Another thing. That article says it’s just Okubo giving the responses now. But now the responses don’t have her name on it. The e-mails being sent out are from:
Hawaii Department of Health
Public Information Office staff
Send mail to:
State Department of Health
Office of Health Status Monitoring
Issuance/Vital Statistics Section/UIPA Request
Honolulu, HI 97801
hdohinfo@doh.hawaii.gov
Second, Okubo was supposed to be in Florida for a gathering this whole week. I received an auto-response on Monday:
I am out of the office attending the 2010 Local, State, and Federal Public Health Preparedness Summit. If you need immediate assistance, please call 586-4442 or 586-4400. I will respond to your e-mail when I return to the office on Monday, February 22.
And then on Tuesday some innocent office worker substitute, who had to take the brunt of the Facebook onslaught, did what Okubo has never been willing to do: he/she clicked “Yes” rather than “No”, thereby allowing me to have a receipt that they had received my e-mail.
Both the numbers she gave are Hawaii numbers. I suppose the reporter called the office and got Okubo’s phone number at the summit, for her to be able to comment for the story.
“Both the numbers she gave are Hawaii numbers. I suppose the reporter called the office and got Okubo’s phone number at the summit, for her to be able to comment for the story.”
Could be one is her cell phone number, or a direct dial number that she could forward to her cell. The number’s the same whether she’d take the call in HI or FL.