Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately?

[kalakoa]

Because masks and mandates don't work.

Masks and mandates are working perfectly, just not as any kind of COVID mitigation.

['elepaio]

Boomfist, touche' and checkmate.

[MyManao]

Because masks and mandates don't work...

Actually, they work great. It's the less educated among us that have had a hard time figuring out how to use them.

['elepaio]

OK, keep it on bc another:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01...us-states/

[kalakoa]

A departure from Ige and the other Mayors.

https://www.khon2.com/coronavirus/mayor-...discussed/

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said he’ll drop the 50% capacity limit for indoor events on Monday, Jan. 31.

“I don’t know how many large indoor gatherings there will be, so I leave it to people themselves to make that choice, but we think we’re at a point in time of adapting to this new world that we’re living in,” he said about wearing masks, distancing and doing responsible things to keep people safe.

The University of Hawaii said it will follow the county and resume 100% capacity at sporting events once the mayor officially adjusts the guidelines. The university said it will also have students return to in-class learning on Monday.

Blangiardi said on Thursday that he still has no plans to include a booster shot to be considered fully vaccinated to enter businesses.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

I leave it to people themselves to make that choice,

After reading through the vast trough of "their own research" from people over the past year, I can only say lucky we live Hawaii (Island).

[Puna Grace]

What does this say for "safe travels"?  https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/01/2...he-planet/

If you can't read the article - try this trick from malihini  https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-p.../README.md


Here is the nectar - Kirabati had zero covid for two years....until...

Kiribati finally began reopening this month, allowing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to charter a plane to bring home 54 of the island nation’s citizens. Many of those aboard were missionaries who had left Kiribati before the border closure to spread the faith abroad for what is commonly known as the Mormon church.

Officials tested each returning passenger three times in nearby Fiji, required that they be vaccinated, and put them in quarantine with additional testing when they arrived home.

It wasn’t enough.

More than half the passengers tested positive for the virus, which has now slipped out into the community and prompted the government to declare a state of disaster. An initial 36 positive cases from the flight had ballooned to 181 cases by Friday.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

post the whole article here - I know that bothers some

It's less about the bother, more about copy write infringement.  It's generally legal to post excerpts from published articles, for review purposes for instance. It's mostly illegal to post (some might call it steal) entire stories.

[Puna Grace]

OK but what about Kirabati?

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

New Omicron variant has reached the US, California, Washington, & Texas, so won't be long before it's in Hawaii:

Over the past several weeks, omicron BA.2 has begun to surprise scientists. And it's starting to look like it can, in some countries, outcompete its sibling omicron BA.1 — and, really, any other variants.

Back in December, omicron BA.1 caused a massive surge in cases in Denmark, similar to the surge in the United States. But then, just as cases began to decline, BA.2 started spreading very rapidly in Denmark. After only a few weeks, BA.2 took over the outbreak there and has lengthened Denmark's surge. Denmark's cases are climbing steeply, with more than 40,000 recorded each day.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsod...icron-ba-2

(Puna Grace,
Were you asking about your Kiribati quote?  It's up to you what you consider an appropriate length excerpt.  Rob is the only one here who really has a say, so he may let you know if it's too long or inappropriate. 
Here's how I look at it.  If I wrote an article and see a portion excerpted, is credit given?  A link to the original?  Is the excerpt small enough people will still go to the original post?  Because that's often how writers get paid, clicks)