rob...check me on this...the CDC warning is based island-wide numbers (28.4%positive monday) and makes no distinction for the covid resilient corridor (1.04% positive monday per Gleaner) which “houses 85% of the island’s tourism product and less than 1% of the population.” in negril these past few weeks all we’ve seen are local folks working hard to comply and keep everyone safe. it seems to be working so far
Yes, the Resilient Corridor seems to be the shining spot in an otherwise gloomy situation. The locals in the Corridor are working very diligently to comply with all the protocols.Originally Posted by nola2negril
There is a major "blitz" being made for tourism workers to get vaccinated today and tomorrow at Sandals. While not mandatory, I have yet to talk with a tourism worker who does not want the vaccine. So look for the vaccination rate to increase dramatically in the next few days.
And while yesterday's numbers are not out yet, the rate on Tuesday was 42.2% positivity in testing. Since not all the tourism workers live in the Resilient Corridor, the island wide infection rate is the one the CDC should use.
Until recently very few people in or around Negril were getting Covid. But in the last few weeks we have had friends who have succumbed to the virus. That is one of the reasons behind the Sandals vaccine blitz. We want to keep the Corridor numbers very very low to keep our visitors and tourism workers safe.
Barring the No-Movement days, which seem to be driving me slowly crazy, the reasoning behind the need for the tourism workers to be vaccinated is the same reasoning for our upcoming visitors (until the rate of infections decrease) to also be vaccinated.
And the numbers for yesterday just came in - a 32.5% testing positivity rate - another sign in the right direction.
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The Sandals vaccine Blitz was highly efficient. And I was hand sanitized each time I entered a new area!
Courtesy and even some humor made it an actual pleasurable experience.
Took the J&J, still have about 5 more minutes to wait as they monitor each of us for any adverse reactions.
Total time so far about 20 minutes.
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