HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0843.032 2018-2020 COUNTY CLERK
COUNTY OF HAWAI'I
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Thu 3/19/2020 11:13 PM
Emergency Meeting 3/20/20 Testimony Date MAR I ' 2020
To: Council Testimony
Lieutenant Governor Josh Green's recommendations are in line with the top medical
advisors of our nation. We see how COVID-19 is spreading in other nations and among
other states, we have an opportunity to decrease the spread on our Islands if we are
vigilant and in unity with how we combat it! We need mandated social distancing, not
"suggestions" in hopes that the community "does the right thing." Close local
businesses, stop all non-essential airline travel, mandate 14 day quarantines for all
incoming people to the Islands. TEST ANYONE WHO WANTS A TEST, since it's clear
people can be asymptomatic and spread the disease. -And when someone tests
positive, or is thought to have Covid-19, DON'T SEND THEM HOME, KEEP THEM
ISOLATED!!!
These "guidelines" are preposterous. People will not follow them, and businesses will
stay open because they have rent to pay, and employees will continue to go to work
because they have bills to pay and children to feed. Instead of guidelines, they should
be making business closures mandatory, so that employers and employees will both
receive the aid they deserve in this time, instead of feeling forced to be socially
responsible at your own financial loss.
Shame on Governor David Ige and Mayor Harry Kim for caring more about tourists and
our economy than the health of our community. No economy or paycheck is worth
someone else's life. If the government closes local business, federal and state financial
assistance will be extended. Social distancing on an individual level is the responsible
thing to do, but small businesses don't get financial support, especially from their
insurance, unless it's government mandated. Our government owes it to us to shut
things down and support us.
Our economy may fold for a bit, but it can bounce back. You can't raise the dead. Aloha
State, protect your kupuna. Your. elders, your parents and grandparents. Your aunties
and uncles. DO THE RIGHT THING AND STAY HOME!
Mahalo,
Heather Carvalho
Comm. No. 14107-
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