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We know that COVID-19 is hitting some racial/ethnic communities harder than others. Is this something you think about? If so, share some of your thoughts.
If you spend any time in Hawaii, you'll most likely pick up a few words here and there, like aloha, mahalo, and ohana Kuleana is an important concept in Hawaiian culture. It roughly correlates to responsibility, and is also tied to land rights in specific historic ways In any case I was glad to see the term used to communicate to local people, especially since Native Hawaiians, like other Native Americans, had high per capita death rates from Covid The state government is ending Covid prevention measures in March 2022. Next week the tests, proof of vaccination, and quarantines for U.S. visitors will end. Indoor mask mandates are also ending next week, on the 25th. It's been almost two years since the mask mandates were put in place, in April 2020 If, as some people predict, we have future variants of concern, hope that Hawaii can continue to use what we've learned about prevention. Don't throw out the banners and flyers just yet!
March 13, 2022
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Has the pandemic affected your political views in any way? If so, how?
I guess if anything the pandemic has helped myself and my family affirm that we support government that supports the people, whether federally or provincially. Mistakes have been made and agreed that some folks have slipped through some cracks but compared to the U.S, I really have no complaints to make. Universal health care, fast tracking of COVID support payments and quickly closing the southern border really helped make a huge difference. Oh and taking this pandemic pretty seriously from the start helped too...seeing how some provincial governments dropped the ball (Alberta, looking at you here) has made it clear we need to continue to support good governance and helping each other. I know some people point fingers at my country and call us “Socialists” but damn, at least we try to care about each other and that’s been reflected in the much lower death rate versus some countries who consider themselves “Capitalists” first, in my opinion.
March 25, 2021