3rd positive COVID case emerges in contact tracing
(CNS): A third person has tested positive for COVID-19 during the contact tracing linked to the woman who was hospitalised on Wednesday, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee. This person was not vaccinated but had no symptoms. The other 49 or so people who have been tracked so far after contact with these two community cases, the first in over a year, tested negative. Two of these positive cases have been confirmed as the Delta variant.
But exactly how these three people were infected remains a mystery. Dr Lee explained that it is difficult to find the source since the person who infected them may no longer have the virus, and people don’t always remember and are not always truthful with officials about those they have met.
Speaking at Friday evening’s media briefing, the CMO said the new case has led to more contact tracing, which will continue over the weekend as the hunt for the source goes on.
Medical Officer of Health Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez explained that those who are being traced and tested have so far shown no travel history for more than a month, and he confirmed that public health officials are able to verify if people have travelled.
The patient who was the first of this group to test positive with the coronavirus remains in hospital in a stable condition, and while she has few COVID-19 symptoms, she is dealing with other medical issues.
Meanwhile, the health and tourism ministers both confirmed that the woman who managed to board a Cayman Airways flight to Grand Cayman despite having a positive test result for COVID-19 remains in tagged quarantine with her travelling companion. She is facing an investigation, as it is an offence to travel with a positive test.
Cayman Airways CEO Fabian Whorms said the airline had implemented increased security measures to stop this from happening again as well as conducting an internal investigation. Explaining why CAL staff on the flight have not been quarantined, he said that the cockpit crews are kept separate from passengers so they are never at risk.
But he said the cabin crew are on the front line with travellers on every flight, where there could be a positive case, and so, since repatriation flights began, they have been utilizing strict measures to minimise their exposure. Whorms said there is no cabin service and zero contact with passengers unless there is an emergency, so they are there for safety only. In this case, “the mitigation measure were inherent, as they are on every flight”.
There is always a chance of someone being covid-positive on a flight, and in many cases there is someone, he noted. But because of the social distancing, lack of interaction, the PPE and other measures, along with the fact that the crew are all vaccinated and tested monthly, public health has said there is no need for them to be quarantined or additionally tested.
However, aware of the community’s concerns about the positive traveller, Whorms said that after processing more than 10,000 travellers since the repatriation flights began, they were surprised by this situation. He said the airline needed to get the information to understand how it happened and said that they should “get to the bottom of it” by tomorrow.
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These press briefings are very interesting. Don’t you just hate it when people tell you how you should think or feel?
We still awaiting the Civil Service Association statement on risk service or hazard pay to front line staff like Customs and Immigration.
Risk is they might have to actually do some work
OMG just keep the damn place closed for as long as it takes to rid the world of Covid. This is the only thing that will make some of you happy.
I have no expectation of CIG removing quarantine in October, the date will be pushed back. Tourists are not returning as long as there is quarantine and CAL will continue to be the only link in and out of here unless you want to catch a BA flight and head over to the mother country.
CIG doesn’t have the guts to make the decision to drop quarantine to those few people that can actually produce the vaccine proof required. We are not opening on 14 October. I will be shocked if we open before March 2022….IF then. But so what? Who cares about small businesses that have lost everything because of the closed border? Who cares about hotels, vacation rentals, restaurants? I’m mean they don’t matter at all – at least that is sure what it seems some of you think.
Blame the government and the people YOU just elected.
Blame the ignorant selfish scum who have no conscience in spreading the virus.
Your talking like there is a big recession heading our way. Just because a lot of Caymans money makers are closed, many are no longer working, and the Government is spending money like they stole it (They actually borrowed it and need to pay it back later somehow). That does not mean that Bush will not save the day for Caymanians future. Have faith. In Bush, in CIG, in the vaccine, in the closed borders. Everyone else needs to start working on their plans for their future.
Bush will only do what it takes to save Bush.
Community spread likely occurred earlier than this. We just found out about it this week. It was inevitable. So now it is realized and verified. Okay. Any sane person knew this would happen sooner or later. The fix is to get vaccinated. If you don’t want to to get vaccinated then you need to protect yourself. The virus is generally believed to be aerosolized. So you need to avoid all indoor venues and avoid groups, especially indoors. Be safe.
