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Submitted by Grenville Phillips

Dear unVaxxed Barbadians:

Congratulations. You have been selected for persecution. Please do not be alarmed. From the historical record, every generation had a set of persons who experienced oppression. It is simply your time.

Please do not blame yourself – you did nothing wrong. Whenever politicians mess up, they look for a group to blame to divert attention from their mistakes. The Government rejected good advice, resulting in our low economic growth, and a record number of COVID-19 cases. You, the unVaxxed, are simply a convenient target.

THE DIVISION IS COMPLETE.

Historically, politicians targeted persons with different ethnicities, religions, and political views. It would normally take years to coach political supporters to oppress the targeted group. The rate at which the current oppression is being achieved is alarming. The Government’s massive public relations efforts cannot explain this unprecedented rapidity.

We are now dangerously divided into the Vaxxed and the unVaxxed. People of all ethnicities, religions, ages, sexes and political views comprise both groups. The main thing that separates the two groups, is the threshold of knowledge required before a critical decision is made.

TWO TYPES OF QUESTIONS.

Two types of questions have been asked by Barbadians. The first type was in the category of, “will it hurt?”. The Government’s public relations response was, “Are you afraid of a little juck?” That answer was sufficient to convince many Barbadians to be injected.

The second type was, “is it safe?” The Government’s public relations response was to claim that the mRNA and DNA type injections were the same as what Barbadians were given as children, and willingly took as adults. Tragically, that answer was the lie that deceived many into getting injected.

THE TRUTH AND THE LIE.

The truth is that the mRNA and DNA injections are new technology. The rapid spread of COVID-19 meant that the normal long-term clinical trials, which are necessary to identify long-term side effects, were never done. The injections were approved for emergency use only. That is completely understandable.

The Government’s responsibility was to simply tell the public the truth. Each person could then decide whether they wanted to risk the known consequences of getting COVID-19, or the unknown consequences of taking the injections. There is no deception with that approach.

RADICAL AND THE RADICALS.

The secret agreement with Radical Investments Ltd, which even the Minister of Health and Wellness claimed that he did not know, is alarming. Radical claims that it was a US$10M scam, while the alleged scammers claim otherwise. What the Government appears to have confirmed, is an agreement to pay Radical US$24 for each injection. Do these injections not cost US$3 each?

The Government keeps reminding Barbadians that procuring injections is like the “wild west” – an unregulated environment where we must go outside of normal channels. All radicals embrace an end-justifies-the-means philosophy. That is a reckless philosophy, where the normal collateral damage is safety.

MORE SCRUTINY OR LESS?

Given the Radical fiasco, is it not entirely reasonable to request at least basic scrutiny on the manufacturing quality of the injections? This is the great divide. Expectedly, the unVaxxed say yes. Interestingly, the Vaxxed generally say no.

I wrote an open letter to Mr David Ellis, requesting the basis on which the imported injections were declared safe. If they came through COVAX, then COVAX manages a quality inspection of the manufacturing facilities.

DUMPING GARBAGE.

If they did not come through COVAX, then there are independent international agencies that typically certify such manufacturing plants. Manufacturing plants that fail to meet basic quality standards may, in this “wild west” environment, off-load their sub-standard products on countries that do not know any better.

I simply asked whether the Sinopharm injections Barbados obtained, came through COVAX. If they did not, I asked whether the Government received the critical quality certificate from the manufacturing facility. It seems that no one thought to verify whether the manufactured injections were safe – and they have the gall to talk about hesitancy.

GIVE ME HONESTY, OR GIVE ME ….

If they would give me an honest answer, then I would probably take the traditionally developed Sinopharm. I think that it has significantly lower safety risks than the mRNA and DNA types. So why is the Government withholding that critical information that can immediately remove my hesitancy?

The Government’s public relations response to COVID-19 never made any logical sense to me. But this last insult forced me to analyse evidence that was hiding in plain view. Now, for the first time, everything makes perfect sense.

To be continued next week in Part 2.

Grenville Phillips II is a Chartered Structural Engineer. He can be reached at NextParty246@gmail.com


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427 responses to “Difficult Conversations – An Open Letter to the unVaxxed – Part 1”


  1. The irony is that Hill is one of those retail outlets to have consistently maintain price points that cater to the lower income. One suspects this call will not affect the business.

