This is a travel advisory - don't make it political.
Hawaii is 3% away from dropping the mandatory C-19 testing. Some are hoping for a July 1 policy change:
Hawaii Lt. Gov. Josh Green is urging the state to commit to dropping its COVID-19 testing and quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated mainland visitors ahead of the Fourth of July weekend to avoid “chaos at the airports.”
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Still hoping they'll look out ahead and change the rules effective when they hit 60% and not just announce the date when the rules will change when they hit 60%. It seems the Lt. Gov. wants that. The Gov, not so clearly. He seems to be saying, once they reach 60% they'll let everyone know how much longer before the testing requirement goes away.
The story says that Ige cautioned that number of people getting vaccinated each day is declining which will delay getting to the key 60% level. “We do anticipate crossing that 60% threshold,” said Ige. “It is hard to predict exactly when that would happen because of the fact that the pace of vaccinations is actually slowing...."
But that's incorrect. Someone becoming fully vaccinated tomorrow had their second shot (or their single J&J shot) two weeks ago. If they have enough people in that two-week pipeline to reach 60% there's no stopping reaching 60%, so they should know now when they'll hit that 60% number. The slowing rate of vaccinations impacts things 5-6 weeks later (3-4 weeks for 2nd shot, 2 weeks more after that).
And, yes, the Lt. Gov. is correct... the airports will be a LOT easier to deal with over the holiday weekend if they don't have to do the Safe Travel checks.