While Cayman is chasing illusive covid positive people…unable to see what really matters and WILL have dire consequences for the territory.
💥 UN Secretary-General says world is at ‘pivotal moment’ and countries must work together to avoid breakdown of global order and a future of perpetual crisis.
The world is under ‘enormous stress’ on almost every front, he said, and the COVID-19 pandemic was a wake-up call demonstrating the failure of nations to come together and take joint decisions.
Guterres said this ‘paralysis’ extends far beyond COVID-19 to the failures to tackle the climate crisis and ‘our suicidal war on nature and the collapse of biodiversity.’
Other crises, he said, include ‘unchecked inequality’ undermining the cohesion of societies, and technology’s advances ‘without guard rails to protect us from its unforeseen consequences.’
Global order is already breaking down. civil unrest in many developed countries. people choose to quit jobs over covid jabs mandates…thousands essential workers simply walk out – nurses, doctors, police, firemen…=>crime skyrockets, shortage of workers in every industry…So the domino effect has begun…shortage of everything is coming… learn to perform appendectomy for there might be no doctor available. Buy a bike for there won’t be a mechanic to fix it, let alone shortage of part.
Cayman may kiss goodbye to the life it knows and loves. It is never going to be the same. Nearly total destruction of the environment, overdevelopment, disappearance of the SMB will keep visitors away.
The shortage of workforce will keep your hotels closed, hence exodus of professional and vocational workers will follow.
COVID problem, which Cayman never really had will look like a child’s play.
Mark my words, perpetual worldwide crisis has began, even if you don’t feel it yet.
And it all started with an idiotic idea of eliminating the VIRUS. Humans will be long gone, but the virus will still exist.
Elusive, Begun.
But sadly some idiots in cayman think Covid will go away magically and we can keep it out, and that it won’t be here forever. Deluded. We have to learn to live with it,,, the only facts we know are:
1. We are so lucky to have the uk look after us with free vaccines and they work
2. Covid is never going away so why not open up and learn to live with it sooner rather than later
⚠️ Uber,Lyft, bus drivers are quitting over vaccine mandates
⚠️ Hospital to stop delivering babies as maternity workers resign over vaccine mandate
⚠️ Law suits are piling up over vaccines mandates
Cayman, PAY ATTENTION, stop your myopic preoccupation with COVID positive.
Yaaaaaaaawn
Technology’s advances ‘without guard rails to protect us from its unforeseen consequences.
Technology’s advances ‘without guard rails to protect us from its unforeseen consequences.’
Technology’s advances ‘without guard rails to protect us from its unforeseen consequences.’
I grew up catholic, thanks to colonization.
Should understanding be granted, you will see religion is no longer needed, so too is prayer.
With this understanding you will be guided to health and more.
The health granted here is superior to all viruses, and sicknesses and hence will prevent transmission.
If not granted, then a healthy life style should be adopted which excludes all forms of animal protein, and one which should includes lots of sunlight on the skin.
Flexibility or stretching exercises are the best, along with walking .
Also if understanding is granted you will see that trees that bear fruits are and will be very important.
If possible, grow what you eat.
There is one God, one Devine energy which encompasses us all, no fairy in the sky.
Evolution of is infinitum, and just as we are changing, so too is Mother Nature and planet earth.
Good luck to all.
Thank you for your opinion.
We cannot see energy so we shouldn’t be referring to it as he nor she, quite obviously it’s not human. Its one energy, one God. It’s with us everywhere, all the time, waiting to be tapped into it, unless access has to be granted through understanding. Anything from God is free to all on the planet.
What the hell is that supposed to mean. I want some of whatever you been smokin’.
Well said. Just look at the Pope… leader of the biggest religion in the world but openly speaks against abortion and contraception. Truly stuck in the Stone Age. Disgraceful.
Thanks for exposing the big fraud of religion. Religion is a predator of the people run by narcissistic racists businessmen disguised as priests, pastors, mullahs and other hierarchy.
