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John Pritchett: Going The Wrong Way

State epidemiologist Sarah Park and Health Director Bruce Anderson have been increasingly criticized for their leadership of the state’s coronavirus effort. Our cartoonist thinks they’ve been taking the state in the wrong direction.

By John Pritchett

August 16, 2020 · 1 min read

John Pritchett/Civil Beat/2020

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John Pritchett

John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

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About the Author

John Pritchett

John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

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Before anyone criticizes others either by words or by cartoons, they should ask themselves if they could do any better.  

Zack · 5 years ago

You need to include Ige and Green.

Zarf808 · 5 years ago

I think we should all take a step back before ruthlessly criticizing individuals at DOH.  Firstly, there is enough blame to go around, up to and including the role the press played  in failure to sufficiently educate the public on disease mitigation.  For example, the press/news media might have done a better job communicating lessons learned from cluster patterns (e..g., avoiding pot lucks at work, etc).  Secondly, little is gained from skewering individuals, and much is gained by analyzing and modifying processes.  We all need to go back to the drawing board...literally in this instance.

be_data_driven · 5 years ago

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