186 thoughts on “Mandatory Contact Tracing Approved by Governor”
Tena
What if I have completed both my doses of the Covid vaccine? If my husband and myself have completed our vaccines before arriving in Hawaii is there any other requirements we need to follow?
Tena
Carla
Maui here we come in March. This is a small price to pay for safety for the Hawaiian people. To those going to Florida, make sure you don’t get into a traffic accident or have an MI because their ICUs are full of dying people. Same in Arizona.
This pandemic will be over shortly and these measures are meant to protect everyone.
Robin D.
Carla,
Your comment is not accurate. We live in Florida (15 Minutes from Orlando) and I can tell you first hand, that our Hospitals are not full of patients dying from covid! We have friends in the medical profession (Hospitals) and they said there is nothing out of the ordinary happening at our Hospital
christine
I am currently living on Oahu and had planned a trip to Maui on the 20th. Now because of this I may not go. I was ok with shelling out the $$$ for covid test…which is more than the price of the round trip plane ticket. But this new mandate seems to Orwellian to me. It gives me the creeps the dark he we may be traveling to. Those that say they have nothing to hide…how do you know what the government may be looking for next?!
Linda H.
If you have you gotten the Covid Vaccine will you still have to do do Covid test and all the paperwork or just be able to show proof of your vaccine. Thank You for keeping us Updated I love this news letter . Read it all the time
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Linda.
Thank you for the nice words and your first time comment. As far as we have heard your proof of vaccination will be all that’s required, but until it’s official, no one knows for sure.
Aloha.
Melissa C
Hi I will be traveling to Honolulu April 11th 2021 from Arizona in Honolulu to April 15th we have a flight on southwest to Maui on April 15th at 1:30pm and will stay in Maui to April 20th I need to know what all I need to do, after I’ve been tested 72hrs from Arizona. do I need to be tested from Honolulu to Maui? please help.
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Melissa.
Yes, another test will be required within 72 hours of departure to Maui. That in addition to having the new app installed on your phone prior to departing for Maui.
Aloha.
Aloha.
Melissa C.
Thanks I have the app already installed. So where can I get the test done in Honolulu and what day do I need to get it done? I will be in Honolulu April 11th check out April 15th will it be a price for the the test.
What about travelers who are already here? I have no problem with Hawaii wanting to keep additional cases of virus out of their state, nor do I have any problem with them wanting to do contact tracing. I would appreciate knowing that I have been in close contact with someone who is positive, so that I can monitor for symptoms and test if necessary. I don’t look at it as my rights being violated, I look at it as protection for me.
We are currently vacationing on Maui and loving every minute of it, wearing masks and social distancing is not a bother and I’m happy to see how well people are following the directives.
Thank you.
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Jane.
The app is available to everyone so you’re welcome to use it.
Aloha.
Karla S
I tried to download the aloha safe app on my phone. It can’t install if you have an older IPhone 6 that cannot run IOS 13. So now what do people do? Haha. Buy a new IPhone?
Paul W
Boy, I hope this doesn’t give the Kaua’i mayor any ideas!
This only works if everyone has the app. If it is only tourists and inter-island travelers, then you would be notified if one of them has it and potentially exposed you. Apparently on Mau’i 80% of the recent cases were community spread, so unless the “community” has the app it is not going to be that effective.
Thanks for keeping us updated, but I am beginning to feel like a lab rat trying to negotiate a maze!
Beat of Hawaii
Hi Paul.
Good point. Thanks.
Aloha.
Mary Kay M
This is getting surreal. Not everyone has a smart phone, and sometimes people have smart phones that are owned by their employer and are not allowed to download unapproved apps. Which is true in my case. If I were to download this app, I would get an email and my manager would get an email within 30 minutes reminding both of us of this condition of my employment. I don’t see how this can be mandated when you can’t mandate cell phone ownership. Heck, you can’t even mandate keeping location services on or cell services on or even the phone on? As someone said below, just delete the app at the airport. What’s next? Unremovable ankle bracelets? Like most here, it appears I will be researching new paradises. Maui isn’t the only beach in the world. 🙁 So sad… It sounds like everyone needs a cheap iphone 4 that they leave in the condo…
Colleen
We agree………. with all of the above………..
I can’t believe how easily people are willing to give up all personal freedoms in the name of ‘safety’ when this virus has over 90% recovery rate unless you are old or sickly. Nope, looks more and more like we have visited Hawaii for the last time.
Sarah
97% recovery rate of you follow worldometers Covid info….. pretty much everyone I know has had it or come in contact with it. We all lived….. I get some people will not, but people……. we lose on average 7500+ people daily in the US…… why are we freaking out about people dying all of a sudden? People die all the time from various things and I have heard no mention of these people on the daily news….. so now people are ONLY dying of Covid??? Car wrecks and suicides, heart disease, cancer….. they all don’t matter anymore and people stopped dying of these things???
Jane W
I don’t care if has. a 90% recovery rate- I still don’t want it and will do anything within reason to avoid it. Years down the road we are likely to see numerous long term after effects. If I’m not doing anything wrong then I don’t need to be worried about being traced.
Don K.
Just another electronic way of the rulers saying “show me your papers”! Camp chaos is indeed alive and not so well at all in Hawaii!
Colleen
Yes, Perhaps everyone should ‘brush up” on their war time movies where everyone is watched and you had to ‘show your papers’ to move about. How about the movie 1984? It’s here. And happened virtually overnight. Scary. Downright scary.
