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
@CA
I asked for a reputable source to support what you wrote and you provided a website, now I like my information in small digestible bites and if you managed to slog through all the info I say good for you but the first thing I looked at was the “Disclaimer page” and I saw the following;
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COVID-19 is a serious disease whose outcome depends on numerous factors including pre-existing conditions and timing of treatment. No guarantees can be made that users who choose with their physicians to employ recommendations on this site will experience benefit or not suffer adverse effects. The science of this illness is constantly changing and the coronavirus is mutating with unknown effects on treatment recommendations. Patients can have unique comorbidities, sensitivities or individual reactions to treatments. Patients assume the risks of treatment choices. Unquote
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There are a few more similar to the above but that told me all I need to know
Next you posted a video about the helpful affects of vitamin D, note I never disputed the positive affects of vitamin D, however you wrote the following:
“‘Follow the Science’. The beach is the safest place to be. They should be encouraging people to go to beach, get sun and play games. Between the wind, clean air, uv rays, high humidity and extremely high salt content in the air, the beach is an extremely hostile environment for the virus, much more so than locked up in your house”
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Did you mean to say Vitamin D is beneficial? If so, why does one need to go to the beach to absorb vitamin D or the other elements? Can’t I get the same working in my garden; washing my car or sitting in my backyard? Aren’t there inherent risks in mingling with people playing games on the beach?
Looka, I was watching an Attenborough offering and interrupted it to write this response, yuh lucky that I can recall it later.
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The COVID-19 Update and Press Conference which was rescheduled for 8 p.m. has been postponed until 11 a.m. tomorrow. Government has apologised for the delay
A nine-year-old is among three people who passed away as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the number of deaths to 28, the Ministry of Health and Wellness said a short while ago.
https://www.nationnews.com/2021/02/16/nine-year-old-among-three-new-covid-related-deaths/
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Cuhdear BajanFebruary 16, 2021 8:34 PM A number of my friends and relatives in Barbados, Canada, England and the United States have taken a Covid vaccine, None of them have grown 3 heads yet.
But Cuhdear,. It is AstraZeneca, the Viagra people.
With all the negative crap out there, you could at least have started a positive rumour, by inferring that another problem AROSE and takes time to recede.
Then, there would be a mad rush for the vaccines.
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@Crusoe
But Cuhdear,. It is AstraZeneca, the Viagra people.
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Seems like you had some extremely potent liquers or was inhaling some funny tabacky, the world knows ( maybe with one exception) that PFIZER is to be blamed for Viagra.
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@Sargeant
Should the blogmaster be impressed you appear very familiar with Pfizer and one of its most sought after products by men in your age group?
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I hear from some on the blog Waru etc, about systemic racism ,white privilege and so on, in Canada we have put racialized communities ahead of 75 yr olds in the que for the covid vaccine, in some cases a reward for bad behavior . I didnt see any body mentioning it but that hardly seems like what racists do. Is there any sense that barbados will put in a similar policy for its minorities, what if there was a massive outbreak in the white community…who would make the sun come up.?
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Such a silly comment.
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@David
Here I am trying to correct the record and you dissing me with a remark about men of my age and our familiarity and proclivity in the usage of a certain bedroom enhancer. Wunnah young pups can’t fool me, we don’t have to impress anyone, however if the purchasers of that product can be categorized by age group guess who would make up the largest number of purchasers?
BTW how old was Methuselah when he fathered his last child?
I rest my case 😊
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Not silly I have heard total vile comments on whites all month but you guys never see the forest for the trees, I think you finally cracked old Adrian trying nothing more than being helpful never a harsh word on race, I think he finally got sick of hearing what bad people we are.
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@Sargeant We think you doth protest too much LOL.
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@ Lawson February 17, 2021 9:43 AM
“…… what if there was a massive outbreak in the white community…who would make the sun come up.?”
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Wow, and wow, again!!
That has to be the ‘darkest’ of the best of your undercover ‘coloured’ jokes to date.
