Amen. Testing here is a joke. <br/><br/>
But what I've seen is that the Caribbean in general has a low death rate. This is quite peculiar especially with developed nations having top-notch hospitals. Researchers need to study why this is the case. Several Caribbean countries with less restrictions than we have, have less deaths. So it's not related to lock-downs. <br/> But this should be looked into by researchers. <br/>
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavir…

Yeah, it **doesn't** seem like this government will be able to chew gum and walk. There's only **3 weeks** before the start of the hurricane season. We can only pray that the Good Lord keeps the severe hurricanes away from our shores because we simply won't be ready. <br/><br/>
Sufficient businesses won't even be open for the amount of hours needed for people to prepare their homes with all the materials they have to procure when a hurricane passes.<br/>
May the Lord be with us all!

All it actually means is that **testing is not being done** properly.
Lack of testing will always result in no cases. smh<br/><br/>
But I guess living in this fairy tale land where there is no new cases in The Bahamas, which has one of the lousiest health care systems in the world must feel great. <br/>
I guess as they say... (the government's) ignorance is bliss!

So if many **major companies** are not paying NIB and **stealing without penalty**... where will NIB continue to find the millions to pay employees? Employers are allowed to steal and put government at the short end of the stick. But the poor man still has to pay all his taxes. This practice is disgraceful. The government is disgraceful for allowing it to continue!!!<br/><br/>
But if someone **breaks quarantine** they have to pay a huge fine and/or face 5 years in prison?? You people are out of your mind!!!

The police are heartless and the government is heartless!!

Flattened what curve exactly??<br/>
You don't even know half the number of people who are infected here because of a lack of testing. This junk science y'all are using to justify closing all these businesses for yet another 30 days makes no sense. <br/><br/>
I mean if they ramped up testing and the number of cases shot up let's say in a week due to more testing (while lowering the mortality rate) then this would make sense. Then if you kept up with **large scale testing** and the number of cases went down, then you can say the curve was flattened. But for now this is all just guess work... and not even educated guessing! smh <br/><br/>
Bear in mind, Sands was the same person all over the news when the news of this first broke in China saying that the seasonal flu kills more people (not considering the death rate of the seasonal flu is 0.1 % ). Sorry Sands, your reliability on this has been shaky from the beginning. <br/><br/>
If you're not going to use any real science to determine anything, let the businesses open up for more days with masks and social distancing.

You have made some good points. <br/>
I think the fines are ridiculous as well. I read a story today about a man who was arrested because he used $32 worth of expired food stamps at Super Value.<br/><br/>
I couldn't believe what I read. Obviously this person is hungry. If the food stamps were expired... just tell him they are expired and let him go. Why arrest someone who obviously just wants something to eat like many people out here now. <br/>
To me, it's the government who has become heartless... not the business owners!!!

More businesses need to open during the month of May. Just continue mandatory face masks and social distancing. There are definitely not enough days for businesses to be open. <br/>
People are going to get more frustrated as time goes on.

I heard they are giving Bahamian patients hydroxychloroquine as well. (I guess because Trump said it) SMH <br/><br/>This is a quote on CNN from the FDA:<br/>
"**The drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine**, should only be used in clinical trials because they **can kill** or cause serious side effects, the FDA said. These include serious heart rhythm problems in Covid-19 patients treated with the drugs, especially when they are combined with the antibiotic azithromycin."

Yeah, opening churches at this time would be ridiculous. What is the council thinking? This shows me that they aren't genuine about helping people. What would be the point of opening now?<br/><br/>
Many churches are having services virtually and on TV. Plus, there is always a lockdown on Sundays. The "church" goes beyond the building. If you want to help people, help them. You don't need the building opened for gatherings to do that! smh