HONOLULU — Gov. David Ige said Thursday he will maintain a requirement that people wear masks indoors as the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant fuels a spike in cases.
HONOLULU — Gov. David Ige said Thursday he will maintain a requirement that people wear masks indoors as the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant fuels a spike in cases.
Ige told a news conference the number of new cases in Hawai‘i has exceeded 100 during three of the last five days. That contrasts to the past couple of months when the seven-day average of new hovered around 50.
Hawai‘i has not recorded an increase in hospitalizations or deaths at this point, he said.
The governor said the overwhelming number of people contracting the coronavirus are unvaccinated, and he urged those who are eligible to get their shots.
Hawaii has one of the highest vaccination rates among the 50 states. So far 65% of the population has received one shot and 58.9% have been fully vaccinated.
Ige has said he will keep the state’s mask mandate in place until 70% of the population is vaccinated.
7 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday
LIHU‘E — The Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported seven new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, July 17.
Saturday’s cases are all residents – five adults and two children. The source of infection for three of the cases is mainland travel-related. The source of infection for the other four cases is considered community-acquired. All four of the community-acquired infections are close contacts of previously announced cases.
Fine. I’ll buy extra from Targets. They have cheap good looking face mask for sale.
While everyone is ready to let go of the face mask rule, the state still feels we need it. In Vietnam they are going in a two week lockdown on businesses starting Sunday.
We got the scare too. Cases are still climbing. It should be declining. Why don’t Ige call it? Another lockdown. He’ll bankrupt the state. All money will be lost.
SHUT KAUAI DOWN NOW!!!!!
Ige has gone far beyond his jurisdiction, this is a FREE country not a dictatorship, he cannot create laws out of thin air and force people to abide by them, we are no longer in a”state of emergency” and they have all said that the masks don’t prevent you from getting the virus, how is this legal
Good boy, Ige…
Since when is depriving the body and mind of oxygen, and breathing in expelled carbon dioxide (CO2) good for the health of humans?
Since when is wearing a partial face covering that is multiple times more porous than can protect against any virus penetration helpful?
A new report published by an American Medical Association journal revealed forcing children to wear face masks leads to adverse health effects. JAMA Pediatrics, a top-rated monthly journal published by the AMA, found wearing face masks increases the amount of carbon dioxide in inhaled air to unhealthy levels.
The study measured carbon dioxide levels in 45 children ages 6-17 while wearing masks. The normal content of carbon dioxide in the air is 400 parts per million (ppm), with anything above 2000 ppm considered unacceptable by the German Federal Environmental Office.
The JAMA report measured averages of 13,120 to 13,910 ppm of carbon dioxide in the inhaled air of children wearing masks, which is over six times higher than the unsafe threshold. The study further pointed out this measurement was after only three minutes of wearing a mask. Children forced to wear masks at school find themselves wearing masks for hours, five days a week.
RG DeSoto
Absolutely no science on wearing a mask outdoors.Really no definitive science on wearing a mask indoors as far as preventing COVID spread but does seem to make people feel better.Also,absolutely no science on any benefits to children wearing masks at all and can be detrimental as previously mentioned.If you really want to expand your thinking please Google FLCCC.com…This is Frontline COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance.This is different than the Frontline Physicians who have been somewhat controversial.FLCCC are all Critical Care Pulmonologist (Lung Specialists) who are “blue bloods”(all have written text books,published hundreds of journal articles and are all actively practicing medicine and taking care of Covid patients).They are not antivaccinations.They have had incredible success with Ivermectin in the EARLY treatment of COVID-19.You listen…you decide…these physicians are the real deal.AHub M.D.
This is AHub M.D. again.I simply want to correct my reference to FLCCC.To Google them simply Google FLCCC as the .com is unnecessary.I apologize for my mistake.Thank you.AHub M.D.