Inoculate

The inoculation appointment at the Ohua Clinic in Waikiki went somewhat smoothly given the “super-duper corona” precautions in place. All other appointments at the Makahiki Clinic have been cancelled. If the overall situation improves, the appointments will be re-established at the end of the year.

There have been no positive gains in relation to the weight workouts at the gym. There is little hope that the workouts of three months ago can be restored. So, the tapering has occurred five years prematurely. Cardio workouts remain at 15 minutes.

Lots of time has been wasted in the evenings listening to the “personalized” playlists on Spotify. New shitty selections are added daily, and much effort must be expended to hide the most undesirable cuts. The genre of choice now is House Music, which is still a subset of EDM. The sad part is that the benign activity has decreased overall sleep time. Average nightly sleep is about six hours.

Many formerly highly respected news sources continue to press for a continuation of “lockdown” in the midst to the so-called “resurgence” of “super-duper corona.” They continue to cite that any kind of reopening was too premature. What they don’t seem to realize is that they are actively calling for a permanent “lockdown.” As stated in Notes, the mitigation strategy of government “duffers” was “half-ass.” What should been done is to close city and state borders, including air traffic, except for “essentials” and anything medically-related. People need to stay put in their own communities. Then, testing should have been made readily available along with quick contact tracing.

Hawai’i was curiously very fortunate to not have experienced a real surge in “super-duper corona” infections. Yet, even knowing that most cases were travel-related, there was no other proactive measures taken except the “honor system” 14-day quarantine. Now, with August 1st as date that the floodgates of tourism will be opened, the same ridiculous plan will remain in effect. Only tourists who bother to get tested and documented before boarding a flight will avoid the quarantine. Who is going to bother getting tested when everyone knows that the quarantine isn’t enforced? If “super-duper corona” actually surges here, the “all hell will break loose.” This a damned island. There’s nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide.

Addendum: Lots of time and energy has been wasted on the Molech-themed Twitter® feed as well. Why?