These belief systems are responsible for wars and the deaths of millions on the planet. COVID 19 is a good example. Religious believers in many cases refuse to get the vaccine based on an exhaustive list of conspiracy theories often spread by religious leaders. Thanks to responsible scientists for responding so fast using Science Facts and cutting edge digital technology the world is a safer place as many lives were saved. I do believe there is a supreme consciousness, and we have all the tools to solve all the problems on the planet. We just have to abandon religion as a source of salvation.
A likely source of this “untraceable” community covid transmission is overnight canoes for Jamaica. Delta-positive canoe-man interacts with local man offloading the cargo, etc. etc.
Who is going to say ” Yes, it was me.”?
Keep quarantine in order to keep people safe and schools open. No to ending quarantine on 14.
Get vaccinated.
Some people say we should do the same as Bermuda. I wonder if those people know that things are so bad in Bermuda that their schools have been closed and students are back to trying to do online learning and parents are trying to juggle work and students at home. No way we want that for Cayman!
https://www.gov.bm/articles/ministry-and-department-education-update-0
Bring back the 14 day quarantine. We are not ready yet. Stores are wiped out. God forbid another Hurricane.
We need more time.
If you think the restaurant and tourism industry is struggling now, just wait until a few waves of Covid carrying tourists sweep through all of the eateries, shops and grocery stores. Viruses mutate, and the vaccines will not be as effective or could be ineffective against them. Research what is happening in America with massive numbers of school students becoming sick and some even dying, and hospitals having no ICU beds for other emergencies outside of Covid.
Yeah, cuz tourists are the only one with covid. Just like this week- the community spread- those were tourists, right????????????
After reading a lot of these comments I’d like to know if we are supposed to live in a bubble and not allow any visitors to our island ever again? Wow!
No matter what we do, say we don’t allow visitors here for another year, the virus will still be around and yes it will still be killing people (unfortunately) but life must go on now, there’s nothing we can do about it.
We can have visitors. They just have to quarantine.
Bermuda is having a lot of Covid cases at the moment and fortunately for those of us outside of Bermuda they also publish detail that our government refuses to provide. Many of their incoming travelers, including vaccinated travelers are not testing positive until day 10 after arrival. That probably means that our 5 day quarantine for vaccinated persons is allowing infected people to slip into the country undetected.
https://www.gov.bm/articles/covid-19-update-10-september-2021
Agree!
Agree 100%.
The UK media is reporting that vaccinations for 12 – 17 year olds will begin in the UK the week of 22 September. Hopefully authorisation for the 5 – 11 year olds will come through some time this autumn.
…..tell me, how can ANY HUMAN BEING give a “thumbs down” to the news that our children will have the opportunity to be protected by the vaccines?
Sick, sick minded ant-vaxxers….crawl back into your subterranean world, hibernate and I hope that you wake up in the year 1348 ……..
The way to live with Covid is to mimic the uk… make the cheap quick lateral flow tests available to all households so if you think you may have it you test yourself then self isolate if positive. Meanwhile basic face coverings and hand washing etc, also why not give everyone an anybody test so we can see if we have natural antibodies… likely that thousands in cayman have had Covid but never had symptoms due to the vaccines or just a good immune response… antibody testing would tell us a lot.
Mimic the UK?? – between 500 and 1000 people dying from Covid every week – NO THANK YOU
…no place should ever mimic the “UK”……
But we are Mimic Men true blue colonials
The government cannot possibly believe that the majority of Caymanians, or even the majority of people who voted for them, want quarantine to be dropped: in the middle of this Delta wave, before boosters have been distributed to front line workers and the vulnerable, and before the vaccine is available to our children. They ought to know that the people understand that ending quarantine in October would be a very stupid decision.
Wasn’t it children 12-18 last time and then FDA approval prior to that? Now it’s boosters, toddlers and Greek letters yet to be used. Please, just get vaccinated. That’s how you protect those you love. The government or endless quarantine will not keep you safe forever.
I would like to see government getting advice from New Zealand on how to manage Covid escaping into the community. They have a much better track record of minimizing death and disease than most countries.
