You may want to hold on to those Hawaii vacation plans, as this is going to get really interesting.
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You may want to hold on to those Hawaii vacation plans, as this is going to get really interesting.
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Thank you for your constant updates. I hope & pray Hawaii returns to “normal” as soon as possible. We have loved Kauai for 28 years & feel so bad for the local residents. We have always been respectful & treated the same way. Plan on returning in January 2021 for 6 weeks of ALOHA & can hardly wait. Not sure what will happen with flights from Canada yet but hope they will resume & be favorable. Stay safe. Mahalo.
Hi Bob.
Thank you.
Aloha.
If the sun kills the virus why will masks be required if social distancing is done? And will masks be required on the beach or around a pool? Does not make sense.
There is no proof that warm weather/sun kills the Vi rus. South America is inundated with C0vid and they have warm sunny weather.
Over 35% of people carry this with no symptoms. Distancing and masks are necessary because you may not know you are an asymtomatic carrier.
My son’s girlfriend was asymptomatic and he ended up in the hospital…ICU…he is 28 and was a marathon runner. He made it through…he was lucky. Over 100,000 people in 3 months were not and that number is only for the US.
It is now late fall in South America, not all places there have warm, sunny weather. There is also a hygiene component to the transmission of most vi ruses. The asymptomatic carrier stat undercuts the argument about the true death rate of C0VID. And, to date, Hawaii has had 17 out of those 100,000 deaths in the USA.
Flattening the curve was never billed as being about waiting for a vac cine that may never come, it was about keeping hospitals from being overwhelmed. I think that is “mission accomplished” in HI, but now they’re behind that very curve, since new infections cannot be prevented and it is my belief that Hawaiians are merely delaying the inevitable, and suffering financially while doing so. Not a good policy, but we will see how this plays out.
I hope and pray for the safety of everyone: Hawaiians, mainlanders, and people around the globe alike, but a goal of preventing all C0VID deaths going forward is unrealistic, just as preventing all flu deaths, MVA, and shark attack is.
KAiLUA
Wrong…there is proof that uv rays/sunlight, temperature and humidity kill the vi rus much faster than being indoors, and they are prpving it dies faster than originally thought on surfaces.
Also, the 100k deaths in the US is a highly tainted number, and if you have done any research on it, you would understand why. From the CDC guidelines on documentation of deaths, to paying hospitals 10’s of thousands of dollars for treatment of cases and using ventilators, the numbers are over-inflated.
Harvey H., that’s spot on…👍
Mahalo, R&J for the continual updates.
Hi Jim.
Thanks for your many comments.
Aloha.
We rescheduled our trip from April to December, 2020, and remain hopeful that we’ll be able to travel to the Big Island! It will be our 7th trip and first to the Big Island.
My husband and I will keep our confirmed reservations for a Maui Timeshare where we are members. Our month’s confirmed stay is between October 20-Mov.20, 2020. We are seniors and may not have an opportunity to visit Hawaii at a later date. We have enjoyed traveling to most of the islands over the years and have never encountered other visitors behaving inappropriately. We surely don’t and have always been respectful of the locals and their customs. It is very disturbing to read all the negative comments posted by the residents . Future trips will be planned elsewhere where tourists are welcomed and appreciated by both the locals and governing parties. Perhaps this stance will change when unemployment benefits and Federal government supplements come to an end.What happened to one adhering to the philosophy that you should not “bite the hand that feeds you”?
We are hopeful for a 10/2020 visit to Kaanapali, Maui. I’m curious to see how “social dist ancing” will be implemented poolside. We stay at the Mahana and it doesn’t have a huge pool area, so removing loungers to create space will certainly have an impact. We also hope some of the small local restaurants we love will be open again by then.
We have an August 20 to Sept 2, 2020 Hawaii trip set, “Do you see any problems on these dates traveling to Hawaii?” Do you believe restrictions will still apply? Thank You! David
Hi David.
It isn’t up to us to say. Were are hopeful you’ll be able to come then without problems and hope to be able to update on that very soon.
Aloha.
are they still quar antining for 14 days in hawaii when a person arrives
As much as I hoped to visit Hawaii again this year, the masks are a no go for me. I’ll go visit the other island, The Cal, in Vegas instead. I was working there back in the 80’s when I was first exposed the the Aloha Spirit of the islands. I love Hawaii and have always felt like family there. Hoping things return to normal soon….. Thank you for all your updates!
Hi Carrie.
Thanks.
Aloha.
If we were to return to Oahu, how does the 14 day quar antine thing work? How would we get provisions for the 14 day requirement? We usually stay in a Waikiki condo for a month or more, so would need transportation for replenishing provisions, such as, car rental, Uber?
Your help on these topics would be helpful.
I’m in the same boat as Robert P (‘nother Robert over here!); can’t go now, but would like to go later.
We had out Hawaii plans cancelled for this Spring Break and are hoping for next year’s Spring Break. The mask issue is a major dealbreaker for us – I mean, if you can’t enjoy your vacation, go to restaurants without putting your mask on and off for each bite, and so on, then why go?
Hawaii is going through a rough spell, and while I completely and totally agree that the state should be able to mandate safety precautions, that does mean for many vacationers it won’t be the happy, carefree place that they want to visit. Visitors like us will wait until the restrictions are lifted and then go. And heck, not going now just means more money to bank up for the next trip.
I am really looking forward for our trip a year from now to Maui and perhaps another island, if there’s time. ‘Til then, I’ll have great memories of our prior trips and save money in the interim.
Robert M
You got that right back masks. I won’t be coming if masks are required. I refuse wear masks in the heat and outdoors. Hawaii is going to slit its own throat with requirements like that . Tourists won’t put up with it. I love Hawaii. I miss it so bad. I had lots and lots of plans for our 2 week trip in September but it looks like it also will be canceled. Probably will need to stay on the Mainland where our tourism dollars are wanted. Enjoy your beautiful island in your soon to be poverty.