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    Kauai beat COVID-19. Now the Hawaiian island faces a new challenge: Rebuilding the economy

    by Richard Read, Los Angeles Times Jun 02, 2021 5 minutes

    HANAPEPE, Hawaii — Homeless people here on Hawaii's northern island got an unusual invitation last year: Come set up camp at a spectacular beach, with showers, toilets and electricity, and meals delivered by the local food bank.

    The offer was part of an aggressive plan by Kauai's leaders to contain the coronavirus.

    The public campgrounds were all but deserted because tourism had collapsed under the weight of the pandemic and strict quarantine rules. Letting a few hundred people stay in five designated parks reduced the chance that they would wander the island, catch the virus and become vectors.

    "I go to sleep to the sound of the waves," said Gary Morris, 44, a combat veteran who has found a supportive community at Salt Pond Beach Park on the south coast. "People here are like family."

    The plan worked. On Kauai, population 72,000, COVID-19 has claimed

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