Really? New Zealand thrown into lockdown over single suspected Delta case
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/virus-free-new-zealand-investigating-new-community-covid-19-case-2021-08-17/
and in doing so, found 11 more cases
Compare the NZ Covid death and hospitalization rates with those of the US and UK. NZ is definitely doing a much better job of keeping its citizens safe.
COVID May have been here, enjoying the island also.
Covid may have come here visiting in a canoe that brings other goodies from our neighbour to the east in the dark of the night…. The source of this outbreak may never be properly traced as who is going to admit to interacting with these illegal visitors….
Probably came from walmart.
Ban the use of boats asap
Are the flight attendants vaccinated? Is KX doing all it can to minimize risk to us all?
Yes, of course they are. Go read the recent CAL statement if you must.
If we drop quarantine the benefits go to a small privileged group while the costs of hospitalization, lost wages, school closures and lockdowns are borne by ordinary Caymanians and residents. That is why the government does not want to discuss the costs of dropping quarantine.
You are right. Ideally the Ministry of Finance would publish figures on the relative economic costs and benefits of dropping quarantine compared with keeping quarantine. Unfortunately that information is clearly something that the government does not want to get out as it would show that there is a potentially high cost and no economic advantage for the Caymanian people.
Probably why we will never see the Minister of Finance at a press conference. If he is honest he would have to say that ordinary people will bear the cost of dropping quarantine and receive no benefit from it.
I think those complicated sums may be too difficult for him.
Come back Roy, the country needs a professional experienced accountant.
When Kenneth says “Risk Reward”, he means of course, “You take the risk, so I can get the reward”.
He really needs to speak as little as possible.
You hit the nail on the head. They are saying that government can’t afford to keep paying stipends but no problem with giving themselves a raise. I have come to the conclusion that they want to kill out the older people because they can’t indoctrinate us. We can see through their lies.
There wouldn’t be any lockdowns or closures.
Dropping quarantine and opening the boarder, will inevitably bring large scale community spread.
But you’ve had your vaccine, so don’t worry about it.
You’ve got community spread on your own. You don’t need the tourists for that. Covid is here to stay. Learn to live with it. Open the borders. Follow the covid protocol that the world has been following for over a year. No quarantine needed for those vaccinated. Wear a mask when you can’t social distance.
So you are OK with many people getting sick and some dying or suffering with long covid – in exchange for what????
Exchange?
What are you talking about.
Covid is here.
There is no cure.
MacGyver ain’t gonna fix it.
Everyone that wants the vaccine, has had ample opportunity to have it.
Some people don’t want it.
Some people can’t have it.
You can open 14th Oct.
You can open 2022
Won’t change the results.
God’s way is health, and this will requires individual effort. There is no magic wand.
Which god? The god that doesn’t think two consenting adults should get married? The god that thinks women should cover up everything but their eyes? The god thinks killing people of other religions makes you more holy?
We should get rid of religion then, God did not create religions, man did. Why you blaming God when you don’t even believe God exist.
God did not create marriage, man did. Marriage means nothing to God.
The systems you are having problem with, God didn’t create them, so your anger is misguided.
Man created God.
God never healed nearly 5 million people who died from covid already. Many of them devoutly religious believers, and some of them who didn’t get vaccinated because God would protect them. I bet they feel a bit stupid now – oh wait, they can’t because they are dead.
Hmm. I think I’ll put my trust in science and doctors not some imaginary sky fairy to save me.
God is free from all religions, so whatever it is they are praying to, it’s not answering and doesn’t exist.
We have to prove the existence of God for ourselves, to receive its guidance, through our thoughts, hence our thoughts are always evolving.
I am no problem with science but in this case, it’s not the answer.
science
NOUN
The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
Origin
Middle English (denoting knowledge): from Old French, from Latin scientia, from scire ‘know’.
So knowledge is not the answer in the case of covid.
Just irrationality.
Makes sense.
This better not delay the October opening plan, just over a few inevitable cases. Community spread is inevitable whether we lockdown or open up. Time to move on with our lives. We have the vaccine.
Well it is people like you that make it worse. Many vaccinated people think they are immune and invincible spreading it all around. Get vaccinated if you wish, but act responsible as if you are not vaccinated.
