Hawaii was just ranked safest state during Covid according to the popular website WalletHub. Based on today’s findings, the state has done an excellent job of disease control while providing the safest conditions for Hawaii residents and Hawaii visitors alike. It was also ranked amongst those states with the fewest deaths per capita.
Hawaii has started to see improved Covid data as the Omicron variant spike appears to be waning, and rates of Covid-19 transmission declining. This comes as some good news for the Hawaii tourism industry as it strives to return to normality.
WalletHub said, “safety is also essential for getting the economy back on track, as the lower COVID-19 transmission and deaths are in a state, the fewer restrictions there will be and the more confidence people will have…Some states are already safer than others, though, based on how well they have kept the pandemic under control and how much they are vaccinating.”
The website compared five key metrics including transmission rate, positive testing rate, hospitalization rate, Covid-19 death rate, and highest and lowest vaccination rate.
The states ranked as follows according to their data set: Hawaii, California, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maine, Oregon, Florida, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maryland, Colorado, North Carolina, Alaska, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, North Dakota, Connecticut, South Carolina, Delaware, Nebraska, New Mexico, Iowa, New Jersey, Wyoming, Utah, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Texas, Massachusetts, Alabama, Michigan, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, Kansas, Idaho, South Dakota, Montana, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arizona, Mississippi, West Virginia, Missouri, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, and Oklahoma.
In terms of scores offered by Wallethub in relation to the Covid-19 virus, on a 100-point scale, Hawaii scored 80.01 at the top, while Oklahoma, at the bottom of the least safest states, scored 16.03.
WalletHub is a well-known personal finance website, based in Washington DC that has been around since 2013. More recently they have become a personal finance social network that offers free consumer tools.
What’s your take on WalletHub’s findings? In thousands of comments, there has been a wide disparity of views about just how well Hawaii has handled Covid.
I am Canadian and I have to be fully vaccinated and tested to enter Hawaii. The resort where I stay require to see my test results and proof of vaccines. I assume everyone at my resort has done the same and it’s a safe environment.
Yesterday I visit with folks at the resort who are local and staycationing. They are not vaccinated nor tested. So my safe place bubble is no longer safe. I see this as a huge double standard.
I mean really, I live in a Sacramento suburb and own a business in a rural community what I’ve never understood is how you can throw a blanket survey over such a large diverse state.
I’ve felt totally safe, but if I lived in crowded urban LA or SF not so much.
This is crap news…
I’m surprised that California came in second. In the area where I live, people are dropping like flies. And that’s with consistent 65-75 degree outdoor weather.