02-07-2021, 08:42 PM
Apparently the health department has asked employers to apply on a case by case basis for "essential" status, but as usual for Hawaii, it's vague and subject to political considerations:
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/02/02...-get-them/
Of course, the always cynical Frau Chunkster says that any government employee union member automatically qualifies. And she may be right because my neighbor who works for the county water department says every employee there was told they qualified, even those who worked in the back office and never come into contact with the public or don't actually provide the water supply.
Meanwhile, my 70-something neighbor with two co-morbidities can't schedule a shot.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/02/02...-get-them/
Of course, the always cynical Frau Chunkster says that any government employee union member automatically qualifies. And she may be right because my neighbor who works for the county water department says every employee there was told they qualified, even those who worked in the back office and never come into contact with the public or don't actually provide the water supply.
Meanwhile, my 70-something neighbor with two co-morbidities can't schedule a shot.