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Friday May 7, 2021
DR. FRANK ANTHONY SAYS YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY AT RISK OF COVID-19
MAN’S PARTIALLY DECOMPOSED BODY FISHED OUT OF BUXTON TRENCH
FIRE AT LUSIGNAN
GUYANA’S COVID-19 DEATHS RACE ON
DIABETIC AND HYPERTENSIVE DRUGS AND BLACK PEOPLE
Friday May 7 ,2021
DR. FRANK ANTHONY SAYS YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY AT RISK OF COVID-19
Persons within the age range of 60, and above facing the worst when it comes to the COVID-19, are taking up the mantle. They are forging ahead in large numbers when it comes to being vaccinated, as compared to the younger populations. This is according to the Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, during a COVID-19 Update. He said that as of today, over 61% of the population in Guyana has been vaccinated with their first
dose against the virus. “What we have seen is that based on our records, in terms of immunization, we have seen quite a good uptake with persons 60 years and above. And, so in that age category we have 61.3% of persons 60 years and above, who would have already taken their first dose of the vaccine.” Dr. Anthony added that it remains a good number at the moment since they are looking to fully immunize 80% of
the said age category. With Guyana seeing over 300 deaths since the country was hit with its first case in March 2020, the larger percentage of persons that would have died from the virus would have been persons in that age group. This is said to have occurred due to a weak immune system and also with the fact that most of the persons within that age range carry some underlying issues that may cause their death. Elders have taken that
the first step to becoming fully vaccinated to become protected from the virus. As those persons 60 years and older take the step to protect themselves from viruses, it has been noted that the younger population is lagging behind. According to Dr. Anthony, it remains a sore point, since now most hospitals are seeing persons within the age range of 40- 59. He said this is significant since only 28. 6% of those persons have been vaccinated. “What we have noticed over the last couple of months is that we are seeing in the hospital more persons within this age range. We are also seeing from the deaths and those persons who have been following those things in the
newspapers would see that we are getting some of the deaths within this age range.” Dr. Anthony has expressed his greatest disappointment in those 39 years and younger. This age group has so far taken the lowest number of vaccines. “The 18 to 39 years age group is really lagging because we are just about 20.9%. So, it is something we have to work on. We have to encourage the younger people to come out and get their vaccines as well.” Dr. Anthony also reminded persons that even with a lot of the stats showing that younger persons are so affected; some persons in that age range are being hospitalized, are dying, and also continue to spread the virus without
knowing. “I think they have heard in a lot of pronouncements that maybe younger people will get a milder form of the disease if they are going to be asymptomatic but there are still are a few who will end up in the hospital. “Then we have also to consider that when younger people get a milder form of the disease you can also have a long COVID illness and you can also get forms of COVID that we are now discovering” Dr. Anthony is insisting that all age groups, more particularly younger people, take the vaccine in order for the country to reach a stage where the virus is not so much of a threat to lives in Guyana and around the world.
FIRE AT LUSIGNAN
A Lusignan property owner is counting his losses after an abandoned house occupied by four unidentified Venezuelan Nationals went up in flames, Wednesday night. The fire reportedly occurred just after 20:00
hours Wednesday night at 50-52 Lusignan Railway Embankment, ECD. The house was said to be owed by Rukhmin Ramdular of Area H, Lusignan, ECD. At the time of the incident persons in the area claimed that they
heard a loud explosion which came from the said building and shortly after they saw fire and smoke. Later even though the fire was extinguished by the Guyana Fire Service the building was gutted.
