MichaelE wrote:
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http://www.reddit.com/r/COVIDrights/comments/pw80xb/hawaii_moves_the_goalposts/
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>Delta variant ends 70% vaccination goal for removing COVID restrictions
>CORONAVIRUS
>by: Max Rodriguez
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>Posted: Sep 24, 2021 / 09:44 PM HST / Updated: Sep 26, 2021 / 04:07 PM HST
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>HONOLULU (KHON2) — Many were looking forward to the state reaching the
>70% vaccination rate in order to drop COVID restrictions, but the Delta
>variant turned those plans upside down.
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>At least for now, there is no end to restrictions.
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>Reopening tiers are a plan of the past.
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>Oahu moved away from those metrics to adopt a more flexible system to
>meet the mitigation needs for COVID. Now Kauai is separating from the
>tiers as well.
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>“The elimination of the tier system, all that it signals is that we
>acknowledge that the delta variant is still a high level of concern for
>us,” Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami said. “We’re taking a look at the
>different metrics. We are more so concerned about our healthcare
>capacity, not only here on Kauai but statewide as well.”
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>The old plan was to drop restrictions when Kauai reached a 70%
>vaccination rate.
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>Honolulu wedding rules force Hawaii couple to set third date
>Governor David Ige also had said a 70% statewide vaccination rate had to
>be met in order to fully reopen travel. His office now said the
>benchmark must be higher, and there is no set threshold at this time.
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>Kauai is defaulting to state rules, 50% capacity at restaurants, bars
>and gyms. Social distancing and masking indoors remains in effect. But
>Kawakami diverted when it comes to structured events like weddings.
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>Kawakami said, “We set a capacity limit of 40 indoors and 100 outdoors
>for our professionally organized events, which means there is a point of
>contact.”
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>Indoor events larger than 40 people and outdoor events larger than 100
>people will require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test on Kauai.
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>Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Big Island Mayor Mitch Roth said they will
>be revisiting restrictions and anticipate a public announcement sometime
>next week.
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>Hawaii governor considering more restrictions, says COVID surge was
>‘preventable’
>Maui is also looking at the current level of cases to decide what is next.
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>“The numbers as we have seen have been dipping a little lower, what
>mayor says he will be looking at restrictions,” Maui County Managing
>Director Sandy Baz said. “I can’t detail what these restrictions might
>be at this point, but we hope that we can loosen up.”
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>Check out what’s going on around the nation on our National News page
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>Oahu remains under the program Safe Access Oahu, that required proof of
>vaccination at restaurants, gyms and theaters through Oct. 19.
The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
Hawaii & elsewhere is by rapidly (
http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to
http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage
mutations and others like the Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, Lambda, Mu &
Delta lineage mutations combining to form hybrids that render current
COVID vaccines no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry (
http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,
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