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Make false cards a hefty fine, like 10000 and jail!
Otherwise, you are back to square one with verification and Hawaii trusted partners only.
3 trips postponed cause the prep anxiety was overwhelming from nyc.
Well, I hope these bureaucrats in Hawaii get their act together before I’m at the 72-hours-before-my-final-leg flight to Maui, which is less than 3 weeks now! Mahalo for all the timely updates BOH! This trip to Hawaii is getting to be more work with the preparation than my trip to Walt Disney World last October!
Hi Steven.
We hear you. At least for now, many kinds of travel have taken on a whole new level of complexity.
Aloha.
Aloha!!! I’m planning to go to Maui in September. Can you confirm the info I read from the Maui Mayor regarding his new guidelines like testing upon arrival even after the 72 hour COVID testing. Also, his recommendation for those vaccinated be at least 14 days prior to departure, because that would contradict the CDC recommendation of 3 mos. that is going to confuse many people.
Hi Michael.
It would be safest to wait until the state decides on how it will handle vaccination travel and then see what happens on Maui. Anything like this needs to be approved by the state.
Aloha.
what’s the process of the people whos been vaccination? do we show our card before we aboard the plain I’m flying on Hawaiian Airlines
There is no process currently for those who are vaccinated. As of today, Hawaii still requires anyone entering the state to have a negative Covid test no more than 72hrs prior to flight departure. Whether that will change is still unknown.
Thank you for this current update. There will always be critics of Governor Ige for his often seemingly draconian policies surrounding Covid19. And despite such criticism, I would like the people of Hawaii to give our Governor the greatest Mahalo and respect for keeping our state the lowest per capital death rate in the nation, in all 50 states! And to his support for our marvelous health care institutions in Hawaii that he protected from overwhelming demands elsewhere in our nation. Just imagine how an additional 2000 deaths would likely have occurred had Ige not followed a very strict program. I thank him, our health care system, and our leaders who kept Hawaii the safest place in our nation, while recognizing and praying for those amongst us and who did not survive and for their families.
Vaccinated without immunization, kinda scary folks!
Huh? Ummm, a factor still not known with Covid 19. Nothing different than annual flu shots for another virus never immunized, or HIV. Realistic, and who knows, after one year after vaccination, maybe we’r just might be immune. Guess it really depends on how many citizens care enough about protecting their families, friends, and others to unselfishly get vaccinated.
Frank R.
this may sound weird but how do I prove that MY vaccination card is real? I have already had it laminated.
thank you
Hi Mary.
We haven’t heard yet but the Lt. Gov. indicated the vaccination cards will come first, before any passports.
Aloha.
thanks as always. you guys are the best.
Hi Mary.
Thanks. We appreciate you too and your many comments over the past 8 years.
Aloha.
Dear Mary, I’m planning my life long dream vacation trip to Oahu next year!!! I can’t wait♡♡♡ My Grandfather was in the Navy & in Pearl Harbor. He survived Pearl Harbor& I’ve always wanted to go to Pearl Harbor to pay my respects!!♡♡
Andrea — Pearl Harbor is indeed a special place. I’ve been numerous times; try and get the first reservation in the morning. It’s nicer going out to the memorial when you see it w/o all the previous folks standing around on the memorial and you get to see it is empty of people.
Carmen, I’m think I’m going to book a tour of PH with the E Noa so we will probably get out there early.Definitely want to go to the USS Arizona.
We are not confident of long term effects of vaccine so will not be getting one. We have our tickets for June to come to Kauai. We hope the 72 hr testing will be sufficient. Would we get grandfathered in if there was a change?
Thank you.
Connie
Hi Connie.
There is no indication that anything will change regarding the option for 72 hour pre-travel testing.
Aloha.
We were told NOT to laminate the Vaccination Cards because the heat process ruins the labels showing the vaccine code AND if you ever need to get another shot (like next year) as a booster, the laminated card will be useless!
