Daily COVID-19 cases continue to decline
(CNS): Daily positive cases of COVID-19 confirmed by the Public Health Department through PCR testing showed a significant decline over the weekend. The official number of positives was 103 on Friday, 89 on Saturday and just 54 on Sunday. So far 97 samples from Monday’s PCR tests have been confirmed as positive by Public Health. Out of those 343 new cases over the last four days, 21 were on the Sister Islands. There are eleven people currently in the hospital as a result of the virus, ten of whom are unvaccinated.
Meanwhile, officials have not yet revealed the number of people who are still isolating as a result of being positive with coronavirus following the estimate of around 5,500 on Friday.
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Sadly I know of people who actually threw parties. Can’t wait for karma for those people
If the rumor mill is to be believed, today’s press conference is going to be a disaster. Unless CIG remove restrictions on all residents returning home (drop quarantine, but maybe have unvaxd test on Day 2 like in UK) i am near certain there’s legal challenges coming.
If i was Wayne, i’d do this:
I’d advise anyone vulnerable (old/ill/frail/obese) to think long and hard about going for a booster jab, they work.
I’d ask anyone else eligible to go for one too but acknowledge that the global data shows they’re not really at too much risk.
I’d ask people to continue to be careful, wear a mask in crowded indoors areas but do NOT continue to mandate it.
I’d advise that i’m trusting the community – none of us actually want to die! But we do need to live.
Wayne, its up to you to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. To continue with any discrimination based on residency or vaccination status or anything else will result in massive legal challenges you don’t look like winning.
The global data is in. The vaccines don’t stop it or stop you gettting it. Most of those who die with/of are known and easily identifiable vulnerable.
Stop this now. Today. Let us live again. Over to you Big Boy.
Right on!
You should be running this place
I’m with you but something tells me he will snatch illogical from the jaws of ignorance.
Let us live again! Who cares if we make others sick or possibly die? Who cares about the long term effects of Covid?
A keyboard in one hand and a doughnut in the other…
No bobo, KFC
It’s understandable that those who cannot afford to remain home are not reporting and hopefully they are being responsible enough to self isolate until a negative test result and symptoms erode.
The danger in this is that these reductions in numbers from those not reporting could drive erroneous regulations and perpetuate the pandemic. The local headlines are an indicator this may occur.
If they cannot afford to remain home, how are they expected to be isolating??
From the respected College of American Pathologists
ABSTRACT
Context.– Myocarditis in adolescents has been diagnosed clinically following the administration of the second dose of an mRNA vaccine for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Objective.– To examine the autopsy microscopic cardiac findings in adolescent deaths that occurred shortly following administration of the second Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 dose to determine if the “myocarditis” described in these instances has the typical histopathology of myocarditis.
Design.– Clinical and autopsy investigation of two teenage boys who died shortly following administration of the second Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 dose.
Link here.
https://meridian.allenpress.com/aplm/article/doi/10.5858/arpa.2021-0435-SA/477788/Autopsy-Histopathologic-Cardiac-Findings-in-Two
CNS: Also read: CDC advisers weigh delaying second Covid shots to 8 weeks. Increasing the interval between the first two doses of the mRNA vaccines could cut the risk of a rare heart condition called myocarditis.
Honestly, when this gang calling themselves PACT took power some of us thought that giving them a chance might be good. What a mistake! In my opinion this is the worst administration of government we have ever. The numbers have declined because people are choosing not to report because of the idiotic quarantine restrictions and poor response from HSA. What a mess!
Anyone surprised by PACT’s incompetence should have done a tad of looking into Wayne Panton’s past as a PPM MLA before voting.
CNS can you clarify between people isolating and people with covid? Is it 5500 people positive with covid or 5500 people isolating, ie families with children but only the father has covid..makes a big difference. I couldn’t find 5500 covid positive anywhere in the latest sitrep report.