    Marshall: Time to boycott Hill businesses

    PROFESSOR DON MARSHALL is advising Barbadians to boycott Hill Milling and Lionel C. Hill Supermarket, and any other business place that insists on using coercive tactics to vaccinate its staff.
    “If ever there was a time for organised worker resistance, it is now.
    This is an assault of the highest and unkindest order. It is about time that people in Barbados with influence come right out and say, ‘This is not how Barbados works or has been run’.
    “If the Government of Barbados is afraid to say so, I will say so as a public intellectual that I will wage moral outrage against this. This is not on. I am not going to be somebody who remains safe behind UWI (University of the West Indies) walls in a professorship and just be part of any echo chamber. I am going to use my voice and say this is wrong. It is in defiance of the Social Partnership, it is a disrespect to the people of Barbados, as citizens and as consumers and residents who live and pay taxes here,” he told the MIDWEEK NATION.
    Termination letter
    Marshall was referring to managing director of Hill Milling and Lionel C. Hill Supermarket, Richard Ashby, who declared that all staff had to be vaccinated by September 30 to remain working at the two entities. For those who opted not to take the COVID-19 vaccination, Ashby said they could collect any outstanding monies and a termination letter on payday.
    Since then, Chief Labour Officer Claudette Hope-Greenidge instructed Ashby to withdraw his memo, but Ashby said he was not about to do that and was prepared to go all the way to the High Court if necessary.
    Following publication of Ashby’s comments, Marshall posted on his Facebook account that it was time to boycott Hill Milling, the supermarket, and any other business of which Ashby was a principal founder, chief executive officer or manager.
    Highly offensive
    “I find this highly offensive, but particularly Lionel C. Hill’s approach has demonstrated a high degree of contempt for the Labour Department, and by extension the Government and people of Barbados. That is why I responded in the way I did. Now, if this is a shot across the bow, hopefully, consumers can start to make Hill Milling and associates recognise a dent in their profits,” he said.
    The political scientist said he was not going to disagree with any civil society groups or any other initiative undertaken by consumers to act on other employers as well.
    “These are unconscionable acts at a time when people are experiencing levels of precariousness, hitherto and not experienced since Independence.
    I think we need to make a definitive stand, largely because the Prime Minister has indicated quite clearly that she does not prefer to go the route of mandatory vaccination.
    The laws are still in place which do not allow any company to make vaccination mandatory for its employees, and the way in which Richard Ashby reacted, I think that enough is enough,” he said.
    Marshall added Ashby was quoted as saying that even with the request from Hope-Greenidge, he
    was not going to heed her warning.
    “No part of that message by Ashby suggests to me that he, or employers of that kind, understand what it means to be a part of a Social Partnership. All the partners have a moral obligation, not just the Government and the union.
    The employer class have a moral obligation to live up to the highest ideals of the Social Partnership, which was established in 1993,” he explained.
    Memo
    Recently, Rubis Caribbean sent a memo stating that all unvaccinated staff needed to present a negative PCR test and were advised to seek permission to attend the office.
    Similarly, Digicel sent out a mandate to all staff across the Caribbean that they should be vaccinated by October 15, or submit a negative PCR test every two weeks. Minister of Labour Colin Jordan said they were investigating the claims, as he only had second-hand information on the development.
    “The Government needs, through the Labour Department or through the Office of the Prime Minister, to be definitive on the point, because we’re going to see a situation which is going to lead to all kinds of breakdowns in the social compact and understanding of what we have come to know and appreciate to be quite a reliance on a Social Partnership model,” Marshall said.
    The professor noted that if the trade unions were compromised and corporate Barbados was not going to “be minded” by the cues sent out by Government, then the time had come to signal the end of the Social Partnership.
    “If these institutions are going to be breaking down and corporate Barbados is going to fend for itself, expect workers will fend for themselves. Shame on Digicel, shame on Rubis, shame on Hill Milling!” he said. (RA)

