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Which will it be, Extend the PAUSE or REOPEN?

Submitted by Observing

Back in March 2020 the GoB outlined a series of steps to address the Covid -19 challenge by entering Stage 3 and announcing a lockdown after 24 cases were recorded. These were all imported.

Fast forward to December 3, 2020 where we had 281 total cases (24 active) and 7 deaths. We were still managing well under the circumstances.

Fast forward again to December 31, 2020 where ten new cases were announced and the first signal of worry kicked in.

This led to the period Jan 1st to 4th 2021 where we added 297 new cases and then onto January 26, 2021 when we prepared to “pause.”

Since the pause we have had 520 more positive cases, 11 more deaths and an average positivity rate between 4% and 9% with spikes as high as 15% on some days.

Now with the national pause set to expire we wait with bated breath to see what happens

  • Former president of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Eddy Abed has made clear that “the private sector can’t take another lock down” (Feb 12, 2021)
  • President of the Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) Edward Clarke suggested that only in “extreme circumstances” should such drastic measures be taken. (Feb 10, 2021)
  • Chamber of Commerce president Trisha Tannis warns Barbadians to brace for the possibility of more job losses
  • However, Dr. Adrian Lorde says that an extension to the lockdown may be necessary
  • We still record between 25 and 40+ cases each day with regrettable deaths in between.

So, which will it be? What should we choose?

Extend the pause out of caution and in the interest of public health or, reopen with the known risk and the hope of economic gain?

253 responses to “Which will it be, Extend the PAUSE or REOPEN?”

  1. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    It is because of incompetence…….

  2. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Unfortunately Dr. Forde is right
    Even a blind man could have fortell this result
    Govt sow the wind and reaping the whirlwind
    As my gran ma would say a penny wise and a pound foolish mia think she smart

    February 13, 2021
    The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory reported 114 positive cases of COVID-19, which include results from samples collected between January 29 and February 12, 2021.

  3. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Obviously the govt is now caught with its hands having to fight two crisis economic and COVID
    With COVID not letting up.or letting go of its stronghold whilst taking the economy along with it
    The simple solution of closing the borders would have exclude the humongous stronghold of COVID on the economy which would have given govt time and along the way implement govt policies to help restructure the economy using some of its financial resources to do so
    The govt presently has been handed a thriller which can be dubbed COVID behind closed doors
    The end result would be morbid with many innocent lives lost because of no real planning to fight the gorilla called COVID

  4. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    The local whiners moaning and groaning about Government of Barbados are effectively saying lockdown should be permanent for 3-4 months with borders closed on the little island of Barbados.
    Hal should reflect on how much better Labour would have been handling Covid than the incumbent Tory trash in UK where he dwells

  5. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    First Cut Is The Deepest
    The Original Version
    The First will always be the First
    Like the Originator of Hip Hop DJing Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel

  6. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ Angela

    It is now nearly a year since we have had a pandemic, yet the government is still to announce its crisis economic policy. That alone should tell you something.

  7. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    What about the homeless now left to roam the streets
    These can be described as sources for the virus and if not given the same concern can be become lethal germ boxes spreading the virus across the country at rapid speed
    Read where the homeless centre was closed
    Once again we see a govt whose view of the economy was to save the tourism at the expense of public health

  8. TLSN Avatar
    TLSN

    The events unfolding in Barbados is a Greek tragedy.

    A wise leader would have witnessed the international carnage of covid-19; and would have praised the lord that its shores had remained relatively unaffected and would have drawn an iron curtain around the island. Just like the impoverished country called Bhutan:

    “Meanwhile, the Buddhist Kingdom’s strong sense of community kicked in. Private hoteliers offered their premises for free, businesses offered cash contributions, farmers and farming co-ops offered up agricultural products, and restaurants provided food free of charge. Collaborating with the government, locals helped set up the quarantine zones in villages, with makeshift isolation huts built of bamboo.”

    https://thediplomat.com/2020/05/what-explains-bhutans-success-battling-covid-19/

    https://www.gov.bt/covid19/

    Mia should ignore the demands from those influential members of the business community. The priority should be on the preservation of life as opposed to the generation of profits for the few.

