Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Lots of idiotic noises in the market place and **NOT ONE** sensible suggestion of what Minnis should be doing differently than other countries to irradicate COVID!
No apologies for PM Minnis missteps, however, coronavirus-19 is a new virus that NOBODY has any experience fighting. Minnis and crew are only human and bound to make mistakes while trying to navigate an unknown course dealing with this pandemic.
Look at the US for example. Regardless of The USA being the richest, and most powerful superpower on the planet, they have proven to be absolute, total, failures dealing with coronavirus-19! The rest of the world looks on with pity at the U.S. government's pathetic "non-response" to COVID-19.
The majority of what PM Minnis has done makes him look like a genius compared to what President Trump has done!
Yes, PM Minnis, you made a terrible decision by succumbing to pressure to open the borders. Now please ignore all these naysayers who altogether combined couldn't come up with a single positive thought for all the tea in China, pick yourself up, dust off your team, and move the country forward as best you can.
Carry on PM Minnis. We are beaten as is every other country in the world, but not defeated!
Unfortunately, we are only experiencing a small but growing groundswell in cases. The real "surge" will be upon us between August 10th and 15th.
The mess in the U.S. is proof that open economies and COVID-19 do not work. Governments' best course of action would be an immediate full lockdown now.
Will someone please enlighten me why we cannot close our borders to the U.S. but the U.S. can close their borders to whomever they want to?
Who would ever expect someone irresponsible enough to knowingly travel to a pandemic hotspot to self quarantine? Obviously, these people don't care about their own lives and well being so why would anyone think they would care about anyone else's?
We need to stop reinventing the wheel and being too eager to make rules. Barbados used the same criteria and never closed its' borders which allowed longer stay tourists and residents to enter the country.
The government needs to be more truthful. Experience dictates the looming weekend lockdown is just the beginning of a long lockdown period if we are to get COVID back under control.
To be clear, "stopping travel" was not the issue. Keeping the borders closed to the U.S. was the overwhelming decision the vast majority agreed as the right course of action. How they couldn't see that is beyond comprehension.
Had we allowed travel to Canada, EU, and the U.K., we might have had a constant trickle of tourists.
It is not entirely fair to blame Bahamians for traveling and transmitting the disease. The government was fully aware of the high level of infection in Florida and equally aware that Floridians were not practicing masks wearing and social distancing. Why would the government not expect Bahamians to also become infected in such an environment?
Secondly, why would the government allow travel to an area known to have an out of control highly contagious pathogen and not require them to be tested upon return? And, with such porous borders, why would the government allow private aircraft and boats into the Bahamas from Florida?
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Hindsight is always 20/20. Pointing fingers, casting blame, bitching, whining, armchair quarterbacking, is not productive and will never get us anywhere! Asking people to self-quarantine is a total non-starter.
People need to stop the infantile stupidity and be adult enough to analyze what went wrong, acknowledge missteps and move forward for the betterment of our country and people.
Alternatively, we can join the fantasy world of uncle Donald Trump with the ridiculous asinine notion that "virus or no virus we must open the economy". Clearly the rapid spread of the coronavirus is now leading them back to the forced total shut down of Los Angeles, Texas, Florida, and now several other states.
Opening the borders to the U.S. was ill-advised, had a highly predictable outcome and a very, very, bad move, requiring 10-day COVID free tests for visitor entry was and remains another bad move, especially when Barbados and other jurisdictions were already leading the way demanding negative test with-in 72 hours of arrival, not requiring a test for returning residents traveling to the U.S. for less than 72 hours was the absolute worse move possible!
Closing liquor stores during the lockdown period then simultaneously opening liquor stores, bars and clubs were not thought through. Alcohol sales should never have been prohibited to start with, it never worked before legalization and will never work! However, since they screwed that up, alcohol sales should have been a phased opening starting with liquor store roadside sales first, followed by bars and clubs weeks later to allow people to "catch up" in a controlled fashion.
The initial shutdown was only a dress rehearsal to what we now have to deal with. This is the "real deal". Unfortunately, if PM Minnis doesn't shut down the entire country immediately and get a firm handle on the obvious community spread of this virus, we will end up like Florida, Texas, and California in very short order!
We need to come to the realization that COVID-19 is an unforgiving virus that does not allow coexisting working economies regardless of what the idiot geniuses mirroring the all-powerful, "great orange wizard" in the White House, uncle Donald Trump says.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Hindsight is always 20/20. Pointing fingers, casting blame, bitching, whining, armchair quarterbacking, is not productive and will never get us anywhere! Asking people to self-quarantine is a total non-starter.
People need to stop the infantile stupidity and be adult enough to analyze what went wrong, acknowledge missteps and move forward for the betterment of our country and people.
Alternatively, we can join the fantasy world of uncle Donald Trump with the ridiculous asinine notion that "virus or no virus we must open the economy". Clearly the rapid spread of the coronavirus is now leading them back to the forced total shut down of Los Angeles, Texas, Florida, and now several other states.