    Source: Nation


  2. Learn to live with Covid-19

    by GORDON SEALE

    I FEEL COMPELLED to comment on some of the misunderstandings and fake news circulating, especially on social media, about COVID-19 and especially the vaccine. As United States President Joe Biden puts it, “this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated”.
    Fake news circulates six times faster on social media than factual news.
    In the United Kingdom, at least 100 000 lives have been saved by the vaccines so far. A very small fraction have had complications from the vaccine, but this is like one in 250 000. Balance this against the likelihood of dying from COVID-19 if you are unvaccinated and it’s a clear choice to vaccinate.
    A most important and too often neglected fact is that the vaccine will not prevent you from catching the COVID-19 infection. But it is highly effective in preventing you from getting so ill that you need to be hospitalised.
    This brings us to the point of lockdowns and restrictions. These are not designed to stop COVID-19. Lockdowns are in fact delaying the spread, thus prolonging the active virus among us.
    This is not to deny that lockdowns and restrictions allow medical facilities to accommodate those who become seriously ill.
    However, lockdowns have zero to do with solving the long-term problem.
    This brings me to the point of isolation and vaccinated people. We need to stop sending vaccinated individuals who get “breakthrough” COVID-19 to hotels, schools and Harrison Point. We can’t afford it and it’s not necessary.
    It is scientifically proven that vaccinated persons who contract COVID-19 are much less likely to spread the virus.
    The majority who get COVID-19 after full vaccination get mildly ill with some fever for a couple of days. We should allow these people to self-isolate in their homes or hotel rooms and to inform the authorities via email or WhatsApp.
    COVID-19 will be with us for many years and probably decades to come. Many Western countries are learning to live with it and we need to follow suit. The approach is to open up to cinemas, clubs, gyms and events to vaccinated individuals via a COVID-19 passport. This rewards people for taking vaccination, while drastically reducing the risk of serious illness amongst patrons but allowing the businesses to survive.
    Allowing life to return to normal is critical for mental health as well as the economic recovery.
    There are only two choices – get vaccinated or eventually get ill.
    Huge debts
    Governments are running up huge debts, and this will reduce their ability to supply social services. They will also be looking to reduce these debts through higher taxes, which will fall mostly on productive businesses – the private sector. Why – because tax on individuals
    will eventually come from the productive sectors. This will have the knock-on effect of increasing already very high costs of living and doing business. The result will be many businesses will close and people will lose employment.
    Our Prime Minister and the Minister of Health have been doing an excellent job appealing for everyone to get vaccinated. It is the only solution.
    Those who choose to remain unvaccinated must accept that the world is moving on. Social distancing and mask wearing are being reduced or eliminated in Western Europe and the United States.
    Several businesses can’t afford to be opening and closing to cater to the personal choice of some employees not to get vaccinated.
    Our laws have not been written with a pandemic in consideration. Government should consider adjusting the law to deal with COVID-19 and other pandemics to the mutual benefit of employees, employers and the public.
    Employees and employers who come into direct contact with the public should be required to vaccinate for their own and the clients’ protection. And to help the economy survive this.
    Yes, some vaccinated employees and clients will get flu symptoms even after nearly everyone is vaccinated but there will be no closing of departments or entire businesses as a result.
    The new normal is living with COVID-19 as we do with annual flu. It will mean annual vaccinations update to deal with new strains, so get accustomed.
    We need to transition to showing the most important daily figure – that is the number of people in intensive care.
    We don’t publish daily figures of people who have flu or chickenpox.
    We should also publish what percentage of those who are dying were unvaccinated.
    Worldwide COVID-19 deaths are approximately 98 per cent unvaccinated. Publishing these figures daily would be the best incentive I can think of.
    To live with this virus, we need to understand that the mildly sick are just that and not send the military around to rush them to isolation facilities all at public expense.
    Gordon Seale is a former president of the Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association.

    Source: Nation


  3. … or, fix the problems with water and sewage and eradicate it.

    Vaccines will become irrelevant.


  4. Mia should resist taking to the PR Covid podium
    Her trust worthiness has no value but has been depleted and downgraded by her many actions which have been called into question by the people


  5. Btw I noticed that the new COVID advisor takes to his old stomping ground on local media to answer questions from his old counterparts
    Which begs the question why did he leave the job when after doing he seems to be spending much of his time on that station via airwaves


  6. Barbados is battling a pandemic like all countries across the globe and all you lot can do is to bring trivial positions to the table.

    Where is Barbados ranked in the world?

    https://covid19.pemandu.org/Barbados

  7. Disgusting Lies & Propaganda TV Avatar
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    John October 6, 2021 5:47 AM
    “or, fix the problems with water and sewage and eradicate it.

    My mind will become irrelevant.”

    Fixed that there for you Johno. Auto correct can be iffy sometimes. You can thank me later.

    The ISO Taliban is at it again. He is now now questioning the quality of the Sinopharm vaccine donations because they didn’t come through COVAX. I am with Tron. I now call for the arrest of this ISO Taliban for unwanted “terrorism” on those “vaccine hesitant” minds by insinuating that the (Sinopharm) vaccines are “garbage”, the spread of propaganda and (probably) defamation of Beijing Bio-Institute of Biological Products Co Ltd who make the BBIBP-CorV (Sinopharm) vaccine.

