Vaccine numbers grow, mask mandates re-emerge
(CNS): Businesses and government agencies began implementing mask mandates at the weekend as fears that Cayman’s COVID-free community bubble has burst. The concern has also fuelled a surge in the uptake of the vaccine, with an additional 514 people getting shots over the weekend. The national vaccination rate of people with both doses is now at 71% and climbing, and 75% of the population with at least one dose.
Meanwhile, government offices, from the court house to the port authority, introduced mask mandates and social distancing protocols.
Banks, shops and other customer-facing businesses also began introducing mask mandates for staff and some were asking their customers to also wear masks.
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Let’s be honest/ nobody in this day and age goes to the airport (in Jam) with a positive test result expecting to get on the flight – UNLESS they have made ‘special arrangements’ with someone !!
KX need to answer properly to this abject failure in protecting our borders and people properly held to acct. A ‘mistake’ or ‘oversight’ excuse just isn’t good enough given the seriousness of this .
A good chance that the widening community spread arises from this ridiculous episode.
An attempted Manslaughter charge would be appropriate for the criminals who gain access through subterfuge.
Please, the positive Jamaican traveller that very recently slipped through CAL’s checkin diligence (by a Caymanian staff member) was discovered on arrival in Cayman, and went immediately into quarantine. That traveller is not the reason there are curfew breachers, domino reunions, and community transmissions again. That’s down to homegrown stupids. De-bias your xenophobic sentiments and focus your anger at the root cause of our burst bubble. Caymanian travellers that ought not to have been entrusted to follow simple rules and temporary health and safety restrictions they covenanted and attested to as approved travellers by Travel Time.
Regrettably no vaccination is available to protect us from imbeciles
Hopefully a new variant might target them though. Crossing my fingers and toes.
Who are you taking about?
Shut up about the kids already. Kids are like cruise ships on legs, walking Petri dishes of disease. It’s just what they do. If you don’t like it, don’t have them.
F****n idiot
A mask should be worn when you can’t social distance, in a crowded location or if you are unvaccinated. The other places a mask should be worn is hospitals, nursing homes, airports, prisons and transportation.
Why only the unvaccinated? Vaccinated ppl can spread COVID too.
But the unvaccinated are much more likely to catch and spread it
Look up viral loading, but you’re not going to find valid information on Fox News
Good point CNN is gospel. 🤣
Or if you are unvaccinated. OP says everyone masks in close quarters. Get that unvaccinated chip iff your shoulder.
The mask mandate when you can’t social distance is the Covid protocol the whole world uses. Why is it not good enough for CI?
Mask Mandates are offensive. Even more so here with high vaccination rate and when the risk of transmission is so low.
It is time for us all to take responsibility for ourselves. I will not patronize businesses with mask requirements
I hope you can live without power because CUC has a mask mandate!
Pay online!
OP says he won’t patronize those businesses – spend money with them. Not that he won’t go into them. So he can’t get food delivered from Fosters either. Basically he hasn’t thought it through.
I am off the grid but thanks for your concern.
You are definitely off the grid. Bats in the belfry for sure.
Sounds like a win-win. I’ve found that persons who are aggrieved by the minor inconvenience of wearing a mask are generally customers worth losing.
Good, since you obviously can’t be trusted.
Going to go hungry then.
Crawl back in your cave then buddy.
I feel the same way about pants.
God gave me dangly bits between my legs, and it is an offense the miracle of Creation for me to keep them covered with pants.
I will not shop anywhere that requires me to wear pants.
And I won’t shop anywhere that you go pantsless.
Let the great mask debate begin.
No border opening, no mask.
With you bro. I don’t see any risk at the current time. Contact tracing has been completed and no more positives found. Move on, nothing to see here.
Which is probably the antithesis of what incoming visitors are expecting. They are expecting to come here and NOT have to deal with masks and distancing.
Sucks to be you, unaware traveler. I’m sorry. It’s not what I would have chosen for you. I would have given you a choice between coming here without quarantine and having to wear masks, and coming here, quarantine for six days, and thereafter travel freely about the community, mask free.
I know which I would choose.
Every place thats open in the Caribbean has some type of mask mandate!
I see 700 + cases in Cayman and as a tourist I would plan on wearing a mask at the airport, in situations where I can not social distance, or when I am in a large crowd. I will not travel anywhere that I have to quarantine! Masks are not a big deal to me or my family. It would be a big deal to spend 5,10 or 14 days in quarantine prison while on our holiday.
