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I just got my negative Covid test results back and I leave for Hawaii in 1day. I will be there for two weeks. To celebrate went and had a beer with 6 of my closest friends. Am I still safe to go ?
Travelers are supposed to self-isolate between the time they get tested and their departure.
You just made my afternoon.
Aloha BOH. You know I love what you guys do, but this thread is getting out of control with the rhetoric, lies, and distortion of the truth by BOTH sides. The vast majority of us look to you guys as the calm voices of reason and facts. Please consider doing a better job of controlling these posts that are deteriorating into incivility.
Mahalo!
Hi Ed.
Thanks for your input. We sincerely appreciate it.
Aloha.
Thank you Beat of Hawaii for keeping us all up to date on the plans for a vaccination passport.
I would point out that making a broad statement that “the website is insecure” based upon the fact that the specific web page you are viewing is via http and not https is not correct. All that it means is that the specific web page you viewed was delivered over the network without encryption. If the information in the web page is public, for example, general marketing material and such and does not contain private information then there is no real problem. Additionally the lack of use of https on any page does not have any bearing on the security of the back end of the website, for example the databases used to store private information. Without insider information there is no way for anyone to know.
Hi AW.
Thanks for that and your many comments! Their SSL is expired.
Aloha.
We bought a condo in Koloa on Kauai this month. Can we arrive in June w/o 72 hour test or vaccination and merely quarantine in our condo?
Hi Eddie.
The safest bet is the testing for now. We don’t believe you can quarantine in your condo.
Aloha.
@EDDIEG, because the Kauai government leaders announced in April they will join the State of Hawaii travel guidelines again, you will be subject to those guidelines in June. On web page …
hawaiicovid19.com/travel/faqs/
… the question you posed and the official answer is (note the “lodging in a hotel or motel” part):
“What will happen if I don’t complete pre-arrival testing?
Upon arriving in Hawai‘i, you will be subject to the State of Hawai‘i’s 10-day mandatory self-quarantine for trans-Pacific travelers. You will be required to book lodging in a hotel or motel and will only be able to leave your accommodations for a medical emergency. Commercial testing will NOT be provided upon arrival at Hawai‘i airports.
To Eddie regarding quarantining in a condo you own. Owners can do this, unless your complex has additional regulations. We have done this twice and have supported numerous other owners during their quarantine. Safe travels.
So the website used to advertise their business doesn’t need to be secure. It only needs to be secure if there is data that needs protection. At the appropriate time, if they start handling protected health data, those would indeed need to have an https site vs. the companies marketing site which uses http.
Hi Alfred.
Thanks for your dozens of comments over the years. We’re happy to hear that business there is rebounding. While SSL may not be technically required, having an expired certificate for a company in the data protection field certainly strikes us as odd at best.
Aloha.
As usual,as clear as mud. I know Biden talked about a vaccine pasport coming through the feds, it has something to do with the airlines. Lt Gov Green also said,they may use the covid vaccination record card and check for a certain percentage for fakes.
I’m hoping for something that is easy and efficient and not ridiculous in someway.
Aloha Guys
Hi Roy.
Thanks for checking in regularly. We appreciate it. Yes, clear as mud.
Aloha.
Sitting here at KoOlina getting ready to fly to Maui. The only issue is with Walgreens not having enough test appointments for the five of us. Had to go to CVS to get the test for travel to Maui at 139.00. We had to cancel some activities to remain with in the family budget.
We’re glad your enjoying Ko Olina!
Green says the risk of getting caught and facing prison or a fine won’t be worth it for visitors.
Yeah that “trust me” mentality works great for gun control laws too!
Where are you seeing indications that CDC cards issued at vaccination are being forged? I think I agree with Lt. Gov. Green on this. The vaccination cards should be sufficient for travel within the US. It seems to be a simple answer to a simple question: have you been vaccinated, if so show us the CDC card. Simple, Easy. Of course because it’s simple and easy, I have no doubt that Gov. Ige will nix it and go for the most complicated system possible. Just my opinion.
Thanks for the updates, please continue to keep us informed. We still plan to visit in June, and again in November.
Hi Lee.
Thanks. There was a link to an article that just came out today. A Google search will yield many others.
Aloha.
Dear Lee, I agree with you & I’m planning my life long dream vacation trip to Oahu next year!!♡♡ I’m getting very excited & can’t wait. I’m a teacher & fully vaccinated now. I’m waiting on the vaccine passport also! Take care, stay safe, & healthy. God Bless you…Psalms 91:11:)
A little further investigation shows that the security certificate for https://www.firstvitals.com expired 6 days ago (3/25/21). Sloppy that their IT staff would not have caught that… Good eyes guys! I suspect they will have that certificate renewed shortly!
Mahalo for all you do!
Hi Bill.
Thanks. Yes, we saw that too.
Aloha.
Inexcusable security mistake for someone that is going to be handling EHR and need to maintain HIPAA and other compliance including CCPA and potentially GDPR. This would get you fired in many companies. I’m not even saying it is a guaranteed security issue. I don’t know their segmentation and don’t know their hosting plan and if the site touches a segment with stored EPHI etc…. it’s an awful look though given what’s going on. Guessing they are Hawaii based is why they are the front runners currently. I’ll be curious how their block chain usage works.
Spot On! Not having HTTPS is a rookie mistake. Even BOH has it!
Hi Will.
Hey – watch that. LOL. I hate to tell you how long we have worked in IT, but let’s just say it has been a very long time.
Aloha.