Well we added another 15 to the roll. Regis says cost was an issue in acquiring more test kits. I think when all of the bills come and when the budget comes, we would have spent hundreds of millions on everything else from signage and advertising, to Works and public services, to welfare to bailouts to SOEs, etc.

The quagmire is this. If we do roll out mass testing and they do so on the family islands what happens when they find cases? The premise of the selective reopenings is unpinned on "no presence of COVID-19".

Assume we got 50,000 tests and they go to a few of these islands and mass test and realize that actually there are 100 cases across those islands for example, but they're just asymptomatic.

Do they shut t those islands back down and when do you ever lift it back? Furthermore if the premise of those islands reopening is that they have no cases, is that the case for Nassau as well? But again how do you know if you don't test?

I meant "are potential at-risk cases"

How many persons are doing as asked and still get it? You cal still spread the virus doing any quite normal allowed activities. I think NY was saying that many of the cases in Manhattan were from persons who were at home. They simply passed it on to others who they were in close contact with.

Going to a construction site can, ordering delivery, and going to the pharmacy can still cause the spread. Measures are only there to slow it down.

100 confirmed cases are not 100 cases in the country. If we test everyone we'd realize that there can be 1.5x, 2x, 5x 10x, or 20x that number. No one knows unless more testing is done. In reality, we probably have a bunch of healthy carriers going about doing allowed activities passing it around to others who show symptoms.

The only way to know is to test more.

Anyone can catch it but only a certain group are potential data cases. Of course. Of course at-risk people can catch it as well.

Congrats to all.

The headline has been fixed.

This is why you fix your house before the hurricane.

Thankfully this article came out because there are many like stories out there where economic activity is being choked because of slow govt preparation going into this and poor systems going into the pandemic. What we needed was better structural issues prior and quicker pivoting by every agency going in. I don't mean just in the days before the lockdown but in the weeks and months and years prior.

When the storm comes it's too late. The government has had many many years over many administrations to get things fixed. We pay millions on new systems and they are never fully online and then pay the price later.

This is new for everyone yet some of our competitors had many of these same systems up before the pandemic so business continued. Private organizations in most cases got up to speed at a faster pace than govt. As I mentioned it was telling that a headline story was that the BDB was executing documents electronically and half is staff is working from home. This should be expected not headline news.

Every Ministry has a Minster and a PS. Depts have directors, assistants, etc etc etc. Why wasn't everyone's upper management rushing to get these things fixed as a priority between January and March is anyone's guess. Not to mention why these systems which many are new weren't fully online.

Poor planning for a private company means going out of business. The govt doesn't suffer the same fate for being slow. So we have to demand more and better.

Or call 311 since emergencies do arise.

It strikes me a strange that he (Bethel) disagrees with the punishment but puts it on the judges. The judges sure can be more lenient, but so can the police, the prosecutor, and the lawmaker

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Where does Paris require you to stop using fossil fuel? I read Paris to limit the increase in global temperatures. and establishes targets to reduce global warming/climate change.

Natural Gas would assist in that it produces the lowest amount of CO2 than any Fossil fuel. So BPL's NP plants would essentially be producing much less C02 than if they're using ADO and Bunker C.
Below is the C02 emissions by fuel type:
Source US EIA:

Pounds of CO2 emitted per million British thermal units (Btu) of energy for various fuels

Coal (anthracite) 228.6
Coal (bituminous) 205.7
Coal (lignite) 215.4
Coal (subbituminous) 214.3
Diesel fuel and heating oil 161.3
Gasoline (without ethanol)
157.2
Propane 139.0
Natural gas 117.0

“The government cannot instruct them on what to do, cannot direct on what to do and what to say so it’s incumbent on them to deal with these cases with a measured approach."

Are these cases civil or criminal?

If they're criminal isn't it the crown who brings these cases?
Can't the crown decline to prosecute the case?
If they don't want to take that route, can't the law provide judges with wide-ranging discretion on penalties?
Can't the government use about 2 months worth of data on persons who break the rules and amend them to be more 'compassionate' based on these cases?
Can't guidance be given to the police?

His answer is to blame the judges and say the state who implements, policies, and prosecutors the rule hands are tied.

Seems like a cake and eat it too situation.