Minister makes sombre video about return of tourism

| 01/10/2021 | 227 Comments
Minister Kenneth Bryan gives a video message about reopening the borders

(CNS): As government increasingly hints that quarantine will be lifted in November for securely verified vaccinated travellers, in preparation for a full reopening of the borders, Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan has appeared in a sombre video delivering a message urging people to prepare for living with COVID-19 because the “borders can’t stay closed for ever”.

Bryan said the community has to have a discussion about reopening the borders to re-start the tourism industry and re-engage with the rest of the world. He said it was legitimate for people to be scared and anxious but that COVID was not going away and there are ways of “sharing our space with this virus”.

Talking about preparing for reopening “when there is an invisible threat that scares us”, he urged people to keep their bodies healthy and immune system strong as well as getting vaccinated.

A summary of the short message presented in the dark, gloomy, rather dramatic video and solemn background music appeared to be: we know you are worried but we are going to open; it will be fine, so get ready.

Government has not yet stated when it will now move into Phase 4 of the reopening plan, but it appears that the pause on the gradual lifting of quarantine measures will no longer continue until the year-end.

No press conference was held this week on government’s current position on the reopening plan but Parliament will be sitting Monday to steer through the introduction of mandatory vaccinations for work permit holders and the issue is likely to be discussed during the debate.

CNS has contacted the opposition to find out if they are supporting the amendments to the relevant laws to require permit holders to be vaccinated and we are awaiting a response from the PPM Leader Roy McTaggart.

However, his predecessor, Alden McLaughlin, who was a staunch advocate for the vaccine and getting as many people as possible to take the shots when he was in office, has been posting in social media chat groups that the laws being brought by the government may fall foul of the Constitution.

There is also some backlash in the community by people advocating for choice, despite the public health implications, and a demonstration is expected outside Government House, the governor’s residence, on Saturday.

See the minister’s video message below:


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  1. Anonymous says:

    This is your last chance. After this there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends; you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

  2. Anonymous says:

    LOL what a clown

  3. Anonymous says:

    What the… Did I just visit hell?

  4. Anonymous says:

    Making plans to open the borders in November so that the non-Caymanian billionaires make many millions during Christmas season, and the island ends up with free flowing COVID-19 positives?!

  5. Anonymous says:

    PACT Glover meant is making sure the Caymanians don’t have. merry Christmas in 2021!

  6. Anonymous says:

    Why didn’t Premier Panton address the public?

  7. Anonymous says:

    I expect the cabaret dancers to be on the next press briefing.

  8. round and round in circles we go says:

    It is no longer a matter of personal choice, its a Public Health matter! That’s why you had to get all your vaccinations before you went to Primary School. Would you rather have minor effects from the jab, or a slow death similar to drowning as your lungs stop working.

    • Anonymous says:

      Some people have done everything right, stepping forward when it was their turn, and rolling up their sleeves in the community good over half a year ago to get fully vaccinated. Yet, some of these citizens no longer retain a meaningful antibody count. How much theater over fact are we going to endure when it comes to public safety and opening the border? Let’s wait for the boosters to arrive and roll out to those that want or need one. This category is a lot bigger than we are measuring, and as of Friday, HSA centers were still turning away 3rd booster patients- even those over 50, with immune diseases, and holding proof of low antibody titres.

    • Anonymous says:

      Vaccinations taken in school had been around for a long time. These ones are very new with no data on long term effects. I am vaccinated but believe there should be choice.

  9. Conscious says:

    Government should flip a coin and make a decision cause nobody there knows a thing.
    When everybody is incompetent nobody is fired nor responsible let alone resigning

  10. Anonymous says:

    I am very sombre realising that this man-boy is our minister of tourism for more than three more years.

  11. Anonymous says:

    “Independents are better for the country!” they said.

    “They will work together for the people!” they said.

    “We want change!” they said.

    You can’t hear it but, I’m standing on a chair – slow clapping for all the people who voted for these Independents who became the crap PACT PARTY anyway (with McKeeva to boot).

    Independent of thought.
    Independent of skill.
    Independent of experience.

    PS:
    I’m still slow clapping for you guys. Great job, Cayman! Great effin job!

