I think Atlantis was referring to the increased cases in the US, not The Bahamas

490,000 out of a population of 1,400,000,000, would be a more a more balanced and less biased statement. That works out to be 0.04% of the population. Yes, vaccines, like any other medications are not without risks, just like driving a car or getting on an airplane etc, are not without their own risks. The only alternative to vaccines is to let the viruses like polio, smallpox etc., run wild around the global population and kill or paralyze a lot more than 0.035% of the population. Think about it !!

*Vaccines contain ingredients such as: formaldehyde, aluminum, thimerosal, monosodium glutamate (MSG), animal tissue (mouse, monkey, bird and cow) and aborted human fetal tissue.*

**Misinformed** or **wrong** on all counts !!

Formaldehyde: Already present in your body as a byproduct of metabolism. There is more formaldehyde naturally occurring in a pear than in any vaccine. Also present as an off-gas from many building materials as well as your car exhaust. Formaldehyde is toxic at high concentrations, but not at the levels most of us encounter on a daily basis.

Aluminum: commonly found in most foods, infant formula, anti-antiperspirants, antacid tablets and breast milk.

Thimerosal: The levels of mercury (from Thimerosal) in vaccines is typically less than what naturally occurs in breast milk. I also think Thimerosal was removed from US vaccines in 2001 (with possibly a few exceptions), even though there was no scientific evidence to show it was harmful wrt autism.

Mono Sodium Glutamate (MSG): Only present in a few vaccines. The safe daily intake of glutamate is 12,000 times higher than the levels found in vaccines. Half a cup of peas contains nearly 50 times more Glutamate than a vaccine

Fetal tissue: The fetal cells used to grow vaccine viruses were first obtained from elective termination of **two** pregnancies in the early **1960s**. These same embryonic cells obtained from the early 1960s have continued to grow in the laboratory and are used to make vaccines today. No further sources of fetal cells are needed to make these vaccines.

Wah-Wah-Wah. Now you guys are starting to sound like the whiny Americans who couldn't go to the beach over the 4th of July. People, the beaches will still be there next week, and the week after that, and Independence Day will come around again next year For those of you who work Mon-Fri, that's 5 days you can't go to the beach. Do you complain to your employers about that? Get over it!! It's only 3-4 days, and it might help save someone's life.

You got your decimal point in the wrong place. It should be $2545.26 per person

I also think VAT, rather than Income Tax is a better way for the government to make sure expats contribute to the economy. As you stated, income tax will only hurt Bahamians and not expats because most expats can't work in The Bahamas and derive very little income from there. Increasing VAT (again) would not be popular with the majority of Bahamians, but it would at least make the expats contribute more to the economy when they purchase goods or services. Surely this is a better option, than having just Bahamians pay income taxes. - Flame Suit on for some of the others on this Board

Thanks for the clarification. As a UK citizen myself who is also a US permanent resident, and who previously lived and worked in The Bahamas, and still owns property there, I can endorse what you are saying.

I personally think the Bahamas government should introduce a tiered real property tax (even though I myself would have to pay it). The US states that don't have State taxes, such as Florida, Indiana etc, typically off-set that benefit by having much higher property tax rates than States that do have State Tax.

Like many expats who live in The Bahamas, or own property there, I don't have any significant income apart from rental property income on which I pay Bahamas VAT and US taxes (as necessary). Taxing expats like myself will contribute very little to the Treasury coffers. I do however contribute to the economy by buying household goods etc on the Island, and paying customs duty on imported goods, whenever I visit.

Like you said, there is zero tax benefit to me in becoming a semi-permanent or permanent resident of the Bahamas, unless I give up my US permanent residency ( & keeping my UK citizenship). If I did that, then it is my understanding that it would open up a whole minefield of complications with my US based personal financial investments.

*Do you think a wealthy American who moves to France will pay tax on his US income while in France??*

Mr Allen, although I agree with some of the things you've stated, this particular statement is not entirely correct, to my knowledge. US citizens are taxed on their **worldwide** income, irrespective of which country they are domiciled in. Now, there are some tax breaks if they are out of the country more than a specific number of consecutive days during any tax year, but they are not total concessions, and they will still have to pay a good chunk of income and capital gains tax even if if they meet all the requirements for being domiciled outside of the US. The only way for a US citizen to not pay any taxes on their worldwide income, is for them to give up their US citizenship.

The UK tax laws are different in that UK citizens only have to pay tax on their income from **within the UK**. They are not taxed on any income they receive from outside of the UK, as long as: a) they meet the minimum requirement for the number of days being domiciled outside of the UK during any tax year; and b) they are not living in a country that the UK has a dual tax agreement policy with, such as the USA.

Probably a result of the recent positive findings at PMH.
It's not a case of being 6 weeks too late !! Like someone else keeps posting here, just because you test negative once, doesn't mean you can't get it the next day, so testing them 6 weeks ago would be meaningless. You would be testing everyone, every single day for however long this outbreak lasts for. It's just not feasible to do!!. Testing when there is a possibility of transmission is the better approach. You guys need to wrap your heads around that, and start thinking logically.

One more thing. People often use "Cold" and "Flu" interchangeably, when they are in fact different and caused by different viruses. I think the virus that causes the common cold, is in fact a Corona Virus.