@gsking wrote:
This is interesting. They managed since November just testing people. Now, they started letting in vaccinated people without getting tested. And now cases are spiking so badly they don't want people to come anymore.
And yet so many people here are frothing at the mouth that if flight attendants don't get vaccinated, the world will end.
Do you people understand how naive and illogical you look?
So, obviously, you're conflating things that have no connection. And exaggerating what others are saying. And again you're making illogical conclusions.
Hawaii's current covid crisis is primarily among unvaccinated residents. It's estimated that only 1%-2% is caused by tourism. Letting vaccinated tourists in did not lead to the increase in covid cases.
Unfortunately, Hawaii is under a lot of stress right now, from multiple directions. The state is struggling with staffing issues (as is happening in many places). Maui has freshwater shortage issues. Tourists are causing problems with major roadways. There are supply chain issues affecting places like restaurants and bars. And most importantly, the covid surge triggered by delta + unvaccinated is causing ICUs to fill up.
The governor has asked tourists to postpone trips as a way of reducing some of that stress.
When people suggest that Southwest mandate vaccination for employees (admittedly not all people, some are misguided), it's as an effort to reduce the spread of delta. It isn't about me worrying that a flight attendant will infect me. Southwest's employees represent a large number of various positions, flight attendants only represent a small portion. Mandated vaccination would reduce potential delta spread. And right now, the US should be doing everything it can to reduce the spread if we're ever truly going to get back to "normal."
I'll note, as I've said before, that it's very unlikely Southwest will ever have a vaccine mandate, because politics. Any mandate would put them afoul of Texas governor Greg Abbott. They've currently been using employee incentives to help raise vaccination rates, I suspect they'll move to disincentives at some point, along the lines of what Delta just announced.