In the light of ‘black’ ignorance you have placed your chosen people even above the supremacy God.
And you might just be a bit taken aback to find out that black people themselves especially those living in their brain-damaged cocoon of congenital ignorance called Barbados actually see you guys as the embodiment of Yahweh through his only begotten white son called Jesus.
But just remember the same way did the same SUN set on many empires including the British one, so too will IT set on the same melanin-deprived or bleached or white-washed ‘out’ race for their ‘costly’ technological acts committed for their own anthropological survival and which are, inadvertently, fast contributing to the acceleration of global warming and hence to their own demise as a sub-species of homo sapiens.
It’s simply a matter for Father Time which will surely outlived even your god Yahweh as HE has done to the likes of Zeus, Baal, Jupiter and many of their ilk.
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LOL Miller so I will put you down as you agree, in the near term , but you are right when the hispanics take over the world the ones in Texas will surely get rid of Al Gore for his green house effect ,
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SargeantFebruary 17, 2021 9:21 AM Crusoe But Cuhdear,. It is AstraZeneca, the Viagra people. +++++++
Seems like you had some extremely potent liquers or was inhaling some funny tabacky, the world knows ( maybe with one exception) that PFIZER is to be blamed for Viagra.
Sargeant, my error, of course. Mixed the two up. But you said ‘blamed for Viagra’. Surely that should be praised?
Surely any company that can raise the dead, can assist the living?
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https://www.nationnews.com/2021/02/17/live-updates-covid-management-february-17-2021/
There are 40 minors in Barbados’ COVID isolation facilities: 17 males and 23 females
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Viral test backlog declared over – Bostic – Viral test backlog declared over – Bostic: https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/02/18/viral-test-backlog-declared-over-bostic/
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Minister Bostic should not have to be declaring this.
The number of tests outstanding as well as the number of serious cases should be on the Daily dashboard.
They are still doing too much PR.
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“Only” 39 new cases of Covid19 discovered yesterday. The test results are from Febuary 9 to 17.
54 people recovered and have gone home to their families.
9115 people have been vaccinated, including 2432 who were vaccinated today.
https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/02/18/covid-19-update-39-new-cases-54-recoveries/
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COVID vaccines the talk of CARICOM’s mid-term summit – COVID vaccines the talk of CARICOM’s mid-term summit: https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/02/19/covid-vaccines-the-talk-of-caricoms-mid-term-summit/
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Attached are charts for the week ending today Friday 19th. I added a new chart on percent positivity for the data from 23rd January because of a post by Cuhdear bajan. The last 5 or six weeks have been quite traumatic for Barbados re. deaths and almost every other parameter. Rapidly escalating cases and deaths as well as lack of an essential reagent for tests led to some problems including some inaccurate / late reporting of some test results. It appears that most of those problems have now been overcome and it is hoped that the trajectory of the positivity percentages and some other data will become evident over the next few weeks. In the meantime, Barbados’ active cases are currently trending upwards, an unwonted characteristic it shares only with Jamaica amongst the 6 countries being monitored – Lyall Small
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Source: Nation
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Covid vaccines have had a significant impact on the risk of serious illness in Scotland, an analysis shows.
The work led by Public Health Scotland found by the fourth week after the first dose hospitalisations were reduced by 85% and 94% for the Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs respectively.
It is the first sign of the real world impact of the Covid vaccination programme in the UK.
Figures for England are expected to be released later.
Among the over 80s, the combined figure was an 81% reduction.
The preliminary data from the EAVE II project covers 1.14 million vaccinations given between 8 December and 15 February.
Lead researcher Prof Aziz Sheikh said: “These results are very encouraging and have given us great reasons to be optimistic for the future.”….(Quote)
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Covid vaccines – ‘spectacular’ impact on serious illness
The first results of the UK vaccination programme suggests it is having a “spectacular” impact on preventing serious illness. Research led by Public Health Scotland found at four weeks after the first dose, hospital admissions were reduced by 85% and 94% for the Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs respectively. It is the first sign of the real world impact of vaccination in the UK. Figures for England are expected to be released later. Among the over 80s, there was an overall 81% reduction in the numbers admitted to hospital.
