I'm going to put my pennies worth in here [A tome follows] as a White OAP U.K. Citizen married to a OAP Black Bahamian Lady both now living in the U.K. [ I do have fuel in my tank ;p ] and a lover of The Bahamas. My wife is gradually getting use to the fact she does not have to be as careful here as there, w.r.t. personal safety. I've spent several months at a time in The Commonwealth over the past few years. 90% of the population I engaged with were great I must say a lot better than here in the U.K. All the people I meet were hard working more so the women. However my very first impression of the Bahamas was that I'll never complain about potholes in the roads of the U.K. again [ Only after winter, due to ice damage] My 2nd impressions was that you need a 2nd mortgage to buy food in the Supermarket even the cheaper end of the market! As to going out to a restaurant [ Other than chicken take always and fast food chains which were just a little cheaper ] you need to have a 3rd mortgage to make it a regular occurrence!! My 3rd Impresson was the amount of old wreaked motor vehicles littered [ Not in the Centre of Town or the main drags] over the place, being a non tourist I visited a lot of the non tourist areas.This was reminiscent of London in the 1950'e and early 1960's! My 4th Impression average property price were reasonable
Covid apart, surly you all must have realised the reason why all those Crusie Ship Holidaymakers don't spend much in country and go back to the ship for their food and drink, " "The Bahamas" is very expensive! While OK for those very wealthy visitors who can afford astronomical hotel costs [ Also closeted and spend little time outside the hotel apart from a tourist bus] and those also closeted in their gated communities littered around the coast but the most of the world wide tourists just cannot afford to stay and spend time there and therefore the bulk of the Bahamian Citizen, apart from hotel/ gated community workers along with tourists taxis, do not benefit from the tourist trade. The old adage in business is "turn over" makes money and increase the tax take!
High end spenders are not enough and hotels much like in Cuba do their best to keep their patrons in house, no trickle down to the rest of the population!
Pre covid for the cost of the return flight and one weeks holiday stay in a 4* hotel in The Bahamas I could have a two week holiday including flights in another Caribbean country for considerable less! Even a two week tour of the Australasia including flights. While not The Bahamas fault [BA seems to think everyone visiting The Bahamas is wealthy] it's actually considealy cheaper to fly direct via Nassau to The Cayman Island than it is if you get off same plane in Nassau [What's crazy is that the Cayman ongoing passengers have to alight in Nassau while the crew change and the plane is serviced!] Yes I know it is easy to be a critic so I have the following thoughts:- see part two
It would appear that whogothere is one of those, despite his Phd who has been mislead by the anti vax brigade!
Two other things he was not be of
1) You should also know how the stupid UK Government count Covid-19 deaths. A person dying within a 28 day period after testing positive via the inaccurate PCR test is counted as a Covid-19 death even if they have no signs of Covid-19, or die of any unrelated covid-19 codintion whether it be falling of a ladder, road traffic accident, falling of a cliff, heart attack,stroke or drowning etc.!!!!!
2) 25% of persons having to go in hospital who have tested positive for covid-19 in hospital went in for other conditions and caught Covid-19 after being admitted!
It would appear you are one of those, despite your Phd who have been mislead by the ant van brigade!
Two other things you may not be aware of
1) You should also know how the stupid UK Government count Covid-19 deaths. A person dying within a 28 day period after testing positive via the inaccurate PCR test is counted as a Covid-19 death even if they have no signs of Covid-19, or die of any unrelated covid-19 codintion whether it be falling of a ladder, road traffic accident, falling of a cliff, heart attack,stroke or drowning etc.!!!!!
2) 25% of persons having to go in hospital who have tested positive for covid-19 in hospital went in for other conditions and caught Covid-19 after being admitted!
It would appear you are one of those, despite your Phd who have been mislead by the antivax brigade!
Two other things you may not be aware of
1) You should also know how the stupid UK Government count Covid-19 deaths. A person dying within a 28 day period after testing positive via the inaccurate PCR test is counted as a Covid-19 death even if they have no signs of Covid-19, or die of any unrelated covid-19 codintion whether it be falling of a ladder, road traffic accident, falling of a cliff, heart attack,stroke or drowning etc.!!!!!
2) 25% of persons having to go in hospital who have tested positive for covid-19 in hospital went in for other conditions and caught Covid-19 after being admitted!
