The governor of Hawai’i announced that the mandatory, albeit by “honor system,” 14-day quarantine for overseas visitors has been extended until July 31st. Apparently, there has been some backtracking on the “bubble tourism” idea. So, the previous plan, which required tourists to test negative for “super-duper corona” at the origination and then pass thermal screening here, has been resurrected. Since the bureaucracy has not been able to effectively implement the plan, the floodgates of tourism will remain closed.
In the meantime, hundreds of visitors are flying in daily. Counting for duration overlap, there probably are at least 5,000 visitors here, on average, per day. Very few of them are abiding by the 14-day quarantine, if any. In addition, many of the tourists are blatantly disregarding the ridiculous face mask requirement.
The governor also announced that he ordered Roach, the director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to take an immediate leave of absence. As previously posted in Notes, Roach is a sleazy bastard. He’s also incompetent (which is why there are thousands of people who have been unable to file for unemployment benefits), and he’s extremely abusive toward employees. Just kick his useless ass out already. Sheesh!
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