NO social/physical distancing

customers are bringing in their OWN grocery bags, they should NOT

This will guarantee the further spreading of COVID-19

to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 disease RULES have FOLLOWED

So they should carry the stuff home in their hands? What I'm I missing?

IF the shopping bags etc are infected, what do you thunk could happen ?

most countries have started AGAIN using plastic bags to STOP the spread of COVID-19

Imagine those pesky rules are there for a reason, but the NON using of plastic bags in the Bahamas is mind boggling

... COVID-19 can live up to 2-3 days on plastic!

https://globalhealthnewswire.com/2020/0…

Sad. Unecessary. Creating the exact conditions we were trying to prevent. Too many sick people too close to all of the well ones. The making of a national catastrophe.

Yup ... ‘zackly.

Lol Lanisha Rolle knows how to buy trouble.

"*see y'all on the other side*"

I was sure they were referring to the fact that these people so close they have gotten contaminated. and would be *on the other side* shortly. They are close but hopefully despite the chaos they will be well

This is pure madness. What is government trying to do to us? Let people shop once a day Monday to Friday schedule free and keep the 24 hour curfew in place. Things will settle down when shoppers realise there is no need to rush to get their provisions. Have a total lockdown at weekends if necessary. You can see from social media that shoppers are not practicing safe spacing and they are understandably agitated at having to queue for hours on end. A perfect recipe for spreading the virus. Did no one think this through? Utter folly!

We can expect covid-19 cases to start to pop up in grocery store employees, laundromats and take out eateries any day now because of the significant increase in the flow of customers! So sad, this was largely avoidable if panic hadn't been created.

the PM caused the people to panic . and set up a run on the supermarket
with his ill thought announcements.

The supermarkets are well aware as to how they should run their stores.
and treat their customers.

Sorry @birdie, the people caused themselves to panic! I wouldnt be caught dead standing in that chaos. I will just have to make do with what I have. I would rather eat tea and crackers than knowingly expose myself to a virus that could potentially kill me.

Bahamians are too greedy!

> “There is sufficient food in the country for every individual,” the prime minister stressed. “There is not a food shortage. That isn’t an issue."

It's all too clear from the mob scenes at the food stores that no one believes or trusts anything Minnis says. The Bahamas is now without a leader and we all know what that portends in the not too distant future.

**WHO or WHAT but SHEER MADNESS** forces shelter-at-home restrictions upon an entire colony's comrade PopoulacesOrdinary, only to have the **old and young** mingling for hours outside in THE rain like the herding of sheeps - whilst they're attempting to **shop by numbers** to find the last of the **virus over-priced grits** corned beefs, sardines, toilet-papers and asswipes essentials remaining on grocer's shelves.. Nod once for yeah, twice for no?

There might be enough food, but it takes time to price and restock shelves, time for large deliveries from warehouses and wholesalers time for the cleaning and disinfecting of shelves and surfaces. Taking into account the time and the ability to do this without having paniced persons all about during the process, having change for the customers' purchases - all of this is necessary to put into perspective when making out a "plan".

Total madness and chaos. Was this orchestrated by a sensible Administrator/Administration?????? He/they seem unable to function with any degree of sanity. Do they even THINK?

Honestman, how absolutely, refreshingly sensible!

Instead of complaining I'd like to offer a solution ......

There are many very easy (and inexpensive or free) to set up queue management platforms such as:

www.skiplino.com
www.qless.com/queue-management/
And many others

If anybody knows any retailers please point this out to them. If enough people comment maybe they'll wake up and implement a solution because rest assured this is going to be our new normal for a while.

People were in a frenzy yesterday.Long lines and chaos.

Typical Dr.Minnis.Make a rash decision .The decision creates the problem you were actually trying to avoid.There was little or no social distancing on some of those lines.

Decisions made in an ad-hoc fashion.Only input came from his circle of hand-picked advisors
and cabinet.They are not the only fount of knowledge in this country.The people in Grand Bahama created a number system today that is working.

This happens when you simply take ideas from other places and just implement them.Don't think nothing through.

I’ve read the comments; I agree and disagree with some opinions. What baffles me is the need for everything to be politically motivated and agenda-driven for some of you. Honestly, mistakes will be made, and best-laid-plans will fall short during the time of normalcy—let alone a pandemic that will go down as historic when all is said and done. I admit, I felt there would be chaos after the announcement of the first complete lockdown being implemented this past weekend, and quite frankly I expected the worst after the announcement of the impending 5-day lockdown. But the problem is shared—**1**. The government did a poor job of analyzing the potential and reality of the mad rush at the grocery stores **2**. Individuals residing in New Providence created the chaos by not following guidelines and directives—I do believe a uniform branch (RBPF or RBDF) should’ve been at every major grocery store 5 am Monday morning to ensure order. Yes, the government must shoulder a great deal of the blame for what transpired the past 24-72 hours; but, we as a people need to mature and be more orderly. Common sense would tell each of us that chaos would ensue, if we’re not considerate toward each other and conscientious regarding the situation that we find ourselves involuntarily immersed.

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The lines were aggravatingly long, YES! But, not one of us has anywhere to be, with the many work-stoppages, work-from-home orders throughout the country; so, wait if you can and if you can’t, then retry at another time. Human nature just necessitates discord, and so many of you “governance pundits”, “commonsense gurus” and “pandemic experts”, are just quick to label and castigate all efforts/decisions (good and bad) of Minnis and his administration. There is a reason for the quarantine, and there are guidelines when you’re in public…it’s our responsibility to adhere to them, for our safety—what do you guys want…Hall Monitors? Do your part and if you do, then the scenes at the grocery stores would not be so hopeless and catastrophic as they look/were.

It's human nature that a society with a disproportionately large number of dumbed down and ignorant people will be unruly in a crisis situation where the dumbest and most ignorant people have no ability or inner strength to recognize the importance of suppressing their animalistic survival instincts for the good of society as a whole. Just think how many standing in those long lines trying to gain entry to the grocery stores are illiterate and prone to mob behavior once their money and patience runs out. But who do we have to blame for that? Answer: Decades of successive greedy corrupt elected officials who now make up the very wealthy and elitist political ruling class in our society, whether they be of FNM or PLP persuasion.

None of the corrupt political elite are worthy of the free pass you seem to wish they be given in the court of public opinion. More importantly though, none of them have done or are are doing anything truly meaningful towards lessening the deadly impact of the Red China Virus on our society. And they certainly much to their own drum beat with little inclination to think things through carefully and heed sound advice wherever it may come from. Instead, government has, through its many missteps and knee jerk reactions set the stage for escalating mayhem and chaos that could result in even more deaths than would have been caused had the virus been allowed to simply run its course through our society. In any event, many of us are already convinced the longer term economic impact of this crisis as opposed to its shorter term health impact will inevitably take the greater number of lives when all is said and done.