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

[2WNBoost]

FYI: The all pose some level of risk, but it's better than severe COVID

Woman paralyzed 12 hours after getting first dose of Pfizer vaccine, doctors searching for answers

Pfizer or nothing.

[sMASH]

prolly not even due to the pfizer.

[Habit7]

Sinovac vaccine has barely 50% effective rate, and given their bribery scandal, may not even be that good.




Allyuh gamble with it

Even if it were true, the WHO approved Sinopharm (Beijing) is the one we are getting, not Sinovac.

But keep reading your Whatsapp forwarded messages for accurate information.

[pugboy]

i ain’t go lie
the braveboy woman does try too hard
she is a real amateur at trolling

[BUG]

Just got news from my brother in law that a mutual acquaintance of both of us passed away last night at Couva.
Mid 30s with an infant!!

His workplace has had quite a number of positive cases though which has been kept pretty low key. Libations of the brewed kind, owned by persons of Levantine descent

Good to know that Carib is considered an essential service, so much so that workers are dying so the country can poison themselves

[Dizzy28]

Just got news from my brother in law that a mutual acquaintance of both of us passed away last night at Couva.
Mid 30s with an infant!!

His workplace has had quite a number of positive cases though which has been kept pretty low key. Libations of the brewed kind, owned by persons of Levantine descent

Good to know that Carib is considered an essential service, so much so that workers are dying so the country can poison themselves

To be fair some of the hospitalized would be persons infected even before the current lockdown measures.
We have seen from some of the stories of the recovered people that they spent upwards of 30-40 days in Couva.

[Redress10]

workplaces.... indoors...

Has nothing to do with indoor vs outdoor U idiot. It is about close quarters. After the home, the workplace is the next big super spreader location as that is where most ppl spend multiple hours of their lives around other people.

[sMASH]

workplaces.... indoors...

Has nothing to do with indoor vs outdoor U idiot. It is about close quarters. After the home, the workplace is the next big super spreader location as that is where most ppl spend multiple hours of their lives around other people.

yes, ur correct, its about close quarters. because of the amount of viral loading u expose ur self to. but, in an indoor setting, the viral particles remain suspended in the air, long after the person is gone even with regular air movements.

with outdoors, even with close contact, the virus particles get dissipated so readily, its not a hazard for brief interactions.

u can do nearly anyting outdoors, so long as u dont linger too close or too long. and indoors is too risky, and would need the best air movement and filters.


hence why u would see all reports of people getting it going to work or some store, rather than in a park or walking on a street.

[adnj]

workplaces.... indoors...

Has nothing to do with indoor vs outdoor U idiot. It is about close quarters. After the home, the workplace is the next big super spreader location as that is where most ppl spend multiple hours of their lives around other people.

The risk factors were always crowd size, whether they were household members, duration of meet, and air flow.

[Dohplaydat]

workplaces.... indoors...

Has nothing to do with indoor vs outdoor U idiot. It is about close quarters. After the home, the workplace is the next big super spreader location as that is where most ppl spend multiple hours of their lives around other people.

The risk factors were always crowd size, whether they were household members, duration of meet, and air flow.

This is good info. Though I think it needs some updating based on recent findings:

Going to a beach should be 4, not 5.
Working a week in an office building should be moved up to high risk, like a 7 at least.
Going to dinner at someone else's house should also be a 7

The rest are fine.

Playing football/baskball might be fairly high risk, but cricket is definitely less, could be classed 1 risk point above golf.

[redmanjp]

Sinovac vaccine has barely 50% effective rate, and given their bribery scandal, may not even be that good.




Allyuh gamble with it

Even if it were true, the WHO approved Sinopharm (Beijing) is the one we are getting, not Sinovac.

But keep reading your Whatsapp forwarded messages for accurate information.

true but images on govt official fb pages with sinovac didn't help either. thankfully they clarified that it was not the one we received.

[BUG]

I bet plenty of people are looking forward to a full weekend of liming indoors with 4 non-household people in their house at a time. No masks, inhibitions falling with alcohol consumption. They can even schedule limes a few hours apart with multiple groups, that way they can see ALL their friends through the weekend.

Remember, whether it's right or wrong, it's all completely legal and as we've seen throughout this pandemic the world over, people don't need an excuse to congregate with each other.

I still can't go for a walk outside in the sun and fresh air by myself though, that would have me arrested.

[redmanjp]

I bet plenty of people are looking forward to a full weekend of liming indoors with 4 non-household people in their house at a time. No masks, inhibitions falling with alcohol consumption. They can even schedule limes a few hours apart with multiple groups, that way they can see ALL their friends through the weekend.

Remember, whether it's right or wrong, it's all completely legal and as we've seen throughout this pandemic the world over, people don't need an excuse to congregate with each other.

I still can't go for a walk outside in the sun and fresh air by myself though, that would have me arrested.

tell them u going by d parlour. that is essential business

[BUG]

Yeah it's more the point I'm making is which of those two activities sounds like it has a higher risk of transmission and thus a continuance of the situation we find ourselves in now.

