Attached are current charts. Except for positivity data the movement was minimal this last week. Expect that our Officials are monitoring the new Omicron variant.
Source: Lyall Small
BU COVID 19 Dash – Will Test Cricket Trigger Another Wave?
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There were 73 new COVID-19 cases, 36 females and 37 males, recorded on Saturday, March 19, from the 589 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
The positive cases comprised 18 persons under the age of 18, and 55 who were 18 years and older.
The number of people in isolation facilities was 47, while 864 were in home isolation.
No deaths were reported as of March 19. Total deaths from the viral illness remain at 327.
The public health laboratory has carried out 603,110 tests since February 2020, and recorded 57,733 COVID-19 cases (26,767 males and 30,966 females).
Under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, the total number of persons with at least one dose is 160,790 (70.4 per cent of the eligible population). The total number of persons who are fully vaccinated is 150,665 (55.6 per cent of the total population or 66.0 per cent of the eligible population). The eligible population represents those persons who are 12 years and older. (BGIS)
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China North East on lockdown.
Millions in China’s northeast placed under COVID-19 lockdown
The city of Jilin will lock down some 4.5 million people for three days starting Monday to help curb the spread of China’s biggest coronavirus outbreak.
Medical workers in protective suits walk amid the snow as they enter a residential compound
Medical workers in protective suits walk amid the snow as they enter a residential compound under lockdown to conduct nucleic acid testing, following the coronavirus disease outbreak in Changchun, Jilin province, China [China Daily via Reuters]
Published On 20 Mar 2022
20 Mar 2022
China has imposed stay-at-home orders on millions more people in the country’s northeast, as it tries to tackle its biggest coronavirus outbreak in two years.The country has largely kept the virus at bay since it brought to heel its initial outbreak in 2020 using targeted lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions.
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@ David
Can you or Lyall put up a graph of the number of the deaths NOT due to covid-19 over the past 4 years?
It may be easier to show both deaths from ALL causes and covid-19 deaths.Most people are concerned about dying period, and not ONLY about dying with covid… are they not?
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Depends on Country.
I put up these graphs in February which may help.
If you looked at COVID deaths in three countries, Brazil, Japan and Barbados you might be alarmed.
In 2022, there is an upward trend.
But, if you were to look at the excess deaths in these three countries, you would realise that apart from Brazi which suffers badly from floods, you might ask what’s the problem!!
Barbados data is not as current as one would like but one would be forced to conclude looking at excess deaths in Barbados that up to 2022 for which there is no data, COVID has been rather overblown.
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Wondering what events in China means for the rest of the world.
Their earlier reluctance at sharing this type of information may indicate that a tempest is again headed our way.
Looks like conspiracists will get a next round.
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BU COVID 19 DASH – WILL TEST CRICKET TRIGGER ANOTHER WAVE?
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Did the football restarts in the US last year where 100K patrons flocked to stadiums trigger a wave?
Nope!!
https://news.ufl.edu/2021/10/no-covid-spikes-from-football/
Our next wave will follow on the next major set of flooding or if the authorities decide to go back to testing for travel,
The next wave will have to wait for the wet season if it is very wet.
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The book The Year the World Went Mad by SAGE-member Mark Woolhouse, has now been published as an audiobook and will be available in hard cover on April 12th. This is an important book, for here the author, a key player in the pandemic response in the UK, admits that more or less everything he and his colleagues suggested and the government did was wrong.
In this interview with Spiked-online, Woolhouse admits that focused protection, as suggested by the proponents of the Great Barrington Declaration, would have been the right approach, and that he and his associates knew it. He even claims they suggested it, but nobody listened. However, even if they did, why didn’t they speak up? The scientists who wrote and published the Great Barrington Declaration were denounced as pseudo-scientists – and by whom? Among others, by the very people who knew they were right all along.
In the author‘s own words:
“So how do you protect those people? First of all, since they have to have contact with certain people, you make it as Covid-safe as possible for them to have those interactions. Take all the precautions we know to take now, about wearing masks, ventilation and physical distancing. But that alone is not enough. You need to make sure that the contact themselves does not have an infection and is not going to pass it on to the vulnerable people they’re interacting with. We were talking about this in April and May 2020 to many people in government. But we never implemented it. It never took off. And yet it’s quite clear from our work that this would have had a very significant impact. It would not be enough by itself “You still need to suppress the virus to a degree, but you would not need lockdown.”
