Originally Posted by
747FC
As a Hawaii resident, I find this post very insensitive. It is OK with you if people go bankrupt in the place you claim to love?
Look at the infection rates around the country and you can see that Hawaii is among the lowest. One does not achieve that without effort and making tough decisions. Sorry if that temporarily ruins your vacation plans.
I'll leave it at that...
The poster is actually not insensitive, rather the post reflects the current quarantine rules that the State of Hawaii has enacted that deters tourism for Hawaii. How is it insensitive for the poster to state that the money he would have spent in Hawaii for vacation is going to another state because of the anti-tourism rules enacted by the State? The rules enacted by the State of Hawaii has or is going to bankrupt a lot of local businesses to protect the local community. That is the price Hawaii has to pay to protect the population, and is the price the State of Hawaii has deemed reasonable to enact such quarantine rules, regardless of how many local business goes bankrupt for the greater good of the community. How is it the poster's fault if Hawaii doesn't want his tourism dollars with the quarantine rules? The State of Hawaii could easily support local business in time of the economic down turn caused by the 14 day quarantine rule, but they do not.
As a Hawaii resident, what I find troubling is the lack of clear guidance on future economic activity while balancing the health of the community. I mean guidance beyond opening the local shops for the local community. Leadership needs to make this tough decision, and that is their job. How are they going to allow international travelers? When do they want to lift the 14 day quarantine? To receive tourism dollars, the 14 day quarantine needs to be lifted.
Even General Hara in charge of Hawaii's COVID 19 response is worried about the economic state of Hawaii without clear guidance.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/0...ife-continues/