Friday May 7, 2021
10,000 persons MAN’S PARTIALLY DECOMPOSED BODY Over vaccinated against FISHED OUT OF BUXTON TRENCH COVID in Region Two
The body of man, who was usually seen around the Buxton area, often under the influence of alcohol has been found dead in a trench, near an
abandoned house. That man has been identified as 46-year-old, Shelton Henry of Area G Strathspey, ECD. Henry was found
Thursday morning, just around 9:00 hours at Company Road, Buxton by a passerby, who saws the body in a nearby trench with short blue pants and grey shirt. The face was submerged. With the body of Henry being discovered the ranks from the nearby station were called in, as investigation commence. During the police investigation, it was noted that Henry’s body was
poverty. It would seem that literacy and poverty are also twins like diabetes and hypertension. Some time back there was a survey that concluded that more than 60 percent of graduates from the University of Guyana were functionally illiterate. That was shocking but there is a reason for that. Books have gone through the window. Rather than read a book people would find anything else to do. The result is that grammar and spelling are atrocious. Just check the Facebook and WhatsApp chats. There was a time when Guyanese were considered the most literate in the Caribbean and the best brains in the world. We are a long way from those days. This COVID situation has not helped. However, the conversation started with diabetes and hypertension. Just for the records, White America sees both Afro and Indo-Guyanese as black. In Guyana, we see the difference to the extent that there is hate between us. But we both get hit hard by diabetes and hypertension. More than fifty percent of Guyanese are diabetic. Some take Metformin and some take a plethora
of other medications. There was this middleaged man waiting to see the doctor. He had done his preliminary tests. His cholesterol was good but his blood sugar level was 254. He said that he takes one 500 milligram Metformin in the morning and another 500 milligrams at night. Yet his fasting blood sugar level was 254. The medication seemed not to be working as efficiently as it should. I suppose his doctor would change the medication and give him another product that was tested on a white man. And if down the road this does not work then the doctor would change it again. The medications that people use in this country were tested on white people. The way they would work on a white person might not necessarily be the same way they would work on us. Some don’t even work on us. Professor Beckles offered the answer. He said that during the 300 to 400 years of slavery and colonial domination, the people, particularly those of African descent, have been genetically modified. The diet of salt fish and salted pork and other salted products shipped from afar and fed to our ancestors has had an impact. The result is that salt
partial decomposed. It −as vaccination bore no marks of violence. Reports also indicated that Henry was seen alive earlier this week at one of his families’ residence. He was intoxicated. Henry reportedly ventured to an abandoned house in which he would usually stay. That was the last time he was seen or Over 10,000 persons in heard from until he was the Pomeroon-Supenaam discovered dead. Region (Region Two) have been immunised against the deadly COVID-19 disease as the Government’s and sugar make a mess vaccination campaign of our systems hence the continues countrywide. The Region preponderance of diabetic reached this figure on and hypertensive cases. Wednesday, following a The medicines we use, contrary to how they are special vaccination drive advertised on television, in several communities, may not necessarily be the in partnership with leaders, way they would work on faith-based private companies, and us. organizations. Guyanese are people Regional Health who have long been relying on ‘bush’ or local Officer (RHO) Dr. herbs. There is a Guyanese Ranjeev Singh, lauded man who lives in New community and political Jersey. He suffered from leaders for their support advocating and Type 2 diabetes. He in encouraging people to goes to a Guyanese store get inoculated against which imports the bitter melon that we here know Covid. “On a weekday the as Karila. He said that he takes the young ones and average is about 300, but on holidays and ‘juices’ them. He uses no medication weekends, we normally and his blood sugar do about 450 to 500. is normal. Other That is why we are using Guyanese do the same today, a holiday because for hypertension. They we want to capture the use cucumber. Others persons who are not use other local products. working, who might be These are people who home relaxing so that have come to rely on what their foreparents used when there was no imported medicine. The irony is that our best brains have left for the very countries that genetically modified us. Many have become scientists participating Nine people have died in the trials. And for the of the Coronavirus during records, one trial that I the first five days of this know involved black month. According to the people in the United States was one dealing with Ministry of Health, two syphilis. They wanted to more persons who tested see how syphilis would positive for the novel behave over time. They coronavirus (COVID-19) died on Wednesday. This used black people.
Diabetic and hypertensive drugs and Black people
ADAM’S Note Book Diabetes and hypertension are rampant in the Caribbean, more so in Guyana. These days just about everyone over forty is either a diabetic or hypertensive. Most people suffer from both because the two diseases seem to be twins. The most common form of diabetes in Guyana is Type 2, the one that develops with lifestyle. We have been preached about eating healthy and about exercising but these seem to be the hardest things to do. Every day one can see people flocking the fastfood joints. Others prefer to buy food for lunch rather than cook and walk with a meal. But that criticism is for another story. Professor Hilary Beckles caught the attention when he said that the people of the Caribbean are the least healthy in the world. He said that they were among the sickest in the entire world. He noted the literacy level of the Caribbean people and the extent of
drive continues
they can come out and have their vaccines. “So far in the Region, we would have vaccinated about 9,800. Today we will cross that 10,000 number, but still, we have a far way to go for our numbers are about 30,500 persons. We are at 32 percent today,” Dr. Singh said, at the start of the exercise.” The RHO said vaccination numbers should increase by the end of the week. He noted that there has also been an increase in the number of young adults taking the jab. “So that is a good thing for us. We did not have many challenges like other regions, like Region Ten, but at the same time, we had somewhere people getting a lot of myths about this vaccine, and so we would have had a lot of TV programmes, radio programmes, even on social media, highlighting the importance of being vaccinated,” he said.
GUYANA’S COVID-19 DEATHS RACE ON
takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 310. The latest fatalities are a 57-year-old male and a 62-year-old female from Region Four (DemeraraMahaica). They both died at a medical facility
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