More here: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56153600
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@Hal Austin February 22, 2021 5:53 AM….(Quote)”
If you wish to inform and educate others just writing (quote) is not good enough. You need to add your exact source, name of book, magazine or journal, name of author, date of publication, name of publisher, so that other people can check and verify what you have quoted. With items published online it is typically enough to just add the link which includes the information which I have indicated.
You get a D- this time. Please follow the correct form next time.
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Covid19 deaths per million in CARICOM states, associated states, and their major trading partners, and the neighboring French territories Martinique and Guadaloupe:
UK 1770
USA 1538
Belize 781
Canada 571
Bahamas 452
Guadaloupe 395
Turks & Caicos 358 [an associated state]
Suriname 285
Guyana 240
Montserrat 200 [a single person died, but Montserrat has a tiny population of 5,000 people]
Bermuda 193 [an associated state]
St. Luciam168
Jamaica 133
Antigua 132
Martinique 120
Barbados 108
Trinidad 99
St. Vincent 54
British Virgin Islands 33 [an associated state]
Cayman Islands 30 [an associated state]
Haiti 21
Grenada 9
Anguilla 0 [an associated state]
Dominica 0
St. Kitts 0
But we can still catch up with the mother country and the countries of the great white north if we play the @ss and refuse to mask up properly, hand wash, keep 6 feet away from other people, and if we refuse to be vaccinated.
So what do we do?
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Source: Nation
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Attached are updated charts for the last week ending yesterday. The positivity charts are based on the official data reported to Worldometer. It should be recognized that test data up to about 1 week ago suffered from problems caused primarily by lack of a reagent for automatic testing. The positivity data seems to be now trending downwards. If this can be maintained for 2 weeks the Government can declare that the pause and stop actions have worked. Jamaica’s active cases have shown a consistent increase over the last several weeks and are now at their highest levels – Source: Lyall Small
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another 44 people testing positive for the viral illness on Friday, February 26
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A must-watch interview, presentation and Q&A, especially for doctors and journalists pertaining to COVID treatment at all stages including Long COVID experienced by the long haulers.
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Source: Nation
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Attached are updated Covid-19 charts for the week ending 2021-03-05. The positivity chart indicates that positivity is generally trending in the right direction for Barbados as is also true for the Active cases chart. The Jamaica Active cases chart is still moving upwards. Trinidad’s chart continues to indicate admirable control. The fight to get back to a steady state control situation in Barbados continues. If you think it is useful I could update the positivity chart on a daily basis – Source: Lyall Small
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Vaccination campaign ‘turns to shut-ins’ – Major Clarke – Vaccination campaign ‘turns to shut-ins’ – Major Clarke: https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/06/vaccination-campaign-turns-to-shut-ins-major-clarke/
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Another great interview on Ivermectin
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” The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 47 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Friday, March 5, from the 710 tests conducted.”
47 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Friday, March 5,
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IMPORTANT COVID UPDATE
https://outlook.live.com/mail/inbox/id/AQMkADAwATExADk3NwAtNGMzNC05ZjU5LTAwAi0wMAoARgAAA7H
https://outlook.live.com/mail/inbox/id/AQMkADAwATExADk3NwAtNGMzNC05ZjU5LTAwAi0wMAoARgAAA7HGfiyUz5hJt8n7WGzwwBYHAM%2BnjvtBOhRBuK7hE2Wv3AAAAwEMAAAAz6eO%2B0E6FEG4ruETZa%2FcAAAABMXTf%2FIAAAA%3D?state=0
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https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/07/covid-19-update-21-new-cases-61-recoveries/
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IMPORTANT COVID UPDATE
https://www.blabber.buzz/blab/pop/1025061-forget-what-fauci-says-actual-facts-on-ground-are-proving-him-wrong-on-this-key-issue?utm_source=c-pm&utm_medium=c-pm-email&utm_term=c-pm-Microsoft&utm_content=716Udvkk2pgzapCEST27IMewh9dWlwOTEaURZI6Rv49k.A
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Forget What Fauci Says, Actual Facts On Ground Are Proving Him Wrong On This Key Issue
Written By BlabberBuzz | Sunday, 07 March 2021 16:30
Forget What Fauci Says, Actual Facts On Ground Are Proving Him Wrong On This Key Issue
The pace of Covid-19 vaccine administration in the US continues to improve, each day bringing the country closer to herd immunity — the point at which enough people are protected against a disease that it cannot spread.