    Sinopharm has been approved by the WHO. COVAX is a facility partly directed by the WHO to allow for distribution of vaccines to the low and middle income countries so that they wont be squeezed out of this “Wild West west” of vaccines (as had been anticipated in late 2020- early 2021). Those donations of the Sinopharm vaccine are similar to those AstraZeneca vaccines donated by India to Barbados in Feb 2021 before they were fully authorized by the WHO. The same plant that made those donated AstraZeneca vaccines is one of two plants that makes the supply going through COVAX. So using his ‘logic” those early donated Oxford vaccines would have been garbage. Gavi is the specific organization behind COVAX and is a public- private partnership involving UNICEF, The World Bank, the WHO, vaccine producing organizations and first world countries.

    The ISO Taliban also claims that this will remove his “vaccine hesitancy”. At this point his is now a full blown COVIDIOT. As of today I now establish the Anti-Covidiot League. I need able souls to join my league whose aim is to discredit and humiliate these Anti-Vax Covidiots and will henceforth adopt the moniker Anti-Covidiot League (aka DLP TV).

    https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/who-gives-emergency-approval-sinopharm-first-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-2021-05-07/

    https://www.gavi.org/news/media-room/gavi-signs-agreements-sinopharm-and-sinovac-immediate-supply-covax


  8. Well said by Professor Don Marshall. How is it that the CEO of a two-bit supermarket can tell the Minister of Labour and the Labour Department to fcuk off when they call on him to abide by the law in his dealings with the workers? This Richard Ashby sounds like an ignoramus with a slave master mentality. I wish someone would ask him which scientific studies on virus transmission in the workplace he is basing his claim on that being vaccinated is necessary to maintain a safe workplace. And will Ashby be also insisting that anybody who want to spend money in his supermarket have to show proof of vaccination? If not, why not? I hope all of us as Bajans, vaccinated or unvaccinated, will send a clear message to this little popped up tyrant that we will not tolerate this kind of abusive behaviour towards workers in 2021. We need to publicly add our voice to that of Professor Don Marshall and demand that Richard Ashby and his Hill Milling/Lionel C. Hill Supermarket group of companies give up this slave master behaviour and respect the law and the workers’ rights.


  9. @Tee White

    Hills Milling and Government recourse is to the court. The ball is in the half of the ministry of labour to pursue the matter if it is firm the law is being broken.


  10. DavidOctober 6, 2021 6:45 AM

    Barbados is battling a pandemic like all countries across the globe and all you lot can do is to bring trivial positions to the table
    Xxxxxxx
    Say what
    Xxxxx
    People are begging for answers and all u can do is to throw shade


  11. Go and ask Desantis.


  12. Looks like the unvaccinated are falling in line.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CUrzynSrs61/


  13. David,

    Is Hill a white or a black business? I wouldn´t wonder if the many prominent, fanatical black anti-vaxxers in Barbados start now to boycott black business after they boycotted white business during the August-riots last year in Nazi fashion.

    Clearly, Don Marshall and many others are out of control. We are getting closer and closer to become the capital of radical no-vaxxers in the Caribbean.


  14. Barbados is a polarized country all ways you slice it.


  15. The fanatical anti-vaxx attitude of our Aborigines, led by Professor Marshall will have a serious impact on the economy. Many international companies are increasingly asking whether they still should invest in a country where the local elite is so backwards and obviously believes in voodoo rather than in the success of vaccines.

    If our black elite showed the same fervour in the vaccination campaign as they do in pursuing white and black entrepreneurs who urge their employees to vaccinate, at least 70 per cent of the population would be vaccinated by now.

    Where is Hal Austin when you need him for the thesis of the “failed state”? The thesis that all people in the world are equal is obviously wrong.

  16. Critical Analyzer Avatar
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    @David October 6, 2021 7:29 AM
    If we had a proper court and employment rights tribunal system that imposed serious fines on employers that willfully flaunted the laws, this would never be risked.

    He can afford to discriminate in direct contravention of the employment rights act because he knows the Labour Department he dealing with.

    When the COVID monitoring unit wanted everyone in their unit vaccinated. Where was the Chief Labour Officer then?


  17. @CA

    Having read the newsfeeds this morning from multiple sources many countries are divided on this matter. One thing is sure, it is getting close to a ‘head’.

  18. Critical Analyzer Avatar
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    @Tron October 6, 2021 7:44 AM

    If the vaccination campaign is such a wonderfully perfect solution, stop wearing your mask and hit as many COVID spots and quarantine facilities as you can and test how well you vaccine protection works.