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What if I have completed both my doses of the Covid vaccine? If my husband and myself have completed our vaccines before arriving in Hawaii is there any other requirements we need to follow?
Tena
Maui here we come in March. This is a small price to pay for safety for the Hawaiian people. To those going to Florida, make sure you don’t get into a traffic accident or have an MI because their ICUs are full of dying people. Same in Arizona.
This pandemic will be over shortly and these measures are meant to protect everyone.
Carla,
Your comment is not accurate. We live in Florida (15 Minutes from Orlando) and I can tell you first hand, that our Hospitals are not full of patients dying from covid! We have friends in the medical profession (Hospitals) and they said there is nothing out of the ordinary happening at our Hospital
I am currently living on Oahu and had planned a trip to Maui on the 20th. Now because of this I may not go. I was ok with shelling out the $$$ for covid test…which is more than the price of the round trip plane ticket. But this new mandate seems to Orwellian to me. It gives me the creeps the dark he we may be traveling to. Those that say they have nothing to hide…how do you know what the government may be looking for next?!
If you have you gotten the Covid Vaccine will you still have to do do Covid test and all the paperwork or just be able to show proof of your vaccine. Thank You for keeping us Updated I love this news letter . Read it all the time
Hi Linda.
Thank you for the nice words and your first time comment. As far as we have heard your proof of vaccination will be all that’s required, but until it’s official, no one knows for sure.
Aloha.
Hi I will be traveling to Honolulu April 11th 2021 from Arizona in Honolulu to April 15th we have a flight on southwest to Maui on April 15th at 1:30pm and will stay in Maui to April 20th I need to know what all I need to do, after I’ve been tested 72hrs from Arizona. do I need to be tested from Honolulu to Maui? please help.
Hi Melissa.
Yes, another test will be required within 72 hours of departure to Maui. That in addition to having the new app installed on your phone prior to departing for Maui.
Aloha.
Aloha.
Thanks I have the app already installed. So where can I get the test done in Honolulu and what day do I need to get it done? I will be in Honolulu April 11th check out April 15th will it be a price for the the test.
Hi Melissa.
The list of vendors for interisland travel is found here. https://hawaiicovid19.com/travel-partners/#partners-hawaii. You’ll need to check with them regarding the cost.
Aloha.
What about travelers who are already here? I have no problem with Hawaii wanting to keep additional cases of virus out of their state, nor do I have any problem with them wanting to do contact tracing. I would appreciate knowing that I have been in close contact with someone who is positive, so that I can monitor for symptoms and test if necessary. I don’t look at it as my rights being violated, I look at it as protection for me.
We are currently vacationing on Maui and loving every minute of it, wearing masks and social distancing is not a bother and I’m happy to see how well people are following the directives.
Thank you.
Hi Jane.
The app is available to everyone so you’re welcome to use it.
Aloha.
I tried to download the aloha safe app on my phone. It can’t install if you have an older IPhone 6 that cannot run IOS 13. So now what do people do? Haha. Buy a new IPhone?
Boy, I hope this doesn’t give the Kaua’i mayor any ideas!
This only works if everyone has the app. If it is only tourists and inter-island travelers, then you would be notified if one of them has it and potentially exposed you. Apparently on Mau’i 80% of the recent cases were community spread, so unless the “community” has the app it is not going to be that effective.
Thanks for keeping us updated, but I am beginning to feel like a lab rat trying to negotiate a maze!
Hi Paul.
Good point. Thanks.
Aloha.
This is getting surreal. Not everyone has a smart phone, and sometimes people have smart phones that are owned by their employer and are not allowed to download unapproved apps. Which is true in my case. If I were to download this app, I would get an email and my manager would get an email within 30 minutes reminding both of us of this condition of my employment. I don’t see how this can be mandated when you can’t mandate cell phone ownership. Heck, you can’t even mandate keeping location services on or cell services on or even the phone on? As someone said below, just delete the app at the airport. What’s next? Unremovable ankle bracelets? Like most here, it appears I will be researching new paradises. Maui isn’t the only beach in the world. 🙁 So sad… It sounds like everyone needs a cheap iphone 4 that they leave in the condo…
We agree………. with all of the above………..
I can’t believe how easily people are willing to give up all personal freedoms in the name of ‘safety’ when this virus has over 90% recovery rate unless you are old or sickly. Nope, looks more and more like we have visited Hawaii for the last time.
97% recovery rate of you follow worldometers Covid info….. pretty much everyone I know has had it or come in contact with it. We all lived….. I get some people will not, but people……. we lose on average 7500+ people daily in the US…… why are we freaking out about people dying all of a sudden? People die all the time from various things and I have heard no mention of these people on the daily news….. so now people are ONLY dying of Covid??? Car wrecks and suicides, heart disease, cancer….. they all don’t matter anymore and people stopped dying of these things???
I don’t care if has. a 90% recovery rate- I still don’t want it and will do anything within reason to avoid it. Years down the road we are likely to see numerous long term after effects. If I’m not doing anything wrong then I don’t need to be worried about being traced.
Just another electronic way of the rulers saying “show me your papers”! Camp chaos is indeed alive and not so well at all in Hawaii!
Yes, Perhaps everyone should ‘brush up” on their war time movies where everyone is watched and you had to ‘show your papers’ to move about. How about the movie 1984? It’s here. And happened virtually overnight. Scary. Downright scary.