Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 38, Number 10, 1 October 2021 — A Conversation About COVID [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A Conversation About COVID

Dr. Kalehua Krug & Dr. Keawe Kaholokula talk story in a two-part video series covering questions and controversies over the COVID vaccine, such as overwhelmed hospitals, whether young healthy Kānaka should get vaccinated, whether people who survived COVID need the vaccine, using reliable medical websites for information about the vaccine versus using social media, the lāhui's long-stand-ing distrust of the government, and more. Dr. Joseph Keawe'aimoku Kaholokula is a professor and the Chair of Native Hawaiian Heahh at UH Mā-

noa's John A. Burns School of Medicine. Keawe grew up in Makiki, O'ahu and is involved in the Hale Mua o Kūali'i. He is a co-lead of the Native Hawaiian and Paeihe Islander COVID-l9 Response, Recovery, Resiliency (NHPI 3R) Team for Hawai'i. Dr. Kalehua Krug is a resident of Lualualei, Wai' anae. He is the principal of Ka Waihona o ka Na'auao Puhlie Charter School in Nānākuli, O'ahu. He is the father of three and an advocate for 'ōlelo Hawai'i and the utilization of Hawaiian cultural frameworks for education in Hawai' i. Kalehua is a Hawaiian musieian and a practitioner of kākau, or traditional tattoo. ■

. Watch Episode 1 here: https://vimeo.com/607206865. Dr. Krug and Dr. Kaholokula discuss overcrowded ■^ hospitals & COVID vaccine mandates.

Dr. Keawe Kahokolula & Dr. Kalehua Krug at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABS0M) - Photo: Joshua Koh