It would appear that whogothere are one of those, despite his Phd who has been mislead by the antivax brigade
Two other things he may not be aware of
1) You should also know how the stupid UK Government count Covid-19 deaths. A person dying within a 28 day period after testing positive via the inaccurate PCR test is counted as a Covid-19 death even if they have no signs of Covid-19, or die of any unrelated covid-19 codintion whether it be falling of a ladder, road traffic accident, falling of a cliff, heart attack,stroke or drowning etc.!!!!!
2) 25% of persons having to go in hospital who have tested positive for covid-19 in hospital went in for other conditions and caught Covid-19 after being admitted!
Because she is not thick therefore not a believer of the rubbish that's is sloshing around the internet by quacks never mind some of the dubious comments made by contributors. By the way although a lower qualification I have an Engineering Masters and have been thru the mill from and question and double check or imformation and learnt not to believe what any Tom Dick or Harry says regards of their Education.
A repeat of my replies to Whogothere So you can all benefit ------ Quote Whogothere In the UK instance vaccination has failed to protect the most vulnerable sectors of society (from the delta variant) and made no major difference to mortality outcomes the younger population. Unquote
What a load a of BS you like a few others in this comments section must stop taking misinformation from the internet as cast in stone and redistributing it! While the UK government has a got a lot to answer for w r t freedoms I'm living in the UK with my Bahamian Wife both being in our 70s and fully vaccinated with the Oxford AZ. ----- Quote Whogothere In the UK more vaccinated and partially vaccinated people died of delta then unvaccinated. Unquote More hocus pocus information i.e in the vernacular Bovine Excrement! Where do you get it from? For fear of repeating myself I'm living in the UK [White] with my PhD Bahamian Wife [Black] and no such thing has happpen. My wife is in regular contact with her family and she can't believe all the fiction storys they have heard about Covid in the UK Our news broadcasts abound from various sources [Not all the BBC] National TV, Local TV, National Radio and Local.
Quote Whogothere In the UK more vaccinated and partially vaccinated people died of delta then unvaccinated. Unquote More hocus pocus information i.e in the vernacular Bovine Excrement! Where do you get it from? For fear of repeating myself I'm living in the UK [White] with my PhD Bahamian Wife [Black] and no such thing has happpen. My wife is in regular contact with her family and she can't believe all the fiction storys they have heard about Covid in the UK
Quote Whogothere In the UK instance vaccination has failed to protect the most vulnerable sectors of society (from the delta variant) and made no major difference to mortality outcomes the younger population. Unquote Quote What a load a of BS you like a few others in this comments section must stop taking misinformation from the internet as cast in stone and redistributing it! While the UK government has a got a lot to answer for w r t freedoms I'm living in the UK with my Bahamian Wife both being in our 70s and fully vaccinated with the Oxford AZ.
It's unlikely you will get many european visitors apart from the wealthy and tax exiles, as the cost of living in the Bahamas is far too high never mind the hotel costs, food cost are excessive too much imported and then the flight costs. You will get just Cruise visitors who spend all their money on the ships!
For the cost of a flight and reasonable hotel in Nassau for 7 days is much much more than a 14 day trip with touring included to Australasia.
It's amazing that the return BA flight that goes to the Cayman Island which stops over at Nassau cost considerable more if you want to actually want end you journey in Nassau!
tom1912 says...
I'm going to put my pennies worth in here [A tome follows] as a White OAP U.K. Citizen married to a OAP Black Bahamian Lady both now living in the U.K. [ I do have fuel in my tank ;p ] and a lover of The Bahamas. My wife is gradually getting use to the fact she does not have to be as careful here as there, w.r.t. personal safety.
I've spent several months at a time in The Commonwealth over the past few years.
90% of the population I engaged with were great I must say a lot better than here in the U.K.
All the people I meet were hard working more so the women.
However my very first impression of the Bahamas was that I'll never complain about potholes in the roads of the U.K. again [ Only after winter, due to ice damage]
My 2nd impressions was that you need a 2nd mortgage to buy food in the Supermarket even the cheaper end of the market! As to going out to a restaurant [ Other than chicken take always and fast food chains which were just a little cheaper ] you need to have a 3rd mortgage to make it a regular occurrence!!
My 3rd Impresson was the amount of old wreaked motor vehicles littered [ Not in the Centre of Town or the main drags] over the place, being a non tourist I visited a lot of the non tourist areas.This was reminiscent of London in the 1950'e and early 1960's!
