Real talk, don't be so defensive. Just because he is not a minister does not mean that his ideas are gone. I don't think this is very difficult to comprehend at all. And, by they way, can the PM - an MD, without a portfolio, btw - replace him? That's one. Conville Brown (MD), Carlos Thomas (MD) that's two, Charles Diggis (MD), that's four. That's four qualified, FNM-leaning doctors, btw. Still waiting?

Agreed...Gracious, I am agreeing with mudda. :-)

So the only way Dr. Sands can assist is by being a Minister? Somehow, this resignation has stripped him from his medical faculties? Stop it. He can assist and, quite frankly, may be even more valuable in the private arena.

No it is not. It was the right, decent and honourable action to take. There really should not be much debate about this to be honest.

Sigh. He did not say that. He said that he would contact his members to come to a final position. His predecessor also said that opening now would be "a risk". Would you care to share the link where Pratt said that we should open now?

What does Tanya McCartney have to do with this. That is, why single her out, compared with all the other geezers on the committee.

Its funny that you petulantly attack Birdie, yet you dont criticize the veracity of her/his comments. It appears, based on all the information that has been put in the public domain (PM/Sands/Wilchcombe) that Birdie is correct and, all along the plan was for the residents to return. But, keep your slanted glasses on, if you must.

I see what you did there, sickened. Touche.

The point of curfew is not to get rid of Covid, but rather to slow the pace so the health system is not overburdened. We still need to do this because our banana republic country will not be able to cope with concurrent wides scale cases. You have to continue with the shutdown.

So, in your petulant thinking, what you are really saying is "what is good for the goose is good for the gander"? Or, even more 5-year oldish, "but he did it".