WITH THE PANDEMIC MORE
EFecCTIVELY.
MANOLO MORALES STARTS OUR
COVERAGE.
MANOLO:
"THOSE WHO CRITICIZED ANDERSON
AND PARK SAY NEW LEADERSHIP
ON TRACK WITH
CONTACT TRACING AND TESTING
CAPABILITIES. BUT THAT
LEADERSHIP WILL ALSO HAVE TO
FIND A WAY TO REGAIN THE
PUBLIC'S TRUST."
IN THE PAST WEEK WE LEARNED THAT
PAID LEAVE, AND DR. EMILY
ROBERSON WHO
WAS RECENTLY ASSIGNED TO TAKE
CONTROL OF CONTACT TRACING
REPLACING PARK, TOOK LEAVE OF
ABSENCE. SHE HAD COMPLAINED
ABOUT CHAIN OF COMMAND PROBLEMS
WITHIN DOH. ANDERSON AND PARK
WERE HEAVILY CRITICIZED FOR NOT
RAMPING UP TESTING AND CONTACT
TRACING. A WHISTLEBLOWER ALSO
SAID THEY LIED ABOUT HOW MANY
CONTACT
TRACERS THE STATE HAD. IT'S NOT
CLEAR WHEN DR. PARK IS COMING
BACK BUT SOME SAY HER LEAVE AND
ANDERSON'S RETIREMENT ARE
NECESSARY.
LT. GOV. JOSH GREEN: "IT HAD TO
CHANGE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
WE'RE IN THE STAY AT HOME ORDER
SO THAT WHEN
WE COME DOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE MOUNTAIN, WE'RE ABLE TO
DEAL WITH WHAT WE GOT."
CONGRESSWOMAN TULSI GABBARD
RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING,
"I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT
THIS
CHANGE WILL PROVIDE NEW
LEADERS... AN OPPORTUNITY TO
STEP UP AND FIX THE TRULY FATAL
FLAWS."
SHE ADDS, "THE PUBLIC TRUST HAS
BEEN BROKEN... ALLOWING THE
STATUS QUO TO CONTINUE WILL ONLY
RESULT IN MORE
UNNECESSARY SICKNESS AND DEATH."
NEW LEADERSHIP AND RESTORING
TRUST WILL HAVE TO COME FROM DR.
LIBBY CHAR, AN EMERGENCY
PHYSICIAN, WHO WILL BE INTERIM
DIRECTOR STARTING SEPT. 16.
LT. GOV. JOSH GREEN: "DR. CHAR
IS QUITE GOOD, SHE'S VERY STOIC,
VERY SOBER IN HER APPROACH. BUT
HER LOW KEY
DEMEANOR."
THE GOVERNOR RELEASED A
STATEMENT SAYING:
"WE ARE FACING A CRITICAL TIME
IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID- 19,
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S
LEADERSHIP AND
DEDICATED STAFF WILL BE WELL
POSITIONED TO HELP LEAD THE
STATE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE
HE ADDS THAT GREEN WILL ALSO
TAKE ON ADDITIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES SUCH AS
HOSPITAL STAFFING.
MANOLO MORALES KHON2 NEWS
WORKING FOR HAWAII.
BRIG:
LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS HERE AND
