*"...there will come a time when The Bahamas’ present consumption-based tax system is insufficient to meet the Government’s needs"*

This is more apparent now than ever before. With businesses shuttered because of hurricanes, COVID etc, more and more people are going to be relying on the government to support them. Also, we continue to exponentially churn out high schoolers with a mediocre education, who just want to party, procreate & pop out babies knowing that the government and grammy will be there to help them when the father does a runner. Makes my blood boil !!!

At the moment I can't see how consumption based tax can continue to support the population in the years to come, and I can definitely see a progressive tax coming over the horizon. It just depends on which party, PLP or FNM, is willing to be the sacrificial lamb

Covishield is the name of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine, not covax. covax is a global vaccine sharing program.

Why post a link to an article about a vaccine (Covaxin) that has nothing to do with the vaccine (Covishield) coming to The Bahamas. Unless, as usual, you're trying to stir the pot and get attention.

Last I heard, J&J and Astra Zeneca were selling their vaccine at cost, for the duration of the pandemic. After that, who knows? I think Pfizer stands to make a bunch of money, given it was first to get emergency approval, but all in all the more vaccines that get approved the less 'profit' there is to go around. I wouldn't exactly call these 'astounding' profits when you compare them to other drugs (either lifestyle or life-saving), which require taking daily/weekly. These vaccines are dirt cheap ($5-$40) when compared to other treatments, and hopefully only needed a single time, or annually at most
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How come whenever you mention MSM, you never include Fox with all the others ?. You've openly stated that you don't get your information from MSM, but whenever you list out their names you never include FOX or OAN. Do you not consider them to also be MSM, or am I smelling something a bit off ?

65 + 1 minute is over 65 in my book

And that 0.031% is okay with you then ? Cancer 'only' kills an estimated 1% of the global population each year, so we should probably stop looking into cancer treatments based on your logic

You are correct in what you say about administering to terminally ill patients.

However, the 'warp speed' thing annoys me. There are many reasons why it normally takes much longer to get a drug (or vaccine) candidate through clinical trials and then submit for regulatory approval. One of the biggest reasons is there is normally a lot of 'waiting around'.

On any given Sunday there are hundreds, if not thousands, of drugs in development worldwide. All of these are vying for limited resources such as volunteers for enrollment in trials (it takes time to find volunteers), CRO's (who have a limited number of slots to perform the clinical trials), CMO's (who have a limited number of slots and equipment to manufacture the drug or vaccine to be used in the trials). And, probably most importantly, the regulatory authorities such as fda, ema, pmda etc have a limited number of personnel to review everything.

The regulatory authorities get involved at all stages of drug development (Toxicology, Pharmacokinetics, individual trial design, trial results, manufacturing process, packaging, stability, transportation etc. etc.), These lengthy reviews mean it can take several months before a drug candidate can move on to the next stage of development, as these reviews are all done on a 'wait your turn' basis.

Now, I don't know this for a fact, but I would bet a case of Sands that the COVID vaccine program was put right to the front of the queue in every respect (including rolling submissions) at the expense of all the other drugs under development at this time. .

Exactly.

Also, John, you having the antibodies does not prevent the virus from spreading to the rest of the population. You can still carry the virus (asymptomatically) and pass it on to someone else. It's only when the virus runs out of suitable hosts, either through mass vaccination or mass infection (90% population), that the virus will disappear or die out.

In order for healthcare workers, police,etc. to have herd immunity, they would have to either live on their own island or planet and either have all been vaccinated or all been infected, and never go anywhere near another person on another island or planet

Sorry, that's not an oxymoron. An example of an oxymoron is 'icy hot' or 'pretty ugly'. Saying 'Allergic to idiocy' is an oxymoron would be the same as saying 'Antivaxxer intellect' is an oxymoron