04-07-2020, 03:29 AM
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...april-7-6/
I am writing to explain my position on not signing the letter to the president requesting a ban on all nonessential travel to the Hawaii until April 30.
These are dramatic results from the 14-day quarantine rule. I believe that it would not be worth imposing additional travel bans because the quarantine rule is working to severely reduce incoming passengers. It is estimated that 97% of all incoming flights from the mainland and Asia have been canceled. Travel from Japan is zero. This shows the effectiveness of the 14-day quarantine rule.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/04/0...forcement/
A mandatory 14-day self-quarantine for interisland passengers began last week, but so far, the counties haven’t received timely information about which arriving passengers need to be monitored, and no one is making compliance calls.
Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim said Monday that information needed to enforce the interisland quarantine is coming late. It’s the responsibility of local police to enforce it, but police get critical information about interisland passengers a day late, he said.
Kim said he called Maj. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara, Hawaii adjutant general, on Wednesday after the interisland quarantine order was implemented to express concern that enforcement was “just not going to be possible until certain protocols were established with the information.â€
“Our responsibilities, meaning the Police Department’s responsibilities, could not be committed to because we were not getting the timely information of the visitors — who they are and where they are staying and all of those things automatically required,†Kim said.
TL;DR: Efficacy of quarantine depends on distance traveled and "certain protocols established". Much in the same way that lava "recovery" works better if the money is spent further away from the disaster.
I am writing to explain my position on not signing the letter to the president requesting a ban on all nonessential travel to the Hawaii until April 30.
These are dramatic results from the 14-day quarantine rule. I believe that it would not be worth imposing additional travel bans because the quarantine rule is working to severely reduce incoming passengers. It is estimated that 97% of all incoming flights from the mainland and Asia have been canceled. Travel from Japan is zero. This shows the effectiveness of the 14-day quarantine rule.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/04/0...forcement/
A mandatory 14-day self-quarantine for interisland passengers began last week, but so far, the counties haven’t received timely information about which arriving passengers need to be monitored, and no one is making compliance calls.
Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim said Monday that information needed to enforce the interisland quarantine is coming late. It’s the responsibility of local police to enforce it, but police get critical information about interisland passengers a day late, he said.
Kim said he called Maj. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara, Hawaii adjutant general, on Wednesday after the interisland quarantine order was implemented to express concern that enforcement was “just not going to be possible until certain protocols were established with the information.â€
“Our responsibilities, meaning the Police Department’s responsibilities, could not be committed to because we were not getting the timely information of the visitors — who they are and where they are staying and all of those things automatically required,†Kim said.
TL;DR: Efficacy of quarantine depends on distance traveled and "certain protocols established". Much in the same way that lava "recovery" works better if the money is spent further away from the disaster.
