Not understanding why we can’t sunbathe
Dear TGI,
Simple question, Mayor K: What is the medical imperative that forbids people from laying out after duly exercising at the beach, if clearly spaced out many yards apart from each other, to relax, boosting their immune system from stress reduction and natural vitamin D?
I’m talking people being mindful of each other, knowingly spread 50 yards away from each other, let’s say —nowhere near possible disease-transmitting distance?
Further, there’s absolutely no apparent good reason to issue a $300 to $500 ticket for that SPECIFIC edict unless it’s just to enforce control and give our decent police, who I believe have good hearts, something different to do.
So, who thought the no-beach-layouts-possible rule and why? Do tell, please. A good citizen here happily wearing my mask, limiting trips out, and keeping safe distances. If you want “shakas not shakes” toward our fine police and yourself, you potentially see one rule to modify or remove without medical risk.
Aloha,
Jenn Tyler, Kapa‘a
Lighten up on some of the rules
When I served in the military I saw that when arbitrary and capricious regulations were issued not only was it bad for morale but that the men would start thinking that even good rules were pointless and they’d start ignoring them all. So it is with some of our mayor’s recent edicts.
A prime example is his closing of the golf courses. So let me get this straight. We can take our exercise by a walk in the countryside, but we can’t include whacking a ball now and then as we stroll along? We golfers have been social distancing, keeping spaced apart as we walk the course. There’s no way we were transmitting the virus among each other.
Or how about the no-sunbathing-on-the-beach rule. This is a particularly silly thing, as it does absolutely nothing to impede transmission of the virus. Indeed, coronaviruses are sensitive to ultraviolet light, so being out in the sunshine does some good. So long as sunbathers keep well away from each other, they are not going to transmit the disease.
It is said that Puritans couldn’t stand the thought that somewhere someone might be having a good time. It is time our mayor rescinds his Puritanical regulations. We have a tough few weeks ahead of us without having rules that only make ourselves more miserable.
If the mayor wants to really help he should see that our island is well-stocked with hydroxychloroquine, as this extremely safe drug (I used it for a year for its anti-malarial properties when deployed in south Asia 45 years ago) has been shown in numerous small studies to be very effective in fighting and preventing the coronavirus.
Ken Fasig, Kalaheo
There are good and bad things about COVID-19
Good things about the pandemic:
Dolphins reappear in Venice canals.
Much less air pollution.
People eat more pizza at home.
Everybody working together toward a common goal.
Bad things about the pandemic:
Lots of people die.
Wholesale undermining of civil rights.
Wholesale economic hardship.
Everybody working toward a common goal based on
fear, and one-size fits all medical dictatorship.
People eat more pizza at home.
Molly Jones, Kealia
Source: The Garden Island
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