For a very long time now I have not believed the reporting that T&T was doing well in the battle against COVID-19 despite that Oxford report that said that we were number one in the world in the fight against it. I believed that we were simply not being told the truth about the virus and its spread and that the reality was much worse. I also believed that after the elections there would be a spike.
Well, so far the evidence is that I was right about the spike and it's timing but there has been no evidence that I was right about the other things ... except for my very ugly, dark and (what should be) unnecessary suspicions. But why should I have had these suspicions? Were/are they unreasonable? Well, you judge for yourself:
First of all, it was clear way back in February that this virus was deadly and dangerous. It was clear that urgent steps ought to be taken to contain it. And yet? Well, the Government in its wisdom allowed Carnival to go on. Was this a wise decision? The reports suggest that it was because there was no discernible spike two weeks later. In fact, when our borders were closed on March 23rd the reported rate of infection was exceedingly low.
But just recently (literally just before the general elections on August 10th) the number of reported infections started to rise. By the way, it is worth noting that the reported testing during the period March to the end of July was only about 5,000. Little Grenada in the same period had done 48,000 tests! To which any thinking person is bound to ask: why?
Then, when the reports started coming in about persons who actually had the virus the rumours went around that it was being brought in by the illegal Venezuelans. The problem with this theory was that most of these Venezuelans were coming in through the south and all of the cases were being reported in the north. What was wrong with this picture?
Then another rumour/explanation surfaced: that it was the Trinis coming back home that were bringing the virus with them. Hmmm! Possible, but not exactly conclusive. And still did not explain things sufficiently.
So? Where is this spike coming from? Unless, of course, there is no "spike" but simply a belated acknowledgement that the virus is here and totally out of control.
Look, the election is over and for better or worse we're stuck with the results whether you like it or not, or whether or not you believe that there was some fraud in the results. Unless one can come up with definitive proof that there was cheating then we have no choice but to accept the results. This doesn't mean, of course, that there was no cheating. It just means that there is no justiciable evidence and that the very ugly suspicions that there might have been cheating have to be put aside ... at least, for the time being. For me, there is little point in debating this particular issue right now. What is a million times more important is how to deal with this COVID crisis.
My point here is that I believe that this whole COVID business was and is being covered up by the Government. Do I have any proof that it was? None whatsoever! It is just that too many things don't make a whole lot of sense to me ... they simply don't add up ... and I was always taught that when a man tells you something that you don't understand 97 percent of the time it is because he does NOT WANT you to understand; the remaining 3 percent of the time it is because he is a fool and doesn't understand what he is saying. So? What is it that the Government doesn't want us to know about or understand? Because whatever you might think or want to say about Dr. Rowley and his gang, 'stupid' is not an adjective that you can label them with. This is no longer a question of politics, but a question of life and death. And the last time I looked, death tends to last for a long time!
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