This is the result of a population of people, not an exception in the world, of placing one's selfish, immature and uneducated interests ahead of ALL of the rest of society. There is no solution to this once people are past childhood, where they would have learned respect, reading and writing, and social considerations that teach that we are all part of a whole. We have never evidenced this way of thinking. At this point, if we really wanted compliance, we have to lock these people up. Sad, truly, but we have never cultivated concern for the other. Yes, I know, Christianity teaches this. But, when was the last time anyone saw evidence of a Christian society, anywhere?

*"....... if we really wanted compliance, we have to lock these people up."*

@Porcupine: Surely you appreciate we have no means by which to lock-up the majority of the population of The Bahamas; the same majority that keeps voting for a corrupt and/or incompetent political candidate every 5 years.

I agree. I do not believe we can, nor should, lock people up, as in some countries. I am only looking at the solutions at hand. I believe in freedom of speech, of movement, of ideas. Yet, to have these things requires people are brought up to speed on our responsibilities, as well. With freedom, comes responsibility. When a society has more than a handful of fathers who don't "check" for their kids you can be assured that responsibility is NOT their national strength.

Not like the Bahamas doesn't have a spare island to quarantine them on.

I thought that was what the Corona hotel was for.

Almost one month ago I had suggested in an unpublished letter to the Editor of the Tribune that all confirmed COVID 19 positive cases should have ankle bracelets to ensure they stayed home! Oh well!

What crime have they been charged with to have ankle bracelets?

They are guilty of being suspected.

The headline reads: SUSPECT PATIENTS.

Not potential patients or exposed patients. SUSPECT.

How did they find them "mingling"? The witch next door called?

@moncurcool... my reasoning can be strange, but if a person is KNOWN to have a highly contagious killer disease, that is spread by talking or coughing and they are ordered to be confined to the home, then a means should be available to ensure that they do not leave the home to infect others outside of the home. If they leave the home they should be charged with public endangerment! But how can you know if they leave the home if you do not have a means to monitor them???

Why don't these people get TESTED? Once a week or so, or are we still being lied to about the number of test kits? Hearing that you have to isolate yourself for an unspecified time is hard on someone. Give these people something to hold on to.

compliance! Bahamians know nothing of and have no understanding or respect for this word. We love to break rules and laws. Sadly.

Publish their names.....then you can be sure the rest of society will do your jobs for you in making them stay their bodies and germs at home.

I like that. It made me smile. And, you are right. However, as in India and other places sometimes the mob gets a bit carried away. To say the least.

Just open whatever you can of the economy.

What is the pt of lockdown if quarentined ones do not obey?

This is a case where one monkey can spoil the show.

The whole dang show

> Dr McMillan said. “It has come to our attention that some of the persons that we asked to self-isolate and self-quarantine are not following what we recommend."

Oh really! She can't possibly be serious that instances of non-compliance with self-quarantining have only just come to her attention. Does McMillan expect us to believe she's been living in a cocoon with little or no inter-action with people in our society? Or she is one of the dullest crayons in the box?

Speaking of dull crayons, did our healthcare officials ever stop to think that many of those exposed to the Red China Virus could not self-quarantine because they had no means of getting food other than by going to the food store themselves? What a joke!

The 35 House elected Red Shirts MP's incompetents keep on **signing up for humiliation** come the general election!
**What manner sentencing guidelines did the red government follow** when there were no committees of consultative comrades formed asks, if it's okay for the colony's **First amongst equals** to overnight decide levy fines of $500 - $1,500 against, and jail **the Homeless and the out paycheques** PopoulacesOredinary for much lesser curfew and masks wearing violations. Nod once for yeah, twice for no?

This virus is going to be here for a long while, so we need to figure out how to live with the virus. We cannot keep hiding from it, society will soon revert to lawlessness. Figure out what to do to make it safe to live with the virus........whether we like it or not, we have new tenants.....and how to stay safe while we are up and about outside

Work out a protocol of how to dress and act when outside or at work. Another protocol of steps to take when arriving back home.......we can't stay locked up much longer.

**Some is so life-term jail-able deserving nasty smelling!**
Not meaning you be walking around town all nosy bout private stuff... but what say you Comrade Still, if we pass **public health ordinances** to hold PopoulacesOrdinary, accountable for significant noticeably increases in damage that their constant **flatulence passing gases** in public is having on colony's clean-air environment. Just imagine be government ordered have shelter-at-home with family four likes these? Can't just write this stuff, just, **can't.**

I think you just insulted me, but I am not quite sure............

Comrade been munching those brownies again 🤣

The brownies have more relevance than ever, at the present state of reality.

Maybe had one too many......who can tell?