Thank you!
I do act responsibly. I social distance, sanitize, wash hands every time I leave the house and come back. I never said my vaccine makes me immune, just that we have to learn to live with Covid.
We do not have to learn to live with it. We can and should live without it.
I wish I could double like this. My concern is that vaccinated people have a false sense of security and complacency about the COVID situation. Just because you are vaccinated does not mean you should be traveling everywhere constantly and going all over island and interacting with everyone and not caring about masks etc. I 100% agree that everyone should act smartly especially the vaccinated as they are more likely to be the free movers who won’t know they are sick. If you want to go travel – at least be considerate enough to quarantine yourself on your return and don’t head straight to grocery stores or work. Unvaccinated people will be locked away for 14+ days. Let’s all just be careful and please people stop going and seeing your quarantining friends and doing silly things!
Curious when this all ends for you? What goal or data points have to be reached to get back to normal or is normal gone forever with your logic. Honestly asking.
Well maybe is people like you that enjoy having no job for 2 years but not me. Selfish thinking at its best!!!
The Cayman Airways staff members in Jamaica are either corrupt or incompetent.
The land of corruption, just ge meh a some dollars, le meh pass.
A true flag carrier airline then…
Cayman Airways has staff members in Jamaica?
Hmnnnn….. not likely true.
Jamaica is much smarter than that as it forces foreign airlines to use Jamaican nationals as ground handling crew, hired by Jamaican-owned companies.
Those Jamaican owned companies are then contracted by foreign airlines to provide staff.
My cousin,35, working from home in Florida, just received antibodies testing results -positive. She did get sick what it looked like cold a couple of months ago. Never stopped working while being sick and fully recovered. She has 2 little kids. Her husband also was sick but never stopped working.
You cannot hide forever. Surrender. Unless you’re obese there’s nothing to be afraid of.
Great, another keyboard doctor now saying you only have to be worried if you are obese! Get a grip, covid affects people differently because people’s immune systems are different.
pretty sure that’s been disproven at this point if you look at hospital and death data.
Isn’t your family so lucky? How would you feel if possibly she died or one of the kids died? Because that’s what plenty of families around the world are dealing with right now…so…you got lucky, don’t forget it.
You do realize the majority of people have no symptoms? That’s not luck but COVID itself…..and facts rather than opinion.
….or come back in 25 years and see if long-covid is an issue…..
Any chance their caviler behavior killed someone else. Most likely.
So Miss Cayman Pageant cancelled really?
Permanently we hope.
Who cares!
There is a direct line between the decisions that the government has made as it relates to relaxing the COVID suppression measures, the increase in quarantine breaches and the community spread of the COVID-19 virus.
This is not to say that the government is to be blamed for anything. However, this is exactly what we should all have expected would have been the end result of relaxing the suppression measures.
This is what stpuid people Re capable of. Poisoning the community.
How can CAL staff in Jamaica miss a positive check after two separate checks?. It seems to me something sinister is going on and if so, how long has this been going on?.
I flew home 10 days ago and the process and paperwork were crystal clear. You submit your PCR test a day before you fly and Travel Time emails your “certificate to trace” with HUGE bullet points in the letter. Warning do not fly if you have Covid or anyone else traveling with you or any symptoms.
The CI Govt letter states first sentence in CAPS – You are APPROVED to fly.
QR code with your name on the letter!!
How was this missed?
The cat is out of the bag. We know why the powers that be have such a hard on for the “vaccine”.
It is because it changes our DNA into the reptilian DNA of the serpent who seduced Eve in the garden.
Yes we know you hate us because we are God’s children. Jesus told us all about you.
We laugh at you. You are pathetic.
How can you prevail against God with your lies and your foolishness?
It is time to stop playing your silly game, repent of your sins and get saved.
The alternative is unthinkable.
Don’t say you were not warned.
What kind of demented dream world do you live in ? Accept your fate mortal. I command it.
Please get help. Religious beliefs and god have no place in discussions about scientific facts about covid and the fact the Pfizer vaccine works very well.