    We need to ensure that the QEH remains viable. Mia has my support on this however she needs to come up with alternative plans for our economy. In the meantime time she needs to read the above link and learn some lessons from the government of Bhutan.

  9. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    Internal Health and Strength

    Covid is not the same as Flu by a long shot as it leads to a much higher rate of organ failure in everyone who catches it.
    Health and strength degenerates with age putting old people at the greatest risk as well as those with health conditions varying from heart and lung problems to blood circulation issues that diabetics have to various other conditions such as Crohn’s Colitis Celiac which lower immunity responses

    The Chinese Health Qigong Association has a number of playlists for routines that you should practise regularly to ensure that oxygen and vital energy flows through your lungs respiratory system heart blood muscles bone marrow lymphatic systems and organs in your body by dredging out the meridian channels or acupuncture points pathways where blockages are the root cause of all disease.
    Western medicine is behind Chinese medicine in many aspects and deals with the opposite philosophy of making your body stronger internally to fight illnesses through exercise and fitness, by treating manifestations of symptoms and suppressing them with drugs which inadvertently lowers and weakens your natural resistance and immunity.

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeAH5VarF5ch6_kDpkQZv7A/playlists

  10. Crusoe Avatar
    Crusoe

    Hal AustinFebruary 14, 2021 6:34 AM

    A loan repayment holiday is not the responsibility of the banks and other financial institutions; it is one for the GOVERNMENT, they will do as they are told.

    I agree with you. on top of that, there is no doubt that the loan losses over the next three years will be substantial, but no different a scenario than that which pertains to the USA, Canada and UK.

    Borrowers are crushed, small business is crushed. Probably worthwhile looking at bankruptcy stats in the USA, for the recent increase.

    I made a recommendation about eight years ago, on here, that the government should implement mortgage protection legislation, for such a scenario as this. But the do nothing government of the time, did nothing. And this is yet to be addressed under this current administration.

    The next three to five years will be a difficult period for many. However, a word to the wise. The actions that financial institutions take will have consequences for the socioeconomic circumstances in which they operate.

  11. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    In his own words minister Bostic

    ” we will wrestle this monster to the ground”
    Hope Bostic listened to the somber comments of Dr. Corey
    In his own words ” it would not get better”
    Where there is no vision the people perish

  12. Crusoe Avatar
    Crusoe

    DavidFebruary 14, 2021 3:56 AM Doc: More young people ill – Head of the Infection Prevention and Control Programme, Dr Corey Forde, is warning Barbadians that the “tide is turning” as it relates to COVID-19 infections, disclosing that more young people without pre-existing conditions are becoming severely ill.

    David, this is what all of the top international medics have been saying for months. There is a misconception that the virus only affects the elderly and those with NCD’s. As with any illness, they are more prone to impact. However, the virus is taking down young and healthy people too. It is killing such people too.

    So all of those people who are writing with authority against the vaccine, they are writing against the advice of the majority of the top medics internationally who are in charge of Covid19 wards. You know. the people who are actually dealing with sick patients?

    All of the bxxxxxxt that I see written is annoying because we see top doctors telling us that this virus is awful, taking down healthy individuals as well as the elderly and NCD people.

    But nooooooooo…. nincompoops who pretend that they know more than these front line doctors are spreading xxxt about the vaccine programs.

    As for the hydroxy, many trials have shown other drugs to be more effective than that in treating the illness.

    The common steroid has by far been been shown to be the most effective in treating cases, followed by other anti-inflammatory drugs.

    From what the doctor said, they are now seeing much more cases of younger people without NCD’s. If you look elsewhere, this is what happened when the UK variant got into a community.

    The case load will rise and the next few months could be very difficult. At this stage, as Dr.Forde said, the best advice is to get the vaccine and follow protocols.

    That many people are not following protocols simply means that cases will skyrocket.

    You did hear the bit about setting up a second ICU? What does that tell you?

    And for the record, I am ignoring any foolish posts about vaccine nonsense.

    As I said already, get the vaccine or not, that is wunna choice.

    Just do not blame anyone else for the consequences.

