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I Want 50, I Want 100, I Want 2000 …We Want Nunthing but Trust

Posted on September 23, 2021 by David 19 comments

Submitted by Whisper Back in February 2021, according to Acting Prime Minister, Santia Bradshaw, a regional company tried to secure one million “non-existent” AstraZeneca vaccine doses through a Florida-based company for $10.2 million US dollars from a legitimate manufacturer for the government of Barbados, in a deal that did not include Barbados taxpayers money.Acting Prime Minister, Santia Bradshaw briefly outlined

Prepare the Body to Fight, Fight, Fight!

Posted on September 19, 2021 by David 23 comments

The SARs-CoV-2 virus has moved from epidemic (outbreak in Wuhan, China) to pandemic (spread across several countries) to possible endemic (in simple explanation, the virus will constantly exist like the common flu). Some on BU have been advocating priority must be given by public health officials in through reminders to the public – see Dr. Doughlin’s excellent video – Dr

Health

Chasing the Virus

Posted on September 14, 2021 by David 317 comments

The following was posted @10:05PM on the 13 September 2021by Disgusting Lies & Propaganda TV to blog in reply to GP and JOhn Knox on the Barbados: Following the Science on Covid 19? Your two posts above make medical sense neither the “virus” or the “vaccines”” are behaving typically. That is amazing when one of the most common respiratory virus behaves

Barbadian Denied Entry to Massy Store

Posted on September 12, 2021 by David 32 comments

On Saturday September 11/09/2021 as I was leaving Massy Supermarket in Holetown after picking up a few items, I was stopped at the door by the guard and told that the supervisor said that the next time that I come to the store, I cannot wear the mask that I was wearing and would not be allowed to enter. I

Opinion

Barbados: Following the Science on Covid 19?

Posted on September 10, 2021 by David 229 comments

Submitted by Tee White The recent statement by the representative of the DLP calling on the government to initiate a ‘pause for the cause’ and a response from the current BLP government for the DLP to get on board with the effort to persuade Bajans to be vaccinated has once again highlighted the challenge facing the country with regard to

Health

Barbados: in the Grip of a Pandemic

Posted on September 3, 2021 by David 439 comments

Recent COVID 19 Dashboards reflect a global picture, one of rising infections caused mainly by the Delta variant. Unfortunately because Barbados does not exist in a fishbowl, our tiny island is being ravaged by the the coronavirus. Given the perilous state of the economy before the pandemic struck, Barbadians should expect a period of economic hardship for the next many

Health

Covid 19 and Economy Fatigue ‘Virus’ Spike

Posted on August 29, 2021 by David 364 comments

The COVID 19 virus is wrecking havoc on the Barbados landscape based on the number of infections experienced in recent days. Our worse fears are being realised with 92 reported infections listed in the recent dashboard. During a press conference yesterday authorities advised current trajectory if left unchecked could see 500 cases of Covid 19 infections daily starting as early

Difficult Conversations – Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy

Posted on August 10, 2021 by David 888 comments

The Government, private sector and unions have signalled their intention to move from the optional injection phase to the mandatory. They seem convinced that the injections can only benefit Barbadians, and do not understand why many Barbadians are hesitant. Both vaccinated and unvaccinated persons deserve an honest evidence-based discussion of COVID-19. To facilitate that discussion, the facts that are publicly

Opinion

Gonsalves Struck in the Head, Who Next?

Posted on August 7, 2021 by David 477 comments

The report coming out of St. Vincent that a citizen felt emboldened to pelt an object at Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and in the process endanger his life and destabilize the country is reprehensible. We may have contrary political views but it does not mean we should disregard the fact Gonsalves’s Unity Labour Party (ULP) is a democratically elected government.

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Discussion re COVID 19 and the Economy

Posted on August 1, 2021 by David 265 comments

COVID-19 Discussion: Interview with BAMP Representatives - The variants and how they will impact our nation and our lives

The following is a short discussion with President of the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) Dr. Linda Williams (Epidemiologist). Dr. Natasha Sobers ( Epidemiologist) from the UWI, Cave Hill and Senior Economic Advisor to the government Dr. Kevin Greenidge – Head of the CBC TV 8 Sanka Price lead the discussion supported by Head of News at Voice of

Covid 19 – Mandatory Vaccination

Posted on July 29, 2021 by David 226 comments

Submitted by Tee White Addressing the country on 27 July 2021, following a meeting of the Social partnership to discuss the issue of mandatory Covid vaccination and testing, Prime Minister Mottley stated, among other things, that her government is convinced that Covid 19 vaccines reduce virus transmission. As the prime minister did not present the evidence on the basis of

Opinion

COVID 19: NO Retreat, No Surrender

Posted on July 25, 2021 by David 530 comments

The fight against COVID 19 by countries across the globe is real. Barbados given its heavy dependence on tourism (services) is exposed more than some other countries. We are here now and we have to do all that we can to survive. The blogmaster predicted months ago the conversations will shift to finding ways to enforce mandatory vaccinations. It is

Health

Notice to all Hotels and Cruise Ship Companies

Posted on July 22, 2021 by David 22 comments

Nathan J. Green 21st July 2021 Good Day A Notice to all Hotels and Cruise Ship Companies. My name is Nathan ‘Jolly” Green; I am a Caribbean journalist, and a freelance acting on the instructions of a well-known international TV company. Between August and December, my five-person team will begin surveying and inspecting a mixture of 150 hotels and cruise

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Posted on July 19, 2021 by David 52 comments

A federal judge on Sunday denied a request to stop Indiana University from requiring students to receive Covid-19 vaccinations before returning to campus for the fall semester. “Recognizing the students’ significant liberty to refuse unwanted medical treatment, the Fourteenth Amendment permits Indiana University to pursue a reasonable and due process of vaccination in the legitimate interest of public health for its students,

Health

Sputnik Came Crashing back to Earth

Posted on July 12, 2021 by David 148 comments

Submitted by Nathan J Green When the Russian built Sputnik became the first artificial satellite to enter space on Oct. 4, 1957, its alien beeping shocked America. Its signal stopped after just three weeks, and three months later, sky gazers could no longer see a little moving dot. It was the sputnik failure. Now there is another Sputnik failure. An

Government by Decree – Covid-19 and the Constitution

Posted on July 1, 2021 by David 78 comments

The government has deliberately stoked fear over coronavirus while behaving like an authoritarian regime relying on police state tactics, according to the former supreme court justice Jonathan Sumption. The Guardian

Younger Barbadians Advised to Protect Against the Virus

Posted on June 27, 2021 by David 126 comments

Attached are charts for week ending 25th June. The big news is that at the end of that week there were a few spikes that slightly blurred the successes of the past 6 months. However, there does not appear to be cause for any panic at this time as larger spikes have been contained previously. The watchword is now

Health

Open to Tourists – UK Green List, DELTA Variant …

Posted on June 25, 2021 by David 127 comments

The following was submitted by Joe Norton PR Executive of Impressions, a UK Digital company based in the UK with an objective of directing clicks/impressions to various websites. The blogmaster is reluctant to post submissions which have a commercial objective. In this case the opening up of the country with an improved quarantine requirement although still aggressive makes this a

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