Dear Editor,
We sure are a special population which takes special dates with a mushy sentiment. We are waiting for the 1st of January to enforce the testing of vaccinated Americans while knowing fully well that USA is facing a crisis with Omicron.
We are facing a crisis with double-digit and triple-digit figures of new infections daily for the past few days.
Only reason we are not seeing the same amount in our active cases is due to the reduced period now for the recovery cases to be gleefully counted.
We are facing this situation like an ostrich where we are waiting for someone to take care of this problem or just want this to miraculously disappear and when nothing happens, we will tug on the coattails of our “equal” kingdom partner Netherlands – of course keeping the rhetoric of independence in check for the time of present crisis.
Last election there was a lot of talk of diversifying the economy, etc. Of course, now that the seats are warm with the 15 parliamentarians and a few Ministers, etc., we will only depend on tourism as that’s the easiest low-hanging fruit.
With only the tourism or Netherlands bailouts cut out for our survival we have been accepting untested travelers on our shores with absolute disregard. We are still engaging with the idea of being open until 3:00am on New Year’s night. We had our “own” on the floor of parliament suggest a 6:00am permission for New Year’s night. Nations around the world are cancelling the New Year’s Eve festivities.
Of course, we will elect the same back for their incompetence to be proactive and sometimes reactive.
So, no diversification of economy, no government salary cuts (no idea if the 12.5 per cent cuts exist), corruption galore, no growth of sports, COVID, etc. Who’s got the time for that now … that’s just a common flu!
Ain’t we special!
Name withheld at author’s request.