  19. WHAT CAN YOU DO BUT LAUGH?

    GP2 HAS WRITTEN A WELL REASONED ARTICLE AND A FEW HAVE RESPONDED BUT NONE HAVE ADDRESSED ANY OF THE TENETS OF HIS DISCOURSE, AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LITTERATE AND INETLLIGENT PEOPLE.

    NOW WHO EXACTLY IS GORDAN SEALE? OH I FORGOT. HE IS A RENOWNED PROFESSOR OF MICROBIOLOGY, VIROLOGY IMMUNOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY AT WHICH PRESTIGIOUS CENTER FOR SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE?

    TEE WHITE IS NOT AT ALL UNREASONABLE WHEN HE OPINES This Richard Ashby sounds like an ignoramus with a slave master mentality. I wish someone would ask him which scientific studies on virus transmission in the workplace he is basing his claim on that being vaccinated is necessary to maintain a safe workplace. And will Ashby be also insisting that anybody who want to spend money in his supermarket have to show proof of vaccination? If not, why not?

    ACTUALLY THERE ARE NO SUCH STUDIES , AND I AM TOLD IN THE CLOSEST WALMART TO MY PLACE OF ABODE, HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE THE FULL COMPLIMENT OF STAFF, AND A LARGE NUMBER OF PATRONS- SOME MASKED AND SOME UNMASKED.

    WHY ARE WE FEARFUL? ARE WE AFRAID TO DIE? WHY?
    ITS ALL SO VERY HILARIOUS.
    IT SEEMS THAT TODAY WILL BE ANOTHER DAY OF MIRTH AND JOCULARITY ON BU
    LOL. THERE WILL BE CURSING OF THOSE WHO DEIGN NOT TO FOLLOW THE SCRIPT AND NOT SAY WHAT THEY OUGHT TO SAY AS ORDERED BY SOME WHO HAVE NO TRAINING OR UNDERSTANDING IN ANY OF THE RELATED DISCIPLINES.


  20. Propaganda is a dangerous thing. And one of the most dangerous and divisive Covid propaganda slogans that is currently doing the rounds is the so-called “epidemic of the unvaxxed”. This slogan has no doubt been coined by big pharma’s advertising big brains with the sole purpose of increasng vaccine sales. It is deliberately divisive as it claims that society is divided between the vaxxed and the unvaxxed and then tries to villify, demonise and incite hatred against the latter group. It is deliberately misleading because it suggests that the only thing standing between everyone and severe illness or death from Covid is the vaccine. Both of these claims are demonstrably false.

    Since the covid vaccines are credited with reducing the risk of covid infection leading to severe illness or death, it is obvious, that if there is any division, then it’s between those who are at high risk of covid infection leading to severe illness and those who are not. The latter group represents the overwhelming majority of the unvaccinated. In fact, since the emergence of Covid in late 2019, the proportion of infected individuals who develop severe symptoms has remained fairly consistent at around 10% which means that around 90% of the unvaccinated individuals who contract covid, recover without medical intervention and never develop severe symptoms. Is this 90% part of the group of the “epidemic of the unvaxxed”? Those who recover from covid infection acquire natural immunity and so although they are unvaccinated actually enjoy better protection from covid than those who have been vaccinated. Are those with naturally acquired immunity part of the “epidemic of the unvaxxed”, after all they are not vaccinated?

    It is also clear that for at risk individuals, vaccines are not the only protective steps they can take. In fact, such individuals have been taking steps to protect themselves before the vaccines were rolled out. Some individuals have made lifestyle changes such as maintaining physical distance and avoiding spaces which carry high risks of viral transmission. Others have focused on improving their general health and using strategies to get their immune system into the best possible shape. Others have used other prophylactics such as ivermectin. While others have chosen to be vaccinated. The point is that the vaccine is just one possible protection that those who are at risk from Covid can take to protect themselves. Pretending that it’s the only option is dishonest.

    The reality is that there is no “epidemic of the unvaxxed”. There is an infectious respiratory disease which presents a significant risk to around 10% of those who contract it. Rather than peddling this divisive big pharma propaganda slogan, let’s find ways to work together to protect those that need protecting.


