Government run quarantine “hotels”

[EightFingers]

Heard this today . Seems like several incoming people to Hawaii are breaking quarantine and now the government wants a way to keep track of them.
They want to use a couple hotels to “house” these people and force them to stay for the required 14 days.
I’m not going to argue whether it’s right or wrong, but who’s going to pay for it?
Will the quarantined people get free room service? I assume the hotels will be compensated as well.
Anyone else see this today?

Puna: Our roosters crow first

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Welcome to the Hotel Quarentinia
Do you have to ask (shouldn’t have to ask)
Why I wear a mask
Plenty of room at the Hotel Quarentinia
At this time of year (at this time of year)
We have rooms in here

[macuu222]

I think that if airlines can't prevent them from flying here on the departure end....that the state and national guard prevent "visitors" from setting one foot on Hawaiian soil. Keep them at the airport until they get tired of an airport with nothing open except restrooms and a water fountain and they'll fly back where they came from. I know it sounds harsh but they probably got a really cheap fare over here and they can get a really cheap fare back.

[Obie]

LIHUE, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Kauai has followed through on their promise to enforce the state’s mandatory quarantine and stay-at-home orders.

Three air travelers over the last week have been arrested on the Garden Island for failing to have suitable lodging accommodations. More than a dozen others have been cited while out and about for non-essential business or for breaking the island’s curfew.



https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/04/05...-breakers/

[geochem]

Not sure of State's legal capability to do this under a state of emergency... it would amount to incarceration if forced to stay in a hotel.

Might have to offer them the option of taking a return flight to their airport of origin or staying in Hotel Quarantine - credit card please... Probably wouldn't take more than four or five guests to HQ for word to get out that that cheap fare only buys them 10+ hours in an airplane and 4 hours in the airport waiting on the return flight.

[leilanidude]

quote:

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Originally posted by macuu222

I think that if airlines can't prevent them from flying here on the departure end....that the state and national guard prevent "visitors" from setting one foot on Hawaiian soil. Keep them at the airport until they get tired of an airport with nothing open except restrooms and a water fountain and they'll fly back where they came from. I know it sounds harsh but they probably got a really cheap fare over here and they can get a really cheap fare back.

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Word from the other counties is that the majority of the people arriving on flights are actually returning residents.

[ironyak]

geochem - Might have to offer them the option of taking a return flight to their airport of origin or staying in Hotel Quarantine

(talked about in other threads)
Hawaii Tourism Authority is paying to return people if they don't have accommodations. Still not clear what the stick is (arrest for quarantine violation, but held for 14 days in a hotel instead of jail, I would guess?)

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/04/0...tors-home/

Is there a news source discussing these "Quarantine Hotels?"

[TomK]

"Word from the other counties is that the majority of the people arriving on flights are actually returning residents."

There's a breakdown of people arriving in Hawaii via Big Island Video News:

https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2020/...y-april-9/

Scroll down about 3/4 of the article. One thing to consider is that even if we stop tourists completely, flight crews still have to visit to bring in supplies and probably in most cases have to overlay to be compliance with restrictions on their flight hours.

[ironyak]

Going to stick this here even though it's not the government but non-profits using hotel rooms to allow for homeless kapuna to self-quarantine.

https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2020/...-covid-19/

[terracore]

Here's an article about Florida trying to plan for hurricane season during a pandemic when hotels are closed and social distancing makes traditional shelters impossible to use:

https://news.yahoo.com/floridas-nightmar...20230.html