Is this the future of Hawaii travel? Back in the news again today.
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Is this the future of Hawaii travel? Back in the news again today.
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Stopping transmission is the goal? Hmmm … I thought the important goal was to make sure hospitals were not overloaded. Only 9 ICU beds, etc., is all we hear about, at least with respect to Kauai anyway. Remember “flatten the curve”? Me neither.
If this vaccination works, by which I mean keeps the vaccinated individuals out of the ICU due to COVID, the proof will be in the pudding; greatly reduced COVID hospitalizations and deaths. I believe this is the reason they authorities are giving priority to old and health compromised people.
Time will tell.
As always, thank you for your continued fast reporting, even if things continue to be unclear. Really hoping things start calming and coming together by summer. The whole country is up in chaos still, I don’t feel their will be any clarity for a while.
Hi Lynde.
Thanks for all your comments. It feels like we are all hoping for at least some more clarity soon.
Aloha.
Well looky there, the IATA is setting up a “Universal Travel” app that will in essence become an all electronic version of “show us your papers”. And also notice that with the rush to develop vaccines that everyone was crying for that they have no clue as to how long the supposed immunity will last and whether or not you can still be a carrier if you get the vaccine. Talk about rushing the product to market without having hardly any of the answers. But then of course for the vaccine manufacturers, it was NEVER about the effectiveness and longevity of the vaccines effectiveness as much as it is about how many hundreds of millions of dollars they will make from making the vaccine. If you still don’t grasp just how much the world at large has been played by this then there is literally very little hope for you as YOU are exactly the kind of person they want that just gets in lock step and follows “ze orders”. That’s why I will wait for the J&J vaccine that is going thru a longer test regimen than what all of the others did. They want it to work without any of the current unknowns.
Thanks!
Hi All, good news for people in the resort bubble, that want to test out, but just overall good news for people to have a quick option in their everyday lives. Much more affordable than Poipu MD, and I can actually order now for the Abbott test. I got on the waitlist yesterday, then received an email today.
aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2021/at-home-covid-tests.html
The Ellume COVID-19 Home Test: This is the only at-home test that can be done without a prescription. Consumers should start seeing it on store shelves in some areas in early 2021, a spokeswoman said, and it will also be sold online. It will cost about $30. It delivers your results wirelessly to a smartphone app in about 15-20 minutes.
Abbott’s BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card Home Test: You will order this test through a digital health platform called eMed after answering screening questions. Once you get the test, a certified guide will walk you through collecting your sample via video call. Distribution is expected to begin in January to “select states and employers,” an eMed spokesman said. The test will cost $25, plus overnight shipping. Results are available in about 15 minutes.
Lucira COVID-19 All-In-One-Test Kit: This is the only at-home test that uses molecular technology, which can pick up very small amounts of viral genetic material. (The at-home tests from Ellume and Abbott are based on antigen technology.) The test will cost about $50, and Lucira expects to have it on the market nationwide by early spring. To get the test, you need a prescription from a health care provider who suspect you have COVID-19. It takes about 30 minutes to deliver results.
Mahalo for being the best source of information and superior to Garden Isle and others.
Please in replies and comments include if possible Kauai and what is happening there. The mayor (LOL) does not consider that Kauai is a part of the islands and slack keys to another tune. So what is happening on all the other islands may or may not be true of Kauai. Unless the legislature passes rules for all the islands Kauai’s may still prefer destroying peoples livelihoods and the economy. He should have invested the governments money in an ability to have more ICU beds instead of test kits. So knowing how Kauai relates to whatever happens is important. Mahalo
Hi Mounque.
We do try to cover Kauai as best we can, in addition to the other islands. We appreciate your input, other comments, and the levity (intended or not) about Kauai slack keying to another tune.
Aloha.
Yup. Levity intended.
Hi! Will a mandated covid vaccine be required for travel to Hawaii?
Aloha Kristine,
A mandated Covid vaccine will not be required to travel to Hawaii, at least not anytime soon. At this point Hawaii can’t afford to hinder its travel industry recovery process, and you would likely see thousands of discrimination based lawsuits from people that are not going to take the vaccine. For example; people who are property owners that don’t make Hawaii their primary residence.
Will the yellow international vaccine card serve as proof of vaccination? Thank you. Terri Noel
Hi Terri.
We’ll have to wait for word from the state on that.
Aloha.
Aloha,we are attempting to figure out the covid testing Hawaii’s travel partners Go Health Urgent care gives helpful info on the SFO testing except they don’t specify which test is given for rapid results. Can you help us go in the right direction?
Mahalo for your time, Margo
Hi Margo.
We don’t feel comfortable answering for Go Health and suggest checking with them. The state also maintains a phone number on their website https://hawaiicovid19.com/travel/.
Aloha.
