**“(With) the contact tracing obviously (we need) more capacity with that,” she continued."**

What tracing? I know many persons who have told me that, after they tested positive, it was several days before they were contacted and some say they were NEVER CONTACTED.

This is the problem, hardley any testing, by Government, and then little or no contact tracing.

The police should be tested at least once a week and frontline health workers everyother day.

School children should be tested every week or every two weeks.

It is known that good testing can capture 40% of the cases where the persons are spreading the virus but have not shown any symptoms.

The only reason the test numbers are going up is because the private sector are doing it.

My Comrade Economist, I'm trying me uttermost be using as close to the downstairs in the square's **official verbiage** picked up whilst mingling amongst PopoulacesOrdinary (POAL,) who has it that the OPM, has engaged **foreigner virus consultants** for as much as **$7,333 day** to at least attempt brung the **Authoritarian Redcoats Central Bureau's (ARCB)** virus testing up to par that of Haiti's. **Shake head** once for Yeah, Twice for Not?

Wow Tal, and yet we decided that the 45,000 tests that Cayman was selling in April/May (at cost) were too expensive.

$7333 a day is crazy.

Shows you how desperate Minnis is now.

$7k per day to tell them something they already know or i could give them for in exchange for a quick trip to florida to get my child's eyes checked and purchase glasses.

My husband tested positive last Friday and we still have not received a call from the Health Department to contract trace him. There's no way the government will be able to get this virus under control if they don't dramatically increase testing and tracing.

Comrade Sister Mrs. Q, your comrades' prayers are being transmitted on behalf of Mr. Q, as we post.

Thank you, TalRussell

Minnis and his administration lost this fight in the opening round, got completely knocked out by the Chinese Virus!

As was with Sbaco and Bimini, this doctor should the results of the curfew:lockdown will not be seen until the middle of the second week and with New Providence and Abaco not going into a full 7 day lockdown, it may be a few days longer. One epidemic/pandemic expert suggests taking reasonable measures, such as wearing of masks, social distancing, avoiding large gatherings etc., along with limited curfews and lockdowns but allowing the virus to burn itself out.’ He feels that once a certain percentage of the population is infected, the virus will wear off and disappear as those infected will act like a vaccine and protect those who didn’t contract the virus.

When the covid-29 virus appeared in March, it was predicted that 1:3 of the Bahamian population or approximately 135,000 persons will contract the virus. Of that amount 10% or 13,500 persons will be such to the point of requiring hospitalization and some will be critical. And around 450 deaths were also projected. Considering this country (and most of the world) are in the middle of the second wave and considering there is the possibility of a third wave (that is projected to be short lived and less deadly) these numbers seem to be on target.

Would love to see that prediction...numbers are bit off.. WHO was estimating case fatality of 4% and IFRs of 1% back in back in march. CFR are now about half and IFR is about 10-20 times less than initial estimates. Ultimately it depends on how liberally you define a covid death. In Singapore part of their ‘success’ is they have a very strict definition of COIVD death - comorbidities are weight in their cause. So if you’re on the way out already you’re not a covid death. In Belgium (and the USA) it’s a very liberal definition. You don’t need to tested to be covid death, and if you die of drug over dose and you test positive you’re a covid case. The combination of these two things makes it easy to rack up a death count or limit it. In the USA hospital are very handsomely compensated for handling COVID death and cases, so there’s skin in the game to actually ramp up COVID cases and deaths. And voila there you have 6% of death purely covid rated 94% with 2 or 3 commodities in the USA 200k death count...PCR tests are ramped to detect virus remnants that aren’t even infectious... no idea what they do here, but I’m sure it’s loose and fast.

the outcome will be the same no matter what you do. You can only delay it a bit. Get real man. If tomorrow an asteroid is going to hit Earth what are you going to do? lock down everybody? Or make a law that forbids asteroid impacts?

I love the idea of more testing, there is a need for more of everything but let's be real... the doctors are stressed out and the nurses are striking. The Prime Minister always said he didn't want the health care system overwhelmed, well they are now. Us regulars Joes cannot administer our own test. We killed out the health care professionals long before we had actually had a ton of cases. So who will do the test? I am not sure Bahamians are getting it. Then we sit back and blame the government. I'm certain if the government change Covid will still be with us.

there's an easy way to do it. what did they do when they wanted people to get new nib cards register to vote etc? They went to large companies and had onsite registration. identify the problem as you have with human behaviour, you not gonna change it, so what you gonna do? Work with it.

watch the announcement for the new strategy that they came up with

You giving away the milk for free.

I have work and education experience that could help with contact tracing, but keep quiet.

I will not work for free while the consultants get 5000 per month plus their pension.

stop this modern witch hunt. You can't control nature. Get a working health system instead, that would also help in future in case of similar problems. Money spend for testing is just waste of resources. Get oxygen machines instead.

this is a human behavior issue not a medical issue. treat it as such. you cannot force crowds of people to do something successfully. but if you get the crowd to want to do it on their own then you have a solution. otherwise Minnis et.al. are like a dog chasing its tail.
The comments about foreign consultants getting huge sums of money is outrageous. where is the transparency Minnis? care to share?

Agreed, you need a "leader" who can get people to embrace the protocols. Much like the leaders of New Zealand, Germany and Iceland.

This is a time for the PM to step up to the plate and hit the home rum.

Agreed, you need a "leader" who can get people to embrace the protocols. Much like the leaders of New Zealand, Germany and Iceland.

This is a time for the PM to step up to the plate and hit the home run.

LOL. You clearly know little if anything about Minnis.