Posted on 04/28/2021 11:53:32 AM PDT by kaehurowing
Can People In Hawaii Stop Wearing Masks Outdoors? Not Yet
The CDC updated its guidance to say fully vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks outdoors except among crowds of strangers, but the state hasn’t changed its rules.
Hawaii officials are reviewing whether to change local mask mandates after the easing of federal COVID-19 guidelines to suggest that fully vaccinated people may forgo face coverings in most outdoor scenarios.
Hawaii currently requires that people cover their nose and mouth in public and when near people who don’t live with them, according to an emergency proclamation from Gov. David Ige aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has been advising Americans to wear masks outdoors if they are within 6 feet of each other, said Tuesday that those who have been fully vaccinated don’t need to wear face coverings unless they’re at crowded events.
Ige is reviewing the new guidelines with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, the Attorney General’s office, the Department of Health and county mayors, according to spokeswoman Jodi Leong.
“If any adjustments are made to the emergency proclamation as a result of the latest CDC guidelines, the Office of the Governor will make that announcement,” she said.
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Guess hearing disabled folks who must lip-read are s.o.l.
I’m one of them (but don’t live in Hawaii).
Hawaii finally saw a chance to outwardly express their seething hatred for normal America, tourists, etc. I guess sending us Obama wasn’t enough.
Let them starve in poverty.
What silliness.
Hawaii follows orders from the Washington Oligarchy to the letter. This is what a one party state does and Hawaii does it well, science be damned. We have a doctor as our Lt. Governor, or I should say, a bought politician who happens to be a doctor, as our Lt. Governor and he also falls in line with party thinking, science be damned here too.
Good! Nobody wants to see their ugly faces no how!
They determined that infections occured up to 8 meters away.
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