Margo,
I am in Maui right now and come about every other month as we have a place in Maui. We took off from San Jose. Alaska Airlines has partnered with Carbon Health. Had to go to airport two days prior to our departure date and take the COVID test. Results gaurenteed within 24 hours. We received our test the next day and they upload to their app. You get your PDF from the website and upload to the Safe Travels website to get your QR code. Alaska Airlines in San Jose did a pre-clear so you don’t have to go through that line to show your QR code and results which is worth it’s weight in gold. Alaska gave us wrist bands that showed we were cleared. We had friends come over on Southwest and they didn’t have the pre-clear process. Overall, the process was quick and easy compared to when we came back in November.
Hmmmm, does it make sense that those who’ve had Covid are not being considered as immune? This has never been addressed, so why are they considering Only those who get vaccinated be allowed to travel with no restrictions? They don’t even know how long the vaccine will last, and their best “guess” according to Fauci (🙄) is a year. How many millions have had it, but will still be forced to get tested or vaccinate, before traveling? Trillions will be siphoned from the average taxpayer, as Governments fund Big Pharma and their Billionaires pocketbooks! Follow the Money…
Hi Jim.
Thanks – that makes 191. Just to be clear, there have been exemptions here for those who have recovered for some time.
Aloha.
Thanks for the Clarification, Guys! 😁
From the FAQs on the Hawaii Safe Travels Web Site. Chock full of useful information, and a cute picture of a small child to get your attention. It is tricky. They only give the exemption if it has been less than 90 days since you had a positive test, which has to be the right type of test. For example, having antibodies to show you had the virus, but never having had the correct positive active virus test, will do you no good:
“If I have recovered from COVID-19 but still test positive for the virus do I still have to quarantine?
In order to qualify for a COVID-19 exemption to the 10-day quarantine, you must submit the following two pieces of information:
A copy of a positive molecular COVID-19 test (NAAT or PCR) from a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified laboratory taken no more than 90 days and no less than 11 days prior to your departure date.
A signed letter from a medical provider stating that you have not exhibited symptoms and are fully recovered – this letter must be signed at least 10 days after your positive test and no more than 14 days from your departure date.
To request an exemption, go to ag.hawaii.gov/travelexemption. Please allow a week for processing.”
Mahalo David,
So, if I read this right, you have between 11 days and 90 days to travel to Hawaii, after you’ve had Covid, with proof you had covid by a specific type test result copy? Plus, you need a signed letter from your medical provider saying you have not had symptoms, are fully recovered, and it must be signed at least 10 days after your positive test and 14 days or less before you leave for Hawaii?
So the state of Hawaii is considering that if you’ve had Covid and recovered after 90 days, you have to go through the same ridiculous process of testing as someone who’s never had it, when you likely have antibodies for far longer; Yet, you’ll soon be able to travel freely, if the government has your vaccination record, even though someone who is vaccinated likely has just as much of a risk of transmission than someone who actually has current immunity?
Does that some it up accurately? LOL…please tell me how this makes sense? 😖
Does any of this make sense? We also have had the virus and gave blood to make sure we have the antibodies. We have a card proving the antibodies from the American Red Cross. This unfortunately doesn’t prove anything or is useful to show we are immune.
Jim R & Karen W:
Don’t shoot the messenger! I just copied and pasted that test from the HI Safe Travels web site.
Anyone who believes that the HI Safe Travels rules, or any government rules at any level of government for that matter, need to “make sense” or “be fair” or “follow the SCIENCE” (my favorite), you will be frustrated, annoyed, disappointed, all of the above.
Is any meaningful number of people in fact getting re-infected after 90 days? I don’t know the answer to that question. Hawaii (Josh Green?) decided that 90 days is the only acceptable “immunity” time period for the Safe Travels Program. That was back in early October.
Aloha David,
Definitely not shooting the messenger. LOL. I was only making a pretty obvious point, and my final question was rhetorical. 😎
This entire process of government overreach is mind-boggling. There is clearly no science that backs up most of it…that’s for sure. The evidence proves that these arbitrarily established measures (by mostly one person, no less) will never completely stop this virus, and now, apparently these measures are “slowing the spread” far less than before, while continuing to destroy people’s livelihoods.
I’m still calling bullsh** that continued shutdowns are necessary, when a state like South Dakota (who never decided to shut down and has a better economy because of it) is declining in cases per 100k. They let their residents accept the responsibility of their own actions, and their residents are taking it seriously. I’m also still not 50% (let alone 100%) convinced that Hawaii’s lack of cases and lower death count (comparatively) has everything to do with their governmental draconian measures, since it was proven early on that this virus is far less effective in environments with higher humidity year round.
Not to mention (at this point) the “experts” have no clue whether people taking the vaccine will/will not be asymptomatic, or if they can/can’t still contract Covid. These same “experts” are also clueless IF vaccinated people may/may not be able to transmit the virus, if contracted…which (in essence) means they may not get sick and die, yet they still may not be immune to getting it, and may pass it on. Obviously there was not near enough studies done, with this rush to market.
I am not saying this state shouldn’t take any precautions, especially with the lack of medical services; however, I am saying they have yet to figure it out without making it worse for its people economically, when they should have been far closer to getting it right by now, which equals Horribly Bad 👎 Management.