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Lifestyle Influencers Are Now Sharing Some Bogus Far-Right Conspiracy Theories About The Coronavirus On Instagram

April 4, 2020, 10:06 am
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If 2020 wasn't weird enough, let's throw radicalized influencers into the mix.

By Stephanie McNeal, Ryan Broderick

As if things aren't bad enough right now, some lifestyle and parenting bloggers are now spreading completely baseless conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic to their tens of thousands of followers on Instagram.

The influencers are seamlessly weaving in evidence-free far-right conspiracy theories that are usually found in the significantly less Instagrammable parts of the internet, such as 4 and 8-chan, in between their usual idyllic family snaps.

It's unclear if these influencers believe some of the theories spouted by QAnon supporters, or where exactly they are getting their information. But they are sharing some of the unfounded conspiracies, or some people who are posting about them, on their feeds.

None of the people mentioned in this article responded when asked if they believe QAnon conspiracy theories.  Read more >>
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The pandemic numbers out of Ontario are horrifying — and we needed to hear them

April 4, 2020, 10:14 am
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The story here isn't just how many people could die. It's how many lives could be saved.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds a media briefing on COVID-19 following the release of provincial modelling in Toronto, Friday, April 3, 2020. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press)

By Aaron Wherry

A half-hour into his presentation, Dr. Peter Donnelly reached slide 13.

"I want to turn now to perhaps what might be the most disturbing slide in this deck," the president of Public Health Ontario said, speaking evenly. "I think it's important that we all are robustly realistic about the scale of the challenge that we face."

Slide 13 was a simple bar graph indicating that between 3,000 and 15,000 Ontarians might die as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic over the next 18 to 24 months — a death toll and a time frame that had not previously been publicized.

In the short term, 1,600 Ontarians could be dead by the end of this month. Eighty thousand people may have contracted COVID-19 by then.

Everyone knew (or should have known) before Friday that lives are at stake and that this could be a long, hard struggle. But Canada's most populous province has now provided an official projection of just how tragic and difficult this could be.  Read more >>
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Despite warnings, churchgoers explain why they're still going to services

April 4, 2020, 4:19 pm
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By Anderson Cooper 360

CNN's Gary Tuchman interviews several congregants of an Ohio church about their decision to attend service, despite coronavirus outbreaks.  View news video >>

Source: CNN
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The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China donates one thousand test kits to the Bahamas Ministry of Health

April 5, 2020, 6:25 am
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By The Min. of Health

The Bahamas entered into diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China on 23rd May, 1997.  For almost twenty-three (23) years, The Bahamas has enjoyed the kind assistance of the Chinese Government in areas of education, infrastructure, technical assistance and medical information and supplies to assist our citizenry and the economy. 

At a time when COVID-19 threatens the entire world, the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China has extended its kind hand of generosity by donating one thousand (1000) test kits to assist The Government of The Bahamas with confirmation of suspected COVID-19 cases. 

On behalf of the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Ministry of Health wishes to express its deep appreciation to the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China for this valued and very practical donation.  These tests kits will go a long way to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in The Bahamas. 
As an invaluable friend and partner, The Bahamas looks forward to continued cooperation and collaboration with the People’s Republic of China.  (source)
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Bahamas 100 Years Ago: Bahama Islands prosper

April 5, 2020, 6:35 am
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Prohibition in the United States, which caused enormous quantities of liquor to descend almost like an avalanche upon the city of Nassau, in the Bahama Islands, has transformed the Bahama Government's financial condition from a deficit to comparatively a huge surplus, provided labour for large numbers of unemployed, and put more money in circulation in that little British colony (writes the San Francisco correspondent of the Christchurch Press, under date of February 21).  Read more >>
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As dozens of ships hover offshore, Bahamas says no sick cruise passengers, crew allowed

April 5, 2020, 6:41 am
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Fourteen crew members aboard Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas have tested positive for COVID-19, said the captain of the ship. The Oasis had unloaded crew at PortMiami. BY OBTAINED BY THE MIAMI HERALD

By BY ALEX HARRIS AND JACQUELINE CHARLES

A new U.S. Coast Guard memo asks the dozens of cruise ships hovering just off Florida’s coast to first ask the countries where their vessels are flagged for help with critically ill passengers and crew, before straining U.S. medical resources.

