With all the precautions we are taking, plus the natural barrier of the Pacific Ocean,   Hawaii   has nevertheless been recently clobbered by COVID-19.  As of two days ago, it was speculated that maybe half of new cases were from the Omicron variant.  The infection rate could well continue to increase as this strain gains prominence.  Our football team pulled out of Hawaii Bowl on Friday and basketball team out of the Rainbow Classic yesterday because of pandemic protocols. Hawaii status: Our total case count surged past 100,000 yesterday, which means that 7% of people living here have contracted COVID-19. However, the USA percentage is 15.9%, more than double that of Hawaii. The World average is 3.6%.  Or, Hawaii has double the infection rate of the globe. We had 1828 new cases two days ago, our worst ever. 73.9% of people here have been fully vaccinated.  Not sure about what percent has been boosted. While immunity is not guaranteed about catching this virus, vaccinations well protec