Hawaii apparently requiring booster for all visitors in 2 weeks,

[happycamper47]

From KOMONEWS:

HONOLULU — The governor of Hawaii has announced that travelers to the state will be required to show proof that they have received a booster shot in order to skip a mandatory quarantine stay.
ABCNews.com reported that Gov. David Ige announced recently that the state's Safe Travels program is revising what it means for tourists to be considered fully vaccinated.
Under the state's program, visitors to the state who don't want to isolate for five days must be fully vaccinated, which had meant being able to show that they had received two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The traveler would also be allowed to skip quarantine if they could show a negative COVID-19 test within one day of travel.
The new meaning of fully vaccinated, however, would include showing proof of having received a booster shot, the governor said.

 

[diablodancer]

Will be keeping an eye on some of the other lines going to Hawai’i before our sailings to see how this is operationalised.

Not that it affects DCL as they already test at port, but Hawai’i is also now already requiring all cruise lines test immediately prior to embarkation. Seems like Princess and HAL weren’t requiring this more widely and it got implemented pretty last minute on the 16th for ships leaving from San Fran and San Diego.

 

[tvguy]

I think pretty much moving forward most places are going to consider "fully vaccinated" to mean you also had a booster.

 

[bcwife76]

Governor Ige held a news conference today, apparently details are still being ironed out so for now there is no date for when this will take effect.

 

[happycamper47]

Governor Ige held a news conference today, apparently details are still being ironed out so for now there is no date for when this will take effect.

As usual...keep the public totally confused, here is his original statement:

Ige said changes to the program will not occur for at least two weeks so people traveling to Hawaii can adjust their plans accordingly.

 

[Freeman867]

As usual...keep the public totally confused, here is his original statement:

Ige said changes to the program will not occur for at least two weeks so people traveling to Hawaii can adjust their plans accordingly.

Or they can just get a booster vaccine to not even have this be an issue if they want to travel to Hawaii so badly?

 

[cvjw]

Or they can just get a booster vaccine to not even have this be an issue if they want to travel to Hawaii so badly?

Or they can just travel elsewhere and skip Hawaii altogether. That is us.

 

[Freeman867]

Or they can just travel elsewhere and skip Hawaii altogether. That is us.

That's exactly right. If it's such a huge deal to get that shot, there are other options for warm weather and beaches out there.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

From KOMONEWS:

HONOLULU — The governor of Hawaii has announced that travelers to the state will be required to show proof that they have received a booster shot in order to skip a mandatory quarantine stay.
ABCNews.com reported that Gov. David Ige announced recently that the state's Safe Travels program is revising what it means for tourists to be considered fully vaccinated.
Under the state's program, visitors to the state who don't want to isolate for five days must be fully vaccinated, which had meant being able to show that they had received two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The traveler would also be allowed to skip quarantine if they could show a negative COVID-19 test within one day of travel.
The new meaning of fully vaccinated, however, would include showing proof of having received a booster shot, the governor said.

None of this is correct.

 

[happycamper47]

None of this is correct.

Well then ABC, CNN, New York Post, KOMONEWS and Hawaii News Now all got it wrong yesterday.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Well then ABC, CNN, New York Post, KOMONEWS and Hawaii News Now all got it wrong yesterday.

Yes, they did all get it wrong. All of those articles cite one another, and they all trace back to a Hawaii News Now article that misstates what the governor had said.

Incorrect version: Hawaii will require boosters two weeks from now.

Correct version: Hawaii MIGHT require boosters. They are CONSIDERING it. And IF they decide to require boosters, it will not take effect until AT LEAST two weeks after they make an official announcement.

 

[tvguy]

Or they can just travel elsewhere and skip Hawaii altogether. That is us.

Getting the booster solves the whole problem.

 

[MomOTwins]

Or they can just get a booster vaccine to not even have this be an issue if they want to travel to Hawaii so badly?

I can't find anything about kids under 12 (i.e., who are not yet booster eligible). If someone sees anything about that, please let me know? I was planning to do Hawaii this summer if, as I suspect will be the case, our Alaska cruise falls through. But maybe by then it will all be moot because kids under 12 will be allowed to take a booster. What worries me is reading the WHO say boosters are not recommended for kids...

Ugh. 2022. Can't. Plan. Anything.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I can't find anything about kids under 12 (i.e., who are not yet booster eligible). If someone sees anything about that, please let me know? I was planning to do Hawaii this summer if, as I suspect will be the case, our Alaska cruise falls through. But maybe by then it will all be moot because kids under 12 will be allowed to take a booster. What worries me is reading the WHO say boosters are not recommended for kids...

Ugh. 2022. Can't. Plan. Anything.

Don't worry about this. Kids under 5 are not required to be vaccinated, and kids under 12 are not going to be required to be boosted.

 

[JLemaire7]

I got my booster and don’t have a problem with Hawaii requiring boosters. At the end of the day a booster requirement will only encourage more people to get boosted which is a good thing. Same with vaccine requirements to dine in restaurants, use gyms etc.. in O’ahu and Maui.

What I do have a problem with are policies that are unclear and sound bites taken out of context in the media that only lead to confusion and panic. It’s happened over and over again the last two years. Not helpful.

 

[CampbellzSoup]

Initial vaccination no problem - endless boosters and requirements therein, no thanks. Thank goodness I’ll be there before this takes effect.

 

[cvjw]

Getting the booster solves the whole problem.

No Thanks. Not interested at all. I will travel elsewhere.

 

[AquaDame]

As has been said sources have changed to say MAY require the booster. I'm going to close this thread for now as it is misleading; once the change is announced we can start a new one.