A CNN analysis suggests herd immunity against the coronavirus could be reached in the United States by the end of summer through vaccines alone and potentially even sooner when natural immunity is added in.
Vaccines are currently being distributed at a pace of about 2 million doses a day, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resulting in 70% of the population seemingly becoming fully vaccinated by the end of July, with 85% having their full vaccinations by mid-September, when the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is factored in.
At this point, the thresholds for herd immunity, which describes the point when enough people are protected against a disease so that it cannot further spread, are just estimates. However, health experts agree that herd immunity happens when between 70% and 85% of a population is protected, a figure with which Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, agrees.
Meanwhile, Biden announced this week that the United States will have enough vaccines required in order to protect all adults in the country by the end of May.
Even if the two-dose vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna were the only shots available, 70% of the US population could still be fully vaccinated by mid-September. But with the Food and Drug Administration recently approving Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose vaccine for emergency use, those numbers rapidly grew to immunizing 70% of the country by July, two months sooner than with the first vaccines alone.
As the CDC estimates that a quarter of the United States may have already been infected by COVID-19, herd immunity could be reached between the combination of shots and natural immunity as early as June.
However, there are new variants that could lessen the protection brought through vaccines, and with there being some people hesitant to get their shots, the figures on herd immunity could change, experts at CNN points out.
CNN also reports of the hazards posed by Spring break, which starts for hundreds of universities this month. And typical spring break revelry could lead to countless more Americans getting infected as coronavirus variants threaten to outpace vaccinations.
“It’s the perfect storm,” Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
“You’ve got the B.1.1.7 variant accelerating in Florida. You’ve got all these 20-year-old kids. None of them are going to have masks. They’re all going to be drinking. They’re having pretty close, intimate contact. And then, after that’s all done, they’re going to go back to their home states and spread the B.1.1.7 variant.”
Some universities — like Ohio State and State University of New York — have canceled spring break to try to minimize new infections.
And the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently had a blunt message for all Americans: “Don’t travel,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky said. “We really, really would advocate for not traveling right now.”
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GP;
re. the above post which is headlined “ Forget What Fauci Says, Actual Facts On Ground Are Proving Him Wrong On This Key Issue. Written By BlabberBuzz | Sunday, 07 March 2021 16:30“, What is the key issue and what are the facts that prove Fauci wrong? The article does not give clarity to the above.
When Would you advise Bajans to stop wearing masks, stop social distancing and stop frequent hand sanitizing? Do you think that we will get enough people vaccinated to confer herd immunity here by mid-year? Do you think that Mia should throw caution to the winds and let the virus operate freely as Trump seemed to have done to hasten herd immunity?
Perhaps the problem might be the vaccination itself. Do you think that a strategy that deemphasizes Vaccinations at this time might be the best way to go?
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GP;
Oops! Seems like BlabberBuzz is actually a right wing conservative blog.
https://www.blabber.buzz/
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RE Seems like BlabberBuzz is actually a right wing conservative blog.
SO WHAT?
ARE THEY WRONG BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT WING WHAT EVER THAT MEANS…..OR CONSERVATIVE?
WHAT KIND OF BLOG IS BU?
What is the key issue and what are the facts that prove Fauci wrong?
YOU TELL ME YOU ARE AN EXPERT IN MEDICINE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY.