But the Bahamas, where many of those ships are flagged, said it can’t take sick people either.

In response to the March 29 memo, the Bahamas Maritime Authority said in a statement that the nation cannot take anyone ashore.  Read more >>
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Gas prices plummet amid COVID-19 pandemic

April 5, 2020, 6:54 am
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Prices at the pumps have now dropped under $4 a gallon in New Providence.

By Natario McKenzie

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Fuel prices at the pumps have now dropped under $4 a gallon in New Providence, with industry stakeholders suggesting that prices could potentially drop even further due to COVID-19’s global impact on market ‘supply and demand’.

Valentino Hanna, general manager at Esso distributor Sol Petroleum Bahamas, told Eyewitness News there is no way to predict how long prices will stay low.

“What is happening is purely a function of supply and demand forces at work,” said Hanna.

“The economic activity everywhere has slowed down. There is less demand for oil and products derived from oil and therefore the prices have come down. It’s a natural result of the global economic slowdown.”  Read more >>
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Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line Will Resume Cruises on Mother’s Day Weekend

April 5, 2020, 7:00 am
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Grand Classica at the Port of Palm Beach

By Ben Souza

Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, operator of two cruise ships out of South Florida that sail to the Bahamas, has announced that they will resume cruises on Mother’s Day Weekend.

Grand Celebration will resume operations on Friday, May 8, 2020 – welcoming travelers just in time to celebrate Mother’s Day weekend. The official statement from Oneil Khosa, CEO of Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, is as follows:

At Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, the wellbeing of our passengers and crew is always our top priority. While we understand that this news is disappointing for many of our valued guests, we believe that further suspension is necessary to ensure their continued safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are in communication with all guests booked on a canceled sailing, as well as with our travel advisor partners, and we are offering a 125 percent Future Cruise Credit for all guests booked on a canceled sailing. We wish everyone the very best at this time and look forward to providing you a better way to getaway again soon.”  Read more >>
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WhatsApp line created for COVID19 command center: TEXT 1-242-806-6852

April 5, 2020, 7:05 am
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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Police have added a WhatsApp line to its COVID-19 command center after many people were unable able to get through to due to the high volume of calls.

In its daily report today, police advised that the WhatsApp number 1-242-806-6852 is only to be used for text messages.

The 311 number remains active.

All emails are to be sent to the email address covid19@rbpf.bs only.

Additional telephone numbers at the police COVID-19 command center are

326-6346, 356-9455, or 322-1051.

“The Royal Bahamas Police Force seeks the public’s cooperation with these changes in order to minimize unnecessary inconvenience, as we seek to keep The Bahamas safe and prevent further spread of the COVID-19 virus.”

The Royal Bahamas Police Force thanks you for your cooperation while this Order remains in effect.
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Dr. Judson Eneas, towering figure in the medical community, dies after testing positive for COVID-19

April 5, 2020, 7:15 am
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Dr. Judson Eneas

Dr. Judson Eneas, who tested positive for COVID-19, died in hospital last night, Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands confirmed.

Dr. Eneas was 72.

This is The Bahamas’ fifth COVID-19 related death.

In an email, President of Doctors Hospital Dr. Charles Diggis said Dr. Eneas’s death represents a great loss.

“There is no easy way to accept the loss of a colleague,” he said. “We are still at the beginning of a fight which looms to take us through turbulent times over the next months… and it will continue to have casualties. This will change us all forever.  Read more >>
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Some pastors defiant as churches celebrate Palm Sunday during coronavirus outbreak

April 5, 2020, 9:36 am
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Congregants arrive for an evening service at the Life Tabernacle Church in Central, La., on March 31. Pastor Tony Spell says he will keep violating a ban on gatherings put in place to control the spread of the coronavirus because God told him to. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

By Stephen Sorace

Several pastors across the country plan to keep their doors open to Christians to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass in defiance of quarantine orders meant to protect people from the highly contagious coronavirus.

