Yesterday, the CDC advised that now three of four Hawaii counties are now in the red, or high-risk category for Covid infection.
That came following last week’s announcement that Kauai was marked as having a high Covid incidence rate. At this point, only Hawaii County (the Big Island), is not in the high-risk group.
The CDC recommends that those in high-risk areas wear a mask indoors as well as on public transportation. That’s true regardless of one’s vaccination status.
While none of the county’s mayors plan to immediately implement an indoor mask mandate, Honolulu’s mayor is questioning what to do.
The CDC uses the following metrics to guide these determinations: admission rates for Covid at hospitals; the percentage of beds in hospitals used by Covid patients, and the rate of Covid cases.
Honolulu may consider implementing a mask mandate.
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi also said he may consider reimplementation of an indoor mask. That came Wednesday, following eight straight weeks in a row of Covid increases. The decision on whether to return to mask mandates will depend on hospital capacity as well as the state Department of Health. He said, “Anything remains a possibility while we’re still in this pandemic.” The state DOH said, “At this point, we have not recommended to the governor or any of the mayors that we reinstitute a mask requirement.”
Hawaii hospitalizations for Covid were 126 earlier this week, whereas that total was over 400 during earlier Covid surges.
Even without a mask mandate, do you plan to wear one?
My daughter just returned from Missouri visiting friends. She is fully vaccinated and boosted and got a break thru case of Covid while there. Obviously they dont wear masks there. She did but got it anyway. We have to take this seriously and put this thing to an end. Cases are skyrocketing all over our nation and something has to be done. I hope Hawaii goes back to requiring negative covid tests and or vaccination to come to Hawaii. I know that is not popular but we must kill this thing off
When the government says don’t worry about masks I’m using two !
It has been proven that Masks do not work
Wake up and stop the nonsense. It’s more healthy to not wear a mask .
actually no it has Not proven that masks dont work. Problem is many are not using the right masks. Get a good N95 mask and cover that with an additional mask. Pulling your shirt over your face does no good. So stop spreading your lies please.
The problem that I find with this strain is that, for me, I didn’t know I was sick. I thought that it was allergies and jet lag.
At this stage everyone should know what they have to do to protect themselves and especially others. So, although I will always comply, I’m not a fan of mandates. I think that we all should be responsible and considerate of others, especially on the Islands where healthcare is limited.
The problem Lopaka15 is that too many are not responsible enough for anything. This is why mandates are needed. The mask is intended to protect not you but the person around you. If they dont wear a mask your at risk. I wish I could agree people would just be responsible but most are not.
Absolutely will wear a quality n95 mask, not a cloth mask, when we’re there, it’s proven to protect others as well as yourself. I work in healthcare, it is how we keep people safe.
Now do Florida and it’s vast amount of green Covid counties