  21. Barbados having a twisted and bent out of shape legal system across the board
    The unvaccinated would be force to fall in line out of fear
    What has the legal system in Barbados done lately to stand bold face against govt or Private businesses standing stubbornly against the Constitutional rights of the citizen
    As much as govt has placed a blocked stance against the business employer of overriding the labour laws of this land one has yet to hear from govt any strong policies deemed necessary that would boldly stand up against the bullying tactics of the employers


  22. TEE WHITE WROTE
    The reality is that there is no “epidemic of the unvaxxed”. There is an infectious respiratory disease which presents a significant risk to around 10% of those who contract it. Rather than peddling this divisive big pharma propaganda slogan, let’s find ways to work together to protect those that need protecting.
    AGAIN YOU ARE CORRECT SIR
    THIS IS SOUND DOCTRINE THAT CAN NOT BE REFUTED

    ON SEPT 5 I WENT OUT TO CHURCH FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, AFTER BOUT A YEAR, BECAUSE I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK. MY WIFE DOES NOT WISH ME TO GO. I SEEK TO PLEASE HER SINCE SHE PLEASES ME WELL

    I SHOCK HANDS WITH MANY FOLK
    I WORE NO MASK
    MANY WORE NO MASKS
    THERE WAS NO SOCIAL DISTANCING
    I EVEN GOT WITHIN SIX FEET OF A MAN WHO HAD JUST RECOVERED FROM COVID

    MY GOOD FRIEND WHO WORE A MASK LATER GOT THE DISEASE
    OTHERS WHO WERE PRESENT WHO HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY VACCINATED LATER GOT THE DISEASE

    SOME MORON WILL SAY I TELLING LIES……..BUT BU MORONS LOVE TO TRY TO CONTRADICT ME. ONE PARTICULAR IDIOT SAID I DID NOT ACTUALLY CONTRACT COVID THAT DAY WHEN I LEFT MY HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER THE ONSET OF COVID ALL MASKED UP AND ABIDING BY THE PRETTY-COLS FOR MY MANDATORY DR’S VISIT

    CRITICAL AND JOHN I AGREE WITH YOU THAT NATURAL IMMUNITY IS THE BEST FORM OF IMMUNITY. THIS HAS OF COURSE BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED BY REAL SCIENTISTS—–NOT BU CUT AND PASTE WANNA BEES

  23. Critical Analyzer Avatar
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    I will be one boycotting all Hill’s line of products and businesses I am aware of not based on his requiring staff to be vaccinated but having a double standard of not also making vaccination a requirement for all customers transacting business with him.

    If you have a business and only want the unvaccinated people coming to spend money in your place, that is where I draw the line. All or none.


  24. My observation on the many deaths occurring at the isolation centres is from lack.of govt resources that can handle the worst of the infected people whether they are vaccinated or not
    America still have people contracting the virus however the death rate has slowed significantly for the unvaccinated because of America ability to have the medical resources to treat the patients
    As it stands Isolation centres are over whelmed in more ways than one
    Hence more deaths would occur


  25. A message to govt

    FINALLY BRETHREN. WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE

    true
    WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE honest WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE

    just HATSOEVER THINGS ARE pure WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE

    lovely WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE OF

    good report

    IF THERE BE ANY VIRTUE & IF THERE BE ANY PRAISE. THINK ON THESE THINGS.

    Philippians 4.8


  26. @ angela cox October 6, 2021 9:06 AM

    What you wrote there is a gross slander of our medical staff. Our medical personnel on the COVID19 front are national heroes, our government has provided them with the best equipment.

    Blame the misery on Professor Marshall, the Chief Labour Officer, the outspoken Senator and other moles and enemies of government who are undermining and sabotaging the official vaccination campaign.


  27. Mari

    So what is ur observation on the cause of approx 700000 deaths In the USA?


  28. America death rate slowed because of increased rate of vaccinations and number of people that gained protection after bring infected

    The more people that Are protected the less infections and deaths you will Get


  29. “QC cautions there could be unrest over ‘vaccine’ mandate”

    And at the same time we are rushing towards a Republic. Let’s not walk and chew gum at the same time. KISS. 🍌 anyone?


  30. The Professor declares he is a “public intellectual” is that as opposed to a “private intellectual”? Only he knows the difference, but the Professor can get on his ivory tower and spout about boycotting business houses however the question I would pose to Bajans “would you rather patronize an establishment where you know that the employees have been vaccinated or one where the status of the employees is unknown?” Some businesses have had to shut their doors because of the number of infected employees, who will replace the earnings of those who have been displaced through no fault of their own? The Professor is unable to see the economic line that flows from the empty visitor hotels to his safe chair.

    The PM has been busy on the world stage it would be reassuring to Bajans if she was more visible on the local one where the numbers of infections are dire, it is only a matter of time before front line personnel complain of “burn out” and “boycott” work but they can always call the Covid public advisor as his mellifluous voice will bring calm to the situation.

    We have heard that imposing mandates would undermine the social fabric of the island, here is what I will tell those who are partial to that statement, if you are among the survivors please pick up what is left of the social fabric.