The lockdowns, travel bans, school closures and all the rest were useless and extremely harmful to society. But still the scientists in charge of the pandemic response, including Mark Woolhouse, promoted those methods and justified them. They derided those who criticised their methods, cancelled them, claimed they didn’t respect science. But it was the other way around. This, we must never forget.
This book is a good step. But I wonder if the author has apologised to those who were right all along, to Martin Kulldorff, Sunetra Gupta, Jay Bhattacharya and all the other honest, real scientists who had the courage and moral integrity to tell the truth. If he hasn’t, I urge him to do so.
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Grasshopper
China duped the world into thinking lock downs and removal of freedoms worked.
My bet is they did something more simple and basic than lockdowns.
They controlled the waterborne spread.
To the nitwits in the press looking on that would be incomprehensible.
Too simple!!
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I prefer to use a phone instead of a laptop.
On looking at spelling and subject/verb agreement, I find it necessary to tell you that I am a just little smarter than my many posts may suggest.
It gets to you when every post contains errors
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Excess deaths in some countries in Europe make interesting analysis.
How have these countries been so successful?
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@ David
The UK is trending up in a big way again and we here in order to make the numbers look good are hardly testing anyone. But that said in the 500 test we last did the positive rate is still well over 12%.
Once that wave in the UK gets rolling yes we will have another one here as well. It’s just the nature if the virus sadly. UK daily positive count is now in excess of 100,000 a day and they are our major tourist market, doesn’t take a genius to figure out what will happen next.
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TheOGazertsMarch 21, 2022 8:44 AM
I prefer to use a phone instead of a laptop.
On looking at spelling and subject/verb agreement, I find it necessary to tell you that I am a just little smarter than my many posts may suggest.
It gets to you when every post contains errors
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I understand you!!
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@Bush Tea
Will leave your request to Lyall, however unsure if public data is aggregated to satisfy your request.
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If we assume China is the source or significant incubator of covid we have to be concerned at reports coming out of China.
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With the mild symptoms reported, do we know level of penetration? Should we care and accept negligible number of deaths as collateral damage? Until can see good data about number of deaths year over year over a 5 to 10 year period we are stabbing in the dark.
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@John A
With the exception of a narrow period at the peak of pandemic when some random testing was done it has always been about testing those who present.
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@ John
“But, if you were to look at the excess deaths in these three countries, you would realise that apart from Brazil which suffers badly from floods, you might ask what’s the problem!!”
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Better yet, look at Africa.
From basic common sense it was clear that the ONLY problem with Covid 19 was that it exposed the POOR planning and lack of foresight of the world’s ‘leaders’ vis a vis their infrastructural readiness and provision of adequate medical resources.It is the exact situation that we will face in Barbados when we get a serious storm. We all know it is coming, but the whole country is build on the assumption that it never will.
The population of our world has moved from 3.7 Billion in 1970, to 7.8 billion in 2021. People are now generally much older – with multiple ailments. Have you seen commensurate improvements in health facilities globally to respond to this REALITY?
Or has the focus been on exotic, high-costs interventions BY the wealthy FOR the wealthy?The death rate from Covid-19 was ALWAYS known to be in the same range as the common flu (and less than many other common causes of death) and in fact some argue that the high number of deaths early on, were due to piss poor medical responses like (“go home and wait til it gets worse”… then ventilation)
So after two years of global madness it is now clear that there HAD to be ulterior motives.So yes John, one might ask what was the ‘problem’? …clearly it was not covid per se…
Bushie’s REAL question is this….
Have we created THE REAL problem now – in our misguided response to Covid???? -
David
“Will leave your request to Lyall, however unsure if public data is aggregated to satisfy your request.”
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The data is available from multiple sources, including the UN global population databases. Unfortunately, like the effectiveness and cheapness of ivermectin, it does not support the approved mantra so it is a conspiracy LOL -
Will Test Cricket it not also trigger a wave of the common cold, influenza etc. These activities should be avoided to prevent a new killer variant of influenza!!!! i kid you not!!!!! In fact why don’t we lock down all of Barbados for another month to avoid the 15 or so people that may die from the flu!!!!!! While we are at it we can ban the driving of vehicles at certain points of the day to prevent vehicular fatalities!!!! or ban the use of knives and sharp kitchen utensils to prevent them being the tools of homicide!!!!!!
I hope persons on BU understand where i am going with my sarcasm.
