COVID 19 UPDATES
The following comment inspired the blogmaster to expand the focus on data collection and discussion about the COVID 19 pandemic. Thanks to @Lyall@Amit
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David; re. your 4:41 am post;
You are correct but I have indeed considered that cohort of the population.
The reason that the US experts are beating the drum for testing, testing and more testing is to get a handle on what proportion of the general public has been compromised by the virus in any way and has left its signatures in body fluids including blood in the population. The virus is shed from the infected body as the disease is brought under control. When it is controlled it has been found that it takes around 7 days for all particles to be shed from the body. Infected persons are released back into the community when they test negative twice over a period of 2 days.
Barbados, like all of our island neighbours, did or does not have access to large numbers of tests and had to use what we had very sparingly. Thus, the only measure that we had for gauging the incidence of the virus in the population (and a very imperfect one, at that) might be by comparing the evidence of infection levels hinted at by a comparison of the graphs of the progress of the various Covid-19 outbreaks in our Islands.
Most of the world was in the same position as the Caribbean and used the data obtained by the minimal testing of infected people and their contacts and their contacts to produce the graphs we see on such sites as WHO and Worldometer etc. All these graphs give an imperfect picture and significant underestimation of infection levels in the county or country in which the tests are carried out, but, since they are carried out in the same way in each country they might provide some rationale for guesstimating the comparative levels of the infection in various groups of countries.
The data shows that, starting out at essentially the same levels, there was some divergence in relation to the rate of infection and therefore progress of the various outbreaks in various countries. The graphs for Barbados showed low and declining levels of infection from the beginning, peaking at the level of 13 positive cases per day and thereafter showing a slowly declining trend. The individuals who would have contributed to the declining trend would have been primarily from the contact testing but should also have included other individuals referred by Health professionals or who presented themselves to Government institutions because of concern that their symptoms might point to untimely death due to the dread Covid-19.
Amit, in an earlier post on this blog, reported on his initiative of graphing Covid-19 incidence over weekly periods throughout the epidemic, in several Caribbean Islands. If David thinks it is appropriate and Amit agrees I can post a subset of graphs clipped from his data for 6 Caribbean territories which I think could illustrate some of what I have presented above.
There was 1 more positive case announced today as well as 1 death. A slight uptick of the daily cases line is indicated in the graph by the blue line. The total cumulative number of positive cases from the tests carried out yesterday is 76 – Llyall Small
Attached is the updated C-19 graph for 2020-04-23. There were no additional positive cases from yesterday’s tests and therefore cumulative positive cases remain at 76 – Lyall Small
Two new positive cases were identified from yesterday’s tests. There are now 5 cases of contacts with a previously identified individual. The 5 cases are workers from a Government Institution. Tests are ongoing today (25 April 2020) – Lyall Small
Updated graph for 26 April 2020. No new +ve cases were found. Cumulative count is still 79 – Lyall Small
There was one additional +ve case identified today (27 April 2020) from the last tranche of NAB workers moving the cumulative total cases to 80. The graph is still essentially trending downwards – Lyallsmall
Graphing Covid-19 incidence in several Caribbean Islands – Source data: caribbeansignal.com
@Hants
It is rare and small then the rate in the larger population.
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A 66-year-old Barbadian woman with comorbidities is the 46th person who died from COVID-19, passing away on Tuesday, May 11.
There were also seven new positive cases (six males and one female) recorded on Tuesday. They were identified from among the 758 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
https://www.nationnews.com/2021/05/12/seven-new-cases-one-death/
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-cancels-major-events-for-2nd-summer-1.6026438
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The Barbados Covid authorities have reported to Worldometer that there are now zero active cases of Covid 19 in the Island. This is huge. It is the first time this year that we have had no active cases and reflects the excellent work that the Covid team has been doing, despite a number of alarums, since the outbreak started. The Covid news have not been so kind to Jamaica, nor T&T, nor Guyana. Jamaica is showing the first signs of decreasing cases, after plateauing but T&T is still climbing rapidly. St Lucia is showing a slight upward trending in its relatively low number of active cases – Lyall Small (See COVID 10 Updates Page)
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State of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago as COVID cases, deaths rise
https://www.nationnews.com/2021/05/15/state-emergency-trinidad-tobago-covid-cases-deaths-rise/
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When are these stupid governments going to learn State of Emergencies and lockdowns are not the solution. THE ONLY WAY IS TO
1) TREAT SYMPTOMATIC AND SUSPECTED CASES WITH HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE+ZINC AND OR IVERMECTIN PROTOCOLS ala the ZELENKO PROTOCOL (https://vladimirzelenkomd.com/zelenko-treatment-protocol/) or FLCC PROTOCOL (https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/)
Every single country that has properly implemented either of these protocols has stopped COVID in its tracks, kept people from the hospital and emptied their COVID wards. How many are going to die before they finally get with the program.