CNS: It has been very difficult to get updated figures on the number of people in isolation and they don’t include this in the sitrep reports – there’s a press conference today at 2pm where that will hopefully be addressed. The 5500 figure was for last Friday. We don’t know what it is now. It includes people who have tested positive and unvaccinated adults in their households (see here). It may also include unvaccinated travellers (12 and over) and all unvaccinated members of their household.
“The president of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader announced to his country this Wednesday night, February 16, 2022, that all the restrictive measures imposed for the Covid-19 Pandemic are lifted, and that from now on we will all have to take care of ourselves, responsibly, but without restrictions.
“Measures such as the use of the mask, the need to present the vaccination card to access all places and restrictions in public spaces today are the individual responsibility of each and every one of us. After this long battle, we began to recover our freedom,” said the president.
He said that the country deserves and needs an emotional recovery and to leave behind the measures that had to be imposed for a time that is now passing.
The Dominican President offered this information through a speech addressed to the entire nation transmitted by different media outlets in the country, in which he also announced that he will guarantee that the population will continue to be voluntarily invited to be vaccinated and continue to guarantee full access to the vaccine for all and in all circumstances.
“We will continue to monitor and observe the situation. The country can also be sure that, unlike in the past, today our health system is prepared to deal with any eventuality,” President Abinader assured.
Abinader affirmed that the government did what it had to do to protect the people “and time has proven us right in our actions against the pandemic. We put ourselves at the forefront, we bet on contracting the widest variety of vaccines, we applied innovative treatments, and we were among the first in the world to propose a third dose, despite the little faith of a few”.
The head of state thanked the doctors, nurses, and all health personnel, the military and the police, and businessmen who provide human and economic resources for the cause.
“Thanks, above all, to the millions of Dominicans who complied with the measures and went to get vaccinated. Thanks to all this, we have overcome the worst of the pandemic: today the daily infections and those of the last four weeks are in sharp decline, we have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world and a very low hospital occupancy, ”said the Dominican president.”
https://endiario.com/dominican-government-eliminates-the-use-of-masks-by-covid-19-and-invites-citizens-to-take-care-of-themselves%EF%BF%BC%EF%BF%BC/
It’s quite clear that Wayne and his team couldn’t run a lemonade stand in the heat of summer.
Not many want to hear this but time to let the new Caymanians run or at least help. This team is totally incompetent and if we can make it through another 3 years the country will be a completely different place. What a cluster.
I find his weekly press conferences very helpful in providing updates. Sorry, I mean tri-monthly….
I’m so sick of Stats and Covid BS. End ALL restrictions NOW! Pact of fools.
Thanks for sharing the Branch Covidian viewpoint.
So at the press conference today can we find out how many Sabrina “The Queen of Mean” has had arrested? I’m taking the under at ZERO. PACT the world has moved on…
LFT salesperson.
The science says that if you have been double jabbed, the COVID infection is a booster. In fact better than the vaccine. If those persons who have had COVID are counted as boosted, we probably are very close to 60 percent.
True. From one of the US’s foremost experts today referencing numerous studies on this.
https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1494112012518899712
I suggest all people look at the great work Eric Tool is doing.
If they do this sixty per cent target then any isolation and testing/travel rules should be for the non-boosted only. It is not acceptable to make triple jabbed people, who are no threat to hospital bed space, isolate and have restrictions to protect the selfish unvaxed. Could be one where the governor has to step in like hay marriage as becoming a human rights issue now. Just end all restrictions like the uk.
What is “hay marriage”? Not familiar with that.
Human rights issue, LMAO. Call in the U.N.!
Zzzz. Covid has not been headline news in countries like the uk for weeks. We must still have the strictest Covid rules worldwide in cayman. Surely at the press conference in Friday all testing and isolation rules will be ended. Why are we still talking about it? The vaccinated if boosted are safe from omicron so time to move on.
It’s in the headlines, just sending a far more rational message than panic driven PACT.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60404382
And yet, if the government would have followed the “get back to it” agenda, there would be many more infections and possible deaths.
That settles it. If it’s not news in the UK, then the pandemic is over! Brilliant!
