If you want to take Asia as a model, choose at least a country that was successful in combating Covid 19: Taiwan no lockdowns, fewer cases than the Bahamas and only 7 deaths. Let me know when you find better...
UK government infectious diseases expert and University of Edinburgh professor Mark Woolhouse acknowledged that the decision to lockdown in March was a “crude measure” that was enacted because “we couldn’t think of anything better to do.”
“Lockdown was a panic measure and I believe history will say trying to control Covid-19 through lockdown was a monumental mistake on a global scale, the cure was worse than the disease,” said Woolhouse, who is now calling on the government to unlock society before more damage is done.
“I never want to see national lockdown again,” he added.
“It was always a temporary measure that simply delayed the stage of the epidemic we see now. It was never going to change anything fundamentally.”
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Silly comment. Who instituted VAT? At least the FNM put zero VAT on breadbasket items. Something the PLP should have done in the first place.
On Senator Mitchell responds to allegations he did not 'immediately' quarantine on Grand Bahama arrival
Posted 5 September 2020, 3:34 p.m. Suggest removal
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and take the China virus back with them...
On Chinese workers from The Pointe seeking to return home
Posted 1 September 2020, 5:04 p.m. Suggest removal
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Now this is funny
On Chinese workers from The Pointe seeking to return home
Posted 1 September 2020, 3:37 p.m. Suggest removal
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"This places government debt at 68.4 percent of GDP". Looks like this does not include the 2020 shrinking of GDP.
On National debt reaches $8.24bn
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Imagine for one minute the outcry, the outrage, the hysteria if US citizens with Covid 19 were accepted in the Bahamas...
On Philip ‘Brave’ Davis discharged from hospital
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This is why exercising should never be limited.
On OBESITY LINK TO COVID FATALITIES: Shock study reveals ‘scary’ risk to people with weight problems
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Maybe we should stop burning bunker C fuel to produce electricity when there are several clean energy solutions available?
On Global warming’s huge threat to Bahamas
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If you want to take Asia as a model, choose at least a country that was successful in combating Covid 19: Taiwan no lockdowns, fewer cases than the Bahamas and only 7 deaths. Let me know when you find better...
On EDITORIAL: From lockdown to opening the doors
Posted 26 August 2020, 8 a.m. Suggest removal
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UK government infectious diseases expert and University of Edinburgh professor Mark Woolhouse acknowledged that the decision to lockdown in March was a “crude measure” that was enacted because “we couldn’t think of anything better to do.”
“Lockdown was a panic measure and I believe history will say trying to control Covid-19 through lockdown was a monumental mistake on a global scale, the cure was worse than the disease,” said Woolhouse, who is now calling on the government to unlock society before more damage is done.
“I never want to see national lockdown again,” he added.
“It was always a temporary measure that simply delayed the stage of the epidemic we see now. It was never going to change anything fundamentally.”
On EDITORIAL: From lockdown to opening the doors
Posted 26 August 2020, 6:10 a.m. Suggest removal
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and you get your vitamin D (most important vit to fight Covid 19) from the sun, so there should be no time limit on exercising
On Govt issues new Family Island Emergency Order provisions
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