    You can’t make this *ish* up!

    • Anonymous says:

      Read it and weep….

      “It’s the party system – it forces people and politicians to a certain mindset or a certain position that might not necessarily be in the best interest of the country”.

      – Roy McTaggart, February 2013, C4C Member

  12. Anonymous says:

    LMAO!

    Just open up and stop trying to bring attention to yourself.

    • Anonymous says:

      If the pause is not going to go until years end and you possibly want to get some tourists, then maybe it is time to set a FIRM date and really open? Get rid of the quarantine and accept the CDC vaccination card.

    • Anonymous says:

      This video is a telling example of the “woke” dunces that we have running around, parading as Ministers.

      I really thought that the clown parade had ended with the exit of Jon Jon!

    • Anon says:

      He is an utter, utter MORON. He got elected on an Island with 70k people only half of which can vote and he can be elected with, what, 800 votes. And the idiot thinks he’s Denzil Washington. Absolute bloody joker. How on earth Caymanians keep voting for utter idiots like this is beyond me.

  13. Anonymous says:

    oH mY gOD….

  14. Anonymous says:

    Now that you clowns already destroyed to entire hotel industry for the rest of the season by having them cancel every reservations, I supposed now would be a perfect time to start waffle with logic.

    • Anonymous says:

      You so ignorant. We are facing an invisible disease and you blaming government for trying to protect the people. You sound like a asshole that i work with. Suppose you was to get the corona from some foreigner whi came here. Then you gonna say “we should have never allowed people to come back yet”

  15. Anonymous says:

    The black and white touch was a great display of extra douchebagism

  16. Anonymous says:

    I mean at least he is trying. It’s more than I’ve heard from anyone else. And some people it seems do need to get that message.

    • Anonymous says:

      What message?

    • Anonymous says:

      He’s better off to just sit down.
      Better for all of us actually!

      • Anonymous says:

        We need to open up. Can’t keep hiding fro reality . Stop criticizing the video / message and get the hint .

    • Anonymous says:

      That was embarrassing, theatrical and more scare tactics

    • Anonymous says:

      Trying ?? That was the most scripted insincere manipulative piece of garbage I’ve ever seen. Is he campaigning from now ?

      Oh man the people in Newlands really messed up when they let Panton back into the Parliament. I really hope they correct that mistake next time.

      Sabrina Jay Kenneth Chris Mac -Cabinet Ministers … this country is doomed

      It’s all on Panton’s Head ! I can’t wait to vote in Newlands next election and I’m making damn sure anyone I can convince does not vote for that man

  17. anonymous says:

    You have gotto be kidding me. who came up with this dreadful manipulative video. WTF. This is pure propaganda (think Joseph Goebbels). This is utter negative fear mongering. Should we get a noose and end it all. Those with depressive disorder should not watch this a i t will definitely trigger extreme suicidal thoughts

  18. Anonymous says:

    Oh Kenneth, you’re such a gas

    I love you, 💋💝
    Cayman First ☝️

  19. Beaumont Zodecloun says:

    I can’t help thinking how much more meaningful my life would be if an ethereal theme arose in the background every time I wanted to emote and wax poetically. That would be really grand.

    As with Minister Bryan, I wouldn’t even have to say anything profound or deep; just the music would make it all seem heartfelt and pure.

    I swear, my heart practically raced as the uptick of music matched his emerging message of positivity.

    Nice.

  20. For Crying in my soup~ says:

    Kenneth……….is nothing more than a joke. Always looking for the lime light while talking out of both sides of his mouth.
    Does anyone else seem to notice how it always appears to be all about him instead of the issues?? Where do we find these so called representatives of the “People”? I’m in his district and sadly did not vote at all this past election as there wasn’t an alternative to his jive.

  21. Anonymous says:

    Pathetic
    Actor
    Can’t
    Travel

    • Anonymous says:

      Just watched that video as a tourist, but even if I was watching as a resident, I would question what was the purpose of that video. It I did not say when the opening was. It did not tell people anything about tourism except they were going to reopen at some point (which has been being said for the last 1 1/2 years). No mention of what is going to be an acceptable form of the CDC vaccine card since the digital format is not possible to 80% of your travel base. What is happening to the quarantine? When? Yes, the video was dramatic (if you want to call it that), but helpful, definitely not.

