Restrictions to continue!

[Durian Fiend]

So the data you saw is no surprise.

Especially the part about delta being a new variant,which according to the CDC was more than twice as contagious as previous strains. That would also cause a spike as shown in the charts.  In Hawaii there were plenty of cases spread within the local community.

What about local residents employed as service workers at resorts and high end restaurants?  Did they experience an exceptionally high number of COVID cases with their regular exposure to mainland tourists?  Did they spread the virus among other workers where they worked?  Were they are tested regularly and would the positive test results have shown up in the Hawaii DOH data?   Did any resorts or restaurants shut down during the spike because they had so many mainland guests with asymptomatic symptoms spreading it to local resort workers?  I don't recall that happening.

Correct. 

 There may have been a few vaccinated asymptomatic tourists arriving, along with some unvaccinated who tested negative yet were nevertheless carriers.  But how would they spread to locals, since they're not interacting with them except in very guarded and brief encounters?

The state epidemiologists indicated that the Delta wave was locally driven.  What that means is that locals travelling out of state, then returning were responsible for the spread. Whether they were vaccinated or just tested, they're the ones gathering in groups with other Hawaiians, not tourists!