[redmanjp]

Yeah it's more the point I'm making is which of those two activities sounds like it has a higher risk of transmission and thus a continuance of the situation we find ourselves in now.

yeah i understand. the AG said that 'smartmanism' is d reason it banned. perhaps ppl would claim they going out to excercise but wil end up check a partner or someone. also many individual ppl can all converge in the same savannah.

the issue of private gatherings should reaaly be addressed by road blocks and asking ppl where they off to and sending thrm back home- check and see if for instance they carrying drinks in d car or a bag of ice which would hint at some type of party.

perhaps they can go further and just ban the sale of alcohol for the next 3 weeks or so. public consumption already banned.

[Habit7]

This sounds like us a month or 2 ago

[Dohplaydat]

This sounds like us a month or 2 ago

Watch them lockdown quickly and return to normal. Unlike us, they will listen to their CMO.

[Chimera]

i eh watch that video but i remember in 2019 with covid now started to pop up

november 2019 me and a few padnas were organising to pay for flights to go to canton fair in april

one of my suppliers in china tell me not to come, how it have a bad virus and they trying to keep it under wraps and control but its a bad idea to book the flight

by december/january he show me how most factories convert to making medical supplies for chinese use
no supplies being allowed to leave china, if you want stuff like masks you hadda label it as something else and pay a few bribes to get it to leave the country

i see videos where they tucks with big mist blowers, 3-4 trucks driving side by side and sanitizing whole towns and streets 2 or 3 times a day


dozens of workers walking through areas in full PPE and mist blowers sanitizing buildings and public spaces

and on the whole, chinese are healthy people compared to most places with what they eat


we could never expect that kind of response down here

[widdyphuck]

New record

[K74T]

708 new cases and 7 deaths

[gastly369]

And by now we all know that's "below the actual figures" posted...

[aaron17]

May 14th to may 20th
Cases...

[Dohplaydat]

And by now we all know that's "below the actual figures" posted...

Let's do some quick math. We are detecting at MOST 1 in 5 cases.

With the virus lasting at least 2 weeks and us having 6000 cases in the last 2 weeks.....we can assume 30,000 persons have covid currently in T&T.

That's 2% of the population or 1 in 50 persons.

Almost definitely everytime you go to the grocery someone there has covid FYI. It doesn't mean you'll catch it, but i hope that puts things in perspective.

[hover11]

REGARDLESS that's still 708 NEW cases whether it's today or over that period now what scares me is that these 708 persons who else did they infect because we know we trinis so obedient on quarantine and always stay home

May 14th to may 20th
Cases...

[widdyphuck]

I think we should be calling for the resignation of:
CMO
Maryam Richards
Trotman
Avery Hinds
Deyalsingh.
Tax payers dollars are being paid to them to prevent us from reaching a position like this yet we are here.
Someone has to accept responsibility for this atrocious state of affairs.

Don't even mention the massive loss of livelihood that we are currently experiencing.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

708 new cases and 7 deaths

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708 cases
7 deaths
1354 tests
52.3% positivity

[killercow]

REGARDLESS that's still 708 NEW cases whether it's today or over that period now what scares me is that these 708 persons who else did they infect because we know we trinis so obedient on quarantine and always stay home

May 14th to may 20th
Cases...

Imagine people who do their utmost best and take all the necessary precautions still getting Covid (and before finding out spread it to others), so imagine the reckless ones? Let's not forget about our children under 8 who aren't required to wear masks and are asymptomatic spreaders. Imagine the actual rate of infection in T&T and the true # of people who are currently infected. The way I see it, sooner or later we're all gonna get it. It's just a question of time.

[redmanjp]

708 new cases and 7 deaths

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708 cases
7 deaths
1354 tests
52.3% positivity

u sure they report no of tests the exact same way as the new cases? as in the no of tests reflect test done in the exact same period as the period in which the positive samples come from? if not we can't calculate the positivity rate

[SuperiorMan]

I think we should be calling for the resignation of:
CMO
Maryam Richards
Trotman
Avery Hinds
Deyalsingh.
Tax payers dollars are being paid to them to prevent us from reaching a position like this yet we are here.
Someone has to accept responsibility for this atrocious state of affairs.

Don't even mention the massive loss of livelihood that we are currently experiencing.

Like anything going to happen to them lol.

[teems1]

I think we should be calling for the resignation of:
CMO
Maryam Richards
Trotman
Avery Hinds
Deyalsingh.
Tax payers dollars are being paid to them to prevent us from reaching a position like this yet we are here.
Someone has to accept responsibility for this atrocious state of affairs.

Don't even mention the massive loss of livelihood that we are currently experiencing.

If given the option CMO, Trotman and Richards would enact a full 24/7 2 week total lockdown. No movement whatsoever anywhere.

A proper full border closure including the illegals.

Supermarkets/pharmacies/fruit stands/ministries/banks/insurance companies closed. Use what's in your pantry and medicine cabinet. Eat crix and tuna if you don't have a stove.

Geriatric and night nurses to remain with the patients. If they have responsibilities during the day with family 2 weeks someone else could take over.

Army would drop off supplies in your yard.

Like when China welded people inside their houses and apartment complexes.

From a medically viewpoint they don't care about your economic affairs, livelihood, family business going under, rent collection, unpaid loans, debts piling up, economy faltering etc. That's not their problem.

They don't care about your mental health either. 2 weeks and suck it up.

They want the number of cases to and deaths to go down.

Deyalsingh, Young, Hinds and KCR are the ones who have to weigh the pros and cons, and take the relevant steps to "keep the lights on".

They are the ones who are accountable at the end of the day.