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@CA
Please name the countries that have properly implemented the protocol you mentioned.
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There are so many lessons which small island nations should have learned from COVID in so much that if a pandemic of this nature occurs again they would be more than prepared to offset the various issues which will come about
This virus was a biological component designed to bring down the economic structures of world powers like China. European nations and mostly America along with inflicting damage on its people
The timing of the release was intent to fool having enough powerful impact to close these economies down who were unprepared to handle a virus with precision stealth and magnitude with an extended and fast ability to bring death close down powerful economies and overburden their health systems
What small island nations did not detect and because of their small minded mentalities
Rather than closed their borders and work feverishly among themselves missed a golden opportunity to build their own economic empire by which these powerful nations would have been forced to trade with them buying of their products until the virus unlocked the lethal economic
grip…. which by then these small island would have become a powerful economic forced to be reckoned with
One which would have sent a,message to these powerful nations one clothed in unity and self empowerment
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@David May 16, 2021 6:03 AM
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Mexico, and now, India (http://outbreaknewstoday.com/ivermectin-is-highly-effective-as-a-safe-prophylaxis-and-treatment-for-covid-19-comprehensive-review-12291/).
Some states in India like Uttar Pradesh were using it since last year and those states are faring better. India has just made an about turn and gone nationwide with their policy change so expect their numbers to start dropping like a rock in a week or two as it takes effect.
Read this post to get an idea of what happens when incompetent and corrupt medical authorities set bad policy versus the ones that do it right. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/05/india-just-became-latest-country-to-approve-use-of-ivermectin-to-treat-covid-19.html
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@CA
Thanks, interesting read. Have to delve into the support links.
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PAHO: Experts urge monitoring of COVID-19 variants
https://www.nationnews.com/2021/05/16/paho-experts-urge-monitoring-covid-19-variants/
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/partially-vaccinated-canadian-socialize-1.6026991
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Data from yesterday, that is Saturday 15 May, 2021
373 Covid19 tests were done on Saturday 15 May, 2021. The positivity rate was 0.53%
compared to 1.16% two weeks ago
2 new cases of Covid19 were discovered yesterday
5 people were discharged from isolation
88 people are currently in isolation
75,920 people have been vaccinated so far.
42,904 have been fully vaccinated
0 new deaths reported yesterday.
More here: https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/05/16/covid-19-update-two-new-cases-five-discharged-2/
Data from Saturday 1 May, 2021
258 Covid19 tests were done on Saturday 1 May, 2021. The positivity rate was 1.16% compared to 2.19% the previous Saturday
3 new cases of Covid19 were discovered
7 people were discharged from isolation
92 people are currently in isolation
5,118 people were vaccinated between Saturday 25 April and Saturday 1 May.
74,608 people have been vaccinated so far.
0 new deaths
More here: https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/05/02/covid-19-update-3-new-cases-7-discharged/
Data from Saturday 24 April 2021
321 Covid19 tests were done on Saturday 24 April, 2021. The positivity rate was 0.31% compared to 2.19 % a week ago
1 new case of Covid19 was discovered
9 people were discharged from isolation
104 people are currently in isolation
3238 people were vaccinated between Saturday 17 and 24th
72,728 people have been vaccinated so far.
0 new deaths between Saturday 17 and Saturday 24 April, 2021
Data from Saturday 17 April, 2021
365 Covid19 tests were done on Saturday 17 April, 2021. The positivity rate was 2.19 % compared to 1.95% the previous day
8 new cases of Covid19 were discovered
9 people were discharged from isolation
84 people are currently in isolation
1010 people were vaccinated
69,490 people have been vaccinated so far.
0 new deaths
Note: There were zero cases discovered on Friday 30th April out of 502 tests done, If I recall correctly that was our only zero day for this year. I would love to see zero for 14 consecutive days.
