This idiot Turnquest is blaming these latest Covid-19 cases on Bahamians travelling to the US rather than on Minnis's premature reopening of our international border. That's the spin Minnis has told all members of his cabinet to give to his plebes in the public.

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"Let em die"? Did you jump on the baeleria and go to fort lauderdale recently, just asking? No one put a gun to your head and said u better buy this ticket, just asking? Were u capable of exercising judgment and not travel to a state experiencing a surge of covid, just asking?

So do u expect your compatriots to exercise reasonable judgement or are we saying that bahamian cannot be and so we need to be prevented from intl travel?

If thats the position, no problem with me, but u see no issue with the travellers behaviour but rather the govt?

I have no issues with what your saying, i find it interesting that bahamians are travelling to the US. Seems like we are not prepared to acknowledge the risk that we are chooosing to put ourselves at, complaining about the test, the cost of the test, or quarantine. I have no issues with criticisims of whether their is an efficient plan or protocol. I am saying that knowing that florida is surging, knowing that their is uncertainty around the protocol, i àm choosing to but the ticket and jump on the plane or boat to florida.
As you say their are hardly an tourists, or certainly not what we are use to, i might be wrong, but seems like greatest community spread is from the bahamians travelling. So why are WE going to florida? If the answer is cause we can, then again whose fault do we laying a spike at?

You're unable to appreciate the very valid points made by @proudloudandfnm because you're nothing but an argumentative and assinine spin doctor for the Doc himself. Suggest you make sure you don't get too close to one of those few dare devil tourists who have travelled to the Bahamas from a Covid-19 hot spot the US, especially if from or via South Florida. And "Yes", Minnis has indeed imperiled the lives of many of the more elderly and vulnerable Bahamians by unnecessarily re-opening our country to visitors from the US at a time when most states are ablaze with out-of-control community spread of Covid-19. Only a bonafide fool would argue otherwise, so start arguing! LOL

Yawn...your insults are tired and stale. Yawningg....only an argumentative and assinine fool will say no one should being coming here, then make their way to florida. Only an insecure, in need of love and attention, argumentative and assinine fool, would be unable to comprehend i had no issues with his points, i asked why are bahamians travelling if they feel so threatened by covid. We can start arguing.

Deflecting blame to Bahamian travellers that rightfully belongs in Minnis's lap belies your deceitful spin tactic. It was Minnis who stupidly re-opened our borders at the worst possible time for mere pittance in hard currency from a few dare devil tourists. Bahamian travellers certainly didn't re-open the borders but they are fond of spending our country's scarce hard currency on all sorts of unnecessary things while shopping in the Covid-19 laden US.

Tip of the iceberg Darwin, just the beginning. You ga sweat.

We've only just begun. There are numerous visitors coming into the Bahamas without proper testing or protocol for entering. This Is no time to be allowing visitors from the entire USA to enter the country.

Every death in the Bahamas caused by Covid-19 since Minnis and D'Aguilar pre-maturely re-opened our borders to international travel is a death that each of them must bear direct personal responsibility for.

And how many deaths have we had since July 1?

They're currently being tabulated using the Hurricane Dorian death count method. The final number when all is said and done will be as low as Minnis wishes to make it.

**I want the National Honours committee to remember and let the record reflect that** it's goin' be a steep climb see the likes of **a Comrade KP**. ever again to land at one of we 700 out islands and over 2000 rocks and cays, as an equal futuristic finance master of this hereto Colony. Just couldn't make this a man's of the likes **KP** up. Just, **couldn't.** Nod Once for Yeah, Twice for No?

How about some facts for a change.Citizens from the Caricom nations,are being allowed in with no testing.Thats Jamaica,Haiti,Belieze,Tobago and a list of other nations with no testing or hospitals that you or I would choose to go to if we were sick.The Covid seed in Grand Bahama was a Haitian undocumented individual that no one knows how he got into the country.The tourists are all following the rules that the Government laid out.Until we get a handle on the influx of Chinese,Haitians,Caricom residents,and Bahamians shopping in Florida and if staying less than 72 hours need no testing to renter Bahamaland.Can this government please make some logical restrictions that are enforced on everyone,every color,every nationality,every economic level.Just this latest blunder will take 14 more days to see the real results of letting people renter with no testing.Why would anyone let their residents take the ferry to Florida,go to two dozen crowded stores,touch a thousand surfaces,sleep in houses with many relatives, if they weren’t purposely trying to infect the whole of the Bahamian Population??

We're dammed if we do open, and dammed if we don't open to tourism! Being dammed if we don't is less damaging to the economy, as the cost and remediation of another total 3 months shut down will far outweigh the income generated in three weeks by a few 1000 tourists.

This is a high stake, life, and death, balancing act that I personally wouldn't want to be responsible for!

The Governors of Florida and Texas made the wrong beach opening call during spring break and now have hell to pay for their gross stupidity.

At least PM Minnis had the fortitude to get the Independence Holiday beach closure right. That could easily have been a maximum opportunity for multiple superspreaders to set us back several more very painful Months.

Good luck PM Minnis. COVID is a tricky war with no rule books, treaties, or do-over opportunities. You either get it right the first time, or COVID will unforgivingly make it known to all and sundry that you got it wrong!

You also should have learned by now to keep your eyeglasses on and clean with **BOTH** eyes' on Symonette and one eye on Sands! These two opportunitist are looking for openings to discredit you for their own political gains.

You kiss arse Minnis spin doctors are sounding increasingly hollow as the public's scorn for him climbs to new heights with each passing day.

"*avoid places where your inhibitions may be weakened*"

what's that?

The problem here is they're enforcing all the big brother rules but ignoring the pink elephant open borders with no sample testing.