Opening the borders to the U.S. was ill-advised, had a highly predictable outcome and a very, very, bad move, requiring 10-day COVID free tests for visitor entry was and remains another bad move, especially when Barbados and other jurisdictions were already leading the way demanding negative test with-in 72 hours of arrival, not requiring a test for returning residents traveling to the U.S. for less than 72 hours was **the absolute** worse move possible!
Closing liquor stores during the lockdown period then simultaneously opening liquor stores, bars and clubs were not thought through. Alcohol sales should never have been prohibited to start with, it never worked before legalization and will never work! However, since they screwed that up, alcohol sales should have been a phased opening starting with liquor store roadside sales first, followed by bars and clubs weeks later to allow people to "catch up" in a controlled fashion.
The initial shutdown was only a dress rehearsal to what we now have to deal with. This is the "real deal". Unfortunately, if PM Minnis doesn't shut down the entire country immediately and get a firm handle on the obvious community spread of this virus, we will end up like Florida, Texas, and California in very short order!
We need to come to the realization that COVID-19 is an unforgiving virus that does not allow coexisting working economies regardless of what the idiot geniuses mirroring the all-powerful, "great orange wizard" in the White House, uncle Donald Trump says.
@ ISpeakFacts....We were also totally dismayed and disappointed at the D-educated patrons in Sandyport and other "supposed upscale" bars and restaurants in the western district that has been partying non-stop without wearing any sort of mask or practicing any social distancing. Then you factor in the U.S. tourist that refuses to wear masks in their own country and certainly will not wear one in what he feels is a banana republic naturally gravitate to these places out west, and the "lighter-skinned" and culturally confused Bahamians doing everything possible to be accepted by the western crowd, and you have the perfect storm for widespread virus transmission.
SP says...
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Lots of idiotic noises in the market place and **NOT ONE** sensible suggestion of what Minnis should be doing differently than other countries to irradicate COVID!
No apologies for PM Minnis missteps, however, coronavirus-19 is a new virus that NOBODY has any experience fighting. Minnis and crew are only human and bound to make mistakes while trying to navigate an unknown course dealing with this pandemic.
Look at the US for example. Regardless of The USA being the richest, and most powerful superpower on the planet, they have proven to be absolute, total, failures dealing with coronavirus-19! The rest of the world looks on with pity at the U.S. government's pathetic "non-response" to COVID-19.
The majority of what PM Minnis has done makes him look like a genius compared to what President Trump has done!
Yes, PM Minnis, you made a terrible decision by succumbing to pressure to open the borders. Now please ignore all these naysayers who altogether combined couldn't come up with a single positive thought for all the tea in China, pick yourself up, dust off your team, and move the country forward as best you can.
Carry on PM Minnis. We are beaten as is every other country in the world, but not defeated!
On HERE WE GO AGAIN: Minimum two-week lockdown to try and halt new COVID surge
Posted 4 August 2020, 6:01 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Unfortunately, we are only experiencing a small but growing groundswell in cases. The real "surge" will be upon us between August 10th and 15th.
The mess in the U.S. is proof that open economies and COVID-19 do not work. Governments' best course of action would be an immediate full lockdown now.
Will someone please enlighten me why we cannot close our borders to the U.S. but the U.S. can close their borders to whomever they want to?
On 40 new cases of COVID-19
Posted 28 July 2020, 8:08 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Who would ever expect someone irresponsible enough to knowingly travel to a pandemic hotspot to self quarantine? Obviously, these people don't care about their own lives and well being so why would anyone think they would care about anyone else's?
On Grand Bahama women spread virus breaking quarantine
Posted 27 July 2020, 9:02 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
We need to stop reinventing the wheel and being too eager to make rules. Barbados used the same criteria and never closed its' borders which allowed longer stay tourists and residents to enter the country.
The government needs to be more truthful. Experience dictates the looming weekend lockdown is just the beginning of a long lockdown period if we are to get COVID back under control.
On Govt allows commercial flights from U.S. – with 14 days quarantine
Posted 24 July 2020, 3:43 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
To be clear, "stopping travel" was not the issue. Keeping the borders closed to the U.S. was the overwhelming decision the vast majority agreed as the right course of action. How they couldn't see that is beyond comprehension.
Had we allowed travel to Canada, EU, and the U.K., we might have had a constant trickle of tourists.
It is not entirely fair to blame Bahamians for traveling and transmitting the disease. The government was fully aware of the high level of infection in Florida and equally aware that Floridians were not practicing masks wearing and social distancing. Why would the government not expect Bahamians to also become infected in such an environment?
Secondly, why would the government allow travel to an area known to have an out of control highly contagious pathogen and not require them to be tested upon return? And, with such porous borders, why would the government allow private aircraft and boats into the Bahamas from Florida?