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Data from yesterday, that is Sunday 16 May, 2021
276 Covid19 tests were done on Sunday 16 May, 2021. The positivity rate was 0.36% compared to 0.53% the previous day
1 new case of Covid19 were discovered yesterday
10 people were discharged from isolation
86 people are currently in isolation
75,956 people have been vaccinated so far.
43,867 have been fully vaccinated
0 new deaths reported yesterday.
More here: https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/05/17/covid-19-update-one-new-case-10-recoveries/
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A second interview with the Dr Shankara Chetty, the doctor continuing successful treatment of 4,000+ COVID cases with zero deaths and zero hospitalizations.
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Data from yesterday, that is Monday 17 May, 2021
419 Covid19 tests were done on Monday 17 May, 2021. The positivity rate was 0.95%
compared to 0.36%the previous day
4 new case of Covid19 were discovered yesterday
3 people were discharged from isolation
87 people are currently in isolation
76,000 people out of an adult population of about 224,000 people have received at least the first dose of a vaccine so far. No vaccine as yet available for the approximately 63,000 people who are younger than 18.
45,288 adults have been fully vaccinated
1 new death, a 67 year old woman with co-morbidities
More here: https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/05/18/covid-19-update-four-new-cases-three-recoveries-and-one-death/
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The 8th Day Therapy for COVID-19
https://covexit.com/the-8th-day-therapy-for-covid-19/
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Study finds Pfizer, AstraZeneca effective against Indian COVID variant
https://www.nationnews.com/2021/05/23/study-finds-pfizer-astrazeneca-effective-indian-covid-variant/
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Barbados has maintained a daily positivity percent rating of under 1% over the last month and the daily positive cases (aggregated over the previous 7 days) have been generally declining. Our Active cases have exhibited a manageable level despite a slight resurgence over the last week. The weekly comparison of active cases in Barbados and 4 of our Caribbean neighbours suggests that Trinidad’s is in a dangerous current rapidly increasing phase, hence the drastic actions taken by that Government last week . Guyana shows a moderate increase and Jamaica seems to have plateaued and is in a slow decreasing trend – Source: Lyall Small
See COVID 19 Updates
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Comorbidities and COVID: A much higher risk of death
https://aje.io/aqfqa
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The Barbados Charts this week show continuing control of the pandemic at a seemingly steady state. Jamaica, Grenada and St Lucia are also showing relatively steady state movements in their active cases. T&T is deteriorating apace but it is expected that recent tightening up of the controls there will be successful – Source: Lyall Small
SEE COVID 19 UPDATES PAGE
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It puzzled me why Trinidad with its lockdown was encountering problems with covid-19.
As I sit and listen to Trinidad accents in the background, I have come to realize that lockdown and social distancing are just words. Flying in and out is “who do you know”. People are still partying hard, social distancing and masking are a joke.
On covid-19 – team Barbados👍🏿👍🏿
If only Mia could duplicate the Colonel.
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0 new cases of Covid19 discovered yesterday from 327 tests done.
37 people still in isolation.
78,225 people have had at least one vaccination.
60,553 people have been fully vaccinated.
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@David May 16, 2021 6:03 AM “CA, Please name the countries that have properly implemented the protocol you mentioned.”
Critical Analyzer May 16, 2021 7:41 AM “South Africa, Zimbabwe, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Mexico, and now, India”
South Africa–27,766 cases per million 942 deaths per million
Zimbabwe–2,587 cases per million 106 deaths per million
Slovakia–71,351cases per million 2,260 deaths per million
Czechia–154,867 cases per million 2,807 deaths per million
India–20,235 cases per million 238 deaths per million
Barbados–13,963 cases per million 163 deaths per million
Slovakia and Czechia are 2 of only 220 countries reporting more than 2,000 deaths per million from Covid19. The others are:
Brazil
Italy
Peru
Belgium
Hungary
Bulgaria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
North Macedonia
Montenegro
San Marino
Gibraltar
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@Cuhdear Bajan May 31, 2021 7:49 PM
Just looking at cases and death per million statistics is too simplistic to understand how effective protocols and subsequent changes are at control. The only statistics that can be accurately tracked and reported on are hospitalizations and deaths. The number of positive cases depends on the level of testing and will always be subjective until serology surveys are conducted to determine true prevalence in society.
