”THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE DIAMOND PRINCESS” ──ダイヤモンド・プリンセス号をめぐる隔離対応について、英語で「ファクト」を発信しようと試みたツイート集

Mariko Oi 大井真理子 @BBCMarikoOi

Yoshihiro Takayama @hiro_icd who works with 🇯🇵’s health ministry replied to accusations made by @georgebest1969 about #DiamondPrincess. I'll post English translation. (Thread) 厚生労働省の技術参与、高山義浩先生が岩田先生のコメントに反論。（英訳スレッド） facebook.com/10000130548907… pic.twitter.com/pQhERX03C6

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Mariko Oi 大井真理子 @BBCMarikoOi

.@hiro_icd: I believe Prof Iwata’s advice as an infectious disease specialist was valid. But being right doesn’t move an organisation. Especially in the middle of a crisis management, trust is important.

Mariko Oi 大井真理子 @BBCMarikoOi

> How Prof Iwata felt more scared inside #DiamondPrincess than in Africa or China.   @hiro_icd: This is about how he felt so I wouldn’t deny. But there are people working hard to contain this despite the risk. I wish he avoided scaring those inside without giving us a solution. pic.twitter.com/PgH3Co6KG6

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Mariko Oi 大井真理子 @BBCMarikoOi

> Why no green vs red zones inside #DiamondPrincess @hiro_icd: I can understand why he as an infectious disease specialist described it as messy but that’s misleading because that implies that there was no zoning. There is – even if it’s not perfect. pic.twitter.com/WauqwjFQxk

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Tomo @Tomo20309138

1/ 【THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE DIAMOND PRINCESS】 Dr Kentaro IWATA, who had entered into the #DiamondPrincess cruise ship and reported his perspectives on YouTube (both in JP and EN), has gone viral. Dear those MEDIA people, read my post hereunder the very rough...

Tomo @Tomo20309138

2/ ... translation of what Dr Takayama (person deeply involved in Dr Iwata's action) shared in his Facebook. Dr Takayama himself is also working INSIDE the Diamond Princess. Do NOT report one-sided perspectives. Listen to the other side of the opinions. (continue)

Tomo @Tomo20309138

3/ Dr. Takayama is an infectious disease doctor based in Okinawa Prefecture. He used to work at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and devotedly contributed to establishing a medical system and countermeasures against the pandemic. Dr Takayama is the one who...

Tomo @Tomo20309138

4/ ... what Dr Iwata says "invited" him to the cruise ship. Yesterday, Dr Takayama updated his FACEBOOK and corrected what Dr Iwata said on his YouTube. There are so many misunderstanding or miscommunication amongst Dr Iwata and persons concerned/involved. Here is another...

Tomo @Tomo20309138

5/ ... perspective from the very person involved in this chaotic controversial criticism. Hereunder, I describe Dr Iwata as "IWATA", and Dr Takayama as "TAKA". ************** IWATA: I was kicked out from the ship in a day. Taka: Dr Iwata stayed in the ship for 2 hours, and..

Tomo @Tomo20309138

6/ ... Dr Iwata only visited and saw the lounge and the surrounding area in the ship. IWATA: My contact working at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) called me and said: "you can come into the ship. let's consider how to do it". (continue)

Tomo @Tomo20309138

7/ TAKA: Dr Iwata is talking about me. However, I have never said "you can come into the #DiamondPrincess " as I do not have the authority to allow him to get inside the ship. I just mentioned, "let's consider how to do it". Plus, I advised Dr Iwata that...

Tomo @Tomo20309138

8/ ... since the Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control is working there, Dr Iwata may be able to do something in the ship through the organization. Dr Iwata asked the organization, but after having been waiting for a while, he was eventually declined. (continue)

Tomo @Tomo20309138

9/ IWATA: Dr Takayama advised me to participate in as a member of the DMAT (disaster medical assistance team). TAKA: True. IWATA: Dr Takayama said: "I let you into the #DiamondPrincess if you work under the DMAT staffs, not as an infection-control expert, and...

Tomo @Tomo20309138

10/ ....just do the DMAT works as one of the members of the DMAT." TAKA: I have never said: "I would let you in (#DiamondPrincess)" as I have no authority to do it. However, I said, "as long as you participate in as a member of the DMAT, ...

Tomo @Tomo20309138

11/ ....please do what DMAT is supposed to do. Please do not point out the infectious control from the beginning. You will be able to provide an advisory opinion after you can build up trustful relations with them. The reason I mentioned above is that staffs had been...

Tomo @Tomo20309138

12/ ... in the very act of working on the disembarkation operation, under limited human resources. If Dr Iwata suddenly started advisory, he would be shunned by everybody there and Dr Takayama was worried about it if Dr Iwata may not be able to...

Tomo @Tomo20309138

13/ ... continue what he wanted to do there. At the same time, Dr Takayama was thinking that the cruise ship is of such a complicated space and it is not that easy to provide advisory after looking around for an instant. Dr Takayama is, indeed, not in the position to...

Tomo @Tomo20309138

14/ ... deny Dr Iwata's plentiful experience, however, Dr Takayama asked Dr Iwata to get used to the specific environment where DMAT, SDF, quarantine staffs are working at multiple levels. Dr Iwata agreed and promised what Dr Takayama asked as above-written. (continue)

Tomo @Tomo20309138

15/ Iwata: A DMAT chief staff told Dr Iwata that he is not expecting anything about your doing DMAT's activity. You are not even a specialist in this operation. Instead, you should do what you're specialized in, which is infection control. (continue)

Tomo @Tomo20309138

16/ TAKA: It's true. But, Dr Iwata misunderstood that he was allowed to work on infection control activity in the ship. However, inside the ship, there are multiple processes to make various decisions from multiple parties/persons concerned such as MHLW, SDF, plus...

Tomo @Tomo20309138

17/ ...Ship company (captain). Dr Iwata did not understand this complexity, and broke his promise with Dr Takayama. Dr Iwata should have called Dr Takayama for advice, however, Dr Iwata started providing infection control advisory inside the #DiamondPrincess. (continue)

Tomo @Tomo20309138

18/ TAKA: Consequently, people working inside the ship got confused and, eventually, Dr Iwata was kicked out of the ship as everybody thought they can no longer be able to work with him. Dr Takayama considers Dr Iwata's advisory as an infectious control doctor was...