Most churches have already transitioned to online services for the beginning of the Christian Holy Week, but a few pastors in Louisiana, Texas, Baltimore and Ohio believe the health measures threaten their constitutional right of religious freedom to worship and assemble.  Read more >>
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Surgeon General Shows How to Make Your Own Face Covering

April 5, 2020, 11:34 am
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How will coronavirus change the world?

April 6, 2020, 4:57 am
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Could the huge shifts in our way of life being introduced as part of the fight against Covid-19 pave the way for a more humane economy?

By Simon Mair

Where will we be in six months, a year, 10 years from now? I lie awake at night wondering what the future holds for my loved ones. My vulnerable friends and relatives. I wonder what will happen to my job, even though I’m one of the lucky ones: I get good sick pay and can work remotely. I am writing this from the UK, where I still have self-employed friends who are staring down the barrel of months without pay, friends who have already lost jobs. The contract that pays 80% of my salary runs out in December. Coronavirus is hitting the economy bad. Will anyone be hiring when I need work?

There are a number of possible futures, all dependent on how governments and society respond to coronavirus and its economic aftermath. Hopefully we will use this crisis to rebuild, produce something better and more humane. But we may slide into something worse.  Read more >>
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Coronavirus Creates an Opening for Progressivism — Also Barbarism

April 6, 2020, 5:03 am
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A family of undocumented Bostonians. Both parents lost their jobs in recent weeks. Neither will receive any aid from the bill Congress just passed. Photo: Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images

By Eric Levitz

We were in crisis before this crisis. When a novel strain of coronavirus made its presence felt in Wuhan in December, global carbon emissions were hitting record highs. The world’s largest democracy was descending into a kind of fascism, as the world’s most populous nation condemned its Muslim minority to internment camps. A quarter of humanity faced looming water shortages, while hedge funds sought to corner the market on “the oil of the 21st century.” Throughout the West, the labor movements that had once cultivated egalitarian alternatives to ethno-nationalism were declining, while gross wealth inequalities were annually compounding the capacity of billionaires to dominate putatively democratic societies and governments. Progressives are ostensibly defined by their faith in the possibility of social progress. But as of late last year, it was hard for many on the left to look into the future and see a world that wasn’t nasty, brutish, and hot.

And then, the “good times” ended. Now, the world is besieged by a pandemic that threatens to kill 100,000 Americans if we’re lucky before triggering a global economic depression.  Read more >>
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Painted Bunting: Picture Perfect on Abaco

April 6, 2020, 5:09 am
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Painted Bunting

Photo: Tom Sheley, taken at Bahama Palm Shores, Abaco

This wonderful and mood-brightening photo was taken by Tom while we were compiling an archive for my book BIRDS OF ABACO  It is one of the most memorable images of the very large number of photographs featured. Every one of them was taken on Abaco (photos taken 'off-island' were ruthlessly excluded); and each one in natural surroundings (no seed-trails, recorded calls and so on). Sadly the edition sold out well before Hurricane Dorian so we have been unable to replace any of the many lost copies. However, I am contemplating producing a pdf version of the pre-print draft (a Covid displacement activity). If that goes ahead I will devise a way to distribute it simply, and possibly in return for a modest donation towards the work of Abaco wildlife organisations. (source)
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FOOD SHOPPING SCHEDULE

April 6, 2020, 5:26 am
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FOOD SHOPPING SCHEDULE

The Office of the Prime Minister has announced that starting tomorrow, Monday 6 April, until further notice, the following food shopping schedule comes into effect for the entire Bahamas.



Adults with the last name beginning A through F will be allowed to enter food stores to shop on:

• Mondays: 6am to 12pm
• Wednesdays: 6am to 12 pm
• Thursdays: 1pm to 7pm



Adults with the last name beginning G through O will be allowed to enter food stores to shop on:

• Mondays: 1pm to 7pm
• Wednesdays: 1pm to 7pm
• Fridays: 6am to 12pm



Adults with the last name beginning P through Z will be allowed to enter food stores to shop on:

• Tuesdays: 1pm to 7pm
• Fridays: 1pm to 7pm
• Thursdays 6am to 12pm



Special provisions have been made for individuals 60 years of age and older and persons with disabilities.