On As The Bahamas is rocked by 55 new cases, PM says: ‘We were afraid to stop travel’
Posted 24 July 2020, 10:57 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Hindsight is always 20/20. Pointing fingers, casting blame, bitching, whining, armchair quarterbacking, is not productive and will never get us anywhere!
Asking people to self-quarantine is a total non-starter.
People need to stop the infantile stupidity and be adult enough to analyze what went wrong, acknowledge missteps and move forward for the betterment of our country and people.
Alternatively, we can join the fantasy world of uncle Donald Trump with the ridiculous asinine notion that "virus or no virus we must open the economy". Clearly the rapid spread of the coronavirus is now leading them back to the forced total shut down of Los Angeles, Texas, Florida, and now several other states.
Opening the borders to the U.S. was ill-advised, had a highly predictable outcome and a very, very, bad move, requiring 10-day COVID free tests for visitor entry was and remains another bad move, especially when Barbados and other jurisdictions were already leading the way demanding negative test with-in 72 hours of arrival, not requiring a test for returning residents traveling to the U.S. for less than 72 hours was the absolute worse move possible!
Closing liquor stores during the lockdown period then simultaneously opening liquor stores, bars and clubs were not thought through. Alcohol sales should never have been prohibited to start with, it never worked before legalization and will never work! However, since they screwed that up, alcohol sales should have been a phased opening starting with liquor store roadside sales first, followed by bars and clubs weeks later to allow people to "catch up" in a controlled fashion.
The initial shutdown was only a dress rehearsal to what we now have to deal with. This is the "real deal". Unfortunately, if PM Minnis doesn't shut down the entire country immediately and get a firm handle on the obvious community spread of this virus, we will end up like Florida, Texas, and California in very short order!
We need to come to the realization that COVID-19 is an unforgiving virus that does not allow coexisting working economies regardless of what the idiot geniuses mirroring the all-powerful, "great orange wizard" in the White House, uncle Donald Trump says.
On 55 new cases of COVID-19
Posted 23 July 2020, 8:46 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Hindsight is always 20/20. Pointing fingers, casting blame, bitching, whining, armchair quarterbacking, is not productive and will never get us anywhere!
Asking people to self-quarantine is a total non-starter.
People need to stop the infantile stupidity and be adult enough to analyze what went wrong, acknowledge missteps and move forward for the betterment of our country and people.
Alternatively, we can join the fantasy world of uncle Donald Trump with the ridiculous asinine notion that "virus or no virus we must open the economy". Clearly the rapid spread of the coronavirus is now leading them back to the forced total shut down of Los Angeles, Texas, Florida, and now several other states.
Opening the borders to the U.S. was ill-advised, had a highly predictable outcome and a very, very, bad move, requiring 10-day COVID free tests for visitor entry was and remains another bad move, especially when Barbados and other jurisdictions were already leading the way demanding negative test with-in 72 hours of arrival, not requiring a test for returning residents traveling to the U.S. for less than 72 hours was **the absolute** worse move possible!
Closing liquor stores during the lockdown period then simultaneously opening liquor stores, bars and clubs were not thought through. Alcohol sales should never have been prohibited to start with, it never worked before legalization and will never work! However, since they screwed that up, alcohol sales should have been a phased opening starting with liquor store roadside sales first, followed by bars and clubs weeks later to allow people to "catch up" in a controlled fashion.
The initial shutdown was only a dress rehearsal to what we now have to deal with. This is the "real deal". Unfortunately, if PM Minnis doesn't shut down the entire country immediately and get a firm handle on the obvious community spread of this virus, we will end up like Florida, Texas, and California in very short order!
We need to come to the realization that COVID-19 is an unforgiving virus that does not allow coexisting working economies regardless of what the idiot geniuses mirroring the all-powerful, "great orange wizard" in the White House, uncle Donald Trump says.
On IF YOU FLEW IN - QUARANTINE: PM pleads for new arrivals to self-isolate
Posted 23 July 2020, 8:31 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, we will see the "true" extent of the bad move opening to U.S. outbreak around the 10th of August.
On UPDATED: 20 more cases with two on Cat Island
Posted 22 July 2020, 4:43 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
All this thanks to uncle Donald Trump! I shudder to think of the name calling in this situation had he been a black president.
On 'Body blow' for tourism restart
Posted 21 July 2020, 12:56 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
@ ISpeakFacts....We were also totally dismayed and disappointed at the D-educated patrons in Sandyport and other "supposed upscale" bars and restaurants in the western district that has been partying non-stop without wearing any sort of mask or practicing any social distancing. Then you factor in the U.S. tourist that refuses to wear masks in their own country and certainly will not wear one in what he feels is a banana republic naturally gravitate to these places out west, and the "lighter-skinned" and culturally confused Bahamians doing everything possible to be accepted by the western crowd, and you have the perfect storm for widespread virus transmission.
On 21 new cases of COVID-19
Posted 20 July 2020, 9:51 p.m. Suggest removal