Perhaps it is you that needs help, there are many scientists that are also believers. Many of the vaccines and breakthrough we use today were invented by believers. Look it up, not hard to find.
Everyone has doubts that’s why when they get sick they go to hospital. They pray, but deep inside they know it will not heal them,it never does,so they go to the hospital
WOW…just WOW LOL
They are building a special hospital in East End for people like you.
I have a feeling that your comment was printed out and hung up on a special wall of stupidity at CNS.
……let Darwinism prevail and let under/uneducated morons like you will be left in its wake……
PLEASE do not clog up the health system when you or your loved ones are admitted into ICU and obviously do not accept any (other) injections, blood transfusions or any form of first world medical technology (it must be all reptilian to you?), please let those for people who deserve it, appreciate it and who follow the science.
I’m only sorry that you probably influenced equally uneducated members of your family…..
When was the last time you read a book of facts not fairytales. Please do research or the next thing you’ll be saying is the European remake of Jesus is the one true image. Become a scholar in truth and knowledge before speaking. Better to be mute, than considered a fool.
It’s important that people remember no positive vaccinated cases are hospitalized due to covid. The one in hospital was in for something unrelated to covid. The vaccines protect us, there really is no reason to Indic here. Covid was always going to enter our community at some point and we are well set up to cope.
In Cayman or in general? If in general, not true. It is 50/50 now. Obesity is what kills both vaxxed and unvaxxed.
In cayman is what I was referring to
Note how all who scream OPEN UP! for the sake of the economy leaves out the lack of ventilators and staff needed when the hospitalizations increase and the other negative effects such as cutbacks on hospital services to treat Covid patients.
The ‘open the borders’ crowd are also careful not to address the potential economic cost of opening with people getting sick and unable to work, some getting hospitalized, as well as the inevitable lock down that will follow dropping quarantine.
This too, because they are isolated from such economically.
Both of them should be jailed,fine,and deported because unless she is blind,deaf,and dumb she dam well knows that she was covid positive
In the UK 1000 people are dying from Covid every week to 10 days. Given the difference in population size, the same death rate would mean that one person in Cayman would be dying from Covid every week to 10 days.
Do we really want to follow the UK’s strategy for exposing the country to and then managing Covid?
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights
With COVID not from COVID
Important point. Those uk statistics are measured by deaths with a positive covid case within the last 28 days. 99 per cent are unvaccinated and the vaccinated deaths largely have serious underlying health conditions contributing to those deaths.
Right – people die with gunshot wounds not as a result of them, same with being run over by a car.
Yes Dr Know!
we all die “from” heart attacks
as that is the only reason the body dies….
The uk counts any death within 28 days of a positive covid result as a covid death. This figure is thus an overestimate of death due to covid.
In your 6th paragraph you speak about a negative test twice. I think you mean a positive test.
CNS: Thank you!
WHAT! Someone read the article then made a comment? Bold move my friend…….
For those that advocate that Cayman should follow Bermuda’s example, yesterday the Bermuda government announced that the virus is spreading so fast in Bermuda now that their lab is unable to keep up with testing.
Bermuda also reported
“There are 613 active cases, of which 28 are in hospital with 5 in intensive care”
Bermuda has had 35 deaths.
We would be fools to follow Bermuda during this Delta wave.
https://www.gov.bm/articles/covid-19-update-10-september-2021
Most of Bermuda’s deaths came before the immunization came out. Look at all facts. Cases can be minor. Cayman has had 723. Only 2 deaths. Put things in perspective.
Not true. 13 deaths before, then 22 since immunization. It is always difficult using deaths as statistics, but all the deaths since immunization became available were unvaxxed or partially vaxxed (basically equals unvaxxed). Bermuda is open, but has good safety protocols in place, so we might expect some spread. Sadly, the deaths are due to an unfortunate minority of people who are (or live with) the unvaccinated or vulnerable and yet still choose to disregard safety protocols.
https://www.royalgazette.com/health/news/article/20210831/covid-19-claims-34th-death-as-active-cases-rise-to-205/
The government should read this press release closely, as they will need to produce a similar one about six to eight weeks after October 14th.
