235 thoughts on “Closures, Furloughs and Terminations Explode in Hawaii”

  1. That is heartbreaking news. It’s been very depressing seeing the closures extended month after month. I want to wish the best to the Hawaiian ohana on all of the islands. I know that it seems that tourist are not welcomed right now, and most of us understand the many reasons for safety and long term health of the people and lands, but we are many out there that are willing to return as soon as your borders open, hopefully to boost the economy back into life. However, I am saddened to hear it may be too little to late for many. It breaks my heart.

  2. This is so heartbreaking. It seems more a problem than the virus itself. Hoping they can come up with ways to keep their number one industry alive and keep people putting food in their tables etc. Way too long to not have it things in place to keep your state alive. Beyond sad.

  3. Very sad to see that number of hard working fellow American citizens lose their job due to indecisiveness.

    I hope that things change quickly with a vaccine or whatever and we mainlanders can soon return to Hawaii

  4. Thank you for providing this update, though truly depressing. We have loved Kauai for many, many years and will always look forward to returning. Are there ways we collectively can be of support to locals, businesses, etc. that will in any way soften this blow?
    Sadly, it is clear that this will affect you as well.
    Mahalo for sharing over the years.

  5. I too feel very sad for the people of Hawaii that have lost jobs and most likely lost hope as well. I do understand that initially we didn’t know much about this virus but I think that the decisions and actions of the government leaders in Hawaii have hurt the state and its people. The restrictions have gone on too long. We know much more now and there is successful treatment and most people 99.7 % recover. I would suggest that Hawaii take a look at what Aruba has done. They too rely on tourism and opened to tourism in July. Yes, they have had recent spread but they are managing it but staying open. Tourism isn’t back 100% but at least they are learning to balance need for economic activity/tourism along with appropriate safety measures.

  6. So very sorry to all who are loosing jobs in Hawaii. Our hearts ache for you. We love coming to the islands to experience your love and culture and not being able to visit this year was missed by us.Hopefully you will be able to open sooner than later.

  7. So heartbreaking. I hope the State reopens before these reductions take place. Regardless if they “open” the islands to visitors or not, anyone that does arrive, including those who are returning home, should be required to take a test. If the new app is in place, make sure the resources are available to actually track people. Otherwise, the technology is useless.
    Mahalo,
    Stacey L

  8. I’m unclear what Gov. Ing thinks at this point. I feel for the residents of Hawaii to have one so inept at the helm. Granted it doesn’t affect him as he is guaranteed his salary, but so many are not. He needs to wake up fast!! He needs to reopen his state for the sake of all of his residents and allow tourists to revisit without quarantining people to their hotels for 14 days. I would love to visit but refuse to come with those unreal expectations or having a current COVID test done within 3 days of proposed travel? What is he thinking as it takes longer than that to get one’s results and no one wants to come just to stay in their hotel room? Really Gov. Ing?? They need to recall him and fast!!

    1. The real inept person here is President Trump. No leadership, not enough testing, leaving each state to fend for themselves. This is no hoax.

      1. State Government, not Federal are in charge of the response to Covid. When Trump declared he would be in charge of the response to covid in March, the blue state governors went up-in-arms, that he would not be allowed. Now that states that reopened to business early have moved past the inevitable increase in cases,their economic growth is back on track, while Hawaii, California, and NY are in dire straits. Makes you wish that Trump was actually in charge of the Covid-19 policy for Hawaii, right?

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