01-14-2021, 07:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-07-2021, 07:24 PM by ChunksterK.)
According to multiple news stories, Hawaii is in the bottom three states in terms of effectively distributing the Covid vaccines. Here are links to two of those:
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/01/13...ion-sites/
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pu...tered.html
And here's one that indicates that our island is falling behind even that poor level of performance:
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/01/14...residents/
Now most of us have long known we have state and local governments that are, shall we say, not the brightest bulbs in the pack. So I can't really say I'm shocked that they are performing poorly. I did, however, have some hope that just this once they might get something right, given that so many lives are literally on the line and the state's economy is right down there at the bottom with the vaccination rates. All our Big Island based and very ambitious lieutenant governor had to say when asked about this was, "Some states are worse." Our new mayor, whom we might have some hope of assembling a response program is in the hospital with a heart attack . . . probably induced from trying to get hidebound bureaucrats to get off their behinds and actually do something.
These idiots were told in October that the vaccines were on the way. They were given the supply line, storage, and injection protocols which were well known based on the clinical trials. Yet somehow they weren't ready. The usual excuses that this is "paradise after all" and that things are more laid back in the tropics just don't cut it any more. This will cost some people their lives, but will it change things? I seriously doubt it.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/01/13...ion-sites/
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pu...tered.html
And here's one that indicates that our island is falling behind even that poor level of performance:
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/01/14...residents/
Now most of us have long known we have state and local governments that are, shall we say, not the brightest bulbs in the pack. So I can't really say I'm shocked that they are performing poorly. I did, however, have some hope that just this once they might get something right, given that so many lives are literally on the line and the state's economy is right down there at the bottom with the vaccination rates. All our Big Island based and very ambitious lieutenant governor had to say when asked about this was, "Some states are worse." Our new mayor, whom we might have some hope of assembling a response program is in the hospital with a heart attack . . . probably induced from trying to get hidebound bureaucrats to get off their behinds and actually do something.
These idiots were told in October that the vaccines were on the way. They were given the supply line, storage, and injection protocols which were well known based on the clinical trials. Yet somehow they weren't ready. The usual excuses that this is "paradise after all" and that things are more laid back in the tropics just don't cut it any more. This will cost some people their lives, but will it change things? I seriously doubt it.