This could be a great example of "Gell-Mann Amnesia" described by Michael Crichton. Anyone who works in American healthcare instantly knows the premise of this

This could be a great example of "Gell-Mann Amnesia" described by Michael Crichton. Anyone who works in American healthcare instantly knows the premise of this article is wholly absurd. Whether or not it's strictly the best policy, HIPAA is non-negotiable and has been so for decades. And, for infection control, most COVID units didn't even let family members in. Imagine how furious you'd be if a hospital told you a loved one couldn't visit but some non-medical rando who wanted to photograph everybody could. Michael Crichton's point with describing "Gell-Mann Amnesia" is that when you see a news article on a topic you're knowledgeable about, you quickly recognize that it's completely wrong in almost all key aspects. Sometimes they even get things precisely backward. But when you turn the page and start reading about something you're not an expert in--say foreign policy--you strangely forget how shoddy the journalism was just moments ago, and assume that this next article about something you’re not knowledgeable about is probably roughly accurate.