So important to teach tech
Bahamians, we are living in unprecedented times.
US was the worst prepared for virus
Viruses are older than human existence. In 1918 we had the Spanish flu which infected 500 million and killed 20 million to 50 million people. We had the SARS outbreak of 2002 to 2004. It infected 8098 and killed 774 people from China, other Asian countries, the UK (4) and Toronto, Canada. In 2014 the Ebola outbreak killed 11,315 in 5 African countries and the US. So why wasn’t the world prepared? Maybe because it was not profitable because they occur over a decade apart, but that can change.
Acting responsibly
Re: Strike ‘happy medium’ over virus lockdown. – The Tribune, Business, 26 March, 2020.
Pensive about the global order
As the world is gripped by by Covid-19 pandemic, I find myself pensive about the global political, economic and social order.
Too long to open a bank account
Malcolm Strachan wrote a very good article in The Tribune the other day, and his advice to the public and admonishment to those not following the new rules about social distancing and behaving in a responsible manner should be read and understood by everyone.
All hands on deck for this
The idea of the West End Clinic being used as a quarantine facility for COVID-19 patients has been rejected outright by some West End residents.
All in this together
Stephen Hawking, the late 74-year-old Cambridge professor, said: “The world is facing huge environmental and technological challenges and needs to unite and work together to protect the humanity. We face awesome environmental challenges:
This is a time to try men's souls
The advent of the deadly and highly contagious Corona Virus a/k/a ‘COVID-19’ has upended everything and everyone’s plans for the present and for the future worldwide. Here at home we are between a rock and a very hard place. This is the so-called flu season and when compounded with the known symptoms of COVID-19 the average Bahamian may well be confused and perplexed beyond measure.
We need a multi-step approach
In order to stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), a multi-step plan should be enacted.
More meat needed on the bone
I am aware that the mainstream media is biased towards what it hoped would be the successful navigation of the Corona Virus syndrome by the Minnis regime. It is now known that the official Opposition is lockstep with the PM and his allies in the imposition of draconian emergency powers which might abrogate the Bahamas Independence Order, 1973.
Fallout from this pandemic will test us like never before
Thank you Dr. Minnis, Dr. Sands and the medical team for leading the charge in the war against COVID-19.
Davis got it wrong on curfew
Conventional wisdom dictates that in times of health pandemics we should ignore the posturing of politicians and instead lean on the advice of medical professionals.
What are we? Chopped liver?
ONE hears of private sector companies in the USA and UK making ventilators instead of vacuum cleaners...
LETTERS: See the danger and put the coffin on hold
BAHAMIANS are complaining about government’s restrictions on their activities, while America’s president is fighting to lift the severe business restrictions in the US to preserve the strength of the almighty dollar — obviously to secure his own re-election!
LETTERS: Crisis must not spark a 'fire sale'
The tragic danger of current events for The Bahamas is that our government will treat the impending crisis in the world economy as an opportunity to double down on the fire sale approach they have taken toward foreign investment projects, rather than reflecting on how badly recent governments have squandered this country’s abundant opportunities for sustainable and equitable growth.