    • Anonymous says:

      Good one 3.39
      Now do one using their real name.
      u
      D
      P

    • Anonymous says:

      Sanctioned?

      This is not the first time coming upon similar information circulating in the communities. With Public Officials, Lawyers et al also among the ranks of persons not being able to travel (to USA).Are these rumors/”gossip” true?

      USA opens its borders in November and many families are looking forward 🙌 to their vacations off islands, as well as their seasonal shopping trips (e.g. Christmas Shopping).

  22. Anonymous says:

    Is this laddie trying to resurrect his…ahem..’modelling career’? Is there a more vain, narcissistic bloke on this rock? Wur aw doomed! Doomed ah tell ye!

    • This is a joke, right? says:

      Honestly, can you imagine this guy in the real world? Trying to hold his own with MPs. People would pinch themselves and say this simply can not be real… We all see why he would not want borders opened. Can you imagine him trying to hold his own internationally. That, is a scary thought. Imagine him negotiating for us in Florida (well… Thankfully he can’t travel there so this just gets contained as our embarrassment).

      • Anonymous says:

        Who is that important in florida that the Cayman Island’s would be negotiating with ? Some of y’all make yourselves sound so stupid trying to act smart to denigrate others.

        • lola says:

          I believe the previous poster is referring to the FCCA (Florida Caribbean Cruise Association), an important industry body for tourism based in Florida. As minister KB would need to liaise with and negotiate with them.

    • Anonymous says:

      Oh yeah, there are! Take a stroll thru Camana Bay, Don’t forget the gals too!

  23. Anonymous says:

    How much make-up is he wearing?

  24. Anonymous says:

    Does this clown actually think that this is what the Caymanian electorate want??

    • Anonymous says:

      He only has to appeal to the George Town Central electorate. The same ones who rejected Archer.

      • Anonymous says:

        But surely at this point they must be able to see thru him? Arrogant and always seeming to seek the limelight, how in this helpful to anyone? Including him????

  25. Anonymous says:

    There is a good article in the news today about the new oral anti-Covid drugs that cut deaths in half and should be approved before the end of this year.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/01/covid-antiviral-pill-halves-hospitalisations-and-deaths-maker-says

    • Anonymous says:

      Right on schedule. Everything is coming along according to plan. They called me a conspiracy theorist but only months after asking people to look at what moves big pharma is making, they said “facebook science” and “trump supporter”. I prefer being called someone who looks at the patterns emerging.

      Wait until some oral medication is approved, watch how quickly our government buys it or gets it sent from the uk and then the mass push for everyone to rejoice and celebrate modern science. This will be used as the reason we can all get back to normal and any cold or sniffles we get will be treated with the drug, if they don’t outright make it a daily tablet.

      Anyway, enough speculation from me.

    • Anonymous says:

      This is great news.
      I was tuned into Dr. Faucci presenting the possibility of an approved COVID-19 oral treatment, soon coming to the shelves of hospitals, clinics, and your neighborhood pharmacies.
      Can’t wait to bear witness to it’s success.

  26. Anonymous says:

    It appears that modified vaccines for 5 – 11 year olds will be available before the end of the year.

    “The US Food and Drug Administration said an advisory panel of its experts would hold meetings later this month to discuss authorizing booster doses of Moderna Inc and Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccines, Reuters reports.

    The panel will also discuss authorising Pfizer Inc’s jab for children aged five to 11.”

  27. Anonymous says:

    Glad to hear we are finally moving towards legalized abortion.

  28. Anonymous says:

    I agree that there needs to be a discussion of a number of things that government does not want to confront in any public forum. So far government has refused to present any comparative data on the relative costs of dropping quarantine compared with keeping quarantine. I suspect that this is because they do not want the people to know that the costs of dropping quarantine, including increased healthcare costs, lost wages, shutdowns, closed schools etc. is greater than government wants to disclose. Either that or they have no idea how to do math.

    • Anonymous says:

      Unfortunately I don’t think such an indepth economic analysis was done, or even thought about. Remember Premier Panton said the decision to pause the border opening was based on emotions!!! Not economic rationale.