  13. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ Crusoe

    You are right about mortgage protection cover. Government can make it law, the same way they make motor insurance law.
    Barbados is hugely underinsured for two reasons. First, the insurance companies do not want to offer decent insurance cover ie income protection and, second, the people do not know what insurance they should have because of bad financial advice and planning.
    The period of repayment of mortgages can also be extended ie from 25 years to 30, or even 40. In Japan mortgage repayments now go over generations.
    We can also have interest-only mortgages, with a plan in place to pay off all the capital at the end of the term. There are literally hundreds of different mortgages. At the height of the housing boom in the UK in the early naughties we had over 3000 different mortgages.
    Our problem in Barbados is largely incompetence, lack of knowledge and a stubbornness and obsession with punching above our weight.
    Governments and the central bank allow the foreign-owned banks to call the shots.

  14. David Avatar
    David

    @Crusoe

    We have always had a segment of the population that is antivax. The wrinkle with the Covid-19 vaccine is the warp speed it came to market and given authorization for emergency use. What this has done is to add mother segment of those skeptical about being inoculated. This is a difficult one to sell.

  15. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    @Crusoe
    Happy Sunday.
    It is tough.

  16. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “they are writing against the advice of the majority of the top medics internationally who are in charge of Covid19 wards. You know. the people who are actually dealing with sick patients?”

    many of whom have said they’re not taking the vaccine themselves or giving it to their familes. It’s a personal choice and should not be forced on anyone….particularly since these are HUMAN CLINICAL TRIALS and not mice and monkey trials…don’t know how else to get that across for understanding…some islands TOOK MONEY to conduct these trials…tens of millions of dollars. As they tried to bribe some African countries and most told them to go to hell…..

  17. Crusoe Avatar
    Crusoe

    TheOGazertsFebruary 14, 2021 8:56 AM @Crusoe Happy Sunday. It is tough.

    Theo, Happy Sunday to you also. Yes, a tough time for all.

    Take care out there.

  18. Crusoe Avatar
    Crusoe

    DavidFebruary 14, 2021 8:55 AM @Crusoe The wrinkle with the Covid-19 vaccine is the warp speed it came to market and given authorization for emergency use. … This is a difficult one to sell.

    I get that. The problem is that the choice is not attractive either and really, is damning both for health and the economy.

    Want to open up? Get everyone vaccinated.

  19. Crusoe Avatar
    Crusoe

    WURA-War-on-UFebruary 14, 2021 9:03 AMmany of whom have said they’re not taking the vaccine themselves or giving it to their familes.

    WARU, I have no idea where you got that, most reports I have seen have said that they will get it.

  20. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Over the years vaccines have saved millions of people lives with out having known side effects or issues of changing DNA
    However for some reasons day to day stories are being told of sickness and death small in numbers however but leaves the effect of asking what the f is happening here
    Today recent new story speaks of auto immune disorder found in people who took the vaccine
    There are too many such related stories which overwhelms the mind making it harder for people to make quick decisions
    Not an anti vaxxiner but still awaiting the full outcome positive and negative as well as long term effect associated with the vaccine
    If something as simple as Johnsons baby powder only for external use can produce devastating results
    The surety of vaccine placed inside the body should not be left out for second guessing
    The authorities owes society not to give a meal in bits and pieces chopped into variuos slices but a whole meal when finished which is palatable to taste and easy and acessible for human consumption

  21. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    (Quote):
    A loan repayment holiday is not the responsibility of the banks and other financial institutions; it is one for the GOVERNMENT, they will do as they are told.
    The prime minister is also minister of finance. She can make that announcement tomorrow. Stop being bullied by big business. (Unquote).
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    When are you going to get it into your stubborn head which seems to be well insulated from the economic realities on the Bajan ground that the GoB is in NO position to call the shots as far as financial or economic policy is concerned?

    Such a policy of any “loan repayment holiday” (or even one of debt forgiveness) can be implemented only at the behest of the real managers of the Bajan economy, that is the IMF.

