The best wasnt done. The number of deaths skyrocketed due to mismanagement of symptoms. And that was a result of lack of knowledge, i.e. proper use of ventilation machines. The information is all there. I'm told that if those machines are used improperly you could actually end up killing the patient, I believe that happened. There are written accounts on cnn.com of hospitals throwing any staff available to manage these machines. The problem with COVID was the numbers, no hospital system is set up to manage such a large section of the population needing ICU care. That's why so many people died. In larger population centers a greater number of people died.

Btw, a group of medical professionals also came to the same conclusion. That article was also on cnn.com.

I believe we saw our version of NY. Having 800 people die of one iillness in The Bahamas over 3months is massive. And that number most likely didnt count everyone, because if you died outside the hospital system it was likely not investigated. We had people waiting in the hallways for assistance and doctors worked to exhaustion.The 800 also doesnt tell the tale of the persons who came back from the brink of death.

So the vaccine did provide protection. I was never in doubt of that.

My argument was always only 0.05% of the population was contracting COVID and there should have been more focus on why the 95% was unaffected then **target** the vaccine to the people most at risk. For the people most at risk the immediate threat was death, receiving the vaccine and living seemed a better option. For those in the 95% being forced to take a rushed vaccine with unknown longterm side effects seemed unwise.

We dont know the links between the vaccine and side effects "*for our conmunity*" (that's important, we're different biologically from the people doing the studies) because nobody thought it was important enough to track adverse reactions. Do I believe everyone who has a heartattack today suffered the result due to taking the vaccine? No because young people and athletes died of heart attacks before COVID.

The only thing I agree with in the article outside of wild speculation is the need for better information.

No foreigner "**has**" to pay these fees. They can leave. And they have. We can say good riddance but how did that help us achieve our objective? It seems the guys with the SeaPass app had the right idea. Just make the process easier. Now it looks like their IP will be stolen.

The model is wrong. They are using this heavy handed pay the oitlandish fees or else structure that does not work. The only people you can possibly get to comply is poor Bahamians who have nothing left to give. (case in point, BPL will end up with huge unrealized profit and possibly thousands disconnected for nonpayment, then decline in revenue from a reduced active customer base. How does that help?) The foreign man just pick up his boat, put it in his backpack and leave.

The correct model would marry a price thats in line with what marinas in the region charge. Then add on top of that proper enforcement whether thats overfishing fines, pollution fines, violation of protected species laws. The problem we have is, its easy and brainless to charge 10 times what other countries are charging and claim how well your doing because revenue increased (it didnt), its much harder and takes more thought and planning to implement and maintain a system of enforcement

I agree with @Oracle, everything from this guy ends up in a big bully tactics mess. Then the PM shows up in the chaos and says, *well the FS had some views, we're reviewing the process*. Why go through this over and over again?

It's what happens when theres no leadership direction, whoever has the loudest voice or is closest gets their idea pushed. Sailing is wonderful but still doesnt make sense as the national sport, its unsustainable and out of reach

I actually thought it was a pretty good move that an engineer was speaking to the problem. They are moving in the right direction in terms of information. Much better than Sears standing there pretending to know what's happening.

I had a conversation with someone a month ago(?) about roads in Barbados and I could not remember any problem with potholes, I didn't go to every corner of the country but what I remember people referring to as "*bad*" roads was when the road got surface cracks so it was somewhat rough. When they had an issue on a road they would breakdown an entire section and build it back up, not just pour tar over a bad surface or have 50 patched up holes in 20ft of road. Solar panels are also everywhere. This a country where the dollar is half the value of the Bahamian dollar. Their shipping costs must be greater. Something is seriously wrong in our Parliament. We getting rob blind.

Somebody buying **alot** of shingles. I sorry for them if the FBI on the case. For this story to hit the Washington post gigantic alarm bells have been raised

A day before on Jul 25:
"*About 2 months ago after hearing Chinese immigrant after Chinese immigrant caught in smuggling operations to the US, the question I asked here was, "were any of those persons employed at the Pointe?" If Haitian nationals are rumoured to pay 2000 per trip what would a Chinese national pay? And how many years would they be indentured to pay off the debt? Another thing that disturbs me about the Chinese workers is how invisible they are. Recall almost a decade ago when Chinese construction workers staged a protest about how badly they were being treated? We never heard another thing about it. Who knows what happened to them. Wasnt it also reported that the employer had their identity documents? "IF" thats the case, its a classic trafficking scenario....*"

My comment from July 26, posted when I heard someone explain that thsre might be an explanation for why an employer might have an immigrant's ID documents

"*No no no, an employer cannot hold the identity documents of an immigrant worker. You are setting up a classic slave labour environment. Because now you in a strange land and you cant leave. And either Bell or Cooper allegedly facilitated this???*

*Can a citizenry go to the world court?*

"*Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists warning signs to watch out for, such as people not being in control of their own documents such as passports and ID cards or being paid very little if at all for their work. They may never appear alone or seem limited in their ability to move around*"

We run a stupid nation.

And we put the dots together much too late.

When the news report came out that 62 Chinese nationals didnt have ID documents that was odd by itself. The next day when it was reported that the employer claimed to have their documents, my brain went *WHAT????*. I thought I'd misunderstood, couldnt be, then I heard it repeated on another news segment. And then to find out that the minister of Immigration having received a report of the apprehension of said individuals, alledges that he had a conversation with the Deputy Prime Minister who was at the time Acting Prime Minister who'd in turn had a conversation with the employer(!!!) and had agreed to release said individuals back into the custody of the employer with no attempt to determine who they were.

What is this fake nation of crime facilitation?? Let's change the name of the honourable House to the House of Ill Repute

"*Pay their fair share*"???

The boats left, there's 0 share to pay