🤣🤣🤣
Meanwhile, Hong Kong reports 6,116 new coronavirus cases, by far the biggest one-day increase so far, and a record 24 new deaths.
Must be fake news if it’s not reported by the UK media!
The Hong Kong vaccination rate is incredibly low – something like less than 50% of the over 60’s jabbed. It’s not comparable to the West or Cayman.
“It is starting to become clear that the mandates have nothing to do with Covid. The measures don’t work, and travel restrictions are pointless when Covid is already widespread within the country. But the government won’t let go.”
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/trudeau-s-totalitarian-turn
John Hopkins university study already proved lockdowns did more harm than good. No rules were ever going to avoid community transmission. The whole thing is ridiculous. Get vaccinated and move on. Only country I know of in the world with these absurd day 2, 5, 7 lft.
The Zero Covid strategy did work for the Asian countries and many others who didn’t bend to the will of the business communities.
If Government today do not announce total easing of travel restrictions and easing of testing/isolating, they should be sued.
The booster requirements they’re hiding behind are nonsense and only the vulnerable should be getting them
There is no risk to the majority of us at all, the cases go up globally per booster roll out, there is no reduction of transmission or infection and any supposed reduction on severe I’ll was is based on anecdotal observations only…the healthy have effectively zero risk
Government need to stop this nonsense now before the human rights commission are involved.
Human rights dumdum, LMAO! When do the U.N. Peacekeepers arrive? When will NATO sanction us?
Booster works against Omnicron. Sadly those that want it or need it have had it, others won’t be bullied into it. I’m boosted and have a number of close calls with infected ASSHOLES and I came through fine.
Stop the 3/5/7 tests. No significant amount of tourists will come with those restrictions. They will likely get it here before bringing it down with them. I’m one of those that’s happy not to have tourists back yet, but I do understand many people need them back to so lets get on with it already.
So because someone caught the virus they are infected assholes? Must be sad to be you, better hope you aren’t the next one to be infected and don’t know until symptoms hit you.
Infected people circulating in public without prior testing with LFT is selfish. It’s why we have world record case numbers right now.
Being infected is NOTHING to be ashamed of, however, carrying on around others whilst knowingly infected is an ASSHOLE move. Wouldn’t you agree?
Many don’t even know they are infected.
Nor do we care
Please don’t breed.
Point is if they do know and carry on is not only assholey selfish behavior, but criminal.
based on the dislikes, it seems many are in favour of running around while infected…TOTAL ASSHOLE MOVE
CaymanKind is dead
A clear example of the disappearance of empathy from the human race.
Lift the testing for domestic travel NOW! We are suffering more from restrictions than the actual sicknesses! This is just foolishness at this point! 0 patients at Faith hospital and we passed the omicron wave with little to no serious illnesses here. COME ON PACT STOP KILLING THE SISTER ISLANDS ECONOMY! Have trust in the vaccines and let us move on with LIFE! From a country perspective its like saying or comparison to someone having to get a certified covid test to take public transport from Eastend to Westbay. Sister islands are no more at risk of the virus than any other part of these islands. Stop the madness please!
PACT have single-handedly destroyed the economies of the sister islands in a few short weeks.
“Number of people who are stupid enough to report themselves in decline” should be the title of the article.
Agree. The only hard data you can rely on is the number of hospitalized. Public Helath can count those without having to take their shoes and socks off – probably why they are accurate and they apparently have zero idea about even the number officially in isolation.
Not even that. Some there out of an abundance of caution. Others there for various illnesses and happen to have Covid.
Out of an abundance of needing numbers to rationalize their oppression measures.
Just open up & let life return to normal. Those who have not had their booster are mostly those who have tested positive, so are waiting for natural antibodies to wane before getting boosted. Six months maybe?
Enough already. Move along
Pact is a sick joke. 60% before they consider further lifting restrictions? By which time, the responsible persons will be in need of another dose. To hell with the unvaccinated and unboosted. Stop this never ending cycle of insanity now.
