5977 cases reported today. New record high. 790 cases here on the Big Island alone. Hospitals are full and operating under emergency conditions. Staff shortages everywhere, and FEMA is supplying more nurses and technicians. Not as many deaths with the Omicron variant, but many sick people.
And still the stupid tourists come in hordes. Everyone wants to return to ‘normal’ and are sloppy in their self protections. Two households in the family have been compromised by a simple visitor. I told the sisters ‘TRUST NO ONE”. Now two houses are covid clusters. Brother and I are hunkered down, protecting Papa at home and letting no one near. Still waiting for Omicron to ‘peak’ here, but so far it still looks like we are on the uphill rise.