February 26, 2021
Amid criticism on multiple fronts over her administration’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis, Prime Minister Mia Mottley pushed back gently on her critics, saying she welcomed all criticism but declared there is no “perfect” plan for COVID.
Speaking Thursday during her address to the nation, Mottley said that Barbados, like other countries around the globe, are all handling the pandemic in the best way they can, and though mistakes will be made at points, countries are all striving to make their individual situations better for all their citizens.
Her latest, strongest criticism came from a France-based Barbadian molecular biologist, Dr Melissa Goddard. In an op-ed column for the non-profit Antillean Media Group. Dr Goddard, an expert in gene therapy research for rare diseases blasted the Government’s travel policies which appeared to run counter to prevailing public health science on the coronavirus.
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