COVID-19 in Trinidad & Tobago (Local Updates & Discussions Only)

[hover11]

They were having full staged concerts in a pandemic with no masks what did they expect

Jamaica is on track to pass Trinidad in COVID case prevelance next week.

They most likely will, and in a few weeks over take our death rate given their very low vaaccination rate.

[hover11]

Meanwhile in Guyana .....So who assisting the patients

[DMan7]

Johnson & Johnson coming very soon to our shores.

[K74T]

213 new cases and 5 deaths unfortunately.

[sMASH]

uk - case rate was high, dropped of hard, and started to increase again and still high. its death rate is low but increasing slowly. it case fatality is low and increasing very slowly, nutten to really study.

us - case rate is high and increasing significantly. its death rate is low and going up very slowly. so its overall case fatality is low, and even dropping. so they are getting less deaths per case. so althugh ppl getting sick, less and less are succumbing

tnt - case rate is lowish compared to this group, and kinda up and down. fatality high for this group, is very volatile and tht could be because of reporting. but showing an over all up trend. and u see that a consistent amount of cases are dying... but u see an overall upward trend.

jamaica - case rate is low but increasing steadily. fatality is low but increasing as well, but less than the case rate. so the case fatality is in the same region of tnt, but decreasing very slowly. so more and more people will be living after getting covid

sweden - case rate is low but increasing slowly. death rate is even low, nearly nil and keeps trending down. so the fatality rate is practically nil. so not much people getting covid, and when they get it, have a high chance of living.


getting covid is more of a death sentence in trinidad and jamaica than the other countries. even tho they have mroe cases.

[sMASH]

all that being said, the places with the lowest case fatality rate has the highest vacination rate. and conversely, places with the higher case fatality rate have the lower vaccination rate.

[pugboy]

imagine in florida the governor want to ban persons wearing masks
its one thing to make a law requiring to wear masks
but to compell ppl to not wear a mask is crazy

[Mmoney607]

imagine in florida the governor want to ban persons wearing masks
its one thing to make a law requiring to wear masks
but to compell ppl to not wear a mask is crazy

I don't think he is banning masks. I think what he is banning is the ability of people to mandate masks.

[hover11]

Wait so you mean that businesses and schools would not be able to enact their own rules concerning mask wearing ....where is the science in that?

imagine in florida the governor want to ban persons wearing masks
its one thing to make a law requiring to wear masks
but to compell ppl to not wear a mask is crazy

I don't think he is banning masks. I think what he is banning is the ability of people to mandate masks.

[sMASH]

masks in an indoor setting for more than a half hour, not gonna do one sheit.

[DMan7]

masks in an indoor setting for more than a half hour, not gonna do one sheit.

You doh wuk in a school?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

and get vaccinated

[adnj]

From IHME, August 5 data.

Ranking of excess deaths due to COVID-19 among the leading causes of mortality this week, assuming uniform deaths of non-COVID causes throughout the year.

Cause name Weekly deaths
COVID-19 65
Ischemic heart disease 41
Diabetes mellitus 35
Stroke 23
Chronic kidney disease 12
Prostate cancer 8
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias 6
Interpersonal violence 6
Hypertensive heart disease 6
Lower respiratory infections 5


Trends in drivers of transmission:

• In Trinidad and Tobago 62.3% of people say they would accept or would probably accept a vaccine for COVID-19. This is down by 1.1 percentage points from last week. The fraction of the population who are open to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine ranges from 42% in Haiti to 92% in Guatemala.

• In our current reference scenario, we expect that 745,800 people will be vaccinated with at least one dose by December 1.

• In our current reference scenario, we expect that by December 1, 53% of people will be immune to non-escape variants and 49% of people will be immune to escape variants.

[Country_Bookie]

Nearly 9,000 people in Germany must be vaccinated again after a nurse administering the shot swapped the vaccine for a harmless saltwater solution.
After dropping a vial of Pfizer vaccine in April, a German nurse replaced COVID-19 shots with saline and administered those to patients instead, Metro UK reported.
But police found the nurse may have swapped out the vaccine multiple times.
Local authorities said nearly 9,000 people vaccinated between March 5 and April 20 will need another shot to be safe, the public radio broadcaster NDR said. All of the affected people were over the age of 70 and vaccinated at the same location in Schortens-Roffhausen, the report said.

Peter Beer, the deputy head of the Wilhelmshaven/Friesland police station, told the outlet that authorities reached the conclusion after conducting interviews with multiple witnesses in the month of June. Authorities said people who may have received the saltwater solution in lieu of the vaccine would be contacted to make up their missing dose, the report said.
Anyone vaccinated at the location during the time period can receive another dose, since authorities do not know who and exactly how many received the saltwater solution. German health officials said the patients "vaccinated" with the saline solution were not at any health risk, NDR reported.
When the situation arose in April, authorities used antibody tests of people they suspected were not given an actual vaccine dose to determine whether they received it. But officials said that because the vaccinations occurred months ago, antibody tests will be less helpful, NDR reported.
An investigation into the nurse's motives is ongoing, authorities said. Investigators said the woman shared posts on social media that were critical of the vaccinations, the report said.