      • Anonymous says:

        I was just about to respond saying this. The OP gives the government too much credit for even having the data and analyses at hand to hide from the public. Remember it is the cayman islands government we are talking about here

      • Anonymous says:

        Doesn’t matter, we have to learn to live with Covid it’s not going away. A high vaccination rate before to many variants appear is probably the best time to do that.

    • Anonymous says:

      What about the verified vaccine? How’s that going to happen to US visitors? Hello- no digital verification for most of the US.

      • Anonymous says:

        Most US travelers will not quarantine as they do not have that much vacation time. What will be happening with the quarantine?

      • Anon says:

        The fact that most of us in the US don’t and won’t have “securely verifiable vaccine proof” makes it much easier for CIG to consider reopening because it means fewer people will qualify to travel without quarantine. Tourism will not return until there are no entry restrictions. The holiday season is lost. Airlines are not going to jump for joy if PACT decides to move forward with the reopening plan.

      • Anonymous says:

        I was finally able to access my QR code from my CVS vaccine! Woohoo! That, along with my CDC card and state-issued immunization effort for triple proof! Now, if only they’d get to a phase in reopening where airlines found it feasible to return!

        • Anonymous says:

          Please tell us how you got the QR code from the CVS vaccine. I just got my booster from CVS and they had no idea how I could get the QR code. No digital formatting in my state.

      • Anonymous says:

        US visitors need to stay home and stop spreading Covid around the world.

  29. Anonymous says:

    It is interesting that government is choosing to open the borders before the new Merck and Pfizer anti-Covid drugs that cut deaths and serious illness in half for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people are likely to be approved. The pressure or something that they are getting from somewhere must be irresistible.

  30. Anonymous says:

    WOW ! what a joke!
    Seriously, who thought this was a good idea? JUST WOW! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  31. Anonymous says:

    What equation are they using? The deaths and disabling illness of how many Caymanians is justified by how much money going into who’s pockets exactly?

  32. Anonymous says:

    CNS, thanks for summarising as I cannot bring myself to watch or listen to this megalomaniac mispronounce words any more. Did his eyes well up like every time he is required to give an explanation at the press briefings?

    Real question though: did he pay for this out of his Cabinet (as yet unknown) salary? Or, was this masturbatory video made using public funds?

    Also, while I have your attention…did anyone hear Chris Saunders explain in patois that the PACT government would not allow us to access our pension money again? Except for a ‘certain group’? Which group? Who makes that decision? The majority of us are not receiving tourism stipends from the government and need the money to survive. I could not finish listening to the programme due to the poor quality and idiots on the show.

    PACT is a (insert expletive of your choice) disaster.

    • Anonymous says:

      Uneducated egomaniac with a criminal history, now insulting us with this laughable amateur dramatics.
      For goodness sake do your job , and stop your silly grandstanding .

      • Anonymous says:

        He’s been shafted from the last couple of press conferences so had to make it up for it. Someone who loves and cares for him, should tell him he needs to sit down and shut up for a while. It will make a difference.

      • Anonymous says:

        3:37 pm, you are 100 % right. Only in Cayman with record could get voted in as M P, and as a minister and can’t even travel.

    • Poor me, poor me! says:

      2.51pm When his eyes keep welling up at the press briefings,, he’s thinking of all his poor constituents, jobless and struggling to feed their families, whilst he rakes well over CI$200.000p.a.for performing in videos and drinking free coffee at Cabinet Meetings courtesy of a heaven sent gift from a major coffee distributor.

    • Anonymous says:

      While i agree with you, its good to listen to actual source, in this case the video than to take the summaries from a third party. No offense to CNS, they did accurately summarize the video but in life we need to get into the habit of formulating opinions based on the source no matter how much we dont like the person delivering the message. Other wise we open ourselves to being manipulated in future when we place our trust in someone or something to give us their interpretation of the information

      Just my opinion, but you right, government is rubbish.

      CNS: Just to note that CNS pioneered the practice of providing access to the source material for news articles wherever possible. And we developed the CNS Library to make it easier for people to find it again later.

