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

[RedVEVO]

hover: waiting for backpay, on 2013 salary, but making more money than everyone on tuner

also hover: all of a sudden not a public servant

hover: cases high and calling for govt to lockdown

hover: really cares about people and wants govt to lockdown

hover: claiming the elderly are the biggest percentage of deaths in trinidad

also hover: does not care about elderly saying they should die out (covid seems to do the job)

hover: his mother dead and wants everyone else to die as well cause it's not fair they should continue living

i get that right?

Return to SOE would not be a bad choice considering the increase in crime and COVID 19 variants.

Live your life !

[hover11]

hover: waiting for backpay, on 2013 salary, but making more money than everyone on tuner

also hover: all of a sudden not a public servant

hover: cases high and calling for govt to lockdown

hover: really cares about people and wants govt to lockdown

hover: claiming the elderly are the biggest percentage of deaths in trinidad

also hover: does not care about elderly saying they should die out (covid seems to do the job)

hover: his mother dead and wants everyone else to die as well cause it's not fair they should continue living

i get that right?

Return to SOE would not be a bad choice considering the increase in crime and COVID 19 variants.

Live your life !

The depressive economy hadda thrive....

[RedVEVO]

hover: waiting for backpay, on 2013 salary, but making more money than everyone on tuner

also hover: all of a sudden not a public servant

hover: cases high and calling for govt to lockdown

hover: really cares about people and wants govt to lockdown

hover: claiming the elderly are the biggest percentage of deaths in trinidad

also hover: does not care about elderly saying they should die out (covid seems to do the job)

hover: his mother dead and wants everyone else to die as well cause it's not fair they should continue living

i get that right?

Return to SOE would not be a bad choice considering the increase in crime and COVID 19 variants.

Live your life !

The depressive economy hadda thrive....

The T&T Economy will take a dive for about 3-4 years.

All the safety nets were removed .

T&T in a free fall with variants after variants .

Not in favor of a lockdown - But SOE is a good choice now with crime and variants

[Dizzy28]

Not finding on the online papers but GORTT not implementing the Public Service plan next week.

[redmanjp]

not just 'old ppl' in hospital hover. children too. including an infant in a news report i heard

https://newsday.co.tt/2022/01/10/cmo-hinds-early-signs-of-omicron-spread-in-trinidad-and-tobago/

CMO, Dr Hinds: Early signs of omicron spread in Trinidad and Tobago

TRINIDAD and Tobago must be ready for a surge of the omicron covid19 variant, which may be in the embryonic stages of local or community spread.

Among those most vulnerable to omicron are children. There are currently four covid19 paediatric cases in the parallel health-care system established in 2020 to deal with the virus. While there have been reports of the possible emergence of a new covid19 variant, deltacron, available data does not suggest it is a variant of concern such as the delta and omicron variants.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram, epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds and emergency care specialist Dr Joanne Paul made these comments at the virtual health news conference on Monday.

In analysing recent epidemiological data from the final two weeks in December, Hinds said this information is being examined "against the backdrop of potential community introduction of the far more transmissible omicron variant."

He added, "We continue to need to be on our guard."

Referring to the latest weekly report he received from UWI's Medical Sciences Faculty, he said, "We would have done 29 additional samples. Five of those would have shown up to be omicron and the rest of them, 24, would have been delta."

Against that background, 17.24 per cent of the covid19 samples are omicron and the rest are delta.

"We are still seeing a predominance of delta in the sampling."

When people experience milder symptoms in any disease, Parasram said those people might not come forward for testing and could be covid19-positive.

"It is very hard to tell at this point, but we may certainly have local cases." He recalled that four out of the 17 omicron cases in TT are local while the others had travel-related histories.

"So we are looking at early community or local spread for sure and it will only be a matter of time before we get what has happened in the other countries (with omicron)." Parasram said the ministry estimated there could be an increase in covid19 cases within one-two weeks.

"We are waiting to see that increase, at least coming out of the samples."

