Many issues still to be addressed are causing confusion among visitors and residents alike.
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Many issues still to be addressed are causing confusion among visitors and residents alike.
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How about you all just stay home and let us deal with the pandemic first. Stop being selfish and increasing the risk of outbreaks by coming here. Of you really love Hawaii or cared about it and it’s people you’d stay away until it was safe to travel globally.
You got it A.L. Nd Lani
Just stsy home already until this gets under control.
If you care about the islands then wait.
Al – hawaii wIll never deal with the pandemic How it should. More time is not needed.
What is needed is back to normal pronto. They have had 6 months and really have not done anything other than insult tourists and destroying the tourism industry and all the islands jobs.
The military and national guard may need to be deployed to control the locals when they start rioting over food and money shortages etc. that is definitely a very real concern. People need to stop blaming covid for the islands problems because it is the government screwing up everything and the locals that support it.
Al – how about vulnerable or nervous Hawaiians should stay home and everyone else can live how they want and go out into the world. Ive mentioned several places that are doing it.
And dont worry is even if everyone in hawaii gets covid Less than 1 percent of the People on the overcrowded islands will die. It wouldnt really even thin out the population noticeably. Especially oahu.
Life will go on most certainly, except the economy would be stronger and people would enjoy living Alot more in hawaii.
Right, we had 0 in Kauai, as soon as tourism opened up, Kauai now get 6 cases. Stay home people! They are the 1s who cant follow rules and they think they can just go out with out wearing mask.
Oh boy! 6 cases ok kaui?! Wow lets mess up the whole island just give up n go hide. Shut it all down.
Better yet if so afraid Then leave hawaii and move to south korea and china with the same draconian policies. You will be safe there away from the mongrels and common folk of usa.
Im 100% certain that myself and every tourist wanting to visit hawaii will be happy to take your homes and vehicles off your hands for you 😀 And all of your personal property too! Thanks!!
Hi CF! We actually have a perfect spot for your stay. Enjoy your vacation on Kahoolawe.
Sandra
Well put.
CF needs to stay away if he knows whats good for him.
Its people like him that have No business here.
Shame on him
Complete disregard. Reminds me of someone i know who i hope to God gets out of office.
Don’t worry elizabeth, just focus on hiding from me and any tourists and wearing your face diaper. Very few will visit anyway and most don’t want to deal with the bs.
Do you not understand that not all of those new cases were visitors? Just because you hadn’t had any new positive tests for a while doesn’t mean there aren’t asymptomatic residents spreading the virus because not all residents are following the protocols either. Some of us “visitors” are visiting for personal reasons and have no problem following all protocols & laws to respect the state and its locals. To lump in all visitors as the bad guys is as ignorant as the people on here bashing Hawaii for its mandates. This is why our country is divided. People have stopped being kind & respectful to one another.
Please, what is really needed is a quarantine policy across the islands that helps visitors comply and stay safe. There are stories of people being sent back even when they have documented negative test results right before leaving for Hawaii, and being willing to take another test on arrival. Isn’t this really enough? Any regulated testing entity that issues a documented test result should be accepted and bypass any quarantine requirements.
Thank you.
Ron
Prior to coming to the islands, if anyone has done their due diligence, they would have learned that we have strict rules regarding COVID19. Understanding that travel maybe one’s prerogative, COVID 19 is not a vacation prompt. So to blame humans that their vacation is being ruined, COVID 19 is at fault. Many do not know that a virus wiped out more than 400,000 Hawaiians when the white man first came to the islands. Do they think we are concerned about their vacation?
Bobbie B, yes it’s obvious the hawaii govt and people do t want tourists. They continue to blame and scapegoat tourists over covid. Locals like you repeatedly tell them they dont matter or dont understand native Hawaiians.
Again wake up your in America with open borders. Playing games with confusing mandates and open ended everything in hawaiians favor is called discrimination. In this case it is towards tourists and Americans not on the island.
Like i have said if hawaii wants to continue to push the envelope the military and federal government at some point can strip hawaii of its mandates, or courts of law etc.