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@DLandPTV
It is good to breakdown an issue in an extreme way to provoke discussion.
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Gossip has a different character now, amid ceaseless worries over disinformation and conspiracist thinking COVID.
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“I hope persons on BU understand where i am going with my sarcasm.”
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Yeah, Jenkins 🚐
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Bush TeaMarch 21, 2022 9:42 AM
@ John
“But, if you were to look at the excess deaths in these three countries, you would realise that apart from Brazil which suffers badly from floods, you might ask what’s the problem!!”
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Better yet, look at Africa.
From basic common sense it was clear that the ONLY problem with Covid 19 was that it exposed the POOR planning and lack of foresight of the world’s ‘leaders’ vis a vis their infrastructural readiness and provision of adequate medical resources.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The virus that causes COVID is designed to create a high urban spread.
It is designed to be viable long enough so it does not disappear in water before it can be spread.
Wherever there are large concentrations of people requiring large volumes of water that need to be treated/manufactured, there is where it will be.
No manufacturing/treatment process delivers a perfect output.
It exploits the Achilles heel of countries who have “solved” the supply problem through treatment IN THE ABSENCE OF THE VIRUS.
Bad luck the weather cycle provided larger than average rainfalls worldwide that swamped the treatment plants.
It is the more developed countries in Africa that suffer worse, eg South Africa.
Those that don’t have developed water supply systems have little problem.
Barbados has an advantage, a time of travel underground to well sources which far exceeds the the survivability of the virus.
About 80% of or water was protected this way.
We only had a 20% problem.
Our surge last year due to floods was actually less than the surge we saw from the administrative requirement of testing a visiting population from a highly urbanised country for travel.
Look at the two peaks.
If we relied on desal/treated/manufactured water to the same extent say Israel depended on it (55%) we would be badly off.
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@ Chancellor
The end result of all that chopping = A numbness and tingling in the hand and arm caused by a pinched nerve in the wrist (Carpal tunnel syndrome). Ask that BU Doctor about it..
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So, how many tests today and how many cases?
We know that the US requires testing 1 day before entry.
So we will still have some tests though far less than a month or so ago.
“If you plan to travel internationally, you will need to get a COVID-19 viral test (regardless of vaccination status or citizenship) no more than 1 day before you travel by air into the United States. You must show your negative result to the airline before you board your flight.
If you recently recovered from COVID-19, you may instead travel with documentation of recovery from COVID-19 (i.e., your positive COVID-19 viral test result on a sample taken no more than 90 days before the flight’s departure from a foreign country and a letter from a licensed healthcare provider or a public health official stating that you were cleared to travel).” -
Starting April 1, fully vaccinated travellers will not be required to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test upon entering Canada. The federal government had already eliminated the pre-arrival PCR test requirement last month, allowing travellers to show a rapid antigen test instead.
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Canada also needs testing but only of the unvaccinated.
So we’ll still have tests and cases.
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Don’t be surprised if the UK does not reintroduce testing by month end for arrivals If the rate of infection continues to climb as it is doing
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@John A
Who said the pandemic is over? That said we have to get on with our lifes.
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John AMarch 22, 2022 8:07 AM
Don’t be surprised if the UK does not reintroduce testing by month end for arrivals If the rate of infection continues to climb as it is doing.
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There you go.
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What is happening with our cases is that we are testing at least four populations.
The bulk of our visitors are from the UK with a rising incidence of COVID and thus a rising positivity.
The bulk of the rest of our visitors come from the US and Canada with a falling incidence of COVID.
Our cases are exactly where logic would say they should be, well below the UK cases but above those of Canada and the USA.
We’ll not get as low as Canada or the US because the UK component is present and will cause all of the other three populations on the island to rise.
So a Canadian or US visitor can expect there to be a higher likelihood of getting COVID here from a UK visitor than if they had stayed home.
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Mask double standard not on
THE DOUBLE STANDARDS in this country are bewildering at times.
Last week the Brits came to town in their numbers for the second cricket Test at Kensington Oval. From Wednesday to Sunday, there was a hive of activity not only at cricket’s mecca but also at many watering holes and restaurants.
The Brits also descended on Oistins and St Lawrence Gap in Christ Church, two popular spots. Many welcomed the buzz, especially after the last two years of COVID-19 restrictive measures when tourism was down and business slowed. We all welcomed the boom in business and the feel-good atmosphere that enveloped the country.
