All over the world governments are trying to find a way out of the situation in which they placed their respective populations as a result of their mindless rush to fall in line with a mass psychosis. Notice carefully how the so called rules, regulations and plans for recovery change almost overnight. The politicians know that the damage has been done. They are seeking desperately for a way out of the disaster.

Here's a simple question: Who is in charge of enforcing all of these rules and regulations?

So now, after the damage has been done, we hear about the negative effects of the overblown hysteria surrounding the new virus. Sensible people suspected from the beginning that the reaction to the new virus was overblown, seeming to be almost a deliberate effort to terrorize the general public. The dire consequences of this program are now visible and obvious to even the casual observer. Now those same authorities who stampeded the population into hysteria need to show the way out of this mess , if they can. Try following some of the news stories emanating from Skynews Australia, for some interesting observations.

It certainly is true that people not familiar with the actual situation at Abaco have little idea of what has changed up here. Compared to the level of economic activity up here before the storm, this island is more like what you could call a ghost town. A greatly reduced population combined with difficulty in carrying out basic banking transactions along with a scarcity of hardware materials and a crippling unavailability of electrical power in several areas takes some getting used to as well as considerable resourcefulness on the part of residents. Thank goodness for the freight boats.

Are people asking for a police and defence force presence on the cays? My goodness, if my memory serves me correctly there were complaints about the activities of some members of these same organisations soon after the great hurricane of 2019. The situation appears quite serious according to the published reports. Desperate times call for desperate measures but let's hope that we don't reach the point where we have to be like Harvey Keitel in the film "City of Industry" when he told Linda Liu "I am my own police".

Condolences to his family. Another one of my old GHS classmates gone from the scene. Those were good days never to be seen again.

Patience truly is a virtue. Almost one full year now and electricity service not restored to all areas of central Abaco and eastern Grand Bahama. Those of us who were able to repair our buildings and pass inspection by Ministry of Works are very grateful and can understand the frustration of people deprived of electrical service since so many devices depend upon electricity. Unfortunately, there remain many buildings in such poor condition that they will face an uphill battle to pass inspection.

Sorry to disappoint you but lockdowns don't work and contribute to total economic destruction. The virus cannot be stopped so a way of working around this reality can and will be found.

In response to BobsyerUncle, do you not remember the late Myles Munroe and the terrible accident in Freeport some years ago? His private jet was carrying out a go around in very limited visibility after a missed approach. However, the aircraft was allowed to descend below minimum descent altitude and struck a crane in the harbour at an altitude of about 200 feet, incredibly low under the circumstances and after the GPWS had sounded.

Yes, much better to starve to death and suffer 90 percent unemployment than to let people go about their business while taking sensible, basic precautions.