Six months into an uncertain future, Hawaii is worse off than ever before.
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Six months into an uncertain future, Hawaii is worse off than ever before.
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Wow, I don’t feel so badly about WA state governance now. I sincerely hope this gets worked out soon. We visit several times a year because my husband was born on Oahu, and our kids live there. This is going to impact the state’s economy for years to come. I hope we will be able to make our trip in March. So many places are closing. I just read that Alan Wong’s is suspending operations. Very sad.
In reading comments-it’s truly amazing how many COVID “experts” are eager to share their expertise. Not sure where they are coming up with some of the information posted.
Thanks again, for keeping us posted. Appreciate it.
Hi Lee.
Thanks for all of your comments.
Aloha.
Please continue the reporting the good and the bad of Hawaii’s response. We hope that a workable solution can be created soon as we are trying to make plans for a visit in March. I have faith in an entrepreneurial solution will give hope to the place we love to visit. Mahalo.
Hi Brad.
Will do. Thanks.
Aloha.
Sadly this is not very encouraging for those of us that had to cancel our vacation there. With nothing positive going on how do we rebook confidently?
One Party, One Rule. Lack of choice always leaves you with “take what you get” We may never be able to keep a Politician honest but we should at least make them compete for our Vote! Right now looks like Hawaii shuffles a deck with one suit, pick a card any card, all the same.
Impeach Ige!
Lisa has the right idea… Just set up quick-testing tourists (15 minute results, 95% accuracy), either before they get onboard or on arrival, and we should be able to open up again.
Lt Gov said as much to me in an email but indicated that an EUA (emergency use authorization) would be needed for the fast-tests.
Since EUA’s have been received by at least two of the companies. The money is available to get the tests. So what is the delay? Ans= poor leadership!
ps…I am sure Governor Ige has a place to live, $$$ coming in with his salary etc…as the citizens of those States who are in a perpetual lock-down suffer while government workers are doing fine. I live in California and “Let them Eat Cake” Nancy Pelosi can get her hair done while hair salons in the state were closed and/or have shuttered to never open ever again; and our governor conveniently opening statewide salons the very next day, after she was caught on video tape at the salon-ugh, you can’t make this disdain for the citizens up! ….The arrogance of these governors who control the state’s closure and management of the Covid crisis, in my opinion, could care less about the common citizen’s every day real needs for say, heck- a paycheck$, a place to live, $ for food/shelter/healthcare….best of wishes and prayers as Hawaii finds it’s way out of this nightmare!
“But the mayor will be running against him for Governor and Ige apparently felt threatened by Josh’s competence….”…I’ve run into the same situation when trying to find employment as a clinical laboratory scientist at the sonic laboratories in Maui… I am a highly competent individual and have been in the field of Clinical Laboratory Science for 35 years…The position is still open and no one has ever called me despite persistent emails and phone calls to the facility… I have a feeling this fear of competence is pervasive throughout this island and this state.
I totally agree that Hawaii needs to open up for touism or it will die. It seems that they were closer to opeing up in Jyly and August than they are now in September which is unfortunate. I know back then that the State of Hawaii had a partnership with CVS to do just what is being suggested in this post to allow visitors to come with the 14 day quarantine: Some of the Federal-Aid Hawaii has received could have been used ingeniously to form a partnership between a qualified lab”, CVS didn’t keep up their end of the parnership which was to do the testing and provide results on a timely basis. Perhaps some extra money in the bargain would have made CVS do better.
I was happy to bring my dollars into the Kauai economy in the year afte hurricane Inniki. However, the inconvenience caused by inept political leadership and unelected cronies will not likely influence me to do so again any time soon. Unfortunately, the local businesses and local economies will be sacrificed not to Pele but to Political Stupidity.
This cannot be construed to be about the science but about politicians being risk adverse, control obsessed and power hungry. Until the people of Hawaii rise up and hold their leaders accountable for doing what is reasobnable and wise, irrespective of party affiliation dogma, things will only get worse and the current lack of solutions will be much worse that the underlying virus.
To support what is being said about tourism in shambles, if Hawaii would just have rapid testing that allows quarantine to be avoided, I would be there spending money. Hawaii is perfect for outdoor dining and events that are fairly safe.
I agree! It’s this 14 day quarantine that didn’t and can’t work. It certainly didn’t have to be this way.