Now back to cricket. While the Brits were taking in cricket and soaking up the warm sun rays, I witnessed, through pictures from NATION photographers, that many were not wearing masks.
Maskless
In the Party Stand and the other stands as they moved around, even when they were not eating or drinking, many were maskless.
They were not alone. Some Barbadians there were also not wearing masks.
We then saw a report that one English visitor was fined for disobeying the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit while at the Oval.
Wade Archie Ronald pleaded guilty to contravening the COVID-19 protocols by failing to wear a mask, a face shield or face covering which covers the nose, mouth and chin, in a public place, without a reasonable explanation last Wednesday.
When he appeared in court last Friday, Ronald admitted he was hostile toward the officer who spoke to him about his face mask. He was fined $500 forthwith, with an alternative of 60 days in prison.
Now I am in no way condoning breaking the protocols and not wearing a mask, nor am I saying that the pushback – aggressive or otherwise – from anyone approached by a member of the COVID Unit should be tolerated. However, I think it smacks of double standards when one man, of all the thousands at the Oval, was pinpointed for not wearing a mask.
Pictures do not lie and if space permitted, I would have used the opportunity to show more where crowds of spectators were without masks.
I also don’t buy any suggestion that we need to make an example out of a person. If that is the objective, make an example of all!
It was not only at Kensington last week that people were without masks. In fact, for the last four weeks – and I am being generous with the time span – Oistins Bay Garden has been packed with people like peas, not three feet apart and definitely not wearing masks. I am yet to see or hear any reports of
individuals there being fined for not wearing masks.
Let me not even start with the political parties’ mass meetings in January, where one would argue that the break in protocols en masse had started to raise its head.
We cannot pick and choose which occasions we will seek to monitor heavily for protocol breaches, and which will fly under the radar and are free from any reprimand. It is wrong!
The old saying, “What is good for the goose is good for the gander” comes to mind.
How can we seek to monitor some and not all? How can we seek to have one rule for one group of people or one venue, and then another rule for a different set?
Our messaging needs to be clear and our actions have to line up with what we are preaching.Source: Nation
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Mandatory testing for Kadooment and Foreday Morning revellers
Article by Kareem Smith
Published on
March 23, 2022It’s official. Crop Over is back for the first time in two years with almost the full slate of activities, including the Grand Kadooment and the Foreday Morning jump-ups.
However, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Senator Dr Shantal Munro-Knight and Chief Cultural Officer of the National Cultural Foundation, Andrea Wells unveiled numerous adjustments to the summer festival as they continue to monitor COVID-19 developments in Barbados and abroad.
The plan divides the Kadooment Day celebration into two jumps – one from Warrens, St Michael to the National Botanical Gardens via the ABC Highway and the other from Windward Cricket Club in St Philip to Bushy Park via Lucas Street.
The Foreday Morning jam, which was growing in popularity prior to the pandemic, will be split into four. Revellers will jump from Searles Plantation to Ball Park in Christ Church; in and around Bushy Park, St Philip; at the National Botanical Gardens, St Michael; and from Farley Hill, St Peter to Checker Hall in St Lucy.
Officials said only established bands with a record of previous participation in the two events would be allowed to register for the new-look jump-up days.
Mandatory testing will be required of revellers at both events, but it is unclear whether a mask mandate will be in effect.
However, at other events, patrons and performers must either be fully vaccinated or have a negative COVID-19 test taken 24 hours prior to the event, even though all caterers and hospitality staff must be both vaccinated and present a negative rapid test as an added layer of security.
The maximum capacity at various events will be decided based on the size of the venues and the application of social distancing protocols. Prior approval must be obtained and the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit must be present at all mass events.
Senator Munro-Knight said all the plans and protocols were established after numerous rounds of discussions with key Crop Over stakeholders, public health officials and the Cabinet.
“There was a general agreement on the shape of Crop Over and I hope that the stakeholders agree with me that, in many instances, they were able to get about 90 per cent of what they asked for,” she told reporters.
“In some instances, there’s also an increase even at the level of the subventions. They asked and we attempted to be able to respond.”
“We are very, very clear, however, that this is a national project. Crop Over is a national project. It is bigger than the National Cultural Foundation, it is bigger than those stakeholders. We work in service of a population that are the owners of this festival, not only in terms of the tourism benefits that it can bring, because, importantly, Crop Over is something that as a population and as a country we have embraced,” the Government minister added.