The article does not give clarity to the above.
IT DOES TO ME THOUGH AND IT DOES TO THE SEVERAL PROFESSIONALS WHO KNOW ABOUT FALSY AND HIS FOIBLES AND FAILURES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
RE When Would you advise Bajans to stop wearing masks, stop social distancing and stop frequent hand sanitizing? Do you think that we will get enough people vaccinated to confer herd immunity here by mid-year?
Perhaps the problem might be the vaccination itself. Do you think that a strategy that deemphasizes Vaccinations at this time might be the best way to go?
ASK THE FOLK IN BARBADOS WHO ARE PAID TO DO THESE THINGS AND THE FOLK ON BU THAT KNOW EVERYTHING BOUT EVATING
RE Do you think that Mia should throw caution to the winds and let the virus operate freely as Trump seemed to have done to hasten herd immunity?
REMEMBER THAT TRUMP FOLLOWED THE BAD ADVICE OF DR FALSY
DR FALSY GOT THE RESULTS HE WANTED DIDNT HE?
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I rest my case
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YOU WOULD HAVE TO REST YOUR SUIT CASE OR BRIEF CASE OR WHATEVER
I DONT COME ON BU FOR ANY EXAMS
I PASSED THOSE ALREADY
AND WAS ABLE TO TEACH MEDICAL STUDENTS WELL WHO SOUGHT TO CHALLENGE EVATING BY SURFING THE NET TO SEE IF YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. THEY WERE LIKE THE SAINTS AT BEREA IN ACTS I7
BUT THEY ASKED SENSIBLE REASONBLE QUESTIONS AS THEY SOUGHT KNOWLEDGE
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COVFEFE
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HEE HAW
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Lyall updated the positivity chart for Barbados. Good job!
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New COVID-19 variants under investigation worldwide – New COVID-19 variants under investigation worldwide: https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/08/new-covid-19-variants-under-investigation-worldwide/
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Monday, March 8, 30 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were identified from among the 591 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
https://www.nationnews.com/2021/03/09/30-new-cases-68-people-recover/
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https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/10/covid-19-update-20-new-cases-87-recoveries/
402 covid tests done yesterday
20 new cases of Covid yesterday
87 people were discharged from isolation
314 people are currently in isolation
150 people were vaccinated
49,757 people have been vaccinated as of March 9, 2021
0 new deaths
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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital has reminded the public that due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency, there have been changes to the treatment protocol for patients experiencing asthma attacks who visit the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department (AED).
“In accordance with current international guidelines, asthmatic patients presenting to the AED with mild to moderate asthmatic attacks will be treated with bronchodilators via a metered dose inhaler (MDI) and the use of a spacer.
“This treatment protocol is as effective as the use of the nebuliser when treating mild to moderate asthmatic attacks. The objective is to avoid the creation of liquid droplets produced during the nebulisation process which can potentially spread COVID-19 or any other virus to nearby patients and healthcare workers. However, patients who are experiencing severe asthma attacks will continue to be nebulized,” a statement from the QEH noted.
The QEH also reminded patients to bring their personal inhalers and spacers when visiting the Emergency Department. Additionally, “all asthmatics are strongly advised to continue the use of their prescribed maintenance medication as directed by their physician, as doing so can prevent an asthma attack”. (PR)
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https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/11/covid-19-update-19-new-cases-58-recoveries/
746 covid tests done yesterday. The positivity rate was 2.54%
19 new cases of Covid yesterday
58 people were discharged from isolation
275 people are currently in isolation
380 people were vaccinated
50,262 people have been vaccinated as of March 10, 2021
0 new deaths
Some easing of restrictions were announced this evening, but with a warning that we are not out of the woods yet.
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https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/12/covid-19-update-19-new-cases-46-recovered/
496 covid tests done yesterday. The positivity rate was 3.83%
19 new cases of Covid yesterday
46 people were discharged from isolation
248 people are currently in isolation
345 people were vaccinated
50,703 people have been vaccinated as of March 11, 2021
0 new deaths
Restrictions will be eased starting Monday 15 March, but with a warning that we are not out of the woods yet.