About 57% of the German population is vaccinated against COVID-19, data analyzed by Reuters indicated.

Who knew hover11 was a German nurse??

[hover11]

Soooo, they put extra beds in the ICUs to prepare for the Delta..., but yet they're considering opening schools?!?! How

[Carbon12]

https://www.facebook.com/285361880228/p ... /?sfnsn=mo

If delta wasn't bad enough, what about the marburg?

[j.o.e]

https://www.facebook.com/285361880228/posts/10159973955350229/?sfnsn=mo

If delta wasn't bad enough, what about the marburg?

Kills too quickly. Unlikely to spread

[adnj]

Latest predictor model for infection. This one accounts for some schools opening but no entertainment venues. It also considers low vaccination rates and the Delta variant in nearby countries.

[hover11]

Black plague begs to disagree there

https://www.facebook.com/285361880228/posts/10159973955350229/?sfnsn=mo

If delta wasn't bad enough, what about the marburg?

Kills too quickly. Unlikely to spread

[j.o.e]

Black plague begs to disagree there

https://www.facebook.com/285361880228/posts/10159973955350229/?sfnsn=mo

If delta wasn't bad enough, what about the marburg?

Kills too quickly. Unlikely to spread

The black plague was also spread by infected fleas and rats it didn’t require human hosts alone for spread. This is more similar to Ebola, requires human to human spread but people who get sick and die quickly don’t do a good job of that.

[aaron17]

We know that vaccinated or not..you can still get the virus.
But the best bet of not getting it is to wear proper masks, social distance , wash hands and be in proper ventilated areas?

[redmanjp]

We know that vaccinated or not..you can still get the virus.
But the best bet of not getting it is to wear proper masks, social distance , wash hands and be in proper ventilated areas?

all of the above ,plus vaccination is effective. you CAN get it if vaccinated, just like you CAN win the lotto -the poin is the chances are reduced by the efficacy rate-eg. with an efficacy of 80% it means 80% less ppl who are vaxxed will get it. u should watch the VOX video.

[bluefete]

Okay folks:

So the Ministry of Education sent out a memo dated 9th August in which it stated that EVERYBODY must be vaccinated if working or visiting the ministry.

All employees must have vaccination cards when at work and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Let the tuner doubters post the rest.

[aaron17]

[quote="bluefete"]Okay folks:

So the Ministry of Education sent out a memo dated 9th August in which it stated that EVERYBODY must be vaccinated if working or visiting the ministry.

All employees must have vaccination cards when at work and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Let the tuner doubters post the rest.[/q

might include all ministries soon...

[hover11]

Strange that would require mandatory vaccination for a government office to require such

Okay folks:

So the Ministry of Education sent out a memo dated 9th August in which it stated that EVERYBODY must be vaccinated if working or visiting the ministry.

All employees must have vaccination cards when at work and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Let the tuner doubters post the rest.

[aaron17]

We know that vaccinated or not..you can still get the virus.
But the best bet of not getting it is to wear proper masks, social distance , wash hands and be in proper ventilated areas?

all of the above ,plus vaccination is effective. you CAN get it if vaccinated, just like you CAN win the lotto -the poin is the chances are reduced by the efficacy rate-eg. with an efficacy of 80% it means 80% less ppl who are vaxxed will get it. u should watch teh VOX video.

since march tho...

Data keeps coming in....

[Habit7]

For those complaining about not getting to go to Canada without quarantine, this is what some Europeans facing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/worl ... opean.html

[bluefete]

Signed by the PS, no less.

It was addressed to ALL STAFF.

Strange that would require mandatory vaccination for a government office to require such

Okay folks:

So the Ministry of Education sent out a memo dated 9th August in which it stated that EVERYBODY must be vaccinated if working or visiting the ministry.

All employees must have vaccination cards when at work and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Let the tuner doubters post the rest.

[hover11]

Not doubting inno , I just saying a government office supposed to serve all persons once they are citizens, even in Guyana where mandatory vaccination is law, they still serve the unvaccinated by appointments only.

Signed by the PS, no less.

It was addressed to ALL STAFF.

Strange that would require mandatory vaccination for a government office to require such

Okay folks:

So the Ministry of Education sent out a memo dated 9th August in which it stated that EVERYBODY must be vaccinated if working or visiting the ministry.

All employees must have vaccination cards when at work and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Let the tuner doubters post the rest.

[K74T]

Pic of memo?