Spread

Two “super-duper corona” clusters were identified at two gyms after a single gym member, who apparently was ill, attended fitness classes at both locations. The gyms remain unnamed, but there are only a couple of gym chains in Hawai’i with multiple locations and with fitness classes.

An employee at the Cheesecake Factory® in Waikiki tested positive for “super-duper corona” after reporting to work while ill. Same for an employee at the fast food joint in Wahiawa.

The aforementioned cases are being reported as “community spread.” There is now the possibility of a return to full “lockdown,” although there is increasing pressure to ignore the trend. The reason? There can be no impediment to opening the floodgates of tourism on August 1st. Yet, the ability of the State and municipal governments to tackle even the most minor outbreak of “super-super corona” is questionable. Heck, they can’t even develop a viable plan for the screening of tourists.

“Community spread” could become a major problem quickly. The inability of the rank-and-file peons to quarantine themselves when ill is going to be the cause. Then, everyone else will suffer the consequences of “lockdown” again when the government “duffers” are driven to panic. Stupidity really has no bounds.

So, every opportunity is being exploited to enjoy what little personal freedom that has been restored. Any day now, the “lockdown” can return like a bad sitcom.