Between December 27 and January 2, there was a 71 per cent increase in covid19 cases worldwide. or 9.5 million new cases. The Americas, South-East Asia, Europe. Eastern Mediterranean, African and Western Pacific regions, saw the highest number of cases in this period. In terms of countries with increased covid19 cases in this period, the United States and the United Kingdom saw 92 and 51 per cent increases in cases respectively.

The large number of covid19 mutations allows the virus to stick to human cells more easily. Referring to a recent bulletin from the World Health Organization (WHO), Parasram said,"'Unlike delta and other variants, omicron seems to be replicating in the upper respiratory tract and not the lower respiratory tract."

The upper respiratory tract refers to the nose, throat and other organs above the lungs.

"While the omicron appears to be less severe than delta, especially in those (people) who are vaccinated, it does not mean that it should be categorised by any means as mild."

Parsaram said omicron still causes severe illness, hospitalisation, overburdens health-care systems globally and the world recorded omicron deaths a few weeks ago. He reiterated that fever, chills and shortness of breath are amongst the symptoms experienced by covid19-positive people.

Paul said unvaccinated people are showing more severe covid19 symptoms. Referring to conversations about omicron trends she had with colleagues in the US, UK and India, Paul said unvaccinated people show more severe symptoms than vaccinated people and trends in other countries may be similar or different to what is happening in TT.

Factors such as level of covid19 vaccination and health of the population could influence covid19 trends in a country. Paul said the families of health care workers have to be extra vigilant "to maintain their public-health measures at the home."

This includes things like maximising family time outdoors, with proper physical distancing.

"You are trying to protect that health care worker to be able to go to work and take care of us."

[redmanjp]

it's true the benefit-risk ratio is quite different for children in terms of death. but there are other concerns as well.

right now a few kids in hospital for MIS-C. so its not all about survival rate. also it have something called 'long covid'. i think somebody earlier posted about it, being linked to micro clots and such.

[ed360123]

lol
loosen up adnj-you dont need to defend the establishment so rabidly.
But there is hope for you yet..
Even Dix can change his approach
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... -taskforce

"Covid should be treated as an endemic virus similar to flu, and ministers should end mass-vaccination after the booster campaign, the former chairman of the UK’s vaccine taskforce has said."

Yep ending mass vaccination is called change....well done ed.

The Virus is evolving-opinions and strategy should change.

Should we continue vaxxing kids??

Top epidemiologist Professor John Ioannidis has published a new study which concludes that the survival rate of people under the age of 20 who catch COVID is 99.9987%.

Does that invert the risk towards the vacc being more problematic than the virus???

Do you have a link to the last quote?

[bluefete]

News conference right now with a young lady who was paralyzed after taking the PFIZER vaccine to keep her job.

All 3 TV stations present.

[hover11]

News conference right now with a young lady who was paralyzed after taking the PFIZER vaccine to keep her job.

All 3 TV stations present.

Not a black cent she gonna get, who tell u rush for vaccine

[bluefete]

How Michael Annisette with NO MASK could hug the girl, who is wearing a mask, at the end of the conference?

[bluefete]

News conference right now with a young lady who was paralyzed after taking the PFIZER vaccine to keep her job.

All 3 TV stations present.

Not a black cent she gonna get, who tell u rush for vaccine

You not supposed to be in yuh government wuk right now?

Anyways, I did not sign any waiver of liability when I got my shot.

[FuadAdnan]

How Michael Annisette with NO MASK could hug the girl, who is wearing a mask, at the end of the conference?

Rules don't really apply to them.

[DMan7]

[paid_influencer]

so I pussied out and didn't get a haircut. gonna home cut it and how it look it look. i not risking covid because every day without covid is a good day and I want more good days

[K74T]

One new Omicron case confirmed

[paid_influencer]

20 dead a day is the new normal. population ent going to blink until it reach like 50 or a hundred a day now. ppl who vulnerable and not health hadda keep themselves safe because the society as a whole not interested in that anymore and going full-speed towards killing out the elderly/sick.