A more accurate understanding can be had by looking at case trends and matching those trends against the protocol changes implemented by the public health authorities at the country and state levels to determine the real impact of the various measures.
India’s cases are currently plummeting again (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india/) and the following interview with a data analyst most likely explains the reason why it is occurring.
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Consecutive days no reported cases of COVID 19.
COVID-19 Update: No new cases; 39 in isolation: https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/06/01/covid-19-update-no-new-cases-39-in-isolation/
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Biden administration announces plan to share first 25 million Covid-19 doses abroad
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/03/politics/biden-vaccine-sharing-plan/index.html
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Public health lab ‘can now test for COVID-19 variants’: https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/06/04/public-health-lab-can-now-test-for-covid-19-variants/
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Source: Nation
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Please see charts for last week. Barbados’ graphs show a situation that remains relatively stable. Trinidad’s active cases continue to rise precipitously. Jamaica appears to have peaked and is now on a slow declining trend. Guyana’s active cases appear to be declining slowly. The active cases in the other countries remain stable – Source: Lyall Small
See Updates COVID 19 page
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Looks like most of the debunked conspiracy theories were right after all and the mainstream media is now trying to play catch up.
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COVID-19 Early Treatment: a Quick Reference Guide
https://covexit.com/c19-early-treatment-a-quick-reference-guide/
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Source: Nation News
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Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at Texas A&M College of Medicine, Dr. Peter McCollough, says because of the high numbers of deaths and adverse reactions after vaccination being reported in the US and Europe, he can no longer recommend in good faith that his patients take any of the available Covid-19 vaccines currently being administered in the USA under an Emergency Use Authorization, The EUA allows for vaccines to be dispensed before all testing and trials have been completed and therefore before the FDA has approved and licensed the vaccines. This is allowed on the basis that there are no non-vaccine options available to treat Covid-19 victims. At the 7:50 mark in the video linked below Dr. McCollough states:“Well that 600,000 died.” (i.e. of Covid-19 /GM) “I’ve already told you that 85% of that was preventable with early treatment which was actively suppressed and squashed,”
Here are Dr McCullough’s qualifications:.
Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, FACP, FACC, FAHA, FCRSA, FCCP, FNKF, FNLA
Professor of Medicine, Texas A & M College of Medicine
Board Certified Internist and Cardiologist
President Cardiorenal Society of America
Editor-in-Chief, Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, Cardiorenal Medicine
Senior Associate Editor, American Journal of Cardiology
For more information about Dr. McCullough, please visit: heartplace.com/dr-peter-a-mcculloughPeter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, FACP, FACC, FAHA, FCRSA, FCCP, FNKF, FNLA
Professor of Medicine, Texas A & M College of Medicine
Board Certified Internist and Cardiologist
President Cardiorenal Society of America
Editor-in-Chief, Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, Cardiorenal Medicine
Senior Associate Editor, American Journal of Cardiology
17min video with Dr. McCollough here:
https://brandnewtube.com/watch/dr-peter-mccollough-i-can-no-longer-recommened-any-of-the-gene-therapies-they-are-toxic_dJ8V5o9yzYIon85.html
The doctor referred in the video linked above to the work of investigative journalist Whitney Webb. Her articles are posted at her website UnlimitedHangout(DOT)com ,
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Canada to donate 100 Million COVID-19 vaccines to world.
Hope Barbados beg for some.
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SOURCE: BARBADOS TODAY
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https://barbadosunderground.net/covid-19-updates/“>
Attached are charts updated to Friday June 11th . Grenada, Barbados and St Lucia each maintains a steady state re. test positivity, daily incidence and active cases. Jamaica and Guyana are continuing to improve and T&T seems to have passed its explosive peak and is rapidly trending downwards. Source: Lyall Small CLICK IMAGE TO SEE COVID 19 UPDATES PAGE
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” Ontario shortens wait between AstraZeneca doses from 12 to 8 weeks ”
I will try to book mine tomorrow.
Still considering becoming a ” snowbird “lol
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@Hants
Why have they reduced the wait time to second dose?
