As COVID numbers shrink, Hawaii is now the only state with a mask mandate indoors.
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As COVID numbers shrink, Hawaii is now the only state with a mask mandate indoors.
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Just returned from 17 days in Maui. Did follow Safe Travels Protocol with no problem and masks on flights. Did not wear masks outdoors but did wear them when entering and exiting resuarants and in stores. It was no problem. Happy to see Hawaii is being thoughtful. Being so small, and with limited heakthcare facilities, it is thoughtful. Everyone was respectful and kind. Let’s keep it that way!
Agree 100%
Lifting the mask mandate does not ban masks. It only gets us back to where we were before the pandemic. Personal freedom to weigh the risks and act accordingly. If you feel uncomfortable in a crowd without a mask then you are perfectly free to wear one but others can be allowed to be mask free. If masks are as effective as they say then there should be no problem being around unmasked people. Personal freedom to choose is the bottom line.
Aloha! As kamaaina that had to leave to get cancer care, I have been especially sensitive to safety measures in place at various places of business, and on airlines. As I continue to be immune compromised, I worry about a major influx of visitors with no controls in place to ensure they are not bringing more than their money to our islands. Covid is not gone, the pandemic is not over, and our resources are finite. Mahalo.
Travel vengeance?
FL is a travel vengeance because apparently 118 million people don’t need a bunch of mandates and vaccine passports to feel perfectly safe enjoying life.
Rhse that do.. Congrats, you’ve spent approximately 2.5% of your life succumbing to fear.. sounds peachy
For your edification:
Cumulative Hospitalizations. Florida, 82,237. Hawaii, 2,226
Cases per 100k pop. Florida, 10,474, Hawaii, 2,340 (best of all 50 states)
Deaths per 100k pop. Florida, .88 (190 deaths per day) Hawaii, .44 (6.4 deaths per day)
Please, if you are posting an opinion, at least have your facts before you. Hawaii was just recognized as the safest place in the US for a reason.
Safest for those who care about stats to determine how safe they feel… I guess the 118 million that headed to FL felt safe as well..
Hawaii got 6 million, so thats cool I guess. Who needs full time steady employment?
You do realize HI is 2500 miles in the middle of the Pacific, with 4 counties separated by water, and literally one city in the whole State. The outer islands have no city or congested areas
You were sold by HI politicians that HI is the best.. as if it were a contest.
If feelings were horses, they would carry the hearses and oxygen tanks of our friends and neighbors. Those dramatic differences speak to protection over complacency and dependence on those same stat. Indicators that you decry. I’m quite sure that the 82,000 families in FL would disagree with your assessment.
I’m sorry, but I just don’t understand this Covid in Florida infatuation.
I suggest Floridians and Hawaiians alike are parties to the same information and each are free to calculate their own risk tolerance and act accordingly. It also appears to me if either Floridians or Hawaiians feel their respective situations untenable they each have been, and remain, fully free and able to seek other arrangements.
I find little need to question either of their independent judgements.
Let me help you understand, though I suspect that your Libertarian island will likely dismiss.
Let’s imaging that FDR had said, “Yes, we are in a war, but in the interest of individual freedom, I shall allow each state and individual decide if they will join the nation in fighting this scourge.”
Would that have made sense? Yet, that’s the approach the Governor of FL has taken, 82,000+ souls dying an unnecessary death. False equivalency?
3 million dead would argue if they could.
Time to lift it all. Pandemic is over.
We just returned from 6 weeks in Kona. The Hawaii Safe Travels site was easy and efficient to list our vaccinations. Those complaining about the Covid precautions need to understand the minimal level of Healthcare facilities on the islands. If they are overwhelmed,you don’t just go to the next county/state…this is the middle of the Pacific . Stay safe Hawaii…We will return.
I happen to be in Hawaii right now on vacation. Florida was in the lower count of Covid and they had the most lax mask mandate. To have to show a vaccine card to go to any sit down restaurant in Hawaii seems over the top. I hope they join the rest is the mainland and realize their paranoia about Covid is overblown.
In the interest of presenting actual, factual data, here you go:
Cumulative Hospitalizations. Florida, 82,237. Hawaii, 2,226
Cases per 100k pop. Florida, 10,474, Hawaii, 2,340 (best of all 50 states)
Deaths per 100k pop. Florida, .88 (190 deaths per day) Hawaii, .44 (6.4 deaths per day)
Please, if you are posting an opinion, at least have your facts before you. Hawaii was just recognized as the safest place in the US.
