Hubert "Idiot" Minnis: **I am happy to tell you that the health team sees positive trends developing regarding the situation in New Providence, at this time, a hard lockdown is no longer recommended for New Providence.**

He says this while New Providence is clearly surging, has a lack of ICU beds, and the deaths are rising with each passing day! Major lockdown one week and reopening the next? Like usual **HE** is clueless and is reopening the country once again without a proper plan. Also did anyone else see those **OUTRAGEOUS** "recoveries and deaths" numbers given by Dahl-Regis??? Now it is more than obvious that the numbers are **FAR** from accurate!

17 deaths, only 14 new cases and nearly FOUR HUNDRED recoveries in the past 24-48 hours??? **SOMEONE IS LYING!**

They did say that they had done some cleaning up of the data, so obviously part of that was identifying recovered cases. This is The Bahamas where everything takes longer that anywhere else to get done

Also doctoring data where else can one attribute deaths to a disease before they are actually investigated. Essentially doubled death count without Completing the investigation into whether they actually died of or with COVID. Crazy.

I propose better approach: just draw a number every day, if it is even = no lockdown this day, if it's odd=lockdown!

**HE (Minnis) was asked why he accepted Minister of Health's resignation but Minister of Tourism only had to apologise over wedding, Minnis says it is a matter dealt with extensively in the press and he will not go down that road today.**

Minnis proving once again that he has no balls and isn't fit to lead a country, Minnis and D'aguilar MUST RESIGN! The fools are reopening our country once again with no proper planning and many more deaths will now follow!

Lol.

They finally got a computer with micrisoft excel in it.

And they read thisisours posts.

Thanks, i need to return to work.

I almost fell off my chair when Dr Dahl Regis said they were logging samples collected manually. Never in a million years would I have seen that coming. Thought they had electronic data and just didn't know how to process it.

In any event (since tgeyre reading the comments), I really really hope the administration sees the difference between age, FNM supporter, Minnis supporter and competence. The only way this country grows is if competent people are listened to and engaged. Apply this to everything. We clearly see the results when they're not. People die. forget the petty vendettas people can die.

Hey! The flamingo's pink again! Maybe the blue green purple tones were the graphic artist's cry for help. Like an international distress signal

This was well crafted political theater to save his political hide. He knew another lockdown could have resulted in an uproar and more internal stress in the FNM.

We will continue to have deaths almost on a daily basis for some time because of those already infected and it is also likely that some Bahamians will not use discretion and continue to social distance.

People still do not understand the concept of having a designated shopper. Today, I had to walk around several sets of couples strolling through the grocery store like they on vacation. It is guaranteed that the number of cases will increase. So sad!!

I can only hope business owners impose standards to ensure that their businesses are not jeopardized and forced to close again.

Minnis is now foolishly catering to the **UNRULY** D- average population (for sum votes) who will now "turn up" like no tomorrow without practicing any mask wearing or social distancing even though the country is clearly surging and we aren't even close to flattening any curve as Dahl-Regis would have you believe!

Minnis' "plan" for the last 6 months has been "LOCKDOWN LOCKDOWN LOCKDOWN OPEN LOCKDOWN LOCKDOWN LOCKDOWN OPEN!"

Is the entire population - without exception - truly D-average and cannot separate facts from propaganda? Do we have compentent officials who can understand how the PCR test works and what it should and shouldn't be used for? Do we have a scientist who can confirm that the pandemic virus has been isolated and truly exists? Can we D-average people understand all the research that prove masks do not stop viruses? And lastly, at the beginning of this pandemic we were told that with the spread will come herd immunity - obviously (according to their tests) the virus is widespread - therefore herd immunity must have been acheived - but wait isn't here a vaccine agenda?

You are the F- student that helps bring the average down to a D-

It was explained that this complete U turn was based on new data? Sorry, it came across as if the PM has said to Dahl-Regis "Give me new data that will allow me to do a U turn". I heard nothing in that presentation that persuaded me as to the rationale for the about face. On a positive, at least the PM decided, for once, to allow questions from the media even if he did side step the most interesting question.

The man needs to be OPM, **bunkeredised!**
Did Mr. **Theodore** Minnis who many times has unequivocally called out to the PopoulacesOrdinary at large POAL **not to trust what they read and hear in the fake media** - not just dismiss a reporter's question about **why he fired health's Dr. Duane but not aviation's Dioniso James,** of which the PM responded to the reporter, ** that he won't answer that question because the matter had already been dealt with in the media?** Just couldn't make this stuff up. Just **couldn't.** Nod Once for Yeah, Twice for No?
**Footnote two-part question:** Wasn't a telephone call not also made to the AG Carl Wilshire, and the Director of Immigration?

Ah well, that’s what they wanted who get it, who don’t don’t.

Raymond Wells came in and told them the X meant to multiply and + means to add.

The data is now fixed.
At least they don't have things like a balance of payments, foreign currency reserves, 30k civil servants to pay a 10b debt to manage, 1.5b NIB fund and a 10b economy to navigate.

