"If cruise ships were the path to riches why are not Bahamians so much richer now that ships are way bigger and visitors counts are thru the roof compared to years gone past? (even before the covid downturns)"
Absolutely correct. The only ones that make any real money are the cruise lines.
The Bahamas should reduce the number by 90% and only allow the highend ships to use our waters. In addition, I would not allow them to have their own islands or ports.
"The Epoch Times opposes the Chinese Communist Party,[20] promotes far-right politicians in Europe,[3][5] and has backed President Donald Trump in the U.S.;[21] a 2019 report by NBC News showed it to be the second-largest funder of pro-Trump Facebook advertising after the Trump campaign.[18][22][23] The Epoch Media Group's news sites and YouTube channels have spread conspiracy theories such as QAnon and anti-vaccine misinformation.[18][24][25] In 2020, The New York Times called it a "global-scale misinformation machine".[21] The Epoch Times frequently promotes other Falun Gong affiliated groups, such as the performing arts company Shen Yun." Taken from Wikipedia, which may not be 100% accurate but is not known for bias.
Not sure that I would rely on The Epoch Times for reliability..
now let's see. As of today Israel has about 88,200 cases for a population of 9,326,000. The US has 8,584,000 cases for a population of 334,000,000.
That means that the US population is 35 times larger than Israel. So 35 X 88,200 equals 3,087,000 so that means that the US has more than twice the number of cases at the moment.
So how do you get Israel having more than anyone else on the Planet?
***"He stated this included 125 permit vendors who were grandfathered into the programme, 55 traditional businesses and 15 innovative businesses approved through the BDW."***
So you already had **125** permit holders (businesses that **already existed**) plus **55** traditional businesses (businesses that **already existed**) that were grandfathered in equals 180 businesses.
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Looking good so far.
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"If cruise ships were the path to riches why are not Bahamians so much richer now that ships are way bigger and visitors counts are thru the roof compared to years gone past? (even before the covid downturns)"
Absolutely correct. The only ones that make any real money are the cruise lines.
The Bahamas should reduce the number by 90% and only allow the highend ships to use our waters. In addition, I would not allow them to have their own islands or ports.
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Since the Cayman Islands have done 5 times the number tests per capita, I would tend to believ that we have the Delta variant.
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"The Epoch Times opposes the Chinese Communist Party,[20] promotes far-right politicians in Europe,[3][5] and has backed President Donald Trump in the U.S.;[21] a 2019 report by NBC News showed it to be the second-largest funder of pro-Trump Facebook advertising after the Trump campaign.[18][22][23] The Epoch Media Group's news sites and YouTube channels have spread conspiracy theories such as QAnon and anti-vaccine misinformation.[18][24][25] In 2020, The New York Times called it a "global-scale misinformation machine".[21] The Epoch Times frequently promotes other Falun Gong affiliated groups, such as the performing arts company Shen Yun." Taken from Wikipedia, which may not be 100% accurate but is not known for bias.
Not sure that I would rely on The Epoch Times for reliability..
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Thanks, most helpful.
I was looking at total current cases and not daily.
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now let's see. As of today Israel has about 88,200 cases for a population of 9,326,000. The US has 8,584,000 cases for a population of 334,000,000.
That means that the US population is 35 times larger than Israel. So 35 X 88,200 equals 3,087,000 so that means that the US has more than twice the number of cases at the moment.
So how do you get Israel having more than anyone else on the Planet?
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They are very good at keeping their website upto date so it was as of this morning.
On 13,000 people vaccinated in The Bahamas last week
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Is this mining or just another case of the incompetence of the Civil Service?
I am aware that The Bahamas is one of the countries who have a reputation for not reporting the Covid information in a timely manner.
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John, where do you get you info?
https://datadashboard.health.gov.il/COV…
Thats the official Israeli covid site. It does not show what you are saying. It clearly shows that the vaccinated are far less likely to be ill.
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***"He stated this included 125 permit vendors who were grandfathered into the programme, 55 traditional businesses and 15 innovative businesses approved through the BDW."***
So you already had **125** permit holders (businesses that **already existed**) plus **55** traditional businesses (businesses that **already existed**) that were grandfathered in equals 180 businesses.
So you have **only added 15 new businesses**.
The headline is misleading.
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