Sadly these numbers should not surprise when you take demographics into account.
As we all know by now, the disease by a far far margin kills the sick and the old. I don’t know about the health situation between Florida and Hawaii, but I do know there are way more old people in Florida than Hawaii (per Capita, and total of course)
Whatever the case thank goodness things are cooling off!
Have fun!
Actually, FL and HI are not that far apart. FL-20.1% (65+); HI-17.8% (65+). When you account for recent migration trends, the 2020 census reports that HI 65+ population is growing at a 60.1% rate while FL varies (according to county), growing at ~17-30.1%.
HI is also among the top tier in vax rate- 85%, while FL sits at 77%.
The risk of new variants and population spread remain highest in maskless, mostly southern states with low vax rates.
Covid statistics and other Covid data are quickly dropping from the screens of most Americans. Politicians, having consulted the oracle at Mt. Poll, are for the most part burning their masks, spending Covid relief funds on anything but, and distancing themselves from unpopular anti-Covid measures.
CDC data shows daily Covid vaccination rates are decreasing. Booster rates are low also.
Millions of Americans are just plain tired of the Covid propaganda war waged upon them and are moving on.
Heywood, I don’t think that stats say what you think they’re saying. The numbers of vaccinated and boosted are much higher than the unvaccinated. At this point no one thinks that the unvaxxed are going to get on the bandwagon.
We all look forward to the day that the 2,500 deaths a day are behind us. The sooner people figure out that there are actual ways to mitigate these deaths the sooner we will all be able to return to a semblance of life as we knew it.
True story!
Guess we’re lucky that the Greatest Generation didn’t depend on polling data, conspiratorial “propaganda wars” or self-determination about the end of war to make it so.
Florida is not an island with limited health care.
Hawaii is a whole different ballgame
100% agree
“I hope they join the rest is the mainland and realize their paranoia about Covid is overblown.” This attitude is for anyone who forgets that Hawaii NEVER wanted to “Join the rest of the Mainland.” Just sayin’…
But 60yrs ago y’all did… blme your Kapuna.
I have reservations for a upcoming vacation in Hawaii. I personally believe that Hawaii should not lift its mask mandate. I do however believe the Quarantine and safe travels uploads program is something to let go of for domestic travelers as long as proof of vax and or 3 day accepted test has occurred. I paid a fee to upload my info and still do not know if it was done correctly. A small unnecessary hassle if you ask me.
Why did you pay for something that is free and really easy to do? I have been to Hawaii several times during that Safe Travels program website and it’s pretty straightforward. Type in your flight info, where you are staying and a photo of your vaccine card. It will then show exempt on the docs and you are emailed a QR code. You show that to your airline gate agent before you board, get a wristband, and you are done. When you arrive, show the wristband to the workers and you are free to go. 👍🏼
Either Hawaii wants our money or not! If they don’t then close it down for travelers and let the states economy suffer. If they want our money then they need to quit making it so dreadful and hard for us to get there and enjoy ourselves.
Perhaps there are others that are still looking forward to traveling to HI. Closing it down just because you don’t want to seems like you’re hoping to infringe upon others “freedoms”.
Hoping that this will make HI suffer seems like a pretty vengeful outlook.
Your comment fly’s in the face of what’s really happening on the ground in Hawaii. People are traveling there, in droves, despite all those things you hate so much.
I believe that I get is out of step, many tests of mask prove beyond a doubt that masks don’t work. Coming to see youmid March, praying he will wake up by then.Thank you for all you have done during all this thought times.
Hi Charlie.
Thanks. We hope you have a great trip.
Aloha.
Perhaps a few studies show some ineffectiveness but looking at how those studies are done makes a big difference. Quality masks make a difference and they do help with slowing the curve of illness and straining hospitals. I understand the frustration with hanging on too long to them as a tool when cases are down.
Coming for my trip of a lifetime with my daughter and 2 of my Grandsons at the end of March. I will also get to see my Granddaughter that attends The University in Honolulu. I do hope the masking will end so it will be truly enjoyable. I am 65 and will probably only visit this one time.
Don’t stress over it, it might be gone by then, or it might not. We were there last fall when the mask mandate was in place, and it didn’t take a thing from our enjoyment. We are going back again on March 12th, and can’t wait, either way.
I am glad you enjoyed your time. I think most of us locals who work with the tourists like you appreciate your attitude, respect, and sentiments. We enjoy life and all that Hawaii has to offer even with masks required indoors. None of us have suffered as we continue to remain positive and show our aloha towards others.