Same! I have no problem wearing a mask in settings where needed….and already do so by choice. No mask mandate here but many people wear indoors anyway. Not going to quarantine though!
There have been 700+ cases in Cayman IN QUARANTINE ISOLATION, not in the general community. Those 700+ cases are exactly why we have quarantine——to keep COVID out of the general community.
Vaxed or not, we must also factor that 99% of those 700+ had produced a negative PCR test result within 72 hrs of their inbound arrival in Cayman, for what good that did.
I recently paid $160 for a PCR test in Canada that barely entered my nasal cavity. I’ve had a dozen of these in the last year and knew it would be negative before I left the “professional” testing center.
Glad Cayman tests to release! Worth it!
Sorry for your inconvenience, but for those that haven’t paid attention: the last year has shown that epidemic Franken-economies don’t run well, or at all, with high community viral loads. This isn’t Miami. We don’t have freezer trucks for the bodies you don’t care about, When the few dozen hospital beds here are filled, and we start having to close schools, non-essential services/dining/social venues, reverting back to surname days and lockdowns, I don’t think we’ll be seeing many tourists eager to jump on any planes. Especially with the uncertainty of whether they’ll be able to return home, or on their schedule. Home country guidances will be modified and travel cautions issued. We’ve already lived this.
wasn’t a law passed last year that makes it illegal for businesses to make you wear mask, or refuse you entry in their premises if you dont have a mask on?
No. Why would they do that.
They changed it back a few months ago allowing them to refuse.
no, no there wasn’t.
Yes there was
Who’s on first?
Yes…..and what’s on second.
I don’t know.
In Florida
The Law was amended to permit business to refuse entry to those not wearing masks.
Yes, somewhere in a red US state. Stop watching FoxNews!
You should be in FL, suggesting you take the first available flight out to where you might feel right at home.
Because you can still spread the virus, even if you’re vaccinated.
I’m vaccinated and I’m back to masking up in the grocery stores etc, because if I contract the virus, I may show zero symptoms but I’m still otherwise infectious to other, immune-suppressed individuals.
And I believe it to be my social responsibility to limit the threat where I can, to other vulnerable members of Cayman.
So are we just going to mask up to the end of time, even when most people are vaccinated, because someone, somewhere could always be at risk?
Yes, to the end of time, you twat.
Until such time that we have sufficient herd immunity, then so be it.
I don’t mind, for me it’s a small price to pay. I’m otherwise healthy and get to be grateful for that each day.
I can wear a mask for others who aren’t as lucky.
It’s personal choice, you don’t have to wear a mask, don’t wear one. But if me wearing a mask stops someone else getting it, then I’m pretty comfortable with that decision.
Define sufficient herd immunity
If you get Mu you’ll be part of the herd.
I love the wonderful caring attitude that shines through in your comment. However, the one weak point is herd immunity. The best data and researchers now are of the opinion that there will be no attaining herd immunity from C19 and that the virus is here to stay with us, much like the flu only at least four times more transmissible and far more likely to cause adverse outcomes. An added twist is post-infection “long Covid”. May you stay healthy. Live long and prosper.
Thank you! You are a decent human being. It is not THAT oppressive to throw a mask on while running errands, walking to your table at a restaurant, etc. Minor inconvenience for protecting the vulnerable.
I feel for those who work in grocery stores, hospitals, etc who have to mask up for 8+ hours a day.
I don’t drive for the same reason. Or go outside.
My vaccinated family, friends and I will not be spending any money at establishments requiring masks.
That’s great news. Means there will be more space for me and my family who will only be spending our money in stores and services where masks are mandatory.
Your banks money, not yours
Yes you will.
why?
Be a decent human. You can still contract COVID. You likely won’t have symptoms or they may be mild but for the greater good of the entire community, can you just put a mask on while you pick up your groceries, walk to your table at an indoor dining establishment, do your business at the bank, etc.? It’s really a small ask.
Being vaccinated does not mean you have no further responsibility.
Get off your high horse and follow the science
Ok. My vaccinated friends and family won’t miss your selfish clan.
we do not need a–hole Probably red neck entitled Karens and Kents like you here
Starve then you utter muppet.