Senior citizens and persons with disabilities may shop on Tuesdays from 6am to 12pm; however, persons in these categories may also choose to shop on the day assigned to their last name.

In addition:

• Each household should identify a single shopper to carry out food shopping.  • Shoppers will be required to provide photo identification to show proof of last name.  • Physical distancing protocols must be adhered to at all times.

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis will provide additional details on the national response to COVID-19 when the House of Assembly meets on Monday 6 April at 10am.

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5 April 2020 Office of the Prime Minister Communications Unit Commonwealth of The Bahamas Contact: opmcommunications.gov.bs Website: www.opm.gov.bs
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US, UK brace for soaring death tolls as pandemic bears down

April 6, 2020, 5:34 am
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By LORI HINNANT and DANICA KIRKA

LONDON (AP) — The United States and Britain braced for one of their bleakest weeks in living memory on Monday as the social and financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic deepened. New infections in Italy and especially Spain showed signs of slowing, with emergency rooms in the hard-hit Madrid region returning almost to normal a week after scenes of patients sleeping on floors and in chairs.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was infected last month, was hospitalized overnight in what his office described as a “precautionary step” after persistent symptoms. The 55-year-old Conservative leader, who had a fever for days, is the first known head of government to fall ill with the disease.  Read more >>
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Long queues as Australian supermarkets limit customers to avoid overcrowding in lead up to Easter

April 6, 2020, 5:48 am
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Social media posts have shown lines stretching hundreds of meters as Coles, Woolworths and IGA enforce physical distancing

Supermarkets Coles, Woolworths and IGA say they will work to manage queues at peak times into Easter weekend amid the coronavirus. Photograph: David Mariuz/EPA 

Long lines have formed outside supermarkets after Coles, Woolworths and IGA began limiting the number of customers inside stores in a bid to allow physical distancing and keep flattening the curve of Covid-19 infections during the Easter rush.

The Thursday before Easter is traditionally one of the busiest days for supermarkets, as people stock up for the weekend.

However, in an attempt to avoid overcrowding, a number of Australian supermarkets have instituted ‘one in one out’ policies.  Read more >>
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Morocco to free over 5000 prisoners to curb spread of coronavirus

April 6, 2020, 5:51 am
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King Mohammed VI

By Africanews with AFP

King Mohammed VI on Sunday pardoned more than 5,000 inmates to prevent the new coronavirus from contaminating Moroccan prisons, the Justice Ministry announced.

The monarch “granted a pardon to 5,654 inmates and ordered to take all necessary measures to strengthen the protection of inmates in prisons,” the ministry said in a statement.

The pardoned detainees were selected according to “their age, state of health, length of detention and good conduct,” according to the text.  Read more >>
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Grocery workers are key during the virus. And they’re afraid

April 6, 2020, 6:01 am
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In this March 26, 2020, file photo, Garrett Ward sprays disinfectant on a conveyor belt between checking out shoppers behind a plexiglass panel at a Hy-Vee grocery store in Overland Park, Kan. From South Africa to Italy to the U.S., grocery workers — many in low-wage jobs — are manning the front lines amid worldwide lockdowns, their work deemed essential to keep food and critical goods flowing. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

By JIM VERTUNO

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Every day, grocery workers are restocking toilet paper, eggs, produce and canned goods as fast as the items fly off the shelves.

They disinfect keypads, freezer handles and checkout counters as hundreds of people weave around them, sometimes standing too close for comfort amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some work for hours behind clear plastic barriers installed at checkout counters, bulwarks against sudden sneezes or coughs that can propel germs.

They aren’t doctors or nurses, yet they have been praised for their dedication by Pope Francis, former U.S. President Barack Obama and countless people on social media, as infections and death counts rise.  Read more >>
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