  31. More seriously, I still struggle with the size of the unvaccinated group and the reluctance of many to be vaccinated.

    One would expect a few to disagree, but it would appear that there is some distrust of the leaders (political and health) in Barbados.

    It is difficult to see this reaching a stage where there is ‘unrest’ but positions are so hard and fast that some level of ‘conflict’ may be inevitable.

    One may argue that with the positions taken, it has already started.


  32. SOME MORON WILL SAY I TELLING LIES……..BUT BU MORONS LOVE TO TRY TO CONTRADICT ME. ONE PARTICULAR IDIOT SAID I DID NOT ACTUALLY CONTRACT COVID THAT DAY WHEN I LEFT MY HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER THE ONSET OF COVID ALL MASKED UP AND ABIDING BY THE PRETTY-COLS FOR MY MANDATORY DR’S VISIT

    did you have any long term covid conditions such as lack of energy breathing issues etc
    I said you were not tested and not diagnosed and you did not know conclusively what you had
    but you responded that I was SCUM and SLIME like a baby child would and not a real big man
    you criticised others for claiming people died from Covid when they had not been tested or diagnosed as proof the same way


  33. re did you have any long term covid conditions such as lack of energy breathing issues etc

    YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO ASK ME SUCH STUPID QUESTIONS AS YOU HAVE
    YOU ARE NOT MY DR OR MY MEDICAL TEACHER, AND YOU ARE NOT OF MY SET MORALLY MUSICALLY MEDICALLY OR INTELLECTUALLY

    YOU ARE JUST SCUM AND SLIME WHO THINKS YOU CAN CONTRADICT ME
    WHEN I KNOW THAT I AM CORRECT I DONT ENTERTAIN THOSE OF YOUR ILK EXCEPT TO BASH YOU

    GO BACK TO YOUR LAIR AND SUBSIDE

    I SAID SOME MORON WILL SAY I TELLING LIES……..BUT BU MORONS LOVE TO TRY TO CONTRADICT ME. ONE PARTICULAR IDIOT SAID I DID NOT ACTUALLY CONTRACT COVID THAT DAY WHEN I LEFT MY HOUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER THE ONSET OF COVID ALL MASKED UP AND ABIDING BY THE PRETTY-COLS FOR MY MANDATORY DR’S VISIT

    I SPOKE THE TRUTH AND SAID WHAT I WANTED TO SAY AND SAID IT WELL , EMPHATICALLY TRUTHFULLY AND YOU RESPONDED ON TIME AND AS EXPECTED

    SO YOU CAN NOW SLIME AWAY LIKE A COMMON GASTROPOD OR SLITHER ALONG LIKE THE SEPENTINE BEING THAT YOU ARE


  34. DavidOctober 6, 2021 7:28 AM

    Go and ask Desantis.

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

    Everything DeSantis said happened.

    Go look at Florida’s cases and deaths, in free fall.


  35. “YOU ARE NOT MY DR OR MY MEDICAL TEACHER, AND YOU ARE NOT OF MY SET MORALLY MUSICALLY MEDICALLY OR INTELLECTUALLY”

    DIE AND GO TO HELL YOU MISERABLE OLD FUCKER


  36. JOHN
    DESANTIS IS INDEED AN EXCELLENT GOVERNOR

    YOUR WATER HYPOTHESIS MIGHT HAVE SOME MERIT IN THAT THE FACT THAT Florida’s cases and deaths, ARE In free fall. MAY VERY WELL BE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING AN UNUSUALLY DRY SUMMER.

    IT IS CHARACTERISTIC IN CENTRAL FLORIDA TO HAVE A RAIN STORM EVERY AFTERNOON ; THIS HAS DEFINITELY NOT BEEN THE CASE THIS YEAR

    CENTRAL FLORIDA IS A PLACE WITH LOTS OF RETENTION PONDS TO CAPTURE WATER OF THE ROADS ETC
    YOU MIGHT ADD THIS INFO AND EMPIRICAL OBSERVATIONS/EVIDENCE TO YOUR DEDUCTIONS AND DATA COLLECTION


  37. Message to those in authority

    FINALLY BRETHREN. WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE

    true WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE honest WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE

    just HATSOEVER THINGS ARE pure WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE

    lovely WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE OF

    good report

    IF THERE BE ANY VIRTUE & IF THERE BE ANY PRAISE. THINK ON THESE THINGS.

