If they was Bahamians, the headlines would read , and the victims were all known to police…’

The country doesn’t need lockdown or zero Covid. But if you know the tourists are coming from the highly infected areas and you give them more freedom and latitude than Bahamians or even more than some have in the own country, then what messages are you sending? Don’t forget Bahamians are working in n those hotels and in Cable Beach and downtown where tourists wander around without masks. And they are known for walking up on people. And whilst the symptoms of these new Covid variants may be more mild, what abo the long term effects? And notice the Black tourists do wear masks.

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#There have also been two more virus related deaths confirmed, pushing the death toll to 800 Reading is fundamental, but comprehension is key

Does it? How comes the islands with few or no tourists have little or no Covid?

What about the victims in Exuma? Three dead and one hospitalized… why is government silent on the results of tge autopsies

Has anyone come to identify the victim as yet. Must have just arrived in the country.

Well actually no one ( or hardly anyone) is getting seriously ill and yes there are some Covid related deaths. So government may have a lazie faire approach: Let things work themselves out and not to intervene unless things get seriously out-of-control. This is the approach most of the world has adopted.. not to let Covid cripple the world anymore. Which is understandable… and many countries, Bahamas included, cannot afford more economic fallout from Covid. Bring on that happy face again.

This lame government had sufficient time to take corrective actions. But they allow the tourists to come here and walk around with no masks. They are not enforcing quarantine for persons who WHo test positive. They continue to reduce travel restrictions. They approved what could be superspreader events, like carnival and beer festivals. Homecomings are already planned. But the biggest factor is the thousands of tourists coming from infected areas. And not just infected states but infections of new variants and strains. And they tell you the vaccines have zero effectiveness against these new variants. Then they tell you ‘come get vaccinated’. Then they tell you ‘O but quite a bit of the vaccines have expired because Bahamians have stopped taking them.’ Why take vaccines that are ineffective

The suspect is now in police custody

Hopefully the investigations will not embarrass the us and reveal the cause of death was something the Americans ingested. A war on drugs was declared many years ago but thousands of US citizens are dying annually, at home and abroad from fentanyl and opioid overdose. And most addictions begin with legally prescribed medications and expands until the victims:patients turn to the streets to get drugs to satisfy their addiction. And natural marijuana, the same drug the US demonized over the past five decades and sent thousands of young , mostly Black, men to jail for, is now the most effective means to treat opioid addiction and withdrawal. And whilst The Bahamad may be , in your words, ‘a Banana Republic ,’ it is clear that , like most Caribbean countries, no efforts are spared to ensure that ALL visitors to these countries are kept safe, not only do Bahamians respect Americans, more than they do us, but they realize the importance of the relationship between the United States and The Bahamas and other Caribbean islands and the significance of the tourist trade. It is and unfortunate when any life is lost and to suggest that the Bahamian government or authorities will do anything untoward to obliterate the true cause of the demise of three a Americans is highly prejudiced.