Vaccine Rollout - State starts out with an 'F' but much improved, Big Island gets B+

[TomK]

I think what you're all missing is lower Puna has weed tinctures and healing crystals, so they are basically immune to Covid. (Unless a 5G tower is installed, of course.)

I hope you don't mind if I quote this in other forums, it is so spot on and really can't be improved.

[Durian Fiend]

The state COVID website has posted the % vaccinated by zip code.  Hilo looks very good, Pahoa is lagging:

https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdis...waii/#maps

impressive! Who ever put that site together really has their act together.  Interesting that the most heavily vaccinated area in East Hawaii has also seen the most new Covid cases in the past couple weeks.  

It's not just Pahoa lagging behind, looks like almost all of the southern part of island including Mt. View, South Point/Naalaeu, Cap'n Cook, etc.

[ChunksterK]

"Interesting that the most heavily vaccinated area in East Hawaii has also seen the most new Covid cases in the past couple weeks." - Durian Fiend

It seems that a great majority of those cases were at the Hilo jail where apparently neither the staff nor the inmates could be induced to be vaccinated . . . assuming anybody bothered to make an effort in that direction. Why am I not surprised? Here's a link:

https://bigislandnow.com/2021/06/05/hccc...150-cases/

[kalakoa]

Oahu solved the problem by excluding OCCC cases from the total, surprising that wasn't done here too.

[Justin]

Why not pit the islands against one another to increase vaccination rates? Something like "everyone on the island gets a $20 gift certificate for being the first island to reach 75%" or something like that?

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Here are the results of the latest Hawaii DOH COVID-19 vaccination survey.
Some of the findings may in part explain the low vaccination for Pahoa area residents, many who have a lower than average economic and education level:

Groups indicating strong signs of hesitancy towards getting the vaccine include: lower income, under educated, younger segments of the sample, higher proportion of Native Hawaiians, and those who live with children.

A key driver in determining how Hawaii residents approach the pandemic and the vaccine process continues to be whether or not they view the primary threat in terms of its health impact or the economic fallout from the virus.

A little more than half (58%) of those polled are most concerned about the health impact of the coronavirus. One in four (26%) focuses more on the negative financial impact of the virus while one in ten (10%) are concerned most about the mental health effects of COVID-19. Lower income respondents are more likely to cite financial impacts while younger adults reveal mental health concerns. Both of these are overshadowed by the health concern focus by over half of the respondent base.

How one views the threat of the pandemic impacts the likelihood of being vaccinated. For example, among those who view the pandemic more in terms of its health impact, 77% have received the vaccine. As a point of comparison, only 50% of those who view the pandemic more in terms of its economic impact have been vaccinated.

https://hawaiicovid19.com/wp-content/upl...ings-1.pdf

[terracore]

If Hawaii meets it's goals of 70% vaccination, that would be higher than the percentage of employees at the nation's public health agencies.  

Not mentioned in the article, or the hearing, these employees were eligible for vaccination beginning in December of 2020, long before it was available to the general public.

"Fauci, Marks, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, and David Kessler, chief science officer of the White House COVID-19 response team, testified during the hearing.

In the middle of the hearing, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., questioned Fauci on what percentage of employees at the nation's public health agencies had been vaccinated.

Speaking about employees of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fauci responded saying, "You know I’m not 100% sure, senator. But I think it’s probably a little bit more than half, probably around 60%."

Burr posed the same question to Marks, who said he couldn't give "the exact number" of vaccinated FDA employees but that it was "probably in the same range" of 60%.

Walensky told the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that CDC employees have the option to submit their vaccination status. However, because it is not required by the federal government, the exact percentage is unknown, she said."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/fact...474372002/

[Durian Fiend]

If Hawaii adopted Washington state incentive of a free joint for getting vaccinated-“joints for jabs”,
Pahoa would be 100% vaccinated in a blink of the eye.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Honolulu is America’s most livable city for 2021 according to a list compiled by The Economist.  Their COVID-19 vaccination rate was a major factor.  I thought I’d place Honolulu’s high ranking in this thread as stark contrast with previously mentioned survey results, showing Pahoa has one of the lowest vaccination rate areas in the state.  You can make of it what you will:

Hawaii's capital city Honolulu also upped its health care score, with an increase of 33 points as a result of reducing Covid case numbers and good vaccination rates.

In fact, Honolulu was one of the biggest movers on the 2021 list, rising 46 places to number 14. Houston has jumped 25 spots to number 31, a rise likely connected to Texas being among the first US states to lift restrictions on public spaces.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/world...index.html

[randomq]

Some mixed messages there!