Pls don’t utter the word muppet run ya
1:43 pm, that was the stupidest comment of the year, when all food shops/restaurants make the rule that everyone has to wear face masks, what are you going to do ?
As if anyone cares.
You should have said: “My SELFISH family, friends and I will not…..”
If you don’t know by now that even if you are vaccinated you can still spread the virus to others (who may not be eligible for the vaccine even if they wanted it), you must be living under a rock!
Persons who only have the ability to think of themselves would never see the point in protecting others. We know who you are and will protect ourselves against your ignorance as always.
Such as getting vaccinated?
As someone who is vaccinated, I’m not following the necessity for masks again. I took the vaccine and I’m ready to return to normalcy. I’ve reduced my own chances from severe symptoms so what’s the point of masks at this point?
You need to wear a mask to protect me and everyone else in the community.
Remember that just because you are vaccinated, doesn’t mean that you can not have Covid, and then transmit it to those you come in contact with.
Community creates Country right.
Keep your nauseating sound bites to yourself.
What was the point of the F%&KING Jab then?
To stop idiots like you dying – though I think we would all be better off without you.
But from your entirely selfish perspective- reduces chances of you getting it, second if you do get it massively reduces the chances of you being hospitalized or dying.
For the rest of us, if you don’t catch it less likely that a vulnerable person will catch it – one less transmitter around. And if you do get it you don’t tie up hospital resources that the rest of the community needs. See – you can be the selfish p&$@k you are and still help out others!
Wearing masks and gloves as a precaution against coronavirus is ineffective, unnecessary for the vast majority of people, and may even spread infections faster, experts said Tuesday.
CNS: I didn’t post the link you left because it was posted in March 2020 and the findings and advice is out of date. Here is a posting on the Mayo Clinic’s website a few weeks ago:
How well do face masks protect against coronavirus?
Are you vaccinated? If so, you are protected, so don’t need other people to wear masks to protect you. If not, get vaccinated. Problem solved.
Well said. Everyone else who is at risk has had the chance to take the vaccine, so there is really no need for masks, except to virtue signal to others.
What about my three children under the age of 9? Do you really not care about anyone besides yourself?
I have kids under the age of 9, but the risk of covid to them is extremely low. This is a well known fact. It’s about statistics – has nothing to do with not caring.
What about kids
Again, the risk to kids is extremely low. This is common knowledge. How do you not know this by now?
What about the unconceived?
What about the misunderstood?
You seem to be quite acquainted with the phenomenon of virtue signaling.
You have been on fire these last couple of days!
It depends on the situation. Definitely in grocery stores where there are young children under 12 who can’t be vaccinated and those who are immunocompromised. In a bar or restaurant, I probably won’t wear it either unless its required. I’m not worried about infection as I’m young, healthy and fully vaccinated. The research is also showing that a natural infection after being double vaccinated will also boost your immunity quite dramatically against Covid.
“most vaccinated people with a breakthrough infection are likely to have mild symptoms. And they may even benefit, in the long run: Every exposure to the virus is an opportunity for the immune system to strengthen its defenses against variants that may emerge in the future.”
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/article/covid-breakthrough-delta-variant.html
Children under 12 are at extremely low risk to Covid, so saying you are doing it to protect them does not make sense, as they are not at risk.
Yes there will be a small minority of people who are immune-compromised, but we can’t let the minority dictate to the majority. Better that they protect themselves.
If I were immune-compromised, I wouldn’t expect the rest of the country to wear masks just for me. I would take my own precautions and let others live as normal a life as possible.
because they can, thats why. Not anti-vax, but the mortality rate for people with vaccines (ie anyone under 60) is so small.
Perhaps people here should worry about diabetes, obesity, alchohol and the vast amount of other health issues. Imagine if we took as many steps to stop drunk drivers and general unhealthy lifestyles – the burdon that would remove from health services would be far greater than caring about covid with 75% of the population vaccinated (the % is probabbly even higher since NSO doesnt even know the population count, lol….)
This. Thank you. Constantly overlooked.
“I’ve reduced my own chances…..”. No reply needed.
You have had ample opportunity to reduce yours. At this point, we don’t give two shits about your sort.
Yep. Selfish people don’t change even when vaccinated. Who cares if an under 12 gets covid and dies because they were asymptomatic!
The risk to kids is exceptionally low, even with the Delta variant.
#DramaQueen