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I’m seeing quotes like this regularly in the “interviews with nurses” genre of reporting: ”Many nurses and doctors have symptoms, like dry coughs, but are bein
by irq11 7y ago
I’m seeing quotes like this regularly in the “interviews with nurses” genre of reporting:
”Many nurses and doctors have symptoms, like dry coughs, but are being denied tests and remain working, Ms. Norstein and other Montefiore health-care workers said colleagues have told them.”
This isn’t even second-hand information - it’s third-hand, and it’s irresponsible journalism. If the reporter couldn’t directly confirm the rumors, they could just say “there are rumors that...”
But then, this is buried in the article:
” One patient with confirmed coronavirus stayed in the Moses ER for over 14 hours and used the same bathroom as other patients, Mr. Mathew wrote in a March 14 email to the hospital epidemiologist and an environmental health and safety director. He said he received no response.”
That is just incompetence, and it’s documented. Why did the reporter bury the lede?
- James_Henry 7y agoThis is what I'm wondering, too. Montefiore botched their first case on Feb 3rd and then weeks later was still ending up with coronavirus patients potentially contaminating others in ways that should not have happened. This is more than just a lack of PPE and other equipment (which could be partly due to hospital administration incompetence too).
- irq11 7y agoExactly. The documented incompetence is buried, because scared nurse quotes drive more clicks. If hospitals were/are driving infection counts in the Bronx, that’s a huge story, and deserves more attention.