See you in June!
See you in June!
Negril.com - For the vacation that never ends!
Walked by a few hotels that cater to Italian's like Merills and VeraClub, those places are almost empty. VeraClub had no beach chairs out and all the dinning room chairs were staked and put away. Sad to see. This year was looking so good for the tourist industry in Negril.
I am interested to see how Jamaica reacts to the outbreaks in the US and Canada. They would be saying “no, thanks” to a lot of tourist dollars. This virus is all over the US. There has been such a lack of testing. The numbers will start to balloon once the testing catches up.
Jamaica will react in the same way as all other countries in the world. They will close their borders after it is already too late. How do I know they will react in this way? Because they are already doing it. Or starting to. See this thread https://negril.com/forum/showthread....stoms-Sangster .
I am also interested. Though perhaps not for the same reasons as you.
The numbers will start ballooning when at-risk populations are dropping dead.Originally Posted by RyanP
[RyanP] This virus is all over the US. There has been such a lack of testing. The numbers will start to balloon once the testing catches up.[/RyanP]
You 2 said the same thing. Substitute "everyone" for "at risk" (because everyone is at risk). Think of learning of deaths ("[seeing someone] drop dead") as a form of testing. Then they say the same thing.
What if the virus gets into the place pictured in the video in the preceding post (Downtown Kingston)?
What happens? Think about it.
"protect yourselves with masks/sanitizer/etc" => most can barely afford food
"isolate yourselves" => in a crowded apartment with no indoor plumbing?
"see a doctor" => most of them don't have doctors
etc
... or any similar place... (Port Au Prince, Mexico City, Rio, Mumbai, Dakka, Manila, ...) (how many people? "bottom billion"...)
Think about it.
More later...
haiti's already been through a cholera epidemic. same thing will happen to the people if corona virus lands there, and they will probably fare better than they did during the cholera epidemic, since it's not water-borne or food-borne.
i just got back from port au prince- they were doing some sort of screening at the airport upon arrival. all visitors had an ear examined by flashlight. not sure what they were looking for, but that's what they're doing.
and honestly, if i had a trip to the carribbean planned for any time between now and july, i'd go.
we're actually planning a 15 day visit to jamaica for late july, because we have a friend from haiti who is really excited to go there.
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