Politics aside it’s almost a no-win situation for any government. Widespread community transmission is inevtiable if we open and yet it seems pointless to try and maintain the bubble forever.
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. That said, if we do go ahead with the opening, I’d rather we put in mask mandate indoors, encourage people to social distance and just see what happens.
No one, even the “OPEN THE BORDERS” zealots want to live in a world where th police are asked to enforce a law banning people from standing too close together, no eating inside, bars and places of worship closed, businesses forced to shut if one employee tests positive…
If we are going to go that way (and given the need for the government to be seen to be trying to protct people, I think they will), then we are far better off maintaining the bubble. We may get a few tourists but there will be nothing for them to enjoy. And the rest of the economy will suffer.
Stop chasing COVID positive individuals!!!!!! The Cayman bubble🎈 😶🌫️ is about to burst! Millions are being wasted to achieve impossible goals.
Dr Hans Kluge, the WHO’s Europe director:
COVID vaccines will NOT end pandemic and officials must now ‘gradually adapt strategy’ to cope with inevitable spread of virus, World Health Organization official warns
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9978071/Covid-vaccines-wont-end-pandemic-officials-gradually-adapt-strategy.html
Standby for yet another epic Vaccinate Everyone v. Covid Isn’t A Big Deal skirmish.
One can assume if this spread person to person on island and it’s Delta there will be more infected. The person(s) had to be walking around for days and days prior to symptoms. Be happy you are vaccinated and be worried if not. Pop goes the bubble.
3rd case… no symptoms. All those that just ran out and panic shopped think how many cases were around w/ those 52 breaches and people showed no symptoms or very little symptoms and thought they just had a cold?
So the unvaccinated person is the only one of the 3 with no symptoms? Interesting. So much for the vaccine making the symptoms less severe!
I firmly believe that the best defense is the combination of your hygiene behaviors and maintaining your personal health by properly eating, thinking, and resting.
A person who has been exposed and tests positive may be too early in the infection to show symptoms. Think of it this way – you might be around someone with a cold and feel fine for a few days, and then get a sore throat that progresses and develops into a full-blown cold. Just because you didn’t show symptoms for three days doesn’t mean you weren’t infected by the initial exposure. The unvaccinated person isn’t showing symptoms yet, but may still.
Also could have gotten and be just fine.
you forgot “and stimmy checks” after resting.
“This person was not vaccinated but had no symptoms”
So perfect healthy and well.
😂
Much ado about nothing! Vaccinated people should not be suffering for the selfishness and ignorance of the unvaccinated. This is where were expecting to be in a couple of weeks so I don’t understand why everyone is freaking out! Get vaccinated or take your chances. Open up with no masks or social distancing. We have paid a high price to protect the elderly and infirm but now that vaccines are free, safe and effective and it’s time for the vaccinated majority to be able to live normal lives again. Why are suffering to benefit a stupid, ignorant minority??
What price do you place on human life for your personal inconveniences?
Less than the murder rate isolation has caused so far this year…..
Since vaccinated travelers can be carriers, and since their quarantine period upon arrival here was ridiculously reduced to 5 days, it is likely that community spread has been happening for a while! So, yes, Lee is right, it will be difficult to trace the source. What is happening is the result of having an incompetent government in charge. If they are allowed to continue to bring in more commercial flights at this time with visitors from known hotbeds for COVID, under the false belief that vaccines will protect, the health and wellbeing of our people will continue to be threatened.
No travel except in a canoe my boy
So according to GISAID.org tracking data for Delta variant we now have 11 + these new 3 cases of the variant. Check the site on Monday and see if there’s an update.
https://www.gisaid.org/hcov19-variants/
Assuming UK NHS is sharing Cayman’s data with this organisation why isn’t HSA publishing these figures?
I would hope the Government here realizes that any document in Jamaica can be forged and bought with the right kind and amount of money. I wonder why her companion tried to distance himself from her when it was reaveled that she have Covid? A lot of restrictions should be implimented now. The Government is talking about looking out for the Caymanian people I hope they put their words into action. Stop with granting all these work permits and give Caymanians a chance to get work in their own country and stop importing all these people here. They should also give back that raise they gave themselves a few months ago because they certainly do not need it. They were already getting big fat salaries. That way they wouldn’t need to be granting so many work permits and when so much of our own people are suffering too. Then they have the audacity to try to make Caymanians believe they care so much for them. I am sure we all as Caymanians who voted them in thought we were getting a Government who was going to look out for us. They should stop and remember that is the reason PPM is no longer the Government.