However, noting that the world was still in the midst of a pandemic that continues to force lockdowns and other restrictions in some places, she maintained that the festival would not be allowed to jeopardize the health of the nation.
“It is very difficult for us to predict what the situation will be and the Ministry of Health and Wellness, in particular, has said such to us, so that we are planning in the context that we have now but as the Prime Minister says, ‘you can press gas and then you press brakes’.
“There’s always that possibility so right now we are slightly on the gas, but if at any time the situation changes, then we would have to press brakes and recalibrate,” Senator Munro-Knight added.
She acknowledged that stakeholders would be relying on Government’s word to make massive investments in the festival, but promised they would not be left stranded if authorities were forced to “press the brakes”.
The Pic-o-de-Crop Competition, People’s Choice Soca Monarch, and a modified “community-based” Junior Calypso Monarch Competition will be held, but there are no plans to host a Junior Kadooment event as Crop Over resumes.
Government has also announced a suite of incentives for promoters and entertainers, many of whom have been unable to earn for the greater part of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kadooment bands will receive assistance to the tune of $10,000 and for the first time, Foreday Morning bands will receive $3,000.
Finalists in the Pic-o-de-Crop Competition will be given $2,000 to help with preparations for their performances and the 20 artistes in the People’s Choice Soca Monarch will receive a performance fee of $4,000.
The Crop Over Festival will officially begin on July 2 with the ceremonial delivery of the last canes and it will be joined with the Season of Emancipation to celebrate the country’s cultural heritage and history.
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So, what’s happening with the numbers of tests and posives?
… as if I didn’t know!!
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.. positives!!
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So Hants
What are all these graphs saying?
One thing that seems obvious is that when the COVID marker in waste water spikes, COVID cases also spike!!
It also looks like as the COVID marker in Wastewater rises and passes a certain level, it is a signal for the COVID cases to take off.
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As at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 23, 2022, there were 48 patients in isolation facilities (14 in primary, 32 in secondary and two in tertiary isolation).
Of these, 28 patients (58 per cent) were unvaccinated, and 17 (36 per cent) were fully vaccinated. The unvaccinated comprised 12 persons in primary, 15 in secondary, and one in tertiary isolation. Of those fully vaccinated, one patient was in primary isolation, 15 in secondary, and one in tertiary.
There were three patients, one in primary isolation and two in secondary, whose vaccination status was unknown.
Primary and secondary isolation for COVID-19 patients in Barbados are units which accommodate those who are very ill and need close monitoring and treatment, with primary isolation housing the most severely ill. Tertiary isolation houses patients who are only mildly ill or not showing illness.
It is important to note that the number of persons in isolation is fluid and changes throughout the day as persons are admitted and discharged.Source: BGIS
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Count Ooutraje out!
Chase among bandleaders unhappy about festival plans
by TRE GREAVES tregreaves@nationnews.comGOVERNMENT’S PLANS for the 2022 Crop Over Festival has left some bandleaders outraged and hesitant about their participation this year.
Some are not in favour of several of the proposed routes of the decentralised Grand Kadooment and Foreday Morning events, the removal of prizes, the mandatory COVID-19 testing for masqueraders and the cancellation of Junior Kadooment.
Veteran bandleader and head of Ooutraje Festival Band, Trevor “TC” Chase, said he will not be bringing a band this year.
During an interview yesterday, Chase recalled that the Ministry of Health permitted Cricket West Indies to operate at full capacity for the second Test against England last week at Kensington Oval. That change allowed thousands of spectators, mostly English fans, to watch the games.
To enter the Oval, spectators only had to be fully vaccinated and no tests were required.
Chase questioned why masqueraders had to be tested beforehand.
“I understand that the Ministry of Health is responsible for making some of these decisions, but this isn’t a level playing field.
“How can you have full occupancy at Kensington Oval with people who weren’t tested but then want my people to be tested before they jump?” Chase asked.
In addition, Chase said the absence of judging and prizes for the bands led to his decision to opt out this year.
“My band is one of the few bands that still produces themes related to Barbadiana so we’ve benefited from the prizes that are awarded. So why would I put on a band last minute?” Chase said.
Ooutraje and its Fish And Dragon Festival theme in 2019 copped second place in the George Dear Award Best Band On The Road
category. They also placed third in the Small Band Of The Year category.
His comments were made yesterday after Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr Shantal Munro-Knight and chief cultural officer at the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), Andrea Wells, announced several measures, including the two new venues for Grand Kadooment and the four for Foreday Morning.
