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As mask rules differ, Maui businesses call for clarity | News, Sports, Jobs


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Masked visitors walk along Lahaina’s Front Street in March. State and county officials have been vague about whether they plan to align their rules with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which relaxed mask-wearing guidance for vaccinated people on Tuesday.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
In light of new federal guidelines that relax mask guidance for vaccinated people, Maui small business leaders with outdoor spaces said consistency is what they want most.
“What’s the most challenging about CDC guidelines and state guidelines and county guidelines is that they don’t all match up,” Claire Byler, general manager of Cafe O’Lei at the Mill House in Wailuku, said Wednesday. “For locals I feel like generally people are pretty good about it. But with tourists they’re coming from places where mask mandates are gone; they all have this feeling that they’re tested and they’re cleared. It’s been really challen ....

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