    Case in point is the pending “reforms” to the State-funded ‘pension scheme’ for retired public servants despite clarions calls from ‘concerned’ persons like Hal Austin many moons ago for a root and branch reform of all pension arrangements in good old-fashioned 20th century-living Bim whose policymakers believe the world revolves around the island dot and speck of rock in the Atlantic Ocean.

    One minute you refer to Barbados as a “failed state”. Now you want the same ‘broken and beleaguered’ state to flex its non-existent muscles against financial lending agencies whose operating policies and decision-making are dictated from abroad with no ‘nationalistically’ vested interests other than the maximization of ‘management fees’ from the profit-centre called Barbados before the financial shit hit the economic fan now that the country’s main breadwinner called tourism is up a creek without a revival plan for a paddle.

  22. ks Avatar
    ks

    Unfortunately for us, we ran out of the testing reagent when the influx of ‘outsiders ‘ peaked during the Christmas period (returning Bajans & tourists). The rate of tests, & results, dropped drastically and people, with the virus, had to wait 12-14 days to discover they were positive. During that time, they spread the virus to family, friends, and those around them.

    This resulted in the high positives cases we are now experiencing. The virus is not spreading by people exercising on the roads & beaches, not even at the supermarkets …. where people wear masks, hand sanitise, etc…… in most cases, its spreading among family & friends. Extending the “Pause” will not solve the problem. Wearing mask, sanitising, etc., even at home, may make more of a difference.

    It will take awhile longer for the rate of positive cases to decline. The vaccine will then keep this rate low. Let us not panic but heed the protocols and be responsible. Re-open the mini-marts, etc. and reduce the surge on supermarkets ….. and allow people access to what funds they may have in the Banks, Credit Unions, etc…. so they can buy food and feel a bit more comfortable!!!

  23. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Crusoe… have you personally heard them say it on video…outside of the reports written by those who can say anything…i can give you a 50 page report in 24 hours and put anything in it…..make up some shit ya never even heard of before,,,

    they’ve been videos circulating all over the place, saw a couple up to last night..

    don’t know how you missed the videos..

    i reiterate….the science is NOT the problem. it’s ie those funding the trials and those with ulterior motives…who make things up as they go along when opportunity knocks.

  24. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ Angela

    Scientists are now saying that Vitamin D can give up to 60 per cent resistant to the virus. If this is true, and 60 per cent is about the same as some of the CoVid vaccines, would it not be cheaper and quicker for government to distribute free Vitamin D tablets to households?

  25. John2 Avatar
    John2

    Mari

    The vaccine from back in the days didn’t have any side effects or you didn’t hear about any because we did have electronic media like nowadays ?

  26. John2 Avatar
    John2

    Antibiotic is good for u if u have an infection
    Some people have adverse reactions to some

    Nothing if perfect

    Some people that jet Covid have after effect long after the 14 days

    Enough information is out there for one to determine which choice they want to make
    In taking or not taking it

    If you comfortable and wan to then take it

    If you uncomfortable then don’t take it

    Plain and simple.

  27. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “Case in point is the pending “reforms” to the State-funded ‘pension scheme’ for retired public servants despite clarions calls from ‘concerned’ persons like Hal Austin many moons ago for a root and branch reform of all pension arrangements in good old-fashioned 20th century-living Bim whose policymakers believe the world revolves around the island dot and speck of rock in the Atlantic Ocean.”

    another expert at whatever jumped out and claimed that there will be no reform of the pension for this or that reason….see for yourself….Miller….the system has become so toxic with everyone gushing out their own version, that Black conscious people should leave it permanently…just remove themselves and let it collapse around the diehards..

    https://www.nationnews.com/2021/02/14/greenidge-no-pension-reform/

  28. Miller Avatar
    Miller

    @ TLSN February 14, 2021 8:25 AM
    “Mia should ignore the demands from those influential members of the business community. The priority should be on the preservation of life as opposed to the generation of profits for the few.”
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Well argued!

    But your ‘post facto’ proposal to justify the proactively early erecting of a cordon sanitaire against the spread of Covid in the very vulnerable island of Bim would have drawn a barrage of objection from the merchant class and the big players in the tourism business.

    However you cut it, there is one thing you must always keep at the forefront of any analysis or evaluation of the policy-making ‘system’ in Barbadoes.

