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John says...

they are not telling you that the third wave has peaked worldwide! The curve has been bent and numbers are coming down. NO it did not have to get this bad in the bahamas. With the numbers they f people getting ill, having to be hospitalized and many dying. But the authorities, including your prime minister, threw caution to the wind and went on a vaccine campaign. Nothing wrong with that, per se, if you want to be vaccinated, but they seem to abandon all other safety measures opening the borders prematurely etc. they went on a brutal crusade against persons who didn’t want to take the vaccines. Now they planning to vaccinate school children as the wave has peaked and cases are declining. Why not keep the children home for a few more weeks, then see what happens. But if you plan to vaccinate your children and have older members In your family, ensure the older folk are also vaccinated because they now become vulnerable. The Bahamas numbers of new cases dropped by several hundred over the past few weeks. The focus besides vaccines (for them who want them) is to give urgent and quality care to those falling ill. The country and the economy is mostly open so either some type of immunity has set in (worldwide) and/or the virus ( at least the present strains) is making a retreat ( hopefully the last wave).

On Surely we can do better than this

Posted 7 September 2021, 11:05 a.m. Suggest removal

John says...

They are too busy pushing vaccines to follow the science. Persons who are getting vaccinated may be in for a redu awakening. Follow closely what Anthony Fauci is saying and doing .

On Extra hours to vaccinate schoolchildren

Posted 7 September 2021, 1:35 a.m. Suggest removal

John says...

And the United Kingdom is one of the few major countries that did not experience a decline in new cases last week free battling the third wave for months.

On Extra hours to vaccinate schoolchildren

Posted 6 September 2021, 4:22 p.m. Suggest removal

John says...

Has the third wave peaked? Numbers worldwide should a 16% decline in the numbers under the week before . And it appears that the curve for the third ( some say fourth) is bending for the first time in months. Even in The Bahamas, last weeks numbers fro new cases were down by 200 under the week prior and this week the numbers were down by 136 cases or 8% under the week before. In fact the country has come out of triple digits and now recording double digit new cases. The US also recorded a significant drop in new cases along with several other major countries. Unfortunately it appears that many smaller countries, some in the Caribbean, who did not yet have a third wave are now experiencing surges in cases. Though the numbers are small in some cases, (one country went from 0 to 84 cases) they represent a significant percentage increase. Barbados, Bermuda, Haiti, Cayman Islands, st Vincent and the Grenadines all saw their numbers at least double over the past week, but since all these countries had relatively low numbers prior the actual increase in numbers were fairly low, mostly in the teens or twenties.

On Extra hours to vaccinate schoolchildren

Posted 6 September 2021, 4:10 p.m. Suggest removal

John says...

We’re tge toilets vented or properly vented? With six apartment units, methane gas can quickly build up in the cesspit snd feed back into the building through the toilet if tub or sinks. And if there are no vents or not sufficient. Then boom. Even if the vents were into the ceiling but did not go properly to the outside. Sewer gas gives off that ‘rotten egg’ odor but the leak doesn’t necessarily have to be in an area where someone can smell it. In the ceiling fir example or in the crawl space.

On Three injured in apartment complex explosion

Posted 4 September 2021, 4:35 a.m. Suggest removal

John says...

Many Bahamians are switching to casement or hurricane impact windows. Unlike the old windows, these windows are very air tight, some having two or three layers of glass and rubber seals. Then the mini split a/cos just recirculate the same air over and over. So it there is a gas leak and you are locked in this airtight ‘box’ there will be an explosion if these is. Gas leak and something ignites it. Especially in a small space. Gas can also build up in the ceiling especially if there are not sufficient vents or no vents in the boxing. The building code may have to be changed to accommodate these airtight windows being used with mini split ac units in small spaces. And with propane gas stoves. An electric stove will be more expensive to operate but safer. That can’t be healthy even without an explosion. Thankfully there was no lost of life.

On Three injured in apartment complex explosion

Posted 4 September 2021, 4:24 a.m. Suggest removal

John says...

Doctors, politicians and researchers are at odds as to the way forward with vaccines and booster shots. There’s also disagreement as to whether children under 12 or even 17 should be vaccinated. But the irrefutable conclusion is attempting to vaccinate everyone is wrong and not the right approach. Recovered people should not be vaccinated. The US who is most aggressively pushing vaccines now have FIVE times more new Covid cases than any other country. Vaccinated persons , especially those who don’t follow safety protocols, like mask wearing and social distancing because asymptotic super spreaders. And the concern is that a vaccine resistant strain of Covid may soon appear.

John says...

The idiocy of idiots trying to force ineffective vaccines on people who don’t want them. Do you know that hospitalizations of vaccinated people to unvaccinated persons dropped from the much touted, but unreal 99% to 80% in just a matter of weeks? The vaccines are less effective against the Delta variants and now tend to wear off faster. Once they wear off, the vaccinated person is less protected than an unvaccinated person because his natural immune w remains suppressed ( by the vaccines). So the script, at this time, seems to be that vaccinated people must take booster shots every 6-8 months. And those people who have been working in those food stores since day one of the pandemic and didn’t get sick are now more immune to Covid than any vaccine or combination of vaccines can make them. Oxford, the makers of AstraGenica, tell you that. And if these booster shots have to be taken every 6-8 months as long as Covid is around, those jabs will not always be FreeBSD guess who will have to pay for them? And will they always be available? And if persons allow too much time to lapse between the vaccines and the booster shot, then they are not sure if the person will need just the booster or need to re-vaccinate ( two shots).

John says...

> The party also pledged to invest $50m
> to $70m in upgrades to Bahamas Power
> and Light’s transmission and
> distribution infrastructure to further
> reduce electricity outages.

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Tesla had plans over 100 years ago to transmit electricity wirelessly. Maybe that time has come. Back them they thought the plan was so dangerous, government of the time ordered all of Teslas notes on the plan be destroyed. But we use wireless electricity and currents everyday. remotes, cordless phones etc.

On FNM reveals manifesto promises on marijuana, BPL

Posted 3 September 2021, 12:46 p.m. Suggest removal

John says...

Are the FNM's admitting that they failed in their first term? To complete the promises made to the Bahamian people? Is there a foreign entity preventing the government from tabling the marijuana legislation? Why are the penalties for persons found with small (Over 2 ounces) amounts of marijuana so draconian? up to 50 years in jail time and fines that go into the millions. And guess who chirren they will be putting them on? rewriting the marijuana legislation to benefit the elite and put more burden on the poor Bahamians dem

On FNM reveals manifesto promises on marijuana, BPL

Posted 3 September 2021, 12:38 p.m. Suggest removal