    Philippians 4.8


  38. RE Son of ManOctober 6, 2021 10:47 AM
    YOU ARE BLASPHEMING AND CUSSING TOO. LOL LOL TEMPER TEMPER TEMPER LOL LOL
    YOU RESPOND WITH LOUSY MUSIC AND SLANDER BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE TO ADD. UH LIE


  39. Where is Hill Milling?

    At what elevation is it located?

    140 feet, same as Jippy Doyle!!!

    Probably getting water from the same sources!!!

    Maybe he knows something few people know and is being proactive and watching over his employees!!

    Suppose the operation is in a cluster?


  40. You will be dead in a year
    just like my father in law
    when I told him the same
    see you and I wouldn’t want to be you..


  41. GPOctober 6, 2021 10:57 AM

    JOHN
    DESANTIS IS INDEED AN EXCELLENT GOVERNOR

    YOUR WATER HYPOTHESIS MIGHT HAVE SOME MERIT IN THAT THE FACT THAT Florida’s cases and deaths, ARE In free fall. MAY VERY WELL BE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING AN UNUSUALLY DRY SUMMER.

    IT IS CHARACTERISTIC IN CENTRAL FLORIDA TO HAVE A RAIN STORM EVERY AFTERNOON ; THIS HAS DEFINITELY NOT BEEN THE CASE THIS YEAR

    CENTRAL FLORIDA IS A PLACE WITH LOTS OF RETENTION PONDS TO CAPTURE WATER OF THE ROADS ETC
    YOU MIGHT ADD THIS INFO AND EMPIRICAL OBSERVATIONS/EVIDENCE TO YOUR DEDUCTIONS AND DATA COLLECTION

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

    DeSantis said the cases would fall when he took on O’Biden and put him in his place.

    He recognised the cyclic nature and stood his ground.

    Grenada is seeing the same type of fall to normalcy and so is Dominica.

    At one point I thought their water supply was sabotaged but the heavy rains the islands would have experienced could explain it too just as it could explain Barbados.

    Barbados has to wait a while for the water underground to pass through.

    Of course, the GOB could shut down the source/sources which would be the better tactic.


  42. Note to self

    Encourage family to shop at Hills and when on island make i shop there


  43. Those calling for a boycott of Hill do not shop there.


  44. @ Sargeant October 6, 2021 10:17 AM

    Our academic theorist would do better to work for a week at Harrison’s Point to see how much our medical heroes are fighting on the front lines to save the lives of vaccine refusers. Our doctors and nurses have been working hard for months, putting their lives in danger every day. We are deeply indebted to them all. Thank you so much medical staff!

    It’s just unbelievable that Professor Marshall would walk over dead bodies to push his no-vaxx agenda. The professor is not only harming Hill, but our entire island and our population.

    Time for the professor to resign his professorship! If we need a boycott, boycott his lectures and his writings!

    I want a reading ban on Marshall!


  45. I will start shopping at Hill´s from tomorrow on. Time to boycott the no-vaxxing elitist´s boycott!

  46. de pedantic Dribbler Avatar
    de pedantic Dribbler

    @David, this cov19 debate as usual vers from the ridiculous to the very well reasoned …. and no end in sight.

    For all those who stand as anti-vaxxers it seems that THEIR logic is always above critique and those wanting the vax are idiots!

    What is Hill doing that is any different from someone like DeSantis… he is taking a firm stand on his convictions and leading a path. That is what leadership (liked or not) is about and has always been so.

    The sentiment that the CEO is controlling what he can (his staff) is rather obvious … isn’t the directive re the public (use if mask in store) a governmental one rather than that primarily of the company.

    At days end all of that is about the legal ability to effect any such mandate surely so why condemn the man for trying to safeguard his staff.

    Yes, yes they have a free will to so act or not and yes it would be a burden to have to choose employment over unemployment but such are the dynamics of life.

    And finally it’s beyond amusing that any presentation supporting non-vax is well reasoned regardless of the author’s background expertise and any non supporting essay regardless of its well presented details is deemed nonsense or the author’s credentials blasted.

    Just another day in this amazing world of up is down and pigs are beef 😇🤣.

    I gone.


  47. @ de pedantic Dribbler October 6, 2021 12:02 PM

    “For all those who stand as anti-vaxxers it seems that THEIR logic is always above critique and those wanting the vax are idiots!”

    Well said!

    Please tell that these radical-fanatical supporters of the very huge no-vaxx movement here, like the outspoken Professor deep inside Cave Hill and the Chief Labour Officer.


  48. @Dee Word

    What can we say- where some commenters reside see many of the things being criticized implemented in their backyard.

    #hypocrisy

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