Nantucket launching task force for COVID-19 rule enforcement Share Updated: 5:18 AM EST Dec 31, 2020 Share Updated: 5:18 AM EST Dec 31, 2020
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Show Transcript REPORTER: AN OUTBREAK ON NANTUCKET HAS RESIDENTS POINTING FINGERS. THE MASSACHUSETTS ISLAND THAT THE ISLAND LOGGING HUNDREDS OF NEW INFECTIONS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. WE WERE ALL QUITE CONCERNED BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE HOSPITAL. IT DOESN’T HAVE AN ICU AND IF ANYONE GOT TRULY SICK, THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO BE FLOWN OF THE ISLAND TO BOSTON. REPORTER: WITH MANY APPEARING TO DISREGARD HEALTH GUIDELINES LOCAL HOSPITAL WORKERS TELLING , THE DAILY BEAST THEY’VE BEEN RECEIVING PHONE CALLS FROM RESIDENTS REPORTING INFECTED PEOPLE THEY KNOW WERE STILL WORKING OR NOT WEARING A MASK, OTHERS ARE CALLING OUT THEIR NEIGHBORS ON LOCAL FACEBOOK PAGES. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO USE IT AS A PLACE TO VENT AND SOMETIMES THAT VENTING TAKES THE FORM OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PUBLIC HE