Remember japenese internment camps from ww2, well this kind of behavior hawaii is embracing is treasonous and wrong. Hawaii is very misguided and personally i am done tolerating it.
Well it was a polite request for a more easy to follow and sensible policy. Why does everyone have to be so defensive these days? I know it’s stressful but it really affects everyone.
Hawaii pos not now a place to have fun on a vacation.
The obvious confusion and uncertainty in HI is the reason we and our friends decided to forego our trip to Ko Olina this year.
First time in 10 or 11 years no Hawaii for us.
Would love to visit but there are far too many variables. Masks while sunbathing? Not having the right test upon arrival? Changing government mandates? No go.
I understand all these mandates and policies. I dont think its much to ask. Be considerate of others and go about your own business. The deaths of millions of people from covid19 seems to have no affect on the living. Selfish.
Very true
Jacelyn i do think its too much to ask. And i beg to differ. I dont agree with you, nor does my family most of my friends and most of the people in the south midwest sweden and South Dakota.
There is nowhere near millions of deaths in usa. The number is around 200k mostly from sick people in nursing homes and terminally ill. Most were purposely infected by the govt placing covid patients directly back into nursing homes to propegate and peddle this manufactured pandemic right along.
By the way the usa has over 350 million people. 200k is one fifth of one million. That number is about 9 times annual flu deaths. Just fear all day every day when its not something most people need to worry about if they do get it. You eat healthy supplement excercize dont wear a mask unless you have ore existing stuff etc. has nothing to do with harming other people because they will not be around you if they are quarantining themselves
CF-
There is no need for any of your comments. You have already clearly stated you won’t visit Hawaii due to the regulations they want to put on their own state. This site is for us who like to keep updated and get clarification on what is happening so we can visit or for those who live their. Your “points of view” and “opinion” of what Hawaii is doing wrong that keep popping up in my inbox are not the updates I’m signing up for, it is nothing but a need to hear yourself speak and belittle the state itself because of your “freedom of speech”. Is their government being consfusing and not acting together to have clear, cohesive rules in place? Yes and Its happening everywhere im the US right now. But none the less the HI state as a whole does want a mask mandate in place, period. There are plenty of visitors who do not mind following the letter of the law of where we are visiting, not because we are blind or sheep or brainwashed, because we are visiting someone else’s home and that is the law they decided to set forth. You are welcome to visit anywhere else you feel more comfortable and they are happy to take your money. My brother is a biochemist in infectious diseases who has been working closely with this virus and written papers on it, so please do not be little me because following a mask mandate isn’t my point of view it is what that state has asked of me to be a visitor in their home and I will respect that.
2.5 million died of tb, 2.5 million in car wrecks (another 1.5 million maimed) 1 million plus from malaria. Why are you too selfish to care about those deaths, and instead ruin the economy for billions worldwide for an overblown flu? There’s gonna be a lot more dead if you stop caring about the living….
Thanks ace d. No one mentioned the growing homeless population. Its the most in the nation in hawaii. No one cares about them if they die. Theres no mandate to house the homeless etc
It is against the law to ask someone to prove to you they have a medical exemption!! There are big fines and potential lawsuits for doing so. If you have medical issues that prevent you from wearing a mask you are exempt and not required to provide private medical information to anyone.
Very true. No mask for medically exempt people. The law protects businesses too. If a business chooses to refuse service for any reason they have that right. Get someone else to pick up your groceries Use Uber. Call a friend. We refuse the right to serve people who do not wear footwear. Trust me, no mask no service! Find another way to get your food!
Under the Americans with Disabilities act, if your business discriminates against people that can’t wear masks for medical reasons, they can own your business and get rid of you and your discriminatory ways. Just a heads up 🙂👍
Its just common sense that when you as a visitor on any Hawaiian Island or on vacation, you should already know that wearing a Mask is a Must due to the Covid 19. Its not hard to put on a MASK. Respect the island you are visiting and the people by wearing a MASK. Protect yourselves and others around you, no reason to fuss. Thats the ALOHA thing to do.
