then you probably shouldn't be posting this information here.
Tight information control from Dear Leader's right hand man is how we know everything will be OK.
Private citizens and state/local officials can say anything they want - subject to HIPAA restrictions, which I suspect is what this thread is about.
From the Kaiser Principles of Responsibility:
“discuss patient information: - only when it is required to do your job”
https://www.providers.kaiserpermanente.org/info_assets/cpp_c...
Random HN readers may not be able to identify this person, but one of their coworkers might. How would you feel if you went to the hospital with suspicious symptoms during the height of epidemic hysteria and one of the employees started posting tidbits about you on the Internet?
How many people might avoid going to the hospital with symptoms of this or something else because they don’t want to risk a gossiping employee outing then on the Internet?