Is the world reaping the backlash of the COVID-19 anti-vaccination movement? It seems that way.One of the unintended consequences of the so called “anti-vaxxers” cause, which is filled with hyperbole and conspiracies about the necessity and side-effects of vaccinations, has resulted in a rise is several diseases that have been, for the most part, eradicated from most of the world.The propaganda that flourished during the pandemic, whipping up hysteria against what has been a long proven and effective way of protecting populations against several diseases, has worked.All that is required to put an entire population at risk is for enough people to decide that they do not want to be vaccinated and the disease establishes itself.Often mutations develop that evade vaccinations, as we have seen with the COVID-19 and the number of variants that continue to sicken and kill Barbadians.
This was a very different Grand Kadooment. A scaled-down Crop Over Festival climaxed yesterday on Kadooment Day, ending where it usually starts at the National Stadium, but seeming to lack the usual fervour and frenzy associated with the final event of the season. The reconstructed and tweaked final day did provide a safer environment in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the climax at times produced a sedate-looking event …
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While some flight disruptions out of New York have impacted at least one event promoter and ticketing company, another is bracing for any potential fallout. Chief executive officer (CEO) of Ticket Linkz Ryan Brathwaite gave that response yesterday after it was said that some travellers who were scheduled to visit Barbados for the climax of the Crop Over Festival, would be unable to make it in time for August 1 …
Personnel from the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) are fully prepared for what will be their first post-Grand Kadooment cleanup in two years, the agency’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Carl Padmore has assured.He has also appealed to motorists to be more considerate of SSA crews as they work.Padmore told Barbados TODAY all the teams are aware of the logistics of the clean-up which will happen after the climax of the Crop Over Festival, with the work planned to be executed as seamlessly as possible after the last Kadooment band makes its way onto the route.However, he expressed concern that at previous events during the Crop Over season, some vendors did not dispose of their waste correctly, creating problems for the SSA.