Fire State Officials Who Failed Us in COVID
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23 responses to “Fire State Officials Who Failed Us in COVID”
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A very good idea. Can we start at the top?
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A very good idea. Can we start at the top?
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Jim do you have the annexes?
Basically, are the schools’ really at fault here, given they’re trying to follow their own data/CDC, etc. when the state is not giving them the leadership they the state was responsible for, and should have?
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Jim do you have the annexes?
Basically, are the schools’ really at fault here, given they’re trying to follow their own data/CDC, etc. when the state is not giving them the leadership they the state was responsible for, and should have?
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“VITA – responsible for the functionality, availability and reliability of information systems.”
VITA’s systems also need to be designed to interface with external systems, in this case those of pharmacies, hospitals, etc. I believe that was an issue.
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It is, but VITA is not responsible for the requirements, VDH is. If VDH gave VITA the proper requirements and funding for such systems, then VITA would have been responsible for acquisition and maintenance. I don’t know how that will sort out, but I will speculate that the problem was at the VDH end.
The responsibility for the severe issues with the systems for processing unemployment claims may wind up in VITA’s lap, but I cannot judge that with what information I have.
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“VITA – responsible for the functionality, availability and reliability of information systems.”
VITA’s systems also need to be designed to interface with external systems, in this case those of pharmacies, hospitals, etc. I believe that was an issue.
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It is, but VITA is not responsible for the requirements, VDH is. If VDH gave VITA the proper requirements and funding for such systems, then VITA would have been responsible for acquisition and maintenance. I don’t know how that will sort out, but I will speculate that the problem was at the VDH end.
The responsibility for the severe issues with the systems for processing unemployment claims may wind up in VITA’s lap, but I cannot judge that with what information I have.
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The guidance in Annex #4 to the Virginia Department of Education that directed them to plan, exercise and execute in a pandemic emergency was as follows:
“Department of Education
▪ Coordinate and facilitate regional conference calls with school superintendents in coordination with VDEM, VDH, and the Virginia Association of School Superintendents.
▪ Ensure an effective and timely coordination/interface with school districts throughout the state during an event.
▪ Maintain the Pandemic Influenza Plan Guidelines for Virginia Public Schools.
▪ Work with VDH to facilitate in-school flu vaccination campaigns.”It is the third of those about which you inquire.
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The guidance in Annex #4 to the Virginia Department of Education that directed them to plan, exercise and execute in a pandemic emergency was as follows:
“Department of Education
▪ Coordinate and facilitate regional conference calls with school superintendents in coordination with VDEM, VDH, and the Virginia Association of School Superintendents.
▪ Ensure an effective and timely coordination/interface with school districts throughout the state during an event.
▪ Maintain the Pandemic Influenza Plan Guidelines for Virginia Public Schools.
▪ Work with VDH to facilitate in-school flu vaccination campaigns.”It is the third of those about which you inquire.
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We already fired Orangeman-Bad… all those deaths were solely on his Cheetos-stained tiny hands.
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We already fired Orangeman-Bad… all those deaths were solely on his Cheetos-stained tiny hands.
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The Emergency Operations Plan was indeed prescient. You are absolutely correct to ask why it was never implemented. And Virginia’s media are totally negligent in failing to follow your lead.
I do wonder, though… Presumably, other states had Emergency Operations Plans. Did they implement those plans, or did they collect dust on the shelf as it appears they did in Virginia? Might there be reasons why many or all states failed in the same way? Was Virginia uniquely negligent or incompetent?
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I of course simply don’t know. But each state was individually responsible for its own planning and each state will have to sort out accountability.
Frankly FEMA did an excellent job at their end building the common framework for the state annexes and then paying the bill for each. I am sure some states and some agencies did the planning and some did not, including some here in Virginia.
Same on the federal agency end.
FEMA can lead these horses to water, but …
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The Emergency Operations Plan was indeed prescient. You are absolutely correct to ask why it was never implemented. And Virginia’s media are totally negligent in failing to follow your lead.
I do wonder, though… Presumably, other states had Emergency Operations Plans. Did they implement those plans, or did they collect dust on the shelf as it appears they did in Virginia? Might there be reasons why many or all states failed in the same way? Was Virginia uniquely negligent or incompetent?
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I of course simply don’t know. But each state was individually responsible for its own planning and each state will have to sort out accountability.
Frankly FEMA did an excellent job at their end building the common framework for the state annexes and then paying the bill for each. I am sure some states and some agencies did the planning and some did not, including some here in Virginia.
Same on the federal agency end.
FEMA can lead these horses to water, but …
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Didn’t I read this as *state* officials?
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Didn’t I read this as *state* officials?
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After the accountability for those who failed as outlined above, there needs to be a sober, fact-based “lessons learned” to improve the plans that exist to reflect this experience. Specific actions and updates to agency plans in a pandemic. We cannot lose the “benefit” of this experience so we are “winging” it the next time (as did this).
This is our first pandemic but may not be the last. Cannot suffer this “learning curve” with OJT as we did this time. -
After the accountability for those who failed as outlined above, there needs to be a sober, fact-based “lessons learned” to improve the plans that exist to reflect this experience. Specific actions and updates to agency plans in a pandemic. We cannot lose the “benefit” of this experience so we are “winging” it the next time (as did this).
This is our first pandemic but may not be the last. Cannot suffer this “learning curve” with OJT as we did this time. -
Keep pressing for accountability. Good luck, but keep on pressing.
These are agencies that outlive any particular administration, any particular party in charge. It ought to be a bipartisan goal to clean up this mess. That it is not already, disgraces those who tolerate it. That it might escape attention entirely would disgrace accountability itself.
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Keep pressing for accountability. Good luck, but keep on pressing.
These are agencies that outlive any particular administration, any particular party in charge. It ought to be a bipartisan goal to clean up this mess. That it is not already, disgraces those who tolerate it. That it might escape attention entirely would disgrace accountability itself.
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Um what happened to our comments?
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