Updated 11/27/21. Just when things seemed to be getting back to normal, this has the potential to wreak havoc in Hawaii once again.
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Updated 11/27/21. Just when things seemed to be getting back to normal, this has the potential to wreak havoc in Hawaii once again.
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I’m so glad we were able to visit Kauai and Oahu in September and October ! We had a wonderful time and are already booked to go again next September! Hopefully this new variant will be overcome soon! We have all lost too many friends to this scourge!
Using words like catastrophic, more serious variant, etc. just goes in line with all other msm outlets. It’s all fear inducing. Variants will always remain, even if vaccinations are at an all time high. We need to learn to live with this virus instead of living in constant fear. I won’t be traveling to Hawaii until the world has learned to deal with this virus.
I’m not sure what is meant by the world learning to deal with this virus.It is changing, it is seriously disruptive of travel, business, health care, and it is different in different places. Not at all a one-size-fits-all situation.Everyone has a part to play — governments and individuals, and fear in the right times, places and amounts is a healthy adaptation for survival.
We have made plans to return in January but with this new news, those plans may be canned. Not because we are worried about the variant but because of the islands possibly shutting down again like they did when we were there in 2020 and being under virtual house arrest with no way off of the island and harassment from locals and authorities alike. You two know me and must know what it has done to me to not be able to do my work there. Would have been nice to see you again….
Hello JULIE H
We were on the islands with you in 2020 (third visit) where we witnessed and endured firsthand the things (and more) you write of. Primarily because of these experiences we have put our return visit to be with family members working there on indefinite hold.
So far we are yet to find anything to convince us Hawaii may be predisposed to change.
“For the common good” is the most common excuse for uncommon evil.”
– Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski, Wroclaw, Poland
Well said Heyward! As an adult and an American citizen, I would like to be able to make my own decisions as I have all of my adult life with, always, consideration for others and a helpful hand to lend. The abysmal way this was handled there and what we were put through when there were NO cases on Kauai, makes me very nervous about the over reactive government and how quickly they might shut us all down again with no regard for the damage they do to good and reasonable people.
Sorry folks, covid should not be compared to the flu. It has a mortality rate of 5-10 times higher and it’s long term effects if you survive can be much more serious. Do some research…I hope more of us are willing to sacrifice the inconvenience of masking in risky situations and stay up to date with vaccinations. Until then, we’ll all be subject to the consequences of the continued mutating covid virus.
At what number “variant” and what number booster will the people push back and say enough is enough. There are numerous variants of the flu. Imagine if we tracked that as intensely as this! It’s time for the media and governments to stop fear mongering, open everything up and let the people decide what they want to do…otherwise destination places like the beautiful islands of Hawaii will suffer even more.
I don’t believe Sonjad’s response is wise if implemented as a policy. COVID is nowheres anything like the flu, and that includes its variants. It’s always a good idea in such discussions to also mention one’s sources for the information one is offering. I rely on the established medical experts even if they have not always been 100% accurate or slow in responses. WHO and the CDC are still our best reliable sources. We need to go by what they advise and resist fringe online sources for our info.
It isn’t the nu variant, it is officially omicron or O
Hawaii, as with others, will revisit the same tired politically based dissimulation of “One More”.
One more stay away. One more no travel. One more closed for business. One more quarantine. One more shot. One more six feet. One more mask. One more stay-at-home from school. One more mandate. One more … .
The difference this time? We may now predict “One More” will once more solve nothing.
The new variant is called “Omicron” B.1.1.529
I realized that after I posted. Made a quick trip to
Google and discovered the name – why don’t they just call Covid-19 x2! Just done!
Why is it necessary to sensationalize this new variant: potentially catastrophic when in the next sentence you tell us there are no facts or implications. Viruses have been around forever as have variants. Lets wait and see what happens before bringing catastrophe into the discussion. Shame on you!
Wash your hands-often, stay home if you are sick, protect your sneeze and cough. Get vaccinated. Be safe, don’t panic and for pete sake don’t lock yourself up in your house. Go outside!
I don’t agree that this information on a new variant is “sensationalized”. If the evolving information, still with lots of unknowns, is not shared, people will not hesitate to jump on authorities for their “slow” responses.One hundred percent transparency, regardless of how little we still know, is always the best policy and discourages the conspiracy inclined.
I like the thought of flying with passengers who have had a Negative Covid test. The inconvenience of testing far outweighs the benefit.
I would feel much more comfortable flying if everyone was required to show proof of vaccination or negative test.
The planes from South Africa arriving in Amsterdam had many people on board that are fully vaccinated and had completed a covid test before getting on this flight.
They picked up covid in the plane and are now in quarantine.