HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0843.114 2018-2020 COUNTY CLERK
COUNTY OF HAWAII
RECEIVED
Fri 3/20/2020 9:28 AM Time 177-8DIM By /50
14 day shutdown for Community Welfare
Date MAR 2 0 2020
To: Council Testimony
Aloha Council Members,
Given the risk to the health and well-being of our community, I encourage you to shut down the
County and all non-essential movement and gatherings for at least 14 days. I know that this will
cause a significant amount of economic hardship to our County.
However, our community already has a medical system insufficient to meet our normal health
care needs. All the data shows that if drastic action to suppress the spread of COVID-19 will
result in a health care system that is overwhelmed. Our doctors and hospitals will very quickly
have to make hard decisions about who does and does not receive treatment. They will have to
make decisions about who lives and who dies.
I worry that if our County does not take immediate and clear action, many in our local
community will suffer unnecessarily and the death toll in our community will be significant.
Now is the time for leadership and I ask the County Council to be a strong and united voice in
minimizing the health impacts of COVID-19 on our community.
Paul Normann
Paul Normann,Executive Director
Neighborhood Place of Puna
Comm. No. 147•I l4
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Ref. Date MAR 2 0 2020