Originally Posted by
dhuey
I'm not sure that tells us anything about potential effects of loosening some restrictions on tourists. Seems like it shows that for whatever reason locals are infecting other locals in Maui with greater frequency than on other islands.
There was a breakout at a hospital that was responsible for the elevated cases in Maui compared to the other islands. I don't think that indicates anything about Maui's population as a whole or any specific thing here on the island. Basically, that could happen anywhere and just happened in Maui. Kind of bad luck I suppose.
The larger point (and relating it back to the question of lifting the 14-day quarantine) is that the Hawaiian islands have vastly different population distributions and can't be treated the same. Unfortunately, I rarely hear Ige mention that in anything he says. Hawaii is kind of a microcosm of the mainland as a whole. A rule for reopening NY should not be the same as the one for reopening Montana.