The mayor of Honolulu has announced that, commencing Thursday, that gatherings (including personal residences) may include up to five people and the following can open:
- Automobile dealerships
- Theatres
- Dog parks
- Golf courses and shooting ranges
- Basketball and tennis courts
- Playgrounds, outdoor swimming pools, and water parks
- Retail and “big box” stores
- Dining areas in eateries and food courts
- Hair salons and barbershops
- All tourist attractions.
That’s right. Only bars and night clubs are excluded for now. Well, gyms can open, but only if workouts are facilitated outdoors. What the fuck? No gym has any space available outside, so none of them will open. Doesn’t the idiotic mayor know this? So, everything is being set up for the floodgates of tourism to swing wide open on October 15th, just as predicted in Notes.
The new benchmark plan described by the mayor involves four tiers based upon daily “super-duper corona” infections. Thus, no further reopenings will be allowed until there are two consecutive weeks of reduced infections (i.e., moving up tiers) using a 7-day “moving average. Then, another two-week buffer period will supposedly be applied before the next phase of openings. During that time, any spike in infections will “reset” the reopening sequence by another two weeks. Obviously, gyms, bars, and night clubs may not open for several months.
Addendum: In a separate “presser,” the governor of Hawai’i stated that he was not inclined to setting benchmarks for reopening the economy. Say what? The mayor just did so, and the mayor’s actions must be approved by the governor. What a “clusterfuck”!
Miscellany: The gym has been closed for four months total (and counting) so far this year. That’s an outrage!
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