Comments on: Minister: Modifications Due To Increase In Cases

By: saud

saud — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 15:53:25 +0000

The cotton wool brigade (also paid up members of the ‘nanny state’ or the ‘nanny society’) are those who believe that humans are incapable of looking after themselves and must be protected i.e. wrapped in cotton wool from all of life’s ‘nasty’ elements.

By: Pure Madness!!!!

Pure Madness!!!! — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 23:09:24 +0000

This is true, I was told by a reputable source that someone (government/health dept, airlines) actually allowed a resident to return knowing that the person was positive for Covid. How insane is that? How many people were infected by this lack of consideration for others health and life? Like WTF… Thus in my opinion day 4 and day 8 positive cases….

By: Aged

Aged — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 21:51:36 +0000

This comment didn’t age well did it?

By: Really?

Really? — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 20:02:20 +0000

Stop being so dramatic! Get the help you obviously need but don’t bore us with your theatrics!

By: saud

saud — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:41:45 +0000

“Look forward to rebuking your next ill-thought out suggestion.”

LOL, you haven’t rebuked anything…just revealed your ignorance.

By: Bright & Early

Bright & Early — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:34:26 +0000

Wow Covid is finally here yest we haven’t seen anything yet. Be prepared and remember maybe some of us are not at much risk and will only get a mild case. Look at the hospitals in the US now overwhelmed with cases of Covid. Its difficult not to shut our airport down but then again Canada is now in Lock down again and so is UK until December 2,2020 and maybe further so they don’t want further outbreaks as they are trying to reduce the number of people infected. I think that we don’t know the total number of people that are now infected in Bermuda its all Hush Hush and the results are not being transparent for the general Public. I am not a happy Camper….Please wear your mask it is very important and don’t socialize with large groups. Its worth it to stay home for awhile its only temporary…… Keep safe…

By: Anbu

Anbu — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:25:41 +0000

Then put on a mask u prick. Nobodies telling u disobedient little children u cant go out. Just follow the f%#@ing rules. Dont be surprised when people have had enough.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 12:15:51 +0000

@ computer guy could agree more with your reply. Yup it does suck that government was only giving and now charging residents for the monitors. $75 for travel authorisation forms and now $30 for monitors. A predeparture test is around $200. All is see is money grabbing from businesses and Governments trying making a buck of this virus. Another eg Gorhams charging $89 for 50 pack of masks when you can buy the same off amazon for $10.

By: Micro

Micro — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 12:10:39 +0000

This is exactly what needs to happen. Any travel that isn’t essential (ie emergency/medical) should result in mandatory quarantine at a government approved facility on their own dime.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 12:04:11 +0000

@ Ringmaster This makes no sense. The people that can roam free are the visitors and some residents that have gotten a predeparture test (within 5 days of travel) and a second negitive test at the airport. They could have been infected after their predeparture test or during travel on the day and passed the required initial testing here. Thinking they are all clear and now spreading it. The residents with no predeparture are the ones with monitoring braclette staying home for 8 days till after a negitive 8 day. What you should be saying is everyone who comes in needs to stay in for 8 days and if they are staying with others in the same household they too have to quarantine. “Quarantine at a secure location” was ridiculous and think it was a money grab from the Government.

By: Cotton Wool Brigade

Cotton Wool Brigade — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 01:34:03 +0000

Oh yes. The boogeyman (covid) is coming to get you!
Please…how many people are in hospital? NONE.
If you’re worried, don’t go out. Simple.
For those of us who want to return to some sort of normality and are willing to take the risk, let us do it. No one is forcing you to do the same.

By: Cotton Wool Brigade

Cotton Wool Brigade — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 01:26:18 +0000

So true – and happens all the time. Some fool screws it up for the rest of us.
It’s a shame the government can’t trust its populace to follow the rules, and returning residents will now be treated like criminals (tracking bracelets/guilty until proven innocent).
Having gone through the tracking bracelet process, it’s no laughing matter. I was suicidal and I could have quite easily have harmed someone else in my house. No one from the health department called. Ever. I could have died/murdered and they didn’t care enough to pick up their phone to check in.

By: Question?

Question? — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 01:22:02 +0000

Residents have to wear a monitoring bracket? Is that only if they haven’t had a pre-departure test?

We need the same rules for everyone.

By: Cotton Wool Brigade

Cotton Wool Brigade — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 01:21:29 +0000

Because it’s illegal to stop a resident from returning home. Simple as that.

