COVID-19 on Kauai
I really wanted to start off my blog about myself and topics that my blog was intended to share.
However, at this point in time with the growing worries and fears of this pandemic, i thought i'd like to write a little about this situation on this small little island.
Just today at 11 A.M., the Kauai Police Department started check points at various locations throughout the island. These checkpoints are to ensure that people are complying with the Governor/Mayor's stay-at-home order.
For one, i think this is really stupid. There are SO MUCH exemptions to this that, anyone can just say "i'm going to the grocery store" or "i'm on my way home from work" and not have any proof of it. I think this is a waste of tax dollars and resources.
So many non-essential stores and businesses are now closed due to the order. Also, in the order, doing exercise activities such as running, walking, etc. may be practiced as long as the rules of precautions are practiced (i.e.: safe distancing from each other).
So having these checkpoints are really unnecessary, as many are laid off from work, and only essential businesses and stores are open.
Because we are on such a small island, theres a limit in resources, and it seems as though people are going over the top with hoarding certain essential supplies, without having any courtesy of the next.
LIKE WHAT ARE PEOPLE GOING TO DO WITH 20 PACKS OF 36 ROLLS OF TOILET PAPER!? Like really people, f*cking toilet paper!!!!
When i hear essential supplies, i think of food items like canned food and water. If you have running water in your house, just wash your a** if you run out of toilet paper.
Anyways, for me.. i feel that as long as you're practicing precautionary measures, wash your hands, stay away from sick people, keep your immunity up with vitamins, and stay home unless you need to go to the store, you will be safe from this virus.
BUT YOU AIN'T GONNA SEE ME BUYING PACKS AND PACKS AND PACKS OF TOILET PAPER. You may catching me buying water in bulk, but not no damn toilet paper.
Word of advice: unless you are planning on eating that damn toilet paper, please be mindful of your community and think of the person after you. They may be on their last roll while you got a year of unnecessary supply stocked up in your home.
Other emergency rules being enforced on the island of Kauai:
However, at this point in time with the growing worries and fears of this pandemic, i thought i'd like to write a little about this situation on this small little island.
Just today at 11 A.M., the Kauai Police Department started check points at various locations throughout the island. These checkpoints are to ensure that people are complying with the Governor/Mayor's stay-at-home order.
For one, i think this is really stupid. There are SO MUCH exemptions to this that, anyone can just say "i'm going to the grocery store" or "i'm on my way home from work" and not have any proof of it. I think this is a waste of tax dollars and resources.
So many non-essential stores and businesses are now closed due to the order. Also, in the order, doing exercise activities such as running, walking, etc. may be practiced as long as the rules of precautions are practiced (i.e.: safe distancing from each other).
So having these checkpoints are really unnecessary, as many are laid off from work, and only essential businesses and stores are open.
Because we are on such a small island, theres a limit in resources, and it seems as though people are going over the top with hoarding certain essential supplies, without having any courtesy of the next.
LIKE WHAT ARE PEOPLE GOING TO DO WITH 20 PACKS OF 36 ROLLS OF TOILET PAPER!? Like really people, f*cking toilet paper!!!!
When i hear essential supplies, i think of food items like canned food and water. If you have running water in your house, just wash your a** if you run out of toilet paper.
Anyways, for me.. i feel that as long as you're practicing precautionary measures, wash your hands, stay away from sick people, keep your immunity up with vitamins, and stay home unless you need to go to the store, you will be safe from this virus.
BUT YOU AIN'T GONNA SEE ME BUYING PACKS AND PACKS AND PACKS OF TOILET PAPER. You may catching me buying water in bulk, but not no damn toilet paper.
Word of advice: unless you are planning on eating that damn toilet paper, please be mindful of your community and think of the person after you. They may be on their last roll while you got a year of unnecessary supply stocked up in your home.
Other emergency rules being enforced on the island of Kauai:
- Curfew: No one allowed outside of their home between 9 P.M. to 5 A.M. unless traveling to/from work and for medical emergency situations
- Limit of number of persons in a vicinity. For example, right now, Walmart is only allowing 50 or so people enter at a time, and having to be 6 feet from each other. So the lines outside of Walmart is like Disney-fricken-land.
- All State (and possibly County) parks are closed to the public and the public are not allowed to host gatherings or parties with more than 10 people.
- Stores are setting a limit of how many toilet paper, water, and other essential supplies per household per day.
I'm not saying this is all ridiculous. This is to keep everyone safe and contain the spread of the virus. We have only 90 something cases in Hawaii, Kauai having less than 20 (not sure of the exact count).
In a way, i feel like i'm living a dream. Our lives went from normal to not-normal with a flip of a switch. I feel like the world is coming to an end, and if this virus doesn't kill you, the economy will. It is obvious that because of this pandemic and the decrease in employment for safety, that our economy will go down the tubes once again. When the market crashed in 2008, i was in 8th grade and never understood what had happened and why it was affecting my life. Now as an adult, it is terrifying especially since i am a single mother of a 18 month old.
Anyways, hope everyone is staying safe out there and wishing everyone good health.
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