For Grand Kadooment, there is the Warrens, ABC Highway to Norman Niles Roundabout to the National Botanical Gardens,
Waterford route. The second option is Windward Cricket Ground to Bushy Park in St Philip.
For Foreday Morning, bandleaders can stage their events at Searles to Balls Park in Christ Church; Bushy Park, St Philip; the National Botanical Gardens; and Farley Hill in St Peter to Checker Hall in St Lucy.
Their announcements came after Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said in late February that the Crop Over Festival was on.
When contacted, president of the Barbados Association of Masqueraders, Anthony Layne, said he was unable to give his thoughts on the situation, but promised to do so after the meetings.
“We are still in discussion at this point in time and we are prepared to
work together to try to make it the best possible Crop Over, considering the circumstances,” Layne said.
Several other bandleaders who were contacted remained tightlipped and chose not to comment.
Those who spoke asked not to be identified but said they agreed with Chase’s comments.
“We have to think long and hard about whether it would make sense to stage a band because financially it may not make sense and judging by the [customers’] response, many do not like some of these venues selected so we don’t know right now,” one bandleader said.
Another said the rise in shipping and other costs compounded by the absence of prizes monies would also impact their decision.
In addition to the naming of new venues, the NCF representatives also said the Pic O De Crop Finals would make a comeback and a People’s Choice Soca Monarch would be introduced.
The NCF added that there would be no Junior Monarch but a special project would be conducted in the schools.
Wells said while students would still have the chance to explore their creativity, adults had a responsibility to protect them.
Sonia Price, of Blackbird Productions, who won the Best Topical Band and the Robert Weekes Award for Best Festival Designer
in Junior Kadooment in 2019 said although she was disappointed by the announcement, she understood why it was made.
“Since 2020 I had almost all of my materials, headpieces, foot pieces and then the pandemic came, but I had already spent a lot of money but I haven’t received anything yet so it was a bit disappointing.
“On the other hand, I understand because the safety and health of the children are important as we are still in a pandemic,” Price said.
She was hopeful she would get the opportunity to work on the school project.
Veteran entertainer The Most Honourable Stedson Red Plastic Bag Wiltshire said more support should be given to the organisers of the festival.
During a press launch of the Rotary Club South’s Unleashed event at the Globe Drive-In, he said he would not be competing but would still write and release music. He said he was willing and ready to give the support needed to get Crop Over going again.Source: Nation
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DavidMarch 24, 2022 3:31 AM
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As at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 23, 2022, there were 48 patients in isolation facilities (14 in primary, 32 in secondary and two in tertiary isolation).
Of these, 28 patients (58 per cent) were unvaccinated, and 17 (36 per cent) were fully vaccinated. The unvaccinated comprised 12 persons in primary, 15 in secondary, and one in tertiary isolation. Of those fully vaccinated, one patient was in primary isolation, 15 in secondary, and one in tertiary.
There were three patients, one in primary isolation and two in secondary, whose vaccination status was unknown.
Primary and secondary isolation for COVID-19 patients in Barbados are units which accommodate those who are very ill and need close monitoring and treatment, with primary isolation housing the most severely ill. Tertiary isolation houses patients who are only mildly ill or not showing illness.
It is important to note that the number of persons in isolation is fluid and changes throughout the day as persons are admitted and discharged.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
All we want to know is how many imported cases exist on a daily basis.
Without that number, the figures are useless.
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If there is community spread does it matter?
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Airborne community spread is minimal.
That’s why numerous countries, Barbados included have not had a problem for long periods of time.
It’s when the virus gets into the water that issues are created.
So long as there are no floods in Barbados, the Barbadian component of COVID cases will be small.
My surmise looking at other countries (eg Bali, Singapore, Taiwan etc.) is that >80 % of the cases are imported.
The danger is flooding if the virus is present in the catchment area of any source with a time of travel less than the survival period of the virus in water.
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This is interesting.
One more explaination why the Brits are in trouble.
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Brits seeing more and more positive cases.
Our positives will be affected by our Brit visitors and should rise slightly.
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This is interesting.
The UK has digitised its rainfall data going back to 1836.
Their driest year was in 1855.
Says something about Climate Change and the droughts that are supposed to be associated with Climate Change.
Our rainfall data go back to 1843, obviously a far smaller area but I am surprised they are only now getting to this.
Will be interesting to interrogate this data.
The blogmaster invites you to join the discussion.