There's actually only one lab in SK Canada that can do so. The majority in the US cannot either, and some states are barely sequencing above 2%

And none of those positive anti antigen tests are recorded, neat trick to keep the case numbers and deaths from Covid down!

The trouble with tourists (and long bemoaned) is as its ever been, they do not have any prolonged interaction with locals nor do they have any desire to do so. The majority are at least vaxx’d, this foolish poster and Bahamians who’d rather point to the beam in the another’s eye than take responsibility for their own lack.
As for mandates forcing mass firings, tisn’t so, the ranks of service workers at all levels is thinned now from Omicron and it’s going to get worse before better.
The huge increase in cases here is but the tip of the iceberg as the MOH refuses to add cases and deaths diagnosed w/o a PCR test. ,impossible for many.

How short are the memories of the foolish!
Five short mos ago the hospitals were so slammed with Covidiots who'd refused vaccinations that those in pain, needing care, needing life saving procedures were shut out.
Folks died, I'm sure everyone knows of some poor soul who couldn't get a bed.

Omicron, Delta whatever the variant if this country doesn't adequately count cases and deaths, ramp up testing and vaxxs, this winter will prove the grimmest yet.
Misinformation and ineptitude kills, have a care what y'all spew.

Well if it walks like a duck... you answered your own question but try to use your God given brain...
What would happen to the Bahamian economy based on tourism in the event of a major oil spill disaster for which there is no process, no equipment, no skilled workers for remediation?

The BNT was formed in the absence of any gov't entity protecting the habitats, the natural environment of these islands and their mission-and the funds to carry such out are limited
So this report should beg the questions, if it's this bad for animals, flora and fauna, why hasn't the gov't acted in 18 mos behalf of their citizens?
Or their environmental ministry, health ministry?
Their laissez faire attitude comes from just such wooden headed 'answers'.

Dr Sands knows the limitations of the use of antigen tests to diagnose Covid which is why most countries insist on PCR tests.
As well the Bahamas' reliance on rapid tests is disingenuous at best since the negative results are faulty and a positive diagnosis is dismissed (and not recorded) without the gold standard PCR tests.
Therefore residents here w/o the means/connections/or within proximity of a test center providing PCRs are SOL.
And the gov't cannot provide, nor do they seem to care to know the true measure of Covid cases and deaths.

So to save some 'overburdened' family of vacationers $$ we're willing to invite even more potential Covid variants here?? Are y'all nuts??

Bahamians would rather let their child relatives rot in the horrid conditions of so called "care homes" than allow them to be adopted by couples longing for a child because they'd have to acknowledge the child and their sorry predicament.
They indulge their vanity at the expense of a child's life but they're always at church.
If government is hypocritical it's because they represent a like minded country!

So how much insurance/bond do they still have for the billion(s) to pay to clean the water, beaches? The biz and livelihoods they'll put to ruin??

The Bahamas' economy like it or not is built on tourism and y'all are going to kill off the golden goose.

So the Police Commissioner sees a video of one of his policemen choking a woman and he does nothing?
Does no member of the RBPF have the ethical, moral obligation to swear out a complaint when he/she becomes aware of these abuses of power, and criminal behaviour, or in the absence of any member of the public coming forward?
How do they expect any citizen to act within the law if officers and their commanders refuse to do the same? Refuse to discharge their duty?
Toadies and cowards!

If only they'd publish the list of the sick who've been and who continue to be refused hospital beds in Nassau & Freeport. Most especially those on Family Islands where their only means of diagnosis is discounted due to the use of rapid tests the MOH distributed!
So their diagnosis, even their death from Covid isn't recorded.
People are dying because there isn't enough beds and cutting edge treatments ie.mononuclear antibodies, easily given in one IV treatment which doesn't even have to be done in hospital.
The only thing in abundance is callousness, ineptitude and stupidity.