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Enclosed are the charts for week ending 12th March 2021. The daily +cases chart gives a clearer picture, through the trendline, of the clear trend of reduction in daily cases over the past few weeks. This trend is also evident in the positivity percentage chart for Barbados. Re. the comparison of Active cases in the 6 Caribbean countries; Jamaica is still in an explosive upward trend; Guyana is showing a slight but low upward trend while Barbados is trending downwards. T&T is maintaining a consistent downward trend for that metric – Source: Lyall Small
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Source: Nation
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CMO’s bill of health on COVID-19 vaccine – CMO’s bill of health on COVID-19 vaccine: https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/13/cmos-bill-of-health-on-covid-19-vaccine/
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https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/13/covid-19-update-13-new-cases-41-recovered/
457 covid tests done yesterday. The positivity rate was 2.8%
13 new cases of Covid yesterday
41 people were discharged from isolation
220 people are currently in isolation
221 people were vaccinated
50,980 people have been vaccinated as of March 12, 2021
0 new deaths
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@ Simple Simon
It is important to note there has been limited random testing so far. It was heartening to hear that they will be ramping up .
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CARPHA statement on COVID-19 variant first found in Brazil (P.1) – CARPHA statement on COVID-19 variant first found in Brazil (P.1): https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/13/carpha-statement-on-covid-19-variant-first-found-in-brazil-p-1/
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Source: Nation
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https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/14/covid-19-update-17-new-cases-27-recovered/
374 covid tests done yesterday. The positivity rate was 4.54%
17 new cases of Covid yesterday
27 people were discharged from isolation
210 people are currently in isolation
558 people were vaccinated yesterday
51,595 people have been vaccinated as of March 13, 2021
0 new deaths
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Interesting BBC Hardtalk interview with the CEO of Serum Institute the company that manufacturers AstraZeneca vaccine.
[audio src="https://barbadosunderground.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/hardtalk-20210315-adarpoonawallahowtovaccinatetheworld.mp3" /]
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https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/covid-19-update-21-new-cases-41-recovered-1-death/
237 covid were done on Sunday 14 March. The positivity rate was 8.86%
21 new cases of Covid yesterday
41 people were discharged from isolation
189 people are currently in isolation
593 people were vaccinated yesterday
52,290 people have been vaccinated as of March 14, 2021
1 new death, an 88-year-old Barbadian man with comorbidities who succumbed to the virus after spending 18 days at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility. His death brings to 38, the number of people who have died from the virus.
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Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) — another element of COVID-19 – Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) — another element of COVID-19: https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/15/multi-system-inflammatory-syndrome-in-children-mis-c-another-element-of-covid-19/
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https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/16/covid-19-update-16-new-cases-39-recoveries-and-one-death/
358 covid were done on Monday 15 March. The positivity rate was 4.46%
16 new cases of Covid yesterday
39 people were discharged from isolation
165 people are currently in isolation
815 people were vaccinated yesterday
53,129 people have been vaccinated as of Monday March 15, 2021
1 new death, a 75-year-old Barbadian woman died last night from COVID-19. She had pre-existing chronic non-communicable diseases and passed away after spending 14 days at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility.
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Can anyone explain why the vaccination uptake in Barbados is so skewed by gender?
Why have 30,861 women been vaccinated
compared to 22,268 men.
A difference of 8,593
Is it that Bajan men are so chivalrous, so kind, so loving that they are letting their grandmothers, mothers, aunts, sisters, girlfriends, wives, daughters and granddaughters step forward, while the men take the risk of becoming infected with a debilitating and sometimes deadly disease?
The government may need to mount a vaccination campaign directed specifically at men, especially as up to this point more men that women have been infected.
I am curious: Is the same thing happening in other countries?