    That is, those who are the financial backers of political parties and large contributors to their electioneering outings are the same ‘white’ (and now recently arrived ‘brown’ shadows) who happen to be the same players operating behind the scenes in dictating government policies.

    How else can one figure out the “reasoning” behind the government’s active promotion of the importation of used or repaired or reconditioned ICE-powered vehicles from SE Asia whose local market is controlled mainly by a specific ethnic group of campaign financing backers while, on the other hand, promoting the use of public transportation powered by electricity supported by its politically-appealing PR goal of achieving a very high level of alternative energy usage in the restructuring of the country’s fossil-fuel dependent economy.

    One only has to examine the ‘fixed’ outcomes of the Bajan judicial circus or even the unrestrained whorish behaviour of the Mal money fella to see who really dictate government policy in the politically incestuous bedroom of Barbadoes.

    Always remember the ‘adjusted’ adage:
    ‘Those who pay the Bajan political piper always dictates the kind of tune to be played to distract the gullible masses’.

  29. John2 Avatar
    John2

    Should Mia ignore the demands of the union of trade unions also?

    Or is the needs of the individual workers to be ignored ?

  30. curley16 Avatar
    curley16

    There should be relief for those with a mortgage indemnity policy. If memory serves , there was a clause for such unforeseen events.Kindly ask for a copy of the group policy contract,particulary those throught BMFC. There should have been group unemployment insurance on offer long time ago in this market. Insurance is about risk selection, pricing for the unknown and acceptance. Incidentally, there is home equity line of credit, creditor life coverage on offer on the island,it almost the same the difference is the death option,but both are living benefit solutions. It takes the skill of the product developer”underwriter, actuary and the gumption together with foresight of the local insurer. Imagine the funds circulating now in the economy., insurance is a peace of mind product.

  31. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ Curley
    Mortgage indemnity is a policy that benefits the lenders, not the borrowers. One of two things should happen to MIGs, as we call them; they should either be banned, or the borrower should be made the beneficiary.
    This is how they usually work. A borrower takes out a mortgage and the lender compels him/her to take out a MIG, for example, for 85 per cent of the loan.
    If the mortgage runs in to trouble, as with CoVid, the lender may move to re-possess the property. But first they will claim on the MIG cover up to 85 per cent of the original loan.
    They then repossess the home, and this is where the trickery comes in. Instead of selling the home for the market value, deducting their 15 per cent of the original loan plus cost, and passing the rest of the money over to the borrower, they usually sell the property to organised gangs, often through lawyers, and take anything over their 15 per cent, but below the full market value.
    In that case, both are winners, the lenders and the new owners. It is a scam. The UK banned it years ago. I once went for a mortgage with a local Canadian bank and they wanted me to take out a MIG. I told them where to shove their money.

  32. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Just listened to taped recording distributed by Vob
    In it Dr. Lorde mention a week more of closures and lock downs says that the situation might be worse than is being told to the public
    Sad to say that govt is yet to say that border control from hot spots must be a high priority

  33. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Reading these storirs leaves a deep hole in my mind of sadness

    https://www.facebook.com/100001056908848/posts/3975611202484071/?sfnsn=mo

  34. curley16 Avatar
    curley16

    Hal,I have you covered relative to the dynamics of the inner workings of the scheme,which is the market risk,but it could work both ways for the lender and borrower. It quite dependent on policy design,which must be tailored to local market conditions and needs . At the time the product was conceptualized there were local management of the bank and the insurance company,I am sure there wouldn’t have been anything unsavoury toward the customer/policyholder ,reasons for the inclusion of that beneficial clause/rider making payments of interest in relation to uneventful happenings . Do remember that both were sister companies “BNB/ICB” with a chartered banker and chartered insurer heading those institutions. I crave your indulgence as I have much respect for your vast experience and knowledge of the financial sector,but there are riders and coverage options that change the basic underlying risk type to fit geographical scope and locality.

