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Melisande Bassett NASSAU, BAHAMAS Doctors on the frontline fighting against the coronavirus in The Bahamas will make their own determination on vaccinating themselves, according to Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) President Dr Melisande Bassett. “That’s up to the individual,” she told Eyewitness News. “We will not force anybody to take the vaccine. “And I heard the commitment [from the minister and] we will hold the minister to that, that it will not be mandatory. “Now, if you’ve seen, if you’ve watched the news, for those that have been exposed to the vaccine in the UK and the US, there have been some adverse reactions especially for persons that have severe allergies and they recommended that they don’t take the vaccine because they’ve seen adverse events with those persons. ....
(FILE PHOTO) NASSAU, BAHAMAS Although physicians experienced “burnout” amid the second wave of the novel coronavirus due to capacity challenges, Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) President Dr Melisande Bassett said yesterday doctors were prepared for a potential third wave of the virus in The Bahamas. “We expect it could be worse because of a number of mitigating circumstances or mitigating factors the flu season as well as colder months,” she told Eyewitness News. “You know people are going to stay indoors as opposed to outdoors, so you have that enclosed space and the higher [transmission] because you are not leaving the door open, you are not leaving the window open people are in closed spaces. ....
Health Minister Renward Wells. (FILE PHOTO) NASSAU, BAHAMAS Minister of Health Renward Wells said yesterday that a spike in cases may be expected over the Christmas holiday, but he insisted that cases are trending in the expected direction. While new infections of COVID-19 per day remain well below November levels, cases in the last week nearly doubled over the week prior. However, the health minister noted there was an expectation that cases would have increased after the Thanksgiving holiday, because “Bahamians love to shop in Florida especially on Black Friday”. “We expected there would have been maybe perhaps a small uptick. We did see a little bit of that,” Wells said. ....