Many readers have commented to us that they’ve seen unfavorable sentiments aimed toward guests by some Hawaii residents. A lot of it appears to be aimed toward putting all of the blame of Hawaii’s COVID-19 instances on guests.
What does the information say? Does it help that presumption?
No, it doesn’t! In truth, it reveals that “non-resident guests”, i.e. vacationers, have had the least affect on instances.
Check out the graph with the title “How most of the instances had been associated to Journey?” on this Hawaii COVID-19 data dashboard page. We adjusted that knowledge filter to incorporate all knowledge 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 info signifies that vacationers have had the least impact on Hawaii COVID-19 instances.
The opposite travel-related class, “Journey-Related (Resident),” has had a better affect than vacationers. Even for those who look at the beginning of the pandemic again in March/April 2020, touring residents of Hawaii had been importing the virus, sadly. From the screenshot of the chart, the vacationer affect on the early phases will not be even discernible within the chart.
As you scan by way of the chart, there are a few necessary dates to remember:
- 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 unfavorable for COVID-19.
Hawaii has completed a wonderful job with COVID-19 knowledge assortment and presentation. For extra knowledge on the virus in Hawaii, try their information hub.
