03-22-2020, 03:24 AM
Visitors booked because flights were cheap. Hawaii Island gets a paragraph in the story at the link:
“Tourists are still coming in,” said Julie Ohashi, 36, a Maui resident, in a telephone interview on Friday. She founded the Facebook group Maui Covid-19 Facts about a month ago, and has been protesting at the island’s airport with signs urging visitors to go home.
In the days preceding the announcement of the quarantine, the governor had requested that people postpone their visits, “but these aren’t people who will respond to a request,” Ms. Ohashi said...
“Airline tickets are cheap. It’s exactly why we booked just a week ago. See you soon …”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/trave...flict.html
Maui COVID19 Facts (Public Facebook Page)
https://m.facebook.com/groups/217946922710928
“Tourists are still coming in,” said Julie Ohashi, 36, a Maui resident, in a telephone interview on Friday. She founded the Facebook group Maui Covid-19 Facts about a month ago, and has been protesting at the island’s airport with signs urging visitors to go home.
In the days preceding the announcement of the quarantine, the governor had requested that people postpone their visits, “but these aren’t people who will respond to a request,” Ms. Ohashi said...
“Airline tickets are cheap. It’s exactly why we booked just a week ago. See you soon …”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/trave...flict.html
Maui COVID19 Facts (Public Facebook Page)
https://m.facebook.com/groups/217946922710928
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