  35. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ Curley

    I respect your knowledge of local conditions. I am only speaking from my limited experience. My first question, as you would expect, to the loan officer, was who would be the beneficiary of my MIG.
    As to the auctioned repossession, I made a bid for one property and on flying out of Barbados asked tht they pitch any higher bid to me. I did not get a single pitch. By the way, I knew someone who worked in the firm, an old solicitor’s firm.

  36. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Just so people know that their personal decisions re medical treatment are their fundamental rights and are to be respected at all times by everyone..

    “Winston ClarkeBajans Waking up
    39m ·
    Winston Clarke
    46m ·
    Quite a few people are questioning whether they will be compelled by government to take the vaccines and if they do not, whether they will be denied certain rights as a result.

    Ladies and gentlemen the right to refuse medical treatment is bioethical. Individuals have an intrinsic right to make their own decisions about medical treatment. However there is a way to go about it. Its called the principle of informed consent. You must make sure you ask what are the risks, potential benefits and available alternatives. (Beauchamp and Childress 2013)
    This information now gives you the right to protect your bodily integrity and respectfully shows you are an autonomous decision-maker.

    The right to refuse medical treatment is the logical corollary of informed consent or for a medical or other official to ask your permission would be a rhetorical waste of time. See ( Cruzan vs Director 1990)
    This right to refuse medical treatment is supported by international human rights agencies.
    1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1976 (Right to security of the Person)
    2. European Convention on Human Rights 2010 (Right not to be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment)
    3. United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 2000. (Right to be free from non-consensual treatment)

    A case to refer to would be Fosmire vs Nicoleau 1990 New York Court of Appeal.

    Know your rights.

    Any person or agency which discriminates against you for this refusal is in contravention of Section 23 of the Constitution of Barbados.”

  37. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Wickham is truly an ignorant person…does he understand that not everyone on the island needs to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity…….the closed brethrens and such don’t associate with main stream society for anything other than to do business and collect money…they don’t even speak to people and pretend they don’t see you….so where does this idiot thinks he’s going with this…that’s one of the problems with black people…they always feel they can enforce their backward views and assert nonexistent power over each other….why don’t wickum go after the whites, indians and syrians who say they are not taking it….show us how much man he is…

    “The point I was making, however, is that the moment that you decide to associate with others, in that you are sending your children to school, you are going to work with others and you are exposing others to any illnesses that you may have then you may need to also subject yourself to vaccines. That is the reason we all carry vaccination cards to go to school. So that was basically all that I said,” explained Wickham.

    The respected political scientist and talk show host said it was unfortunate that the Rastafari community felt attacked, but insisted that he agreed they had the right to refuse the vaccine while maintaining that they have to understand that a position like that also has consequences.”

  38. Tron Avatar
    Tron

    The current situation is too serious for us to allow ourselves to play partisan games. Therefore, let’s postpone the elections until 2028 and give our prime minister dictatorial powers so that she can purge our country of Corona.

    To effectively combat Corona, the first thing our government should do is level all media, introduce a Chinese-style Corona app, and require all citizens to wear some kind of handcuff with GPS.

  39. Tron Avatar
    Tron

    We can defeat Corona only if we transform the democratic principles of our one-party state into a presidential republic with unity of powers – in the hands of our president for life.

  40. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Better yet why don’t he go after the police who refused to take the vaccine AT THIS STAGE…as is their right..

  41. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    I dare anyone on BU to say that this is not quite plausible…have been hearing this a couple days now…they hate seeing Black people in Barbados progress, they hate seeing Black people with their own estates, money and bank accounts…they are covetous, envious and jealous and only live to kill the Black spirit.

    .can’t commit crimes against ya own people forever and get away with it..

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/02/13/antigua-govt-minister-charges-airlines-destruction-was-deliberate/

    “A government minister in Antigua and Barbuda linked Barbados to what he described as attempts to steal LIAT or destroy the regional airline.

    In a scathing address to the Parliament in John’s on Thursday, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Governance Lennox Weston, while not naming Barbados directly, made references to Prime Minister Mia Mottley and her Government, a majority shareholder in LIAT.

    Minister Weston said there was a plan to takeover LIAT or to destroy it at a meeting in Barbados to discuss the relocation of the headquarters to St Vincent and the Grenadines – another shareholder territory.

