HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0843.108 2018-2020 COUNTY CLERK
COUNTY OF HAWAI'I
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Fri 3/20/2020 9:26 AM
REG: EMERGENCY MEETING THIS MORNING Date MAR 2 0 2020
To: Council Testimony
Aloha,
My name is Christine Mendoza and the only reason I'm writing this email is because someone needs to
intercede and override Mayor Kim's decision to continuously NOT DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT
THE WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITY! HE IS PUTTING OURLIVES IN JEOPARDY BUT NOT
SHUTTING DOWN OUR COUNTY TO HELP STOP OR MINIMIZE THE SPREAD OF THIS
AIRBORNE VIRUS KNOWN AS COVID19. ITS FRUSTRATING,VERY ALARMING and
STRESSFUL KNOWING THAT HE HAS THE POWER TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS (BUT
HE HASNT). THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR YOU OR NOT! YOU TOOK AN
OATI-I TO DO WIJATS BEST FOR TRIS COUNTY BUT YOU ARE NOT!YOU ARE NOT
HANDLING THIS SITUATION IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER. YOUR DECISION TO ACT LIKE
THINGS ARE OK AND OPEN FOR BUSINESS FLIES DIRECTLY IN THE FACE OFTHE
MEDICALADVICE REPEATED OVER AND AGAIN BY GOV.IGE AND TIIE STATES TWO TOP
HEALTH OFFICIALS,DEPART.OF HEALTH DIRECTOR BRUCE ANDERSON AND STATE
EPIDEMIOLOGIST DR.SA:RAH:PARK.THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE'PEST RESULTS
IS EXPONENTIALLY INCREASING ON A DAILY BASIS. MAYOR KIM, YOU BETTER HAVE A
PLAN WHEN THIS GETS OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE OUR ONLY 3 HOSPITALS ON THIS
ISLAND DOES NOT HAVE THE MAN POWER/BED SPACE/MEDICAL VENTILATORS OR
MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO.HAND.LF AND PROPERLY CARE FOR EVERYONE! TI-IFN'WHAT
WILL YOU DO,LET US DIE RIGHT?I AM A HIGH RISK INDIVIDUAL WITH ASTHMATIC
PROBLEMS. YOU NEED TO PUT THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY FIRST AND SHUT DOWN
OUR ISLAND BEFORE ITS TO LATE! TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE AND LONG TERM
SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR ECONOMY,I IMPLORE TO IMMEDIATELY ORDER THE SHUT
DOWN AND SHELTER IN PLACE OF ALL PEOPLE ON THE BIG ISLAND.
MEDICAL EXPERTISE HAS SAID FLATLY AND REPEATEDLY IN MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS
SINCE THE COVID19 OUTBREAK IN THE US THAT NOT PRACTICING INTENSIVE SOCIAL
DISTANCING WILL PROVE CATASTROPHIC.
IT WILL LEAD TO MORE HOSPITALIZATION,A COLLAPSE OF HOSPITAL RESOURCES
NATIONWIDE AND MORE DEATHS DUE TO THE COVIDI9 ITSELF AND BECAUSE THOSE
WITH OTHER SERIOUS CONDITIONS WILL BE UNABLE TO RECEIVE THE HEALTHCARE
THEY NEED TO SURVIVE ALSO! ARE YOU WILLING TO GAMBLE WITH OURLIVES?ARE
YOU ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT WITH THE DECISIONS YOU HAVE MADE? IT BAFFLES ME
AND DISAPPOINTS ME OF THESE PAST DECISIONS YOU MADE WHERE YOU HAVE NO
CONCERN FOR THE WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITY! AND TO THINK I VOTED FOR YOU
AND ADMIRED YOU FROM YOUR CIVIL DEFENSE DAYS. BEING A JAPANESE/OKINAWAN
DESCENDANT YOUR O'BACHAN and O'.IIC:HAN WOULD NOT BE HAPPY WITH HOW YOU
ARE HANDLING TI-IIS PANDEMIC.
PLEASE GOV.IGE OR ANYONE WHO CAN Gd ABOVE MAYOR KIMS DECISION
PLEASE HELP US HERE ON THE BIG ISLAND AND SHUT US DOWN ASAP!
Much appreciated for your time and consideration.
Thank you,
Christine Mendoza
WS
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Ref. Date MAR 2 0 2020