You got it Lani.
Its a shame Aloha is not understood.
Its as simple as keeping distances and wearing the mask.
im seeing the postings on this and its really annoying.
Total lack of understanding and respect.
Its a scientifically case based reality that this strain of covid is damaging beyond the cold.
Everyone knows this. Just wait people and allow the islands the chance to maintain itself.
If the tables were turned you would do the same.
Do as the Romans do when in Rome people
Not impose what you want in a place you font live.
Correct abbi thanks for clarifying that. Most people do not know anything about the medical exemption. I wonder if the police in hawaii would even honor it though? If they dont well maybe you can win big money.
Why are there tourists anywhere? In Hawai’i? On the mainland? Are they not aware of the dangers of interacting with people they don’t know? Tourism is precisely how we got COVID-19 here in the first place. I hope there’s someone who can correct the dangerous policies that open us up to disease in the Middle of a Pandemic! This is crazy!!
Crazy for certain.
Makbeth k, the tourists are coming for you! Lol
But yes, They really will come if people like it or not because its America and open borders. Live with and deal with it like a mature adult. Like the rest of the country.
Go hawaii!
CF
You have no business here. Your attitude and disrespect is clear on these posts.
Please stay over there where you belong.
If you know what is good for you.
Its not about fear, this is about being smart.
You remind me of the unconscionable person we have in office. Hopefully he can move on to the jail time he is facing and maybe you can join him.
Stay away from Hawaii. Its people like you…people like you.
You dont belong.
Lizzy – No, same response as elizabeth. You need to treat tourists and Americans with respect because they are fellow Americans and they pay for hawaii to function. Not agreeing with much of what hawaii is doing does not make me part of the problem, or a bad guy.
Just because your hawaiian doesnt give you a get out of jail free card or liscence to police tourists or threaten people etc. You may not like it, but you can stay safe at home while others get on with thier lives. They will do so regardless of what you think.
CF
You do t get to roll into anywhere and decide you set the rules. Not how it works at all. If you don’t like Hawaii’s rules you just feel free to not go. They are under no obligation to treat you any way at all. As a matter of fact more Japanese visit Hawaii than Americans so there is also that fact. You dont seem to work as you are always on here replying to every post. I’m not trying to be rude and I know I comment as well but back off the hate pedal a little and allow others to express their thoughts. I’ve been in class tact with a number of Hawaiian businesses and locals and all want people to come back but also to respect their home. I do and that’s why we are being patient and will go when the time is right
Thank you for your validation Paul.
CF
we are not making you out to be a bad guy.
As Paul has said
Hawaiian folks themselves are staying put on island as well as mainland so as to not to unintentionally spread anything.
Once again
Complete lack of respect for the island.
And to making threats like you did about taking local peoples personal property and homes?? Whoaa.
Once again,
Stay where you belong, behind your screen and over there.
People like you give a bad reputation to those tourists who actually get it.
Hopefully the moderator here can see what you are writing and boot your okole off.
Thankyou
Hi Lizzy.
We have very specific comment guidelines that have morphed over the years. We try to closely adhere to them, albeit not that easy, especially in these times.
Aloha.
Mahalo
Beat of Kauai.
I understand that i needd to be respectful.
I dont think thst CF should be allowed to post as he has pretty much insulted, threatened folks on this site.
I guess its hard to stay quiet when you read these things.
Nothing constructive just slamming Hawaii.
Again apologies if i was rude, just calling it like i see it.
Here peopleneed to be respectful and kind and informative.
Xo
Hi Lizzy.
Thanks for your comment. We appreciate your thoughts and take them seriously. We have a carefully thought out comment policy and try our best to adhere to it. That may change further over time.
Aloha.
Lizzy,
CF is a troll that seems to really hate Hawaii for some reason. Just ignore him. The site for whatever reason lets him drone on and on and on 🙂 I have a hard time ignoring him as well.