  33. Anonymous says:

    On a day when Bermuda announced another 10 deaths in addition to the dozens in the past few weeks that have resulted from their ending quarantine, our Minister of Drama says we are going to follow what Bermuda has done.

    • Anonymous says:

      Kenneth says that’s “fine”.

    • Anonymous says:

      Enough about effing Bermuda already! Every 5 comments we see you posting the same rubbish.

      Most important to note is that UNvaccinated persons make up the vast majority of the deaths (there and everywhere else!).

  34. Anonymous says:

    If you play the video backwards it says “Wayne Panton has been deposed in a bloodless coup and I am the new Premier”. As shocking as this may sound, could Kenneth, or dare I say even Jay, do a worse job as Premier?

    Wayne holds press briefings three days in a row with nothing to say, and afterwards releases new regulations that he didn’t bother to make mention of in the press briefings. Covid-19 starts to spread in the community like wildfire, as it is prone to do, and he doesn’t even send out a press release.

    Wayne can return to the Opposition as an Independent, and Heather can stay or go since she probably isn’t going to realize what happened before the next election. Kenneth can bring JonJon over from the Opposition as the new Health Minister, as we can all agree that when he spoke in Tagalog it made more sense than anything Sabrina says in English.

  35. Anonymous says:

    “people advocating for choice” – do these folks also advocate for the choice of marrying the one you love, for the choice to have a baby or not, for the choice of the morning after pill, for the choice to die with dignity, and so on.

    • Anonymous says:

      Yes, many of them do. It’s not a homogeneous group of people. It’s made up of vaccinated, un-vaccinated, religious, atheist, straight, gay, etc.

    • Anonymous says:

      You are only here because your mother didn’t abort you. Did she make the right choice?

  36. HERD OR HEARD? says:

    What are we waiting for!!
    You kept us safe during the pandemic, while it was a pandemic, however
    COVID has been endemic for weeks now, how can we be so far behind the rest of the world?
    We are a first world nation, to compare us to the rest of the Caribbean is utter nonsense. That said, how is the rest of the Caribbean open and we remain shut?????
    Wake up Cayman, it’s becoming too late. One overreactive knee jerk reaction by your “leaders” destroyed the trust and confidence of the very people that help sustain this island. You have at your disposal one of the most brilliant medical minds this island has ever had and instead you put trust in uneducated, simple minded peons.
    It boggles the mind of any educated person that knows this pandemic is gone!!
    OPEN THE BORDERS AND LET PEOPLE LIVE WITH FREEDOM OF CHOICE.

    • Anonymous says:

      The rest of the Caribbean has hundreds if not thousands of people dying every month. Bermuda announced another 10 Covid deaths today.

      I do not want that for Cayman.

      • Anonymous says:

        The rest of the Caribbean is not like Cayman. We are the most vaccinated of any Caribbean island. Bermuda is a fair bit behind Cayman in terms of vaccination rate.

        • Anonymous says:

          Not true – Bermuda is 67% fully vaccinated and we are 71. Please also note that 20% of those dying from the Covid Delta variant in Bermuda are fully vaccinated according to the Bermuda government.

          • Anon says:

            Our vaccination rate is higher than that as they count students overseas as part of our population but don’t count any of their vaccinations given overseas as part of the vaccinated tally. It was a s#%* video and in such bad taste. I don’t think there is a right or wrong answer. No one knows the path forward but I do know that our PACT government are weak and non transparent. They are like ignorant children unable to read advice and think beyond fear. No one want covid, but a life live locked up and in fear with no income is not a life worth living.

          • Anonymous says:

            Impossible. I was told the vaccine saves lives and is 100% safe and effective. Please take your facebook garbage somewhere else. 😉

      • Anonymous says:

        Listen to the tool.

      • anon says:

        3.02pm Name the territories and figures that add up to thousands each month.

      • Anonymous says:

        What is the vaccination rate of other Caribbean islands compared to Cayman? Cayman has the highest rate of all of them.

    • Anonymous says:

      Moo or Mu?

    • Anonymous says:

      He could have added Twilight Zone music for added effect😱

  37. Wrangler says:

    What a tool.