Wow the “deer in the headlights” incompetent Ige will be forced to make a decision.
I am fully vaccinated and coming to Maui on April 6th!! This trip has been postponed twice because of Covid last year. I can’t wait to see, smell and touch the island sand! I’m a toes in the sand kinda girl, love my Hawaii! Aloha Nui loa!
Dear Cindy, I’m planning my life long dream vacation trip to Oahu next year!!! I can’t wait♡♡♡ I’m getting very excited:)
Have a safe trip Cindy! We’ll be there April 22nd!!!
I appreciate the updates. But as I disagree with mandatory vaccines we need to also realize some
key info isn’t coming out in the news. For instance, Washington State has had over 100 people fully vaccinated test positive for Covid. So proving you’ve had the vaccine can really mean nothing. When does this end!? Guess I might not ever be able to visit the beautiful islands again. 🙁 Thanks for keeping us updated
Hi Wendy.
Thanks for your input.
Aloha.
Wendy, not getting vaccinated is your choice. But you can’t reasonably expect others still waiting for the vaccine to be forced to be exposed to you.
I expect you will still have the option to have a negative test in hand or quarantine.
The 102 people who have tested positive after vaccination is out of 1.2 million fully vaccinated people (.01%), for context.
Aloha and thanks as always to BOH for the updates!
Hi Carolyn.
Thanks for the input on this and your many comments.
Aloha.
Why is it assumed that everyone has covid? There are $330+ million people in America. Relatively speaking, the numbers are still pretty low as far as “ cases” are concerned. I myself have been around 1000’s of different people through work, shopping, traveling etc… its been over a year since this started and I haven’t even had a cold. You can be in the same room with 10 people who have the flu, not catch it, but still develop immunity to it. Which could also be true for covid.
@Kimberly T
Answer – Why take the chance?
When the entire world is trying to stop this virus from raging on, why would ANYONE be so irresponsible and take a chance on being the weakest link in the chain? Assuming EVERYONE has the virus is the best, easy to approach this…until at least we come up with a way to ID those who can no longer transmit.
I believe there is a 14 day incubation period following your final shot for you to reach the maximum effectivity of the vaccine. Exposure during the 14 days after 1st shot leaves a % vulnerability higher than after 14 days. Same for reduced vulnerability after 2nd shot. These windows and the fact that none are 100% effective 14 days after final shot may explain why some small number of vaccinated people may contract the virus. I believe that death, need for ventilator and need for hospitalization are drastically reduced for vaccinated people. Thanks to BOH for the updates.
Hi Dan.
Thanks. We appreciate you checking in here on vaccination and your many other comments.
Aloha.
Dear Wendy, for people who don’t want to be vaccinated they can still do the test. Vaccine isn’t a requirement but an option.
The vaccines are not 100% effective, they say Pfizer and Moderna are about 95% effective, J&J 65% effective. So you will have vaccinated people still contracting Covid.
I think you’re confusing vaccination with imunization. The COVID vaccines don’t PREVENT you from getting COVID. they just prepare your body so that if you do it will be able to fight it off better/more quickly. Thus preventing hospitialization and death.
True statement about Washington…..but doesn’t go far enough. Here’s a little clearer picture. Of the one million people vaccinated about 100
tested positive, everyone of those postive tested people either had very minor symptoms, the equivalent of a minor cold or no symptoms at all.
In other words the vaccine is incredibly effective and if you have had it you can consider yourself very well protected. Not really sure which is more likely, getting struck by lightning or dying from covid after being vaccinated, but I’m sure someone somewhere will come up with that statistic at some point!
So sad the people sticking their heels in the ground about not getting the vaccination, if you are not in the small group that shouldn’t get it for health reasons, then it’s the right thing to do not just for yourself but for everyone you come in contact with.
Aloha to all and by this summer this debate will have an entirely different perspective once everyone who can has had the chance to be vaccinated
All you’d have had to do is listen to Fauci. He has been saying this all along