My 4th Impression average property price were reasonable
Covid apart, surly you all must have realised the reason why all those Crusie Ship Holidaymakers don't spend much in country and go back to the ship for their food and drink, "
"The Bahamas" is very expensive!
While OK for those very wealthy visitors who can afford astronomical hotel costs [ Also closeted and spend little time outside the hotel apart from a tourist bus] and those also closeted in their gated communities littered around the coast but the most of the world wide tourists just cannot afford to stay and spend time there and therefore the bulk of the Bahamian Citizen, apart from hotel/ gated community workers along with tourists taxis, do not benefit from the tourist trade.
The old adage in business is "turn over" makes money and increase the tax take!
High end spenders are not enough and hotels much like in Cuba do their best to keep their patrons in house, no trickle down to the rest of the population!
Pre covid for the cost of the return flight and one weeks holiday stay in a 4* hotel in The Bahamas I could have a two week holiday including flights in another Caribbean country for considerable less! Even a two week tour of the Australasia including flights.
While not The Bahamas fault [BA seems to think everyone visiting The Bahamas is wealthy] it's actually considealy cheaper to fly direct via Nassau to The Cayman Island than it is if you get off same plane in Nassau [What's crazy is that the Cayman ongoing passengers have to alight in Nassau while the crew change and the plane is serviced!]
Yes I know it is easy to be a critic so I have the following thoughts:- see part two
On Chester Cooper: High demand for Bahamas as tourist destination
Posted 3 October 2021, 4:21 a.m. Suggest removal
tom1912 says...
One Guy who seems to get it almost :)
I repeat f
Firstly your links do not open
Try this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-576576. then follow thru to PHE
It would appear that whogothere is one of those, despite his Phd who has been mislead by the anti vax brigade!
Two other things he was not be of
1) You should also know how the stupid UK Government count Covid-19 deaths. A person dying within a 28 day period after testing positive via the inaccurate PCR test is counted as a Covid-19 death even if they have no signs of Covid-19, or die of any unrelated covid-19 codintion whether it be falling of a ladder, road traffic accident, falling of a cliff, heart attack,stroke or drowning etc.!!!!!
2) 25% of persons having to go in hospital who have tested positive for covid-19 in hospital went in for other conditions and caught Covid-19 after being admitted!
On STAY ALIVE - PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS: Less than 5 percent of fully vaccinated are admitted to hospitals
Posted 5 August 2021, 2:10 p.m. Suggest removal
tom1912 says...
oh dear more crapp
I repeat
Firstly your links do not open
Try this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-576...">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-576... then follow thru to PHE
It would appear you are one of those, despite your Phd who have been mislead by the ant van brigade!
Two other things you may not be aware of
1) You should also know how the stupid UK Government count Covid-19 deaths. A person dying within a 28 day period after testing positive via the inaccurate PCR test is counted as a Covid-19 death even if they have no signs of Covid-19, or die of any unrelated covid-19 codintion whether it be falling of a ladder, road traffic accident, falling of a cliff, heart attack,stroke or drowning etc.!!!!!
2) 25% of persons having to go in hospital who have tested positive for covid-19 in hospital went in for other conditions and caught Covid-19 after being admitted!
On STAY ALIVE - PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS: Less than 5 percent of fully vaccinated are admitted to hospitals
Posted 5 August 2021, 2:05 p.m. Suggest removal
tom1912 says...
Firstly your links do not open
Try this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-576...">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-576... then follow thru to PHE
It would appear you are one of those, despite your Phd who have been mislead by the antivax brigade!
Two other things you may not be aware of
1) You should also know how the stupid UK Government count Covid-19 deaths. A person dying within a 28 day period after testing positive via the inaccurate PCR test is counted as a Covid-19 death even if they have no signs of Covid-19, or die of any unrelated covid-19 codintion whether it be falling of a ladder, road traffic accident, falling of a cliff, heart attack,stroke or drowning etc.!!!!!
2) 25% of persons having to go in hospital who have tested positive for covid-19 in hospital went in for other conditions and caught Covid-19 after being admitted!
On STAY ALIVE - PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS: Less than 5 percent of fully vaccinated are admitted to hospitals
Posted 5 August 2021, 2:02 p.m. Suggest removal
tom1912 says...
Firstly whogothere links do not open
Try this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57610… then follow thru to PHE
It would appear that whogothere are one of those, despite his Phd who has been mislead by the antivax brigade
Two other things he may not be aware of
1) You should also know how the stupid UK Government count Covid-19 deaths.