  38. Anonymous says:

    For goodness sake! Is this politics or Hollywood? Never seen any political message so theatrically enhanced. For what purpose Hon Minister?

  39. Anonymous says:

    Is this for real!? It’s his party that is keeping the borders closed and has no plan for reopening!! Instead of making doomsday videos, why don’t they use this time to prepare an opening plan? They have the power to do it. I truly feel I’m living in the twilight zone.

    • Anonymous says:

      1:59pm reply
      Your absolutely correct! What are they waiting for, it’s an absolute disgrace. Around the world people are wondering why are we still closed. The government had to have spent there time these past eighteen months figuring out a reopen plan and get it up and running, rather than put out so called dates and keep post ponding the dates.

      This is a joke, now there saying maybe next month, we’ll what’s it going to be, and when will we know, so we can start moving forward with our lives which our freedom has been taken away from us.

      OPEN UP!!

  40. Flamingo says:

    “community has to have a discussion about reopening the border”

    Clearly Government haven’t read the comments section on CNS.

  41. Anonymous says:

    Cayman should have been prepared 12 months ago. What is he talking about “lets get prepared”?

    I am always prepared – I sanitize my upper respiratory tract 4 times a day- many European studies that confirm it minimizes risk of catching covid nearly 90%. I carry a spray in my pocket in case I need to sanitize it 5th time.

    There’s more than one way to skin a cat, you know.

  42. Anonymous says:

    #scaretactics

  43. Anonymous says:

    So much drama, hysterical! About 1 year too late. It is watchable at 1.5 speed, takes away the dramatic music and tone.LOL
    What Cayman has come to?

  44. Anonymous says:

    Jeez, what a circus! So much needless drama. I am embarrased for Cayman.

    P.S. Reminds me actor Morgan Freeman embarrassing video where he says the US is ‘at war’ with Russia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB9FDl1siS4

    • Anonymous says:

      01/10 @ 1:39pm – …except that Morgan Freeman’s theory is correct! But a large percentage of voting American Republicans don’t realize that! Putin has managed Trump for many years and eventually got him into the Presidency!

      Trump is a Russian asset and has been since he first sold his “soul” to the state-connected Russian Mafia in the 1980s to fund his failed Atlantic City casino and cemented it in the 90s with their state-connected dirty oligarch money to prop-up his rapidly failing business “empire”.

      Morgan Freeman is right, under Trump, America was taken over by Russia and their influence is still there. America First my ass. Russia first! And Trump sheep don’t even realize it!!

  45. Anonymous says:

    There is no need for all of the theatrics. Just give people the facts and let them make the decisions that are appropriate for them.

    • Anonymous says:

      What a clown! I felt better with the previous Government. I don’t trust the current Government at all!! And this article is confusing. When and where did the 5 now hint at reopening borders before year end???

      • Anonymous says:

        You can’t be serious? No one in their right mind would want the PPM back..That ship has sailed.

        • Anonymous says:

          Oh yeah cause this government is doing such a great job right?!?! This new government is a joke! They don’t know what they are doing, they don’t have a plan, they flip and flop back and forth and they don’t update us with anything. Instead they’re putting out videos like this one and we can’t take them seriously. Where’s the rest of the PACT government and did they agree to this video? Shouldn’t the Premiere have a say on this too?? No they are all doing their own thing and want to be the ones that are in center stage.

    • Anonymous says:

      Good luck getting “the facts”. I think they were stuffed into a cookie tin and buried deep, deep in a cave on the bluff in the Brac.

  46. Anonymous says:

    Tell this little man that this is not the movies.

    So spare us the dramatics.

  47. Cheese Face says:

    This is hysterical! How dramatic, black and white, the music, Paaaleeeeze! You are not a movie star dude.

  48. Anonymous says:

    C
    R
    I
    N
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    E

    To the MAX!!!

  49. Anonymous says:

    So, that stupid anti vaxxer group are all in one place tomorrow outside the govs house. Go have a look at who is really keeping these borders closed and your paycheques skint.

    • Anonymous says:

      Get a petition or go protest to open the borders. Stop sitting on your lazy ass pointing fingers. You need to direct your anger at the government that is keeping borders closed.

