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Idaho is getting ready for 'crisis standards' health care rationing. Here's what to know Audrey Dutton and Chadd Cripe, The Idaho Statesman Dec. 12—The Idaho Board of Health and Welfare on Friday voted to finalize how Idaho would set in motion the "crisis standards of care," otherwise known as health care rationing or triage. The new rule authorizes Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Director Dave Jeppesen to activate the crisis standards, if Idaho's health care system becomes fully overwhelmed as the pandemic rages out of control. "It's our hope, and my hope, that we ne...

The behavior of the anti-mask protesters has become unacceptable. Protesters showed up at the houses of Central District Health board members Diana Lachiondo and Dr. Ted Epperly, and in Lachiondo’s case when she wasn’t home and her 12-year-old son was home alone. Anyone who is a parent could identify with the terror in Lachiondo’s voice as she tearfully told the board that she had to leave because protesters were at her house with her son there by himself. Protesters also showed up in the hundreds at the Central District Health office to protest any and all actions that might b...

Board members had been scheduled to hear from local health professionals on the impact of the pandemic before voting on a four-county mask mandate.

BOISE — One person was arrested Tuesday tied to the protests against Central District Health’s proposed public health order, and police have warrants to arrest three others who protested outside of health board member Diana Lachiondo’s house. “I chose to put myself out there, but my kids don’t deserve this,” Lachiondo said in a phone interview Wednesday. Lachiondo was not home when protesters gathered there. She rushed home after getting a distressed call from her son. “As a mom, when your kid is calling you and they’re scared … I just felt really ...

Boise, Idaho health district meeting canceled by police after armed protesters threaten board members’ homes At the insistence of the Boise, Idaho police chief and mayor, the Central District Health (CDH) board shut down its meeting Tuesday night before it could vote on a new public health order imposing limited COVID-19 restrictions. Roughly 600 anti-mask protesters had gathered outside the barricaded office building to oppose any measures to curtail the spread of the coronavirus, while separate groups of protesters, some carrying weapons, threatened the homes of board members. While it di...