On this video, posted by Health Freedom Idaho, you can hear officers saying "Please holster your weapon!" starting at 53:11. At about 54:40 you can see officers leading out a man in handcuffs.
I haven't seen anywhere on the video where unholstered weapons are visible, but I'm still watching. The alleged incident happened off camera, in the room where Russ Duke was during the meeting.
At 1:06:00, another person is arrested. According to the person streaming, it was an 80-year-old woman. It was down the hall, so it's not clear what specifically is alleged.
Stream posted by Miste Karlfeldt of Health Freedom Idaho, which has protested shutdowns, mask orders and recommendations.
Update: Eva Jean Selleck was booked into the Ada County Jail and charged with misdemeanor trespass at 6:44 this evening. The site lists her age as 65, not 80 as was stated in the video.
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Happy Thursday afternoon! I'm watching the Panhandle Health District Board of Health meeting (my fourth BOH meeting this week!!) Updates here. #idahocovid19
Jeff Lee from Kootenai Health: "This is going to be short, bu I can't guarantee sweet." Lee says cases are surpassing peaks from July. I can't see the slides on this stream, but Lee says they may quickly outstrip hospital's availability. #idahocovid19
Lee says his slide is already out of date. "We've had three more deaths since I updated this an hour ago." #idahocovid19
Watching PHD7 (east Idaho) BOH meeting. Dr. John Landers is presenting on mental health. The numbers are going across the screen pretty quickly, but the gist of his presentation: Young people, minorities, those with fewer economic resources are more at risk for depression.
The data he's using was from a nationwide survey conducted in June. I'm going to try to get the slides for his presentation.
Unemployment or underemployment, working from home, isolation, difficulty accessing mental health care and COVID-related restrictions seem to be a big driver for younger people experiencing depression and anxiety -- not so much the fear of getting COVID, Landers says.
Grim updates from St. Luke's Magic Valley, Cassia, and Minidoka hospitals. Minidoka and Cassia are holding, but have very high positivity rates (30 to 40 percent). St. Luke's Magic Valley has no more room. All are reporting critical staffing shortages. #idahocovid19
Dr. Joshua Kern of St. Lukes MV: "At no point during the pandemic so far have you heard St Luke's crying wolf.... Today is the day." Hospitals are at capacity, hospitalizations are a lagging indicator, and cases continue to rise. Next two weeks could be very bad. #idahocovid19
Administrator from St. Luke's MV is speaking now, saying suggestions and resolutions on masks, as opposed to mandates, aren't working, and puts the burden on frontline workers. "Not making decisions to impose things that we know will work will ultimately shut down the economy."
Listening in on this. Dr. Nemerson points out that this spike that we're experiencing isn't starting from zero -- we're already at a moderate prevalence of the disease in our community, and rising.
The current test positivity at St. Alphonsus is 12 percent. #idahocovid19
Joshua Kern, St. Lukes Magic Valley: All counties in the area are simultaneously experiencing an increase in cases right now. More than 40 COVID patients hospitalized at the beginning of the week, which was more than 1/4 of all hospitalized patients there at the time.
That was a record number of COVID patients for St. Lukes Magic Valley.
Meanwhile, hospitalizations are a lagging indicator, and cases aren't going down, Kern says. They're bracing for more.
They also have their first confirmed second infection in an #IdahoCovid19 patient.
For those listening to Panhandle Health District, their stream went down. Their PIO said they're trying to get the county to fix it. #idpol#idahocovid19
Watching the KHQ feed, which is nice, but doesn't fulfill the open meeting obligations. I believe they are stopping the meeting right now to try to fix the Internet issues, though!
Kudos to the Panhandle Health District for shutting down the meeting to address the Internet connectivity issues.
They're back in session now. Currently, a man wearing a VAXXED shirt is giving false information about mask safety.
Central District Health is holding their weekly meeting. Check out these slides: The positivity rate by week, the number of cases by week, cases by age, and the positivity rate in children. #idahocovid19
TL;DR: The positivity rate is hovering around 15 percent. While people ages 18-29 continue to make up highest percentage of positive cases, people in other age groups are catching up. Teenagers and kids also have high positivity rates.
This is not great news.
Dr. David Peterman of Primary Health, who is presenting, says there will be kids who get sick and will need to be hospitalized. He says it pretty bluntly. #idahocovid19