They charge for permits $$$
Caymanians will not work the jobs the work permit holders do. This is a fact in many countries. Don’t ignore this truth. Either do without these jobs, or accept those who will take them.
🔢 Fact: the govt unit that approves work permits must meet a work permit quota on a monthly basis as part of measuring its effectiveness. Unfortunately, maintaining that quota (a + for them) means Caymanians do not get to fill positions (a + for Caymanian unemployment). We need a double minus (less work permits = less Caymanian unemployment).
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The only Caymanians who are capable of working and don’t have a job are those that don’t want to work. Why would any local business owner go through the expense of hiring ex pats if a local was ready and willing to work.
Don’t give me any nonsense about low level paying jobs like fast food outlets, maids, construction labourers etc etc. paying low wages. It’s the same worldwide. Who’s going to pay someone more than the minimum wage to say “Welcome to Mc Norton’s, what would you like to order?” or “Pass some more blocks” It’s just not going to happen.
Idiots out there want the minimum wage to be $12 and $13 an hour.
In fact the minimum wage for labour in construction in Cayman has been more or less the same for 30 years.
There’s only one reason and one reason only that Caymanians, my own Caymanians stay at home and sit on there rear ends. They have become too accustomed to this Social Welfare State. They stay at home on their rear ends and their kids grow up with the same mindset.
The ex pats aren’t the problem, we are!
A lot of what you say is true, but ultimately, you have to blame continuous elected governments, the members of which consistently decide to give its less ambitious citizens a fish rather than teaching them to fish – and then forcing them go fishing to get by, Laziness, just like water, finds the path of least resistance. Create resistance and you can alter the path in a more productive direction. For politicians, the path of least resistance is to use taxpayer money to buy votes instead of doing what’s best for the country and earning votes.
A document even from Cayman can be forged. Let’s be honest.
PPM was looking out for your health but you all let Sandra indoctrinate you. Alden wouldn’t have been talking about opening up with all of these cases of Covid. This government doesn’t care. Alden knows what it feels like to have a hard time breathing because he was in an accident.
My guess is someone took a flight to Miami or Jamaica, returned positive and friends just couldn’t stay away during quarantine.
The US media is reporting some very positive news.
A pediatric version of the Pfizer vaccine for 5 – 11 year olds should be authorized by the end of October. It would be great if our children could be vaccinated before quarantine ends and Covid floods in.
Why would anyone do this to their child? Children in this age group have almost no issues at all. And I know a bunch that have had it-most of them didn’t even need a tissue. If you are vaccinating against a killer like small pox, measles, mumps, whatever – yes get the vaccine but this would be borderline madness.
We should not drop quarantine until children have been vaccinated and those at risk have had boosters.
According to CNN
“the New England Journal of Medicine will publish Israeli data showing that a booster shot of Pfizer’s vaccine dramatically decreased severe Covid-19, Dr. Nachman Ash, director general of the Israeli Ministry of Health, told CNN.”
“It found that 12 days or more after the booster was given, the relative risk of severe illness decreased more than ten times and the relative risk of confirmed infection decreased more than 11 times.”
At Friday’s press conference the Premier essentially acknowledged that government had not done any comparative costing of maintaining quarantine past 14 October versus eliminating quarantine and as a result having to deal with significant community spread and possible lockdown. Instead the Premier waffled around an acknowledgement that doing comparative costing was something that could be done going forward.
Deciding to set a target of opening 14 October based on representations from the tourism sector without doing even a basic economic assessment of the economic implications of dropping quarantine while the Delta variant is accelerating disappointing. I had hoped for more from this government.
Why waste time doing that? We are going to open up. The rest of the world is living with it, so will we. Not a problem if you were sensible and took the vaccine. Bad luck to all those on Government handouts.