11-23-2021, 12:17 AM
" . . . why would they shut down the parks and beaches . . . "?
I was told by a county official that certain groups are well known to congregate elbow to elbow in the beach parks even when there is plenty of space to spread out. So, rather than enforcing the social distancing regulations while leaving the parks open, they just closed them. Of course they didn't really enforce the closure either, but he didn't want to talk about that.
Having said all that, I support continued mask wearing and distancing regulations indoors. Have you looked at the stats on number of infections lately? For the past month, the Big Island with about 20% of Oahu's population has been averaging close to 40% of their number of infections. We are either testing a higher proportion of folks than Oahu, which I doubt, or we are not controlling the disease as well. Something doesn't add up.
I was told by a county official that certain groups are well known to congregate elbow to elbow in the beach parks even when there is plenty of space to spread out. So, rather than enforcing the social distancing regulations while leaving the parks open, they just closed them. Of course they didn't really enforce the closure either, but he didn't want to talk about that.
Having said all that, I support continued mask wearing and distancing regulations indoors. Have you looked at the stats on number of infections lately? For the past month, the Big Island with about 20% of Oahu's population has been averaging close to 40% of their number of infections. We are either testing a higher proportion of folks than Oahu, which I doubt, or we are not controlling the disease as well. Something doesn't add up.