Many readers have commented to us that they’ve seen destructive sentiments geared toward guests by some Hawaii residents. A lot of it appears to be geared toward inserting all of the blame of Hawaii’s COVID-19 instances on guests.
What does the information say? Does it assist that presumption?
No, it doesn’t! In reality, it exhibits that “non-resident guests”, i.e. vacationers, have had the least affect on instances.
Check out the graph with the title “How lots of the instances have been associated to Journey?” on this Hawaii COVID-19 data dashboard page. We adjusted that information filter to incorporate all information from the beginning of the primary case in Hawaii and took the next screenshot.
Observe that the class of “Journey-Related (Non-Resident)” represents vacationers. It’s indicated with the darkest shade of blue. The information signifies that vacationers have had the least impact on Hawaii COVID-19 instances.
The opposite travel-related class, “Journey-Related (Resident),” has had a higher affect than vacationers. Even in the event you look at first of the pandemic again in March/April 2020, touring residents of Hawaii have been importing the virus, sadly. From the screenshot of the chart, the vacationer affect on the early levels shouldn’t be even discernible within the chart.
As you scan via the chart, there are a few vital dates to bear in mind:
- March 26, 2020 was the date that the obligatory 14-day quarantine for all incoming vacationers went into impact.
- October 15, 2020 was the date that Hawaii opened to vacationers who pre-tested destructive for COVID-19.
Hawaii has completed a superb job with COVID-19 information assortment and presentation. For extra information on the virus in Hawaii, take a look at their information hub.
