“IS IT TRUE” MARCH 16, 2020

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We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE” will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way?

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IS IT TRUE in order to get a grip on the CORONAVIRUS the authorities need to test, separate and then treat?

IS IT TRUE that COVID-19 is a respiratory illness caused by a novel or new, coronavirus that has not been previously identified? …the virus causing COVID-19 is not the same as the coronaviruses that commonly circulate among humans and cause mild illness, like the common cold?

IS IT TRUE one of the reasons why CORONAVIRUS is considered to be deadly is because currently there are no known vaccines to protect us against it?

IS IT TRUE it’s a known fact when more Coronavirus tests are done it will produce more positive Coronavius results?

IS IT TRUE if the Coronavirus is contained the politicians will take all the credit for it?  …if the virus can’t be contained then the politicians will blame the medical professionals for the failure?

IS IT TRUE we are very thankful that the powers that be in Washington, DC have finally figured out how to mass-produce the COVID-19 tests? …we are appreciative that the politicians have given our medical professional the legislative support, medical research and laboratory funding, the legal authority, support staff to figure out ways to treat this potentially deadly virus?  …its time that our medical professionals be allowed to move forward without interruptions from some of the showboating politicians?

IS IT TRUE as of last the night Illinois has 93, Kentucky has 21 and Indiana has 20 active cases of the Coronavirus? …we are still surprised that not one active (1) Coranvius case has been reported in Vanderburgh County?

 IS IT TRUE we now know how many positive Coronavirus cases we currently have in Indiana?  …we would like to know how many Coronavius tests were issued to Hoosiers so far?

IS IT TRUE we are told that the Coronavius bailout package just approved by Congress has multi-million-dollars worth of “PORK BARREL” spending projects in it?

IS IT TRUE the Indiana Racing and Gaming Commission has decided to close down all the Casinos in Indiana until the Coronavius crisis is over?  …the Kentucky Racing Commission has also decided to close down all Slots and Horse Racing establishments starting tomorrow?  …we give five (5) cheers to the Indiana Racing and Gaming Commission and the Kentucky Racing Commission for putting public health over profits?

IS IT TRUE we are told that when you have a major crisis the best approach is to plan for the worst?

IS IT TRUE a PANDEMIC is when the entire world fight a common enemy?

IS IT TRUE the Coronavirus is no longer a foreign disease but is now an American disease?

IS IT TRUE that the Coronavius doesn’t discriminate against natural origin, race, color, creed, educational background, gender, blue or white-collar workers, religion, political affiliation, age, sexual preference, rich or poor, type of neighborhood you live in, or mental or physical challenges?

IS IT TRUE in order to survive you shouldn’t let a crisis manage you but you should manage it?

IS IT TRUE we are told that the general public is getting really tired of elected officials upstaging of our medical professionals when they attempt to give COVID-19 updates to the masses?

IS IT TRUE that the CDC does not recommend that people who are well wearing a facemask to protect themselves from respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19?  …they say that you should only wear a mask if a healthcare professional recommends it? …facemask should be used by people who have COVID-19 and are showing symptoms to protect others from the risk of infection?

IS IT TRUE that Coronaviruses most commonly spread from an infected person to others through respiratory droplets released into the air by coughing and sneezing? … close personal contact, such as touching or shaking hands; touching an object or surface with the virus on it, then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes before washing your hands will cause contamination?

IS IT TRUE “A record number of rural hospitals lost money last year? … many hundreds of rural hospitals are classified by health officials as being at ‘high risk of imminent failure and hundreds more have cut services or turned over control to outside ownership groups in an attempt to stave off closure?  …we are glad to hear that the Feds are going to help subsidize our rural hospitals during the Coronavirus crisis?

IS IT TRUE that local health departments are trying to ensure that infection-control protocols practice self-isolation and monitoring for symptoms are implemented in order for them to be able to identify, diagnose and treat the COVID-19?

IS IT TRUE one of our readers sent us an article we posted several years ago written by the award-winning ProPublica that made reference to a local hospital filing around 20,000 collections lawsuits against poor people while reporting $150 to $200 million dollar yearly profits during that time? …this article also references that a local hospital administrator was compensated around $1.74 million dollars a year (not including benefits) during the time the article was written?

IS IT TRUE our “READERS POLLS” are non-scientific but trendy?

Today’s “Readers Poll” question is: Do you feel that President Trump is finally getting a grip on how to contain the Coronavirus?
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8 COMMENTS

  1. terrible
    this is just terrible
    i thought things were fine.
    that was bs, america is a mess

  2. IS IT TRUE …we are still surprised that not one active (1) Coranvius case has been reported in Vanderburgh County?

    Wait, I thought you said that a local hospital was treating infected patients and not telling the public. And that the hospital executives should be jailed. Did you find out that wasn’t true?

    • Sam

      Thank you for your post. Please re-read our post. I think we said; “It been alleged by credible sources etc. etc.

      It looks you have become the self-anointed spokesperson for the local hospitals.

      Would you be so kind as to respond to a comment we posted in today’s “IS IT TRUE”?

      The comment is “IS IT TRUE one of our readers sent us an article we posted several years ago written by the award-winning ProPublica that made reference to a local hospital filing around 20,000 collections lawsuits against poor people while reporting $150 to $200 million dollar yearly profits during that time? …this article also references that a local hospital administrator was compensated around $1.74 million dollars a year (not including benefits) during the time the article was written?

      Thanks for reading the CCO. Have a nice day and peace out.

      Editor

  3. Sam,

    It seems that “Thou dost protest too much”. Your continued offensive and insulting attacks against the CCO are becoming entertaining.

    I had seen the post regarding a local hospital paying 1.7 million dollars to a former CEO while suing around 20,000 poor and struggling patients while the not-for-profit Decononess Hospital made between $150 to $200 million dollar profit during the year the article was posted in the CCO.

    I thought the mission of the local not-for-profit hospitals was to help and care for the less fortunate. Looks like “greed” and “financial gain” is currently ruling the day at our not-for-profit hospitals.

    I’m sure I speak for many in our community by thanking the City-County Observer for having the guts and integrity to print articles that others in the mainstream media outlets don’t.

    Read the City-County Observer for the unbiased truth!

  4. Editor,

    I would be curious to see if the five-time Pulitzer award-winning ProPublica did a follow-up on the local not-for-profit hospital’s article they did several years ago to see if anything has improved.

    • Bears Fan

      What a great suggestion. We are also curious to see if our local not-for-profit hospitals have made some adjustments concerning the issues written about them in the ProPublica newspaper several years ago.

      Good news, the CCO Publisher has just given us permission to contact ProPublica in order to obtain current information on the local hospitals that they wrote about several years ago.

      Thanks for reading the City-County Observer.

      EDITOR

  5. I’m not speaking about past allegations, whether true or not. My original complaint was about the credibility of your sources and how easy it is to quote anonymous sources about treating infected people, and then advocating for sending administrators to jail.

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