WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz Thursday called on Gov. David Ige to lift restrictions on youth sporting events, including allowing parents and guardians to cheer on their athletes in person and permitting surf competitions and regattas to resume, while adhering to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz Thursday called on Gov. David Ige to lift restrictions on youth sporting events, including allowing parents and guardians to cheer on their athletes in person and permitting surf competitions and regattas to resume, while adhering to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.
In his letter to the governor, Schatz cites Hawai‘i’s progress on vaccinations and its low case counts, as well as the importance of safely lifting restrictions and returning to a more-normal life.
”As we continue to work to end the COVID-19 pandemic, our main objective should be to get as many people in our state vaccinated,” he said.
“To accomplish this, it is time that we begin to reward the people of Hawai‘i for being one of the most responsible states in the country in responding to COVID-19. We should not take undue risks and we should continue to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines, but we can take additional steps to safely lift restrictions and return to more normal life,” he said in the letter.
Lifting the prohibition on parents and guardians watching their children play youth sports and youth surf and outrigger canoe paddling contests can be done while remaining consistent with public-health guidelines, Schatz claims in the letter.
He says the action would “reward hard-working families” for efforts toward vaccination.
