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Forum: Caribbean

Jul 16th 2021, 7:18 pm

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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But remember that "herd immunity" is a very loose definition, and a very variable one. It's not immunity, and it's not the whole herd. It's a fairly arbitrary percentage (which varies from country to...

Forum: Caribbean

Jul 16th 2021, 6:07 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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Unfortunately, vaccinated people can still be carriers - at least according to the latest "science". So all the tourist-welcoming bars and restaurants, taxis and buses, will be vulnerable to boycott...

Forum: Caribbean

Jul 14th 2021, 10:47 pm

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/norwegian-cruise-line-holdings-sues-florida-over-covid-19-vaccine-passport-ban_3901532.html
The latest news about cruises out of Florida... "Vaccine passports" are...

Forum: Caribbean

Jul 8th 2021, 4:39 am

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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https://www.caymancompass.com/2021/07/07/cayman-dive-business-shifting-to-turks-and-caicos/
A straw in the wind? A Cayman dive-operation moving to Turks & Caicos - at least for the time being...

Forum: Caribbean

Jul 7th 2021, 10:10 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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And a new report, which features several Caribbean islands as being "low risk"...

Forum: Caribbean

Jul 6th 2021, 9:16 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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https://www.caymancompass.com/2021/07/06/bvi-reimposes-lockdown-restrictions-amid-rapid-covid-outbreak/BVI reimposes lockdown restrictions amid rapid COVID outbreakThis headline from our local Cayman...

Forum: Caribbean

Jun 24th 2021, 3:47 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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https://www.travelweekly.com/Caribbean-Travel/CDC-lowered-travel-advisories-several-Caribbean-islands?utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=eltrcarib&ct=carib&oly_enc_id=0239H5792201C0E...

Forum: Caribbean

Jun 9th 2021, 1:40 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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Ahhh, the dreaded statistics again! I don't really have that much faith in them, to be honest.

Still, we do have to co-exist with them, I know. Sigh...

Forum: Caribbean

Jun 9th 2021, 2:57 am

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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Among those not planning to be vaccinated, 78% say they are unlikely to reconsider their plans, including 51% who say they are "not likely at all" to change their mind and get vaccinated. That leaves...

Forum: Caribbean

May 29th 2021, 3:26 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/virologists-claim-fingerprints-manipulation-prove-covid-19-man-made-no-credible-natural
This article is of general interest. I don't know how valid the report is,...

Forum: Caribbean

May 29th 2021, 2:44 pm

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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Grenada... Interesting comments from you,of course, and the statistics may well all be true.

By the way, I wonder if you have ever thought that it might be time to change your signature below...

Forum: Caribbean

May 29th 2021, 1:19 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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My son is flying in from England (BA direct flight, mainly for returning residents) in a few days. We will have to quarantine together in my house for 14 days, so this weekend I will notify all the...

Forum: Caribbean

May 20th 2021, 8:47 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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Well, this thread seems to have ground to a halt, which is a pity. I hope any new reports are posted here. Grenada and I disagree as to which news is fake and which isn't. Neither of us has...

Forum: Caribbean

Apr 29th 2021, 3:56 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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Just a further comment on "the science" and how settled or un-settled it is... I read the other day that pregnant women are now being advised not to take the vaccine because it might adversely affect...

Forum: Caribbean

Apr 15th 2021, 12:41 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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Pretty much, yes! Making an experimental drug compulsory is a nightmare, for me, especially when it won't allow us all to dispense with masks and social-distancing. And when it doesn't fully protect...

Forum: Caribbean

Apr 1st 2021, 5:17 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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Thanks, Grenada. Yes, it does help, up to a point.The problem I have is that I have what I jokingly call "a Galileo complex" - the precise opposite of the Thunberg complex.. I don't believe that the...

Forum: Caribbean

Apr 1st 2021, 4:07 am

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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Grenada, you said in your last post: "Of course if you aren't vaccinated you pose a bigger risk to others..."

If that's the case, then the only people an un-vaccinated person could post a risk to...

Forum: Caribbean

Mar 21st 2021, 8:36 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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You may be right about watertight papers, but I've never heard of a watertight document of any sort. Passports, Social Security papers, you name it - anything's available on the web for a few bucks!...

Forum: Caribbean

Mar 21st 2021, 5:23 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/royal-caribbean-only-accepts-vaccinated-passengers-next-caribbean-cruise
Here's an interesting online report. The comments are interesting too - mostly dismissive...

Forum: Caribbean

Feb 4th 2021, 4:26 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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https://www.wimco.com/vacation-travel-reviews-and-blog.aspx?target=/coronavirus-covid-19-travel-restrictions-for-caribbean-islands-and-airports/
This link may be useful for readers of this thread. I...

Forum: Caribbean

Nov 12th 2020, 3:27 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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The cruise line asked for exclusive access to a beach for a day, they started out by asking for a chunk of grand anse...
I remember Grand Anse very well, from my one visit to Grenada twenty years...

Forum: Caribbean

Nov 12th 2020, 2:37 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2020/11/11/seadream-yacht-club-ends-first-caribbean-cruise-after-positive-test/6253380002/
Bad news for the cruise industry in the Caribbean!

Forum: Caribbean

Aug 8th 2020, 6:53 pm

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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Thanks for your kind thought, BEVS. I would explain in a PM to you and you alone, but not otherwise. (I don't know how to send a PM, except as a response.)

Forum: Caribbean

Aug 8th 2020, 3:48 am

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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The latest report is that Cayman has put its opening back another month, until 1st October.

Forum: Caribbean

Jun 19th 2020, 2:50 am

Replies: 121

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Posted By Gordon Barlow

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It's nice to be able to report that one segment of the population is taking lockdown in its stride. That segment is mine. We old codgers find house-arrest to be a piece of cake. We weren't going...

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