The director of Ohio's Department of Health, @DrAmyActon, Who Claimed 100,000 Covid-19 Cases in the State Says She Was 'Guesstimating' pjmedia.com/trending/ohio-… #NewsandPolitics via @pjmedia_com
The director of Ohio's Department of Health said Friday her statement the previous day that 100,000 people in the state currently have coronavirus was based on "guesstimating," casting doubt on the high number.
"I am not saying there are absolutely for certain 100,000 people, I'm saying I'm guesstimating," the director, Dr. Amy Acton, said at a news conference.
It's one thing for ignorant, empty-headed local TV news anchors to give their horse's *ss opinion of how bad the epidemic is. But Dr. Acton is the fricking director of Ohio’s public health department!
So, maybe she wasn't that far off in her "guesstimate"? Perhaps she might have "overstated" the number by just a little?
“Tara Smith, a professor of public health at Kent State University, said she thinks Acton's number is “too high,” but said that there could be 1,000 undetected cases in Ohio right now.”
Acton said once there is better data, modelers would go back and see if she was right.
"As modelers far smarter than I am put that together, we'll look back at this and we'll see where we were," she said.
"As modelers far smarter than I am put that together, we'll look back at this and we'll see where we were," she said.
It's beyond inexcusable that someone whose main responsibility is to thoroughly inform the public about a public health emergency could have acted so rashly and unthinkingly.
In another day and age, Acton would have been fired by the end of the day.
In another day and age, Acton would have been fired by the end of the day.
But you can't do that today. You might hurt her feelings. Better to pat her on the head and tell her to do better next time.
Meanwhile, she can't take back the panic she's already unleashed with her irresponsibility.
Meanwhile, she can't take back the panic she's already unleashed with her irresponsibility.
