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Researchers: Detailed Mobility Data Can Help Target COVID-19 Hot Spots

Researchers: Detailed Mobility Data Can Help Target COVID-19 Hot Spots

Recent studies show people are going out more as the pandemic drags on.

Safe Travels Fails To Lure Many Travelers From Japan To Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Safe Travels Fails To Lure Many Travelers From Japan To Hawaii

An average of 131,000 people came from Japan each month last year. In the first month of Safe Travels, 1,350 came.

Economic Gains, Travel-Related Cases: Unpacking Safe Travels Data Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Economic Gains, Travel-Related Cases: Unpacking Safe Travels Data

Hawaii’s reopening on Oct. 15 resulted in economic recovery and community spread is the predominant mode of transmission, but Kauai and Maui were still affected by travel-related cases.

COVID-19 Is Changing ‘The Face Of Hunger’ In Hawaii KuÊ»u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2020

COVID-19 Is Changing ‘The Face Of Hunger’ In Hawaii

The Hawaii Foodbank has distributed nearly 19 million pounds of food since March. The statewide food insecurity rate for 2020 was projected to be 16.8%, but the figure was far greater for children at 29.4%, or 89,050.

COVID-19 Data: Dashboards Galore, But Key Data Still Sparse

COVID-19 Data: Dashboards Galore, But Key Data Still Sparse

People in Hawaii have plenty of COVID-19 dashboards to choose from, but important information sought by researchers and policymakers is still missing.

Biden Easily Won Hawaii But Data Shows Support For Trump Has Grown Bryan Berkowitz/Civil Beat/2020

Biden Easily Won Hawaii But Data Shows Support For Trump Has Grown

In this historic turnout, the president’s supporters turned out in larger numbers but not enough to influence state elections.

Wrong Tests, Weird Exemptions – What The Data Tells Us About Hawaii’s Reopening Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Wrong Tests, Weird Exemptions – What The Data Tells Us About Hawaii’s Reopening

Many of the 67,000 or so travelers in the first week of Hawaii’s pre-travel testing program came with unapproved test results.

Hawaii’s Population Is Shrinking. The Pandemic Could Make Things Worse Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii’s Population Is Shrinking. The Pandemic Could Make Things Worse

The state’s population has been declining for three years. Experts worry that the economy will suffer as more people move away due to changes caused by the coronavirus.

COVID-19 Is Revealing Problems With How Hawaii’s Government Uses Data Screenshot/2020

COVID-19 Is Revealing Problems With How Hawaii’s Government Uses Data

There doesn’t seem to be a clear data strategy for the virus response.

The Most Comprehensive Hawaii COVID-19 Maps Come From This ‘Data Geek’ Screenshot-Hawaii Slack

The Most Comprehensive Hawaii COVID-19 Maps Come From This ‘Data Geek’

Ryan Ozawa was trying to produce ZIP code maps back when the state was publishing screenshots.