A person dying within a 28 day period after testing positive via the inaccurate PCR test is counted as a Covid-19 death even if they have no signs of Covid-19, or die of any unrelated covid-19 codintion whether it be falling of a ladder, road traffic accident, falling of a cliff, heart attack,stroke or drowning etc.!!!!!
2) 25% of persons having to go in hospital who have tested positive for covid-19 in hospital went in for other conditions and caught Covid-19 after being admitted!
On STAY ALIVE - PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS: Less than 5 percent of fully vaccinated are admitted to hospitals
Posted 5 August 2021, 2:01 p.m. Suggest removal
tom1912 says...
Because she is not thick therefore not a believer of the rubbish that's is sloshing around the internet by quacks never mind some of the dubious comments made by contributors.
By the way although a lower qualification I have an Engineering Masters and have been thru the mill from and question and double check or imformation and learnt not to believe what any Tom Dick or Harry says regards of their Education.
On STAY ALIVE - PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS: Less than 5 percent of fully vaccinated are admitted to hospitals
Posted 5 August 2021, 1:34 p.m. Suggest removal
tom1912 says...
A repeat of my replies to Whogothere
So you can all benefit
------
Quote Whogothere In the UK instance vaccination has failed to protect the most vulnerable sectors of society (from the delta variant) and made no major difference to mortality outcomes the younger population. Unquote
What a load a of BS you like a few others in this comments section must stop taking misinformation from the internet as cast in stone and redistributing it! While the UK government has a got a lot to answer for w r t freedoms I'm living in the UK with my Bahamian Wife both being in our 70s and fully vaccinated with the Oxford AZ.
-----
Quote Whogothere
In the UK more vaccinated and partially vaccinated people died of delta then unvaccinated.
Unquote
More hocus pocus information i.e in the vernacular Bovine Excrement!
Where do you get it from? For fear of repeating myself I'm living in the UK [White] with my PhD Bahamian Wife [Black] and no such thing has happpen.
My wife is in regular contact with her family and she can't believe all the fiction storys they have heard about Covid in the UK
Our news broadcasts abound from various sources [Not all the BBC] National TV, Local TV,
National Radio and Local.
On STAY ALIVE - PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS: Less than 5 percent of fully vaccinated are admitted to hospitals
Posted 5 August 2021, 3 a.m. Suggest removal
tom1912 says...
Quote Whogothere
In the UK more vaccinated and partially vaccinated people died of delta then unvaccinated.
Unquote
More hocus pocus information i.e in the vernacular Bovine Excrement!
Where do you get it from? For fear of repeating myself I'm living in the UK [White] with my PhD Bahamian Wife [Black] and no such thing has happpen.
My wife is in regular contact with her family and she can't believe all the fiction storys they have heard about Covid in the UK
On STAY ALIVE - PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS: Less than 5 percent of fully vaccinated are admitted to hospitals
Posted 5 August 2021, 2:48 a.m. Suggest removal
tom1912 says...
Quote Whogothere
In the UK instance vaccination has failed to protect the most vulnerable sectors of society (from the delta variant) and made no major difference to mortality outcomes the younger population.
Unquote
Quote
What a load a of BS you like a few others in this comments section must stop taking misinformation from the internet as cast in stone and redistributing it!
While the UK government has a got a lot to answer for w r t freedoms
I'm living in the UK with my Bahamian Wife both being in our 70s and fully vaccinated with the Oxford AZ.
On STAY ALIVE - PROOF IS IN THE NUMBERS: Less than 5 percent of fully vaccinated are admitted to hospitals
Posted 5 August 2021, 2:37 a.m. Suggest removal
tom1912 says...
It's unlikely you will get many european visitors apart from the wealthy and tax exiles, as the cost of living in the Bahamas is far too high never mind the hotel costs, food cost are excessive too much imported and then the flight costs.
You will get just Cruise visitors who spend all their money on the ships!
For the cost of a flight and reasonable hotel in Nassau for 7 days is much much more than a 14 day trip with touring included to Australasia.
It's amazing that the return BA flight that goes to the Cayman Island which stops over at Nassau cost considerable more if you want to actually want end you journey in Nassau!
On ‘DON’T GO THERE’: U.S. puts Bahamas back on top level alert as cases rise
Posted 21 April 2021, 5:02 a.m. Suggest removal