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The ordinary citizens and the treacherous opposition obviously live on two planets: While the opposition is hoping for Judgment Day, fewer and fewer people are in quarantine. Almost no more new infections. Despite the Corona mutant.
What a fantastic performance by our Supreme Leader and General Bosstic! Thank you both!
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John Magufuli…president of Tanzania…died March 17 at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. He was 61. The death was announced in a statement by Tanzanian Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who cited “heart complications” as the cause. There had been earlier unconfirmed reports from opposition leaders…that he had been hospitalized in Nairobi for covid-19…..From the beginning, Mr. Magufuli emulated U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, suggesting that the virus posed little risk, that medical experts could not be trusted…He mocked health-safety measures such as social distancing and mask-wearing and fired government health officials if they disagreed. He advocated steam baths and folk remedies. Above all, he called for prayer.
“Our enemies will say a lot, but here in Tanzania we are safe,” he said in August 2020, according to the New York Times. “We put God first, and God heard us.” [In May 2020] Mr. Magufuli’s government stopped reporting coronavirus statistics to the World Health Organization. The numbers remained frozen at 509 infections and 21 deaths, prompting Mr. Magufuli to declare the pandemic “absolutely finished” in Tanzania
Mr. Magufuli made one of his final public appearances at a church in Dar es Salaam in late February. One of his top aides died the same day, presumably of covid-19. The president asked the people of his country to engage in three days of prayer to overcome a “respiratory disease,” which he did not name. “Maybe we have wronged God somewhere,” he said. “Let us all repent.”
More here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/tanzania-president-dead/2021/03/17/8e090fca-820b-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html
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Last year, Pierre Nkurunziza, the coronavirus-denying president of neighboring Burundi, died suddenly at 55 amid speculation that he had contracted the disease
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Please note that even though Donald Trump liked to play down Covid19, as soon as a vaccine was available he was at the front of the line in early January to get his. And Melania got hers too even though at her age/height/weight she is unlikely to have the co-morbidities which would put her in a high risk category.
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I think that Tanzania can report to the World Health Organization that the number of deaths in their country have moved from 21 to 22.
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Thanking God again for a sensible woman like Auntie Mia.
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Cuhdear BajanMarch 17, 2021 8:38 PM Please note that even though Donald Trump liked to play down Covid19, as soon as a vaccine was available he was at the front of the line in early January to get his
Not quite as soon as it was available. After the required time had passed after the drugs that they gave him to save him, were out of his system.
But yes, your general point is well made.
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DavidMarch 17, 2021 1:48 AM
The Chinese vaccine is not as effective as the Oxford one from India.
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Cuhdear BajanMarch 16, 2021 5:55 PM Can anyone explain why the vaccination uptake in Barbados is so skewed by gender?…..The government may need to mount a vaccination campaign directed specifically at men
Why should the government mount a campaign aimed at men? If they are so silly as to refuse it, that is their problem. Of course, men are also at higher risk of severe illness from it, according to accumulated data.
But remember the calypso, ‘woman smart, smarter than man’?
Yuh feel women foolish? While the morons will sit in the rumshop and say ”man, I ent care bout dat. Dat is Bill Gates an dem. I gine fire a rum and I good’.
This is not the one I referred but yet another one. Calypsonians are smart too.
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David March 17, 2021 1:48 AM
@David it is interesting that the T&T is going to China for vaccines not approved by the WHO while they held the 2000 doses of the Oxford vaccine donated by Barbados until the vaccine was officially WHO approved. Trinidad’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic leaves a LOT to be desired. Be that as it may, it is acceptance that it is a wild wild west in terms of vaccines acquisition (as predicted since Sars-COV2 vaccines would been a highly sought after commodity in the short term)
The main vaccines China has developed are Coronavac\Sinovac and BBIBP-CorV\Sinopharm. Both are “inactivated” vaccines i.e. they use “dead” Sars-COV2 virions so that they cannot replicate but when injected, the immune system can recognize the virus and build up a response. Both are in Phase 3 trials with over 30,000. participants each. Both are double dose vaccines that have been given emergency use authorization in 20 countries with efficacy rates comparable to the other vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna, Oxford and Johnson & Johnson)
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@Disgusting Lies & Propaganda TV
Very interesting.
