08-31-2020, 06:27 PM
^ No way. Fever is one of the most common symptoms of coronavirus. You think a sick tourist would fork out hundreds or thousands of dollars for a resort bubble trip only to be quarantined or sent home when the temperature check fingered them at the arriving airport?
Too much worrying and blame going on regarding tourists.
I agree with this: https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/08/a-...sponse-effort/
Too often, he said, the media and local politicians focused on the “scofflaws” and social media personalities who traveled to the islands only to get caught violating the state’s quarantine. That only exacerbated the false belief that Hawaii could protect itself with “faux border security.”
“We spent all of our time worrying about one or two idiots running around the state from the mainland when we should have been building up our public health infrastructure to be ready for the virus being among us,” Schatz said. “Tourism is not the main cause of the spread. We are the main cause of the spread. And shame on us for believing that we could do whatever we wanted here locally as long as we didn’t let anybody fly in. That’s not how this virus works.”
Too much worrying and blame going on regarding tourists.
I agree with this: https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/08/a-...sponse-effort/
Too often, he said, the media and local politicians focused on the “scofflaws” and social media personalities who traveled to the islands only to get caught violating the state’s quarantine. That only exacerbated the false belief that Hawaii could protect itself with “faux border security.”
“We spent all of our time worrying about one or two idiots running around the state from the mainland when we should have been building up our public health infrastructure to be ready for the virus being among us,” Schatz said. “Tourism is not the main cause of the spread. We are the main cause of the spread. And shame on us for believing that we could do whatever we wanted here locally as long as we didn’t let anybody fly in. That’s not how this virus works.”