Why do we allow a corrupt, homophobic institution full of self-righteous, self-appointed babbling preachers (aka bigots) to brainwash us into believing that you have to go through them, if you want to find a mythical man (isn't it funny how it's always a man?), and that he is watching us every second of the day, just waiting for us to commit a sin (such as being attracted to the same sex) so he can dispense lightning justice.

More testing is not going to slow down the spread of the virus unless:

a) We have rapid free testing with results turnaround the same day, or even better, within the hour.

b) We have a plan on what to do with people testing positive i.e. not letting them circulate back into the general population until they test negative.

c) Those testing positive, closely adhere to the requirements laid out in b)

My guess would be c) will be the hardest to accomplish.

Sorry, but both countries being surrounded by water is where the similarities end.

New Zealanders are generally better educated than Bahamians, both because of their educational system, and the desire of their young people to learn.

New Zealanders are generally more tolerant to rules & regulations than Bahamians.

New Zealand has a thriving modern economy.

New Zealand has a strong healthcare system and infrastructure.

New Zealand doesn't rely on tourism as it's primary source of government income, nor does it rely on tourism as it's primary source of jobs for it's population.

New Zealand doesn't put all it's development into one city or town (i.e. Nassau).

The gap between the have's and have-nots is significantly greater in The Bahamas (i.e. no middle class).

I could go on and on, but I just thought of another similarity between the two countries, - they both drive on the same side of the road.!!

Herd immunity is not guaranteed in todays modern age where people travel outside their regular area of living on a frequent basis. Typically you need over 90% of the population either to be vaccinated or to have been infected and recovered. Even then it's no guarantee. Refer to the scenario back in 2015, when several thousand people were exposed to Measles after visiting a certain California amusement park. Herd immunity from Measles has supposedly been reached decades ago. But, of those several thousand who were exposed to measles at the theme park, 150 or so of them contracted Measles. Most of them were unvaccinated believing that herd immunity by others would prevent them contracting the virus.

I guess I wasn't clear enough on what I was trying to put across in my analogy. My point is with people comparing COVID (a specific single virus strain) to The Flu (multiple different virus strains). You have to compare COVID mortality rates to a single specific Influenza virus strain. When people compare COVID deaths to flu deaths they are comparing COVID to multiple Influenza viruses, because their are multiple different influenza viruses circulating at any one time. You need to compare COVID statistics with a SINGLE specific virus, such as H1N1 or even Chickenpox.

BTW Prior to the Chickenpox vaccine there were several million people infected every year, but only 100 or so deaths, does that mean we shouldn't have bothered coming up with a vaccine ?

Yes, 'the flu' results in numerous deaths from complications each year, but only because it's a moving target trying to guess which strains of Influenza A & B will be circulating during Flu season each year, which makes it almost impossible to develop a mixture of specific flu vaccines in our annual flu vaccine (the annual flu vaccine is a mixture of flu vaccines). I think most people would agree that it would be a good thing, if a flu vaccine could be developed, that successfully vaccinated a person against ALL types and sub-types of the common influenza viruses. Employers for one would be happy, given how much employee work time is lost each year to 'The Flu'.

Please stop comparing COVID to 'The Flu'. About the only thing they have in common are their symptoms.
Remember COVID is a specific virus (SARS-CoV-2), whereas 'The Flu' (as we all like to call it), is a general term given to many different types & strains of Influenza viruses that can be present during 'flu season' (which incidentally is at different times of the year depending on which hemisphere you live in).
There are 4 types of influenza viruses, with types A & B being the most common in humans, and Type A being primarily responsible for our 'Flu Season'. Influenza A has approximately 30 sub-types, of which H1N1 is a single sub-type. Most of the time, there are several of the numerous identified flu strains circulating the globe at any one time. Once in a while a new strain will appear (like H1N1 in 2009).

So, you cannot compare COVID with 'the flu'. You are better off comparing COVID with H1N1 as both are specific viruses. Think of 'the flu' as being akin to the word 'Cheese'. You may have 'cheese' in your fridge, but it could be Cheddar, Swiss, Gouda, Parmesan, or any number of other types of 'cheese'. And, in that analogy COVID would be a head of Romaine Lettuce, since it's not a type of cheese :)

Yes, and some will see your inaccurate statement as part of their research, and then believe it.
Any test or medication approved under Emergency Use Authorization, is unlikely to have met the full approval criteria normally required by the appropriate regulatory body. However, it will have at least met the minimum criteria for being deemed safe & effective. Abbott Labs rapid test might not be perfect, but it's a good weapon to have in your arsenal

*Some of the most 'educated' people are often found to be among the most uneducated, usually because they are so sorely lacking in basic common sense.*

Here, here !

Sorry, I have to agree with Proudloud here. The Seroprevalence surveys are inherently inaccurate. First off Covid has not died off in any of those States or countries that you mentioned.
Secondly, there is currently no reliably accurate Covid serology test, which determines whether a person has the appropriate antibodies. False positives are far too frequent to provide meaningful data.
Thirdly, we still don't know whether having Covid antibodies provides protection against getting infected again.
And lastly, many of the people tested for Covid antibodies in these surveys were NOT Covid patients. Blood samples from people who had regular blood draws for non-Covid related reasons (annual physical, RA, diabetes etc), were also being tested for possible Covid antibodies. With the prevalence of false positives, this would skew the data.

The 'common cold' is just a general term and not a specific virus. There are at least a couple of hundred different viruses (mainly types of rhinovirus, & coronavirus), that produce the symptoms of the 'common cold'. Somewhat of a moving target for a vaccine.