[pugboy]

wonder when 0micron wave hitting us

[timelapse]

so I pussied out and didn't get a haircut. gonna home cut it and how it look it look. i not risking covid because every day without covid is a good day and I want more good days

Grow a ras.
Or go pennywise and buy a hair clipper.GI Joe for it

[redmanjp]

News conference right now with a young lady who was paralyzed after taking the PFIZER vaccine to keep her job.

All 3 TV stations present.

any link on social media?

[ed360123]

News conference right now with a young lady who was paralyzed after taking the PFIZER vaccine to keep her job.

All 3 TV stations present.

any link on social media?

https://m.facebook.com/CCNTV6/videos/in-a-media-conference-hosted-by-natuc-farisha-ballantines-father-becomes-emotion/299070008936768/?_rdr

[DMan7]

News conference right now with a young lady who was paralyzed after taking the PFIZER vaccine to keep her job.

All 3 TV stations present.

any link on social media?

https://m.facebook.com/CCNTV6/videos/in-a-media-conference-hosted-by-natuc-farisha-ballantines-father-becomes-emotion/299070008936768/?_rdr

Something about that seems awfully suspicious.

[hover11]

MINISTER OF PUBLIC UTILITIES MARVIN GONZALES, HAS REPORTEDLY TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.

https://newsday.co.tt/2022/01/11/govt-o ... well-busy/

[pugboy]

might be more delays for them beetham sewer rats

[redmanjp]

might be more delays for them beetham sewer rats

nah i sure he can work from home

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

175/3102 fully vaxxed died...

vaccines wokking!

and according to the antivaxxer logic - the only unvaxxed people dying are old ppl and those with comorbidities... so lewwe just say 175 of vaccinated people were old people and possibly with comorbidities

Maybe you need to say it as 2927/3102 were unvaxxed

[redmanjp]

News conference right now with a young lady who was paralyzed after taking the PFIZER vaccine to keep her job.

All 3 TV stations present.

any link on social media?

https://m.facebook.com/CCNTV6/videos/in-a-media-conference-hosted-by-natuc-farisha-ballantines-father-becomes-emotion/299070008936768/?_rdr

this looks like the full one

[hover11]

Only 28% of Tobago fire officers vaccinated:
Saying the decision to be vaccinated should be a personal choice, David Thomas argued the Government’s stance “could never be acceptable in a true democracy.”
Via the Newsday Newspaper

President of the First Divisional Fire Officers’ Association David Thomas has said only about 28 per cent of the fire officers in Tobago are vaccinated.

The island has close to 350 fire officers.

“We had done a survey of fire officers who have been vaccinated during the first week of January, and the numbers that we were able to record in Tobago is about 28 per cent,” he told Newsday on Tuesday.

Thomas could not say how many officers have been vaccinated since then, but noted the vaccinated fire officers are in solidarity with those who are not yet vaccinated or have opted not to do so.

At a news conference on December 18, the Prime Minister declared that all unvaccinated public servants must get their first jab by January 17 or be furloughed. Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi later said there was no guarantee that those who are furloughed will be reinstated.

Saying the decision to be vaccinated should be a personal choice, Thomas argued the Government’s stance “could never be acceptable in a true democracy.”

[adnj]

Quebec will impose a health tax on those still unvaccinated

Quebec says it will tax those who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 without a medical reason

Jan 11, 2022, 11:16 PM

10% of Quebec's adult population is unvaccinated for COVID-19, Premier François Legault said.

The unvaccinated, however, make up half of all ICU beds in the province, Legault said.

He says they will be taxed a "significant" amount for the strain they put on the healthcare system.

https://www.businessinsider.com/quebec- ... 2022-1?amp

[Chimera]

Quebec will impose a health tax on those still unvaccinated

Quebec says it will tax those who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 without a medical reason

Jan 11, 2022, 11:16 PM

10% of Quebec's adult population is unvaccinated for COVID-19, Premier François Legault said.

The unvaccinated, however, make up half of all ICU beds in the province, Legault said.

He says they will be taxed a "significant" amount for the strain they put on the healthcare system.

https://www.businessinsider.com/quebec- ... 2022-1?amp

We need this in Trinidad

[pugboy]

yeah we need to get back the medical facilities to be doing non covid work
can’t go on like this