Obviously the intention is to their foot in the sand as quickly as possible, test the waters and make a determination of which direction to go from there. This project doesn’t have to be fully profit driven as no one can deny Freeport and Grand Bahama needs a more upscale medical facility. A lot of high value persons visit or reside on Grand Bahama. Some have retired there. So why not take advantage of an existing building and ‘build out’ of ur? And if the needs and market proves to be different from what is envisioned, in terms of being better. A new site can be identified and construction done whilst the footprint is still be in the sands, yes?

The Minnis Administration mishandled the Covid Pandemic after the vaccines were made available.
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Apparently they dropped everything in favor of the vaccines, rather than using the vaccines to strengthen their already effective arsenal. Vaccinated persons were given license to wander untested and, in some cases without masks throughout the country, tourists were allowed to enter likewise. And when groups of vaccinated persons said they wanted to party, the PM said ‘party on.’ Party like it’s 1999 and no Covid.
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So now the cases have skyrocketed, hospitalizations are at the maximum capacity and deaths have increased. Untested, vaccinated persons were super spreaders who wreaked havoc in this country over the past few weeks. And Dr Fauci after again going from his mask off, mask on routine of flip flopping, admits that a vaccinated person who has experienced a breakthrough of the virus can have as much or even more viral load than a non vaccinated person. And his potential to spread is likewise. Very fertile.
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So despite the skyrocketing numbers of new cases in this country, Dr Nakia Forbes admits there have been few re-infections. This is a good thing because it means that persons who had the virus and recovered now have natural immunity to it, at least in the short term. So no need to rush to take the vaccines that are (reportedly) in short supply. Allow those who may be more at risk and wish to take the vaccines.
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some say the vaccines caused the delta strain: and since this variant is most prevalent in countries and populations that are more highly vaccinated, this argument may hold water. BUT in the 1918 Spanish Flu, the fourth wave was also the most contagious of all, with the potential to cause the most deaths. And, like the Delta variant it started in Europe. It was also fast-moving. It crossed continents to the Americas, then silently disappeared. Let us pray!

The Minnis government mishandled the Covid Pandemic after vaccines were introduced.

Bahamians eat more fast food than Americans who invented it. And, of course it tells on the size of the young population and their overall health. But the days of piling into Burger King downtown at 3:00 am during Junkanoo to get something to eat or catch a lil nap upstairs. Part of our history. And their local product has improved recently.

The article did say they are looking at several existing properties with the intention of conversion. Guess they looking at flooding and hurricane resistance among other factors.

The curse of Chris Brown has struck again. High hopes, then great disappointment. But you did your best.

The captain is ultimately responsible. He is supposed to know what his ship is carrying and its itinerary. He will have known his ship was rejected and turned away from US ports. the ship should have been held, the captain charged and hefty fines levied. Then those with authority both locally and elsewhere should receive similar fate. Either for collusion, dereliction of duty or both.

So will Minnis allow the Emergency Orders to expire in the midst of what he calls a most dangerous and deadly surge? Why didn’t the government go back to promoting the original safety protocols in the absence of vaccines?

Remember it was Dr Fauci who had the world believing the Covid-19 virus came from bats, when it first appeared in Wuhan around September of 2019. The lab in Wuhan was involved in gain of function research of corona viruses when several of the scientists in that lab got ill with respiratory symptoms. Then athletes visiting the area also became ill with similar symptoms. Dr Fauci has now backed off his claim that Covid-19 originated in bats, but his latest defense is that the Wuhan lab was not the only lab involved in ‘gain of function research’ and the virus could have come from any other lab involved in similar research.

> Ninety-seven percent of the admitted
> cases have been unvaccinated people.
> Of the deaths, no fully vaccinated
> person has died.”

Notice how what they are calling ‘fake news’ or ‘false information about the vaccines’ become new headlines in a matter of days or weeks. Firstly whilst no vaccinated person in The Bahamas may have gotten seriously ill or died from Covid-19, how many vaccinated persons have infected other people because they were able to enter the country without taking tests after coming from populations that were not wearing masks Or practicing other safety measures? Dr Fauci now admits that vaccinated persons can now transmit the disease to other vaccinated persons and that in breakthrough cases, the viral load in an unvaccinated person can exceed that of an unvaccinated person, making these people super spreaders. And so most of the cases presently active in The Bahamas are ‘imported’ either by persons who travelled or persons who visited. And thousands of tourists visited and left and their status will never be known. It is this constant flip flopping and pushing of the vaccines that is doing more damage than what they call ‘fake news.’ And, of course ‘fake news’ does exist but persons should be able to choose freely if they want to take the vaccine and not be castigated or treated as infidels if they have vaccine hesitancy. Especially since there are no vaccines readily available to the general Bahamian public. And did the officials make it clear that persons who recently recovered from Covid-19 do not have to rush to take the vaccine? They are now immune to the virus, at least in the short term, and contribute to herd immunity just as much as the vaccinated persons. And, in most cases, their immunity will adjust to new variants of the virus. The most recent surge in corona that is supposedly related to the Delta variant is concentrated is a few countries. Most other countries, that have closed borders and are practicing safety measures continue to see declines in their numbers of new cases and deaths. And with the US and several ‘hot spot’ countries showing decreased numbers of cases over the past few days, there was an overall decrease in the number of new cases worldwide. And if the restrictions and testing of vaccinated entering this country had been kept in place, the numbers of new cases and hospitalizations would be down. And 500,000 doses of the vaccine has been dispatched to Haiti. The world will watch with interest what happens to that country’s numbers as the vaccines are distributed. Of course they will not make the mistakes of allowing vaccinated people to travel untested or for them to discontinue wearing masks and other safety protocols. Will this Delta strain be the last wave?