By: Cotton Wool Brigade

Cotton Wool Brigade — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 01:20:21 +0000

Sorry…we’ve lost how many lives since the airport reopened? What’s that? Zero, you say?
Yeah, let’s shut the island down for 25 people who have caught the flu, but no one is seriously ill or in hospital.
Makes total sense to put even more people/businesses out of of business for the sake of 25 people who aren’t sick enough to go to KEMH.
Look forward to rebuking your next ill-thought out suggestion.

By: Bermudian

Bermudian — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:34:20 +0000

Mandate all travelers to the island (including residents) to quarantine until a negative 8 test. All household members would have to quarantine as well. It will be a pain, yes, but right now we all have to adjust to the new norm. Monitor bracelets are a great idea.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:28:47 +0000

Which makes more sense?

A) Continue to allow travelers to wander around in “mobile quarantine” after a negative pre-test and test, even though tests are starting to show as positive at 8 days? Continue to allow people to come into contact with these travelers, forcing offices and entire years of students (and their families) into 14 days quarantine?

B) Require travelers to properly quarantine for at least 8 days?

If your response is B, please sign this petition and share it around you. The more people sign it, the more likely we are to be heard by the government.

http://chng.it/R6Mvfkgg

By: Portia

Portia — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:20:04 +0000

No, because you aren’t SAVING lives, you are destroying countless lives to “save” a life for a virus that has a 99.99% survival rate. Your rationale is ridiculous.

By: Wahoo

Wahoo — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 22:37:13 +0000

Schools, restaurants/bars and offices now all reporting cases that sounds like it is pretty much everywhere to me folks. Lock down is inevitable thanks to reckless people, thanks to the people who have their big noses stuck out over their masks, thanks to the people who just had to nip over to the states.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 21:43:46 +0000

I dissagree, if you look at the stats people have tested positive after 4 days with obtaining a predeparture tests. The problem is that people with a predeparture test are roaming around the island freely within the 7 day incubation period and potential infecting others.
The people that have not taken a predeparture test are in a manditory 8 day quarantine with monitoring braclette and at home. They are only alowed to go out after a negitive 8 day test and mobil quarantine till their 14 day negitive. Two standards.

By: knew it

knew it — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 21:26:03 +0000

Lockdown is coming again, be prepared everyone. Its out in the community now.
I was out on Friday night at a Front Street establishment and I was not at all impressed with the way in which people failed distance enough, masks not being worn by patrons, persons moving about short distances without masks. My friend and I finished our drink and cut a trail. We’re now watching our LOCAL TRANSMISSION levels rise.

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 21:19:01 +0000

I’ve said it many times. If a resident wants to go abroad and return without the same requirements set out for visitors then they should be quarantined at a secure location at their expense for 14 days. No different to mid year when the air bridges operated. Clearly some people are not staying home as required, but why should the majority who are taking the right precautions suffer for the few?

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 21:18:03 +0000

By: Computer Guy

Computer Guy — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 20:54:17 +0000

@NoVote Covid testing isn’t always readily available. Perfect example, where I currently reside, the only way to get a covid test is to a) be symptomatic b) believe you’ve been exposed or c) lie regarding a OR b….even with that you still have contact the authorities and be screened before you go in for a test. So it’s good for residents to be able to comeback without the test. I didn’t mind having to be quarantined as long as I was able to spend time with my family (who also consented to being in quarantine) whom I hadn’t seen in a long time. Some of us have been forced to spend a lot of time alone during covid and it’s good to be able to be around family. The government has done a good job of keeping things under control. It was honestly inevitable for covid to flare up again. That is literally happening everywhere around the world now. As we’ve also seen, pre-departure tests aren’t 100% fool proof as there’ve been people testing positive at the airport, as well as on day 4, 8 and 14, despite having a negative pre-departure test. Mandatory quarantines with regular testing in Bermuda are probably the safest way to go short of stopping all flights to the island. I’ll end with this…..mandatory quarantine is like a seatbelt…it only works if it’s used properly.

I still don’t like how they’re forcing residents only to wear and pay for monitors. That’s a slap in the face, every should be getting them. Regardless of if you have a pre-departure test or not.

By: NoVote

NoVote — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 20:27:09 +0000

Why isn’t it mandatory for residents to have a predeparture test?
We are having to send tourists home and quarantine locals who sat on the plane near returning residents who can’t be bothered to take a predeparture test and test positive on arrival or day 4? Makes no sense.

By: hmmm

hmmm — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 20:13:51 +0000

Isn’t it worth it to close the country down and put the brakes on the economy if we can save a life? Surely the life of one person is worth more than the livelihood of everyone!

By: ella

ella — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:58:32 +0000

The innocent will have to suffer for the guilty – each day I am feeling annoyed & frustrated!