And 15 min later I managed to do my own journalism. I am no longer conflicted. Mrs. Linscott is a narcissistic attention whore that deserves what she gets. She refused to participate in the less forcible, legal controls for her disease, then when they escalated farther than she wanted to play, she called a news agency she perceived to be sympathetic, and lied about what happened to play the victim.
So, a googleing led me to the Snopes page (yeah, I know, Snopes). However, in this case, Snopes helpfully included a link to the actual court orders, which include the health department's affidavit and the self isolation agreement. Yea for primary sources!
Snopes page:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kentucky-house-arrest-covid/Court Order:
https://www.snopes.com/uploads/2020/07/image07-20-2020-205848.pdfOK, Mrs. Linscott, you said:
My part was if I have to go to the ER, if I have to go to the hospital, I’m not going to wait to get the approval to go,” Linscott told the station.
Seems reasonable on it's face.
The Self Isolation agreement says (end of Paragraph 2):
In the event that my condition requires immediate medical assistance, I will notify the nearest emergency department and inform them of my novel coronavirus status before transport to that facility
So yes you are supposed to get health dept approval before heading out to the ER for the sniffles, but if you have a heart attack, just let the paramedics know before the ambulance gets there.
The agreement does require her to stay at home and not work or travel without health department approval. Pretty standard self isolation stuff for communicable diseases. They also helpfully included the state and federal Executive Orders giving them the ability to do this.
But what really takes me to "*expletive deleted*ck this lady, her family, and her house" was the lying. Mrs. Linscott told Fox news:
Elizabeth Linscott said that although she never refused to self-quarantine, “that's exactly what the director of the public health department told the judge."
"I'm like, 'that's not the case at all. I never said that,” she said.
Yeah, you did. And were quoted in the affidavit for the anklets. You responded to the request to sign a self isolation agreement thusly:
I will do my best to stay home, as I do every other time I get sick. But I cannot comply to having to call the public health department everytime that I need to go out and do something. It's my right and freedoms to go where I please and not have to answer to anyone for it. There is no pandemic and with a survival rate of 99.9998%, I'm fine. I will continue to avoid the elderly, just like PRIOR guidelines state, try to stay home, get rest, get medicine and get better. I decline
Did you think they didn't keep your comments in doccusign when you sent it back?