Originally Posted by
dhuey
Likewise, I've been trying to take advantage of the tiny upside of the pandemic where I live: barely any traffic or tourists. I can drive into San Francisco without a moment of traffic delay, and I can park on the street just about anywhere. I drive during what was once afternoon rush hour to take a walk on Treasure Island. I doubt I'll ever see anything like this again in my lifetime.
I can do this too and have done it. But a staycation is never the same as a vacation - too many distractions at home, and home is now my office (which has never been the case for me).
If the Governor said Hawaii will re-open June 30 barring a spike in new cases that would at least allow people to make travel plans (see e.g. Iceland). But he's basically taking the same course as we've seen in many other places - quarantine for an undefined period with no end date. Eventually the courts will put an end to this strategy (as they have done in Wisconsin) but until then no vacations in Maui. Even California - which was an early adopter of the shutdown strategy - is opening counties outside of the Bay Area and LA. We will see how that works.