    Describing the previous Antigua and Barbuda government of being too soft, he recalled that his administration has always said that the plan was to steal LIAT “and if they failed, to destroy LIAT”.

  42. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    They destroy and pauverize their own people daily so showcasing their bad mind to destroy a fellow Caricom country’s plans and progress is nothing at all for them…that crimes calls for isolation,..if ya that untrustworthy and everyone remembers Guyana vividly…it’s best to stay away from black destroyers..

  43. John Avatar
    John

    Hal AustinFebruary 14, 2021 9:38 AM

    @ Angela

    Scientists are now saying that Vitamin D can give up to 60 per cent resistant to the virus. If this is true, and 60 per cent is about the same as some of the CoVid vaccines, would it not be cheaper and quicker for government to distribute free Vitamin D tablets to households?

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Or, tell people get off their asses and go and walk about in the sun!!

  44. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    For the ignorant wickum…and the CTUSAB fool…not even the hottest Covid spot right now requires a hundred percent vaccination…..

    the Rasta community is less than 1% of the Barbados population, maybe 4,000 people, if that many….find someone more your intellect to pick a fight with wickum, there are no end of them in Barbados….unless deaths esaclate further to US levels, which would make no difference in a population of less than 300K anyway, cause if the infection and deaths escalate to that degree, everyone will be gone in less than 6 months….every problem will be solved.

    but 60-70% vaccination to acquire herd immunity for such a tiny island is more than Enuff…..that’s why the orders for vaccines accomodate those percentages.

    if either of these jokers were following the virus from the beginning and acquainting themselves with real info as sensible people still are…instead of the shit swirling around both their heads…they would already know this.

    “FORBES

    How Many Americans Need To Get Vaccinated To Reach Herd Immunity? It Could Be 90%, Fauci Says.

    Rachel Sandler Forbes Staff
    Business
    I cover breaking news.
    TOPLINE Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that 90% of the population may need to be immune in order to stop the coronavirus from spreading, a marked increase from estimates earlier in the pandemic that put the figure closer to 60-70% and that shows the steep challenge the U.S. faces as it tries to get the virus under control.

    In the spring and summer, experts estimated that 60-70% of the population would need to be immune to achieve herd immunity based on early data from China and Italy about the transmissibility of the virus.

    But starting in November, Fauci slowly started raising that threshold to 75-85%, telling the New York Times he was comfortable doing so publicly because of increasing confidence in vaccines and his feeling that the public was ready to hear that returning to normal might take longer than initially expected.”

  45. Artax Avatar
    Artax

    “I dare anyone on BU to say that this is not quite plausible…have been hearing this a couple days now…”

    Hmmmm……

    So far, all the newspapers I’ve read, including Antiguan, are quoting the story from the Saturday, February 13, 2021 edition of ‘Barbados Today.’ Yet, you’ve “been hearing this a couple of days now.”

    I find it very strange each time stories such as this one breaks, you always rush to BU to give us the impression you’ve known about them long before they were reported by the news media.

  46. John Avatar
    John

    “Vitamin D has long been understood to be important for bone health and development, ever since mothers first began giving their children cod liver oil to prevent childhood rickets. But the “sunshine vitamin” has more to offer, and is essential to a balanced, healthy immune system.”

    https://www.biospace.com/article/sunshine-vitamin-could-help-boost-immunity-in-fight-against-covid-19/

  47. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Love it when Karma visits the sickening and repulsively greedy.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=la6YyqZgfOk

  48. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @Quaker John

    You cannot put people aged over 70 on lockdown and impose a national pause, then tell people to get off their backsides and walkabout in the sunshine.
    In any case, sunshine is limited to the tourists who do not like seeing natives on the beaches. It is cheaper to let the tourists in and give the natives Vitamin D tablets while under lockdown.
    The president will think this a good idea and even the BPSA will agree.

  49. angela cox Avatar
    angela cox

    Govt should expect higher rates of of depression coming out of COVID among the front line workers
    Hope govt has a plan of action tp deal with what would be an ongoing issue amongst the old and young for years to come

  50. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Does Chefette sell fish cakes?

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