      • Anonymous says:

        Petitions are useless. Let’s have a formal referendum to see what the people actually want regarding keeping or dropping quarantine.

      • Anonymous says:

        REOPEN CAYMAN!

        There’s no difference if you open now or a few months from now. The island has had plenty of time to prepare for this day, the people should know this time would come. Get vaccinated, take precautions and open up. Covid is here and not going away anytime soon, we need to live our lives, get back to work and stop being fearful. People around the world are moving forward, they’ve reopened, most have been vaccinated, taking the necessary steps in keeping safe. Let’s open up, it’s time.

    • Anonymous says:

      Agreed! I bet most are expats and on work permits too

      • Anonymous says:

        I am vaccinated. Freedom of choice is a fundamental right. What the government is doing is wrong, period. I will be there to support everyone in their right to choose.

    • Anonymous says:

      They say thousands have registered for the event. I hope they realize that outdoor gatherings are limited to 250 people. I trust the police will enforce that.

    • Freedom to choose says:

      It’s not an anti-vaxxer group – you are either calling them that out of ignorance or deliberately, but you are wrong.

      It is a group who believe that people should have a choice to take the Covid vaccine or not, and that there should not be discrimination based on vaccine status. The group is made up of vaccinated and unvaccinated.

      I am vaccinated, an I very much agree with the freedom of choice sentiment.

      • no so common sense says:

        The problem is when your choice interferes with my ability to receive urgent medical treatment regarding something I have no choice about. I could die from something as simple as appendicitis or a child having a life threatening seizure wont be able to receive treatment. Because of your choice, there is now no more room in the ICU, the emergency room is bursting at its seams, hospital beds are at full capacity and frontline staff are exhausted, overwhelmed, emotionally and physically drained…all to protect your choice…Cayman is small…it will not take many people “protecting their choice” and “their truth” before the above scenario becomes our reality.

      • Anonymous says:

        If they are not anti-vaxxers why are they sending around voice notes saying not to bring Ivermectin or anti-vaxx signs and to cover themselves with hoodies and wide brimmed hats. What do they think we are going to do to them? If you want to stand for something why tell your supporters to do this..Aren’t they supposed to be promoting Freedom of Choice? Isn’t much freedom of choice if you are told what to do is it?

        • Anonymous says:

          They are anti-vaxxers..You can put lipstick on a pig but it’s still a pig.

          These people will not change their minds. When you get people like that that always try to find things to keep their narrative going even after other have been debunked you know that you are dealing with a bunch of crazies.

          Look at their leaders..One is a former crackhead, self professed Christian Minister, another one is an anti vaxxer and so called “environmentalist when necessary” but supports her expat developer friend in all his controversial projects, and the other is a so called social media guru who threatens radio stations that if they don’t promote her anti-vaxxer movement that she is cancelling her customers contracts with those radio stations and then broadcasts it to all her followers via voice note…does anyone see a pattern here?…do you want to go out and wear your blue, your mask, and your wide brimmed hat with this bunch leading the charge?..What a bunch of lunatics!

        • Get a clue says:

          Your logic is flawed. Yes some people may support ivermectin, but the point is freedom to choose the vaccine or not (not freedom of choice about anything in life). Anyone organizing protests will be trying to stay on message, so has to try and get supporters to do the same.

      • Anonymous says:

        I am vaccinated and am going with many other vaccinated people. Your assumption is completely wrong. People from all walks of life believe in Freedom of choice. Many people that will be there are also business owners. Most if not all are vaccinated.

  50. Anonymous says:

    Open the borders.

    Get rid of the quarantine.

    Cayman (and the rest of the world) needs to learn to live with Covid, not continue to try and shelter from it for eternity.

    It’s time.

    • Anonymous says:

      Translation – Let the dying begin

      20% of those dying of the Delta variant in Bermuda are fully vaccinated.

    • Anonymous says:

      It’s time to properly treat the STIs & viral diseases and get on with our lives. Closed borders don’t stop infections, neither does it suppress diseases enough to care. Vaccinations & good hygienic care is the only solution. Oh! And Maintain healthy sexual relationships; that is, don’t be a floozy or philandering!
      Now, can we please move on?!?!???

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