Yet again, the people of the Cayman Islands are being held hostage by the incompetence of the Civil Service.
*Government
Any surprise there?
As of 1 March in England it will only be suggested that those that test positive isolate. But it is a free choice, you will be go about your business if you want after a positive test. Which to be frank is what half the English population have been doing since Christmas.
Does not mean we have to adopt that same level of ignorance. Yes, open up but be sensible.
A policy driven by the business world. What could possibly go wrong?
There is an assumption by public health that a drop in reporting means a drop in cases and the two are disconnected.
Silence! It’s tourist season!!!!
5,000 Civil Servants isolating….the guy that has to work to keep the lights on is. This is absurd setting another “goal” for boosters. Another cash prize in the works? PACT Let us carry on with our lives….70,000 people attend the Superbowl and our law enforcement was focused on policing local parties. 2 years on hold….get on with it already.
PACT Public Health showering themselves with glory with their approach to communication…
And now they are suggesting the restrictions will be in place until 60% get the booster which could be at least 6 months. By then we will probably need round 4 so the restrictions will stay in place based on that and round we go. In the meantime this lovely island will decline and slip further into debt and dependency as people find easier places to come, such a shame.
It wont be 6 months, it will be never. Everyone that is going to get a booster has gotten one already.
(Vaccine-hesitant people got double vaxxed for inward/outward travel).
You are 97% right (leave 3% deviation for general tomfoolery). Many recalcitrant folk that recently got vaccinated did so solely for travel. I am one of them.
cig targets are laughable….and proves their plan is really no-plan.
they have treated/restricted the vaxxed just the same as the anti-vaxxers…so what is the point of getting vaxxed?
hence the poor rate of booster take-up…..cig now trying/failing to put the genie back in the bottle
How can positive cases be dropping to under 100 per day & we still have approx 5,500 in quarantine. Adults are supposed to be over 90% vaccinated do it should only be primary people (those infected) isolating. Kids can go to school & vaccinated contacts/household members can go about their business with daily LFT.
Please tell me more about these 5,500 souls in quarantine. Breakdown unvaccinated visitors (should be zero as not allowed). Returning unvaccinated Caymanians (a few who can’t be vaccinated for health reasons). Positive cases (2,000 at most). Who are the other 3,000 people?
Still not going to be reporting. Two consecutive days of negative LFTs and on with life we’ll go.
@8:48am Just as long as you stay your ass home and not out infecting other people..
not saying that you won’t isolate but lots of people are not doing that and just going about their business as usual infecting other people. We will never get out of this if we keep this up.
Pandemic of the Civil Service
8.47am Epidemic!.
Pandemic of failed responsibility
Still not reporting. I will LFT myself and family until clear. The PCR testing is a joke. When Doctors Hospital and Health City can run PCRs through in an hour if they are paid to do so for travel they should be paid for by the government for exit tests. No one will report until it is a quicker process.
10 out of 11 in hospital are unvaccinated….says it all.
why do we just not introduce restrictions for the unvaxxed? and reward the vaxxed?
Because science does not back that approach. People like you have been clamouring to follow the science and then you post such a stupid comment.
Agree 💯 %!!
Who is the unvaxed? The definition changes from time to time.
Is it:
No jabs?
One jab?
Two jabs but 6 months since last shot?
Three jabs but 6 months or longer since the last shot?
What if you have recovered in any of the over conditions – does that count?
This is great news. The sceptic in me wonders how many people have just decided to stop testing.
Are we waiting for zero cases before an announcement of the next steps?
Seems to be not. I did try to post a comment here about the restrictions staying in place until at least 60% boosted but CNS seem to have moved it from being moderated to bin so assume we aren’t reporting the whole story any more in CNS smh
CNS: Your comment was posted here. There was about a 40-minute gap between the first and second comments. Sometimes comments are held in moderation for longer than that as this is done in between my other tasks. Moderation is necessary since we allow people to comment anonymously without registration. Take it or leave it.
I stand corrected and apologise
I think not. People just have stopped reporting and rightly so.