If i understand the PM:
The data told him:

In 3 days call a press conference at 8 pm

Have an immediate lockdown

Don't give the people a chance to get essentials for a 7 day period

Disregard a potential hurricane

Don't let the persons responsible for enforcing the lockdown know to get ready

Tell them to use a hotline that wasn't ready

Don't tell the persons who were supposed to give food during the lockdown

Allow construction during the lockdown as they are immune non-carriers and more essential than water

To kill two birds with one stone, don't allow their suppliers to open this way they have no concrete to pour and no water to drink

This data is solid. It's so solid if they complain about the stupidity of it all, reverse it the next day and blame the hurricane and then wait for Raymond and Merceline to come in and tell you how it was all wrong.

sip sip on the grape vine:
The person who was counting BahamssAir's 3.5 but actual 7m dollar monthly loss is also tabulating COVID-19 data.

So as if by magic...the Minnis brigade finally understand the consequence of economic stagnation and the wrath that will entail if not addressed. Bottom line is yes they screwed up letting folks run off to the usa and come back with out a test, but opening the country was not issue. The fact that 1% of transmission is attributable to tourist transmission illustrates there is salvation for ruins of this economy. Let’s hope it happens before too many businesses go under...

Also there is no evidence od people contracting covid in takeout restaurants.

Yet there are lots of cases in police and defense force.

Glad he is opening something.

But still remains to be seen if parents will pay 7,000 a year for online teaching.

so, last week a uberhard lockdown was needed, even denying to buy food? And now no lockdown needed.... ok I understand, they are geniuses

This situation is becoming stranger by the minute.

DR: Dahl Regis resigned did doc bring her back to boost him up.?

roc wit doc is trying to fool the Bahamian people again. What will he call it this time
surely not the peoples time.

He will be going to Bains Town soon in his junkanoo custom cowbells and a cake to
cut. and recite all over again his I was a poor boy story.

According to them this is the most dire threat we have ever faced as a country, we have basically destroyed our economy based on these figures and these people can't even count to just over 1000 correctly? Who is responsible for this and will take the consequences? Seven, seven hundred thousand, seven seven million, seven seven hundred million thousand and it goes on and on.

Who is responsible? Everybody, including me, who have for decades tolerated laziness, sloth, inteptitude and incompetence at every single level of government. It’s now come home to roost when we’re hit with a crisis that takes competence and intelligence to overcome.

The week he set to lockdown the virus was bad, the lockdown was canceled and the virus decreased? Covid-19 is fiction and the lockdown is a game. Y’all stop the nonsense with all this.

The previous poster asked, “Who is responsible for all this?” Well, among those responsible are the idiots who think Covid-19 is fiction and stupidly pretend it doesn’t exist. 174,000 dead Americans would nod their head in agreement — if they could.

And to think the only thing this yo-yo, unhinged, arrogant and most vindictive idiot cares about is his own political backside. He never had a plan for our country when he became PM in May 2017, never had a plan to deal with the horrific aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, and is now absolutely clueless and directionless in how to go about sensibly helping our people survive the devastating social and economic consequences of the deadly Communist China Virus. Minnis is so sorely lacking in management, communication and leadership skills that he's always in a helter-skelter reactionary mode without the ability to be proactive and plan for anything at all. Sadly, too many lives have been unnecessarily lost as a result of this man's gross incompetence. God help us, because our most trying and terrifying times are still ahead of us, which will undoubtedly be made much worse by Minnis as PM.

Seriously Mr/Ms/ Mrs. Tribanon I understand the mental challenges associated with the lockdown but it appears as if your reactions are a classic. What is that our PM has done to you? Every day your message is the same and that is to tear and rip the good man down. Clearly the Almighty is not in you. Let all that you do be done in love.

Those who want lockdowns to continue might quite possibly be waiting and hoping for businesses and properties to fail so that they can be snatched up either for themselves or under instruction for clients for cents on the dollar - and walk away laughing when the all clear is given. The red chinese - owners of the British Colonal and that disgusting Pointe have been instructing certain persons to be on the look out for such properties and to persuade slash priced sale.

IMF did not pay enough for another lockdown. Lagarde is out of money

Um, you do realize that Lagarde is now with the ECB and not the IMF right?
Jus letting you know so that the next time you want to be snarky, you can at least have your facts str8. Ok, champ?

Unfortunately it seems he has given in and given up.
Opening virtually everything when the data clearly shows a need for the opposite will of course have a terrible result.

It is already a terrible result. The virus not only kills people, it kills economies and livelihoods.

This is a stunning change.A week ago a strict lockdown without persons getting access to food,water and medicines.

Now this.Virtually reopening some sectors of the economy.Was the data that initial decision made on, riddled with mistakes? What changed within the week?The number of persons who died from COV-19 doubled overnight,The press did not seem to mention that.Also the recoveries have increased dramatically. Are these recoveries been verified by medical professionals? This speaks to the competencies of many persons.

COV-19 is still out there.Bahamians will have to take responsibility to prevent its'spread and transmission.

The Dr who was calling for the hard lockdown was not at the press conference. Hopefully they fired his ass. How could you claim bro be saving lives but instructing government to lock them down without food, water or medicine. Which relative of Hitler are you?

Doctors saying the way to save lives is a combination of no food water and meds

Must be 2020.

I am pleasantly surprised that the government admitted they were wrong to overreact with the 7 day lockdown