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@ David,
““This decision is based on emerging clinical evidence about the administration of two doses of different vaccines, as supported by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI),” the province said in a statement.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/7945003/ontario-shortens-wait-time-2nd-shot-astrazeneca/
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‘Self-spreading’ vaccines pose multiple risks to society — including the end of informed consent
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SOURCE: NATION NEWS
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The Same Shady People Own Big Pharma and the Media
Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola
What does The New York Times and a majority of other legacy media have in common with Big Pharma? Answer: They’re largely owned by BlackRock and the Vanguard Group, the two largest asset management firms in the world. Moreover, it turns out these two companies form a secret monopoly that own just about everything else you can think of too. As reported in the featured video:1,2
“The stock of the world’s largest corporations are owned by the same institutional investors. They all own each other. This means that ‘competing’ brands, like Coke and Pepsi aren’t really competitors, at all, since their stock is owned by exactly the same investment companies, investment funds, insurance companies, banks and in some cases, governments.
The smaller investors are owned by larger investors. Those are owned by even bigger investors. The visible top of this pyramid shows only two companies whose names we have often seen …They are Vanguard and BlackRock.
The power of these two companies is beyond your imagination. Not only do they own a large part of the stocks of nearly all big companies but also the stocks of the investors in those companies. This gives them a complete monopoly.
A Bloomberg report states that both these companies in the year 2028, together will have investments in the amount of 20 trillion dollars. That means that they will own almost everything.’”
SNIP
Keep in mind that stock ownership ratios can change at any time, since companies buy and sell on a regular basis, so don’t get hung up on percentages. The bottom line is that BlackRock and Vanguard, individually and combined, own enough shares at any given time that we can say they easily control both Big Pharma and the centralized legacy media — and then some.
Why does this matter? It matters because drug companies are driving COVID-19 responses — all of which, so far, have endangered rather than optimized public health — and mainstream media have been willing accomplices in spreading their propaganda, a false official narrative that has, and still is, leading the public astray and fosters fear based on lies.
To have any chance of righting this situation, we must understand who the central players are, where the harmful dictates are coming from, and why these false narratives are being created in the first place.
As noted in Global Justice Now’s December 2020 report12 “The Horrible History of Big Pharma,” we simply cannot allow drug companies — “which have a long track record of prioritizing corporate profit over people’s health” — to continue to dictate COVID-19 responses.
In it, they review the shameful history of the top seven drug companies in the world that are now developing and manufacturing drugs and gene-based “vaccines” against COVID-19, while mainstream media have helped suppress information about readily available older drugs that have been shown to have a high degree of efficacy against the infection.
Full article: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2021/06/15/does-vanguard-and-blackrock-own-the-world.aspx?ui=bb4dacf56d364c8aecefb22217091c77d2154762c68fd258d557a18be6f6af77&sd=19000101&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1HL&cid=20210615&mid=DM911263&rid=1183860329&p4=20100827&p5=
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I am booked to recieve a second dose of Astrazenica tomorrow. Now this.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/astra-zeneca-second-shots-stop-1.6069838
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The charts for the week ending Friday 18th June. Barbados has maintained its good performance of consistent improvements re. positivity, active cases and daily incidence of positive cases. Jamaica, Guyana, St Lucia and T&T are each showing improvements – Source: Lyall Small
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@Bajan Canadiens
Comment?
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/tristin-hopper-canadian-covid-19-restrictions-have-lost-all-touch-with-reality
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I am getting a second dose of vaccine on Tuesday.Will take what is available.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-pfizer-covid19-vaccine-delay-1.6072935
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Delta Variant and its adverse relationship with unvaccinated areas.
http://a.msn.com/00/en-us/AALhNQb
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@ David,
” COVID-19 outbreak at Toronto hospital infects some who have received both vaccine doses ”
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-outbreak-at-toronto-hospital-infects-some-who-have-received-both-vaccine-doses-1.5479528
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@Hants
Being vaccinated is no guarantee. It is meant to reduce the possibility of serious illness.
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@Hants
The Gov’t just relaxed restrictions on fully vaccinated Canadians and permanent residents ( with proof) entering Canada starting July 5th
BTW I have received my two shots of Pfizer
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fully-vaccinated-canadians-travel-july-1.6073480
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@ Sargeant glad you got your two shots.
My first shot in April was Pfizer and will be geting Moderna as my second shot tomorrow.
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@ David,
I did not expect a ” guarantee “.I just am hoping to reduce the risk of more serious illness than I already have.
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First shot was Pfizer and just got Moderna for second shot.
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