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Until we have a Vac cine. Temperature checks prior to departure at gate check-in, and rapid tests upon landing in Hawaii. Mask to be worn when outside with social distancing. This is the same, mainland or Hawaii. Feel free to add additional safety protocols and procedures. The cost to do all this would be much less than the economic impact this is having to residents who are out of work and the small businesses who with every passing day may never re-open causing real unemployment. There is no difference past 30 days except if were going to wait until the Vac cine is ready. I don’t understand what a month at a time buys us if we’re not making progress. We’re smarter than this.
The state of Hawaii has already flattened their curve and is in the top 5 states best positioned to begin reopening according to University of Washington modeling. The fact that the Governor has not published the metrics he is using to restart tourism is unconscionable considering the state relies on tourism for more than 20% of the economy. The state should be much farther ahead in opening considering they could be doing it with minimal additional risk.
Only 20%? That number doesn’t seem quite right. Mahalo
Hi Michael.
That was according to the Civil Beat.
Aloha.
I agree that we want Hawaii to do things safely, and not cause any problems for either residents or tourists, and certainly not spark another rash of cases. We’ve been coming to Kauai for 20 years and loving it, and definitely don’t want anything to happen, especially to the residents. This is certainly disappointing, we’ve had reservations for a year to go to Kauai the last week of August to celebrate one of those BIG birthdays, but this is not the time for selfish thoughts. I agree that realistically it will take close to 2 months to get everything going once the go-ahead is given – and as much as we want to help stimulate their economy (we usually do), we should wait until the residents are ready to have us, and to welcome us. We hope to see you next year, or whenever you are ready.
So the big island of Hawaii will be opened by July
Aloha Lupe, sorry to differ, but the Big Island will open for tourism whenever the rest of the state does, not sooner. This is a State level decision. As the article describes, there is no telling when tourism will be opened again in the State of Hawaii. It could be July, but it also could easily drag until fall or later. It depends, among other things, on whether we can find a solution for testing incoming travelers.
Please open up tourism in a reasonable amount of time . Our family has a trip scheduled Aug 8 and would be devastated if we had to cancel. We are willing to take test before boarding from the mainland. We did not pay all this money to just sit in a hotel for 14 days. Extremism is not good. It will permanently kill your economy. Caution is good but not paranoia and extreme measures.
As a senior citizen I can tell you that 10,000 people turn age 65 everyday and 9000 people die on the average day. I face drunk drivers, crime, cancer, etc each day but I am not afraid to live. Let’s use some common sense and allow nature to continue. I contracted NORA virus on a flight to Hawaii several years ago and almost died in my hotel room. The wonderful staff at the Kauai Hospital ER knew what to do and after a short recovery I was able to continue my wonderful vacation. Stay closed thru 2020? maybe it would be better to stay closed through 2021 or even 2022? Better yet, let all the wealthy folks who are happily looking out their windows at the beautiful Hawaii landscape just give their money to the poor working folks of Hawaii who will continue to struggle without tourists. Let’s just use common sense!
I have a flight to Maui 7/24-8/11 but southwest is so awesome they not only allow me to change my flight but also airports. For the most part it is free if you take the cheaper options.
I think it is a really tricky question and it depends on how the pan demic progresses in those urban areas where most of Hawai’i tourism comes from. (i.e., SF Bay Area, Seattle, New York, Tokyo, etc. etc.) Yes, we can “re-open” now, but what if there really is another wave in these places in fall and winter? What if Dr. Bright is correct with his “dark winter” prediction? Then, we won’t be open very long. A few months at best. But we will swamp our health care system with cases and we will put many of our first responders at huge risk. A friend is a nurse in Maui Memorial where we had a big cluster outbreak. She just got tested the third time, and she says nurses there are terrified.
Thank you for the topic. Please don’t open Hawaii travel until there is a vac cine. It is just too dangerous to risk the health of the Hawaiian population. We can’t risk the life of even one more person. We are all in this together. Hawaii tourists are just too dangerous until there is a cure for this disease. Please don’t put profits ahead of human life. Thank you for distancing, wearing masks and washing your hands, even if it takes years, we have to save lives. Stay away save lives.
The economy will never recover if you wait 2 years. That’s just insane to think that is reasonable .
ARE YOU SERIOUS????
I was just telling my children that we (as older persons who have lived a good long life) would gladly give up our lives to save their lives. By that I mean THEIR WAY OF LIFE – the way we have worked so hard to create for them. If we close up the world – where will we end up? We will all be looking for food in garbage cans. It all has a trickle down effect. We can keep printing money by the trillions and expect things to improve. We can’t HIDE from this. We have to live through it. If some of us – and mostly the older ones among us – don’t survive – well, something out there will get us eventually anyway. Just the way it is in this old world. But to destroy life as we know it because we are ‘running scared’ is ludicrous.
Well spoken, Colleen.
I agree with Colleen. What will happen to all of the people on the islands who have no jobs, no money, lose their homes, cars, etc? So then they can’t buy food, or gas, so the grocery stores close, the gas stations close, they won’t be able to pay state employed workers, because the state will have no income from taxes. I don’t think the independently wealthy on the islands will stay if there is no food, no restaurants, no modern conveniences. The state has to reopen, this is becoming the life and death situation very quickly!
Yes! This is exactly what my 65 years old Dad has been saying. He is willing to take the risk if it means keeping our way of life. We haven’t all worked this hard just to see it all fall apart. I don’t want to see my children suffer financially because we were too scared to go outside. Average age of Co vid death patient = average life expectancy in the US!
Good Points!
Nobody publicly talks about the some 50-60% of the neighbors, friends, job site workers, church members, retired military etc having symptoms and being unusually sick back in Nov-Feb, before anybody knew what the symptoms implied. All these people recovered after 3/4 weeks and went back to work…..until the cruise ships with confirmed cases stopped visiting and the stay at home started. Perhaps island life in the sun and high humidity (reported to weaken this) make for healthy bodies with strong immune system Has Hawaii has already hit herd immunity? 🙏🏼🌈
Until an antibody test is available to all, we may never know. Our son and wife traveled to Canada and he was VERY ill for 3-4 weeks after he returned home in January. Fever, chills, horrible congestion, terrible cough. He feels he had it. His wife got sick but not as sick. They both recovered well. So, WHO KNOWS how many have already has this bug. But Herd immunity is the ticket. We certainly WON’T be the first in line to take any vac cine they have ‘fast tracked’ through the system. No way!!
you might want to read this and enlighten yourself on what Herd immunity is and means.