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Source: Nation
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COVID reinfection higher among older people
https://www.nationnews.com/2021/03/18/covid-reinfection-higher-among-older-people/
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RE Why should the government mount a campaign aimed at men?
SIMPLE. THAT IS WHAT A PROPER PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT OUGHT TO DO. uh lie?
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Active COVID rise after audit
Barbados recorded 21 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
https://www.nationnews.com/2021/03/18/active-covid-rise-audit/
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Attached are Covid-19 charts to tonight’s current GIS / Worldometer data. Re. Barbados’ positivity data We are still trending downwards near 5%. Re. Active cases Barbados has reclaimed a place comparable with Trinidad and St Lucia and re. daily cases we are strongly trending downwards. The Barbados situation has not yet reached December 2020 levels but it might be impossible to do so until a much higher proportion of people gets vaccinated, if a Variant is driving the incidence of cases . Jamaica’s case loads seem to be consistently going in the wrong direction – Source: Lyall Small
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Source: Nation
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261 covid19 tests were done on Sunday 21 March. The positivity rate was 3.06%
8 new cases of Covid yesterday
28 people were discharged from isolation
161 people are currently in isolation
624 people were vaccinated yesterday
61,752 people have been vaccinated as of Sunday March 21, 2021
1 new death, a 61-year-old Barbadian woman died on Saturday from COVID-19. She had pre-existing chronic non-communicable diseases and passed away after spending 25 days at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility.
10,260 more women than men have been vaccinated. Early in the vaccination campaign there was an ad by Mac Fingall. Time for the government to relaunch a vaccination campaign directed at men, specifically men older than 64 with chronic NCD’s
More here:
https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/03/22/covid-19-update-eight-new-cases-28-recoveries/
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Good news.
Hopefully, the former negative and now silent Nellies are making notes.
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TheOGazerts re. your 6:57 post.
Yes! Great news! Hope that it persists and that we continue to get a long series of sub 10 daily cases for the near future.
But we are not out of the woods yet. If the charts continue to advance in the right direction. If Mia can secure all the Astra Zenica vaccines that we need to get to herd immunity as soon as possible. If Government can convince 80% of the people or thereabouts to take the vaccine. If the Astra Zenica vaccine continues to show efficacy against the new variants. Then the economy can be restarted this year. These are a lot of “ifs” but still within the realms of probabilities.
But we will need everyone to follow the Covid-19 protocols closely and intelligently and we will need to be lucky while the various Government agencies double down in zealously carrying out their proscribed functions and Mia continues to push for and succeeds in acquiring the necessary vaccines in a timely manner.
I hope and pray that the achievement of only 8 new cases yesterday will be the start of a new normal with cases dropping consistently to sub-5 levels and then down to the levels we used to see before December last year and then down to even fewer cases. I think it should be noted that everyone needs to pull in the same direction for this to occur consistently.
We have the examples of our neighbours Jamaica, T&T, St Lucia, Guyana and Grenada to point us along the eventual path to what each country may deem success. The progress of each country, in its own way, can be characterized by a proper reading of my Covid-19 charts. Jamaica seems to have either lost its war or is nearing that state given the unrelenting increase in incidence of the disease over several weeks now. T&T has been fighting a rearguard action and getting excellent results that suggests that a country that can afford to ignore Tourism but still ensure strict protocol adherence by its population, can control the Covid Beast. St Lucia was going strong but suffered huge spikes contemporaneously with us in Barbados but it fought back to be once more in control. Grenada, after flirting with Sandals, took strong action and came back on stream and Guyana is chugging along doing reasonably well against the odds, given its size, population and continental imperatives.
There is still a long way to go for all of us but I hope that the 8 active cases yesterday is like a canary in a coal mine.
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