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Hon Malone warns against anti-vaxxers!

- said other countries have been devastated by COVID-19 & desperate for vaccines while some in VI procrastinate
Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has warned against delaying getting vaccinated in the fight against COVID-19 due to misinformation being actively spread by anti-vaxxers. Photo: Getty Images
Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Carvin Malone (AL) said the Virgin Islands has the capacity to administer COVID-19 vaccines to another 8,000 persons free of cost. Photo: VINO/File
Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Carvin Malone (AL) said the Virgin Islands has the capacity to administer COVID-19 vaccines to another 8,000 persons free of cost. Photo: VINO/File
Just over 10,000 adult persons in the Virgin Islands have received at least a first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine, some 7000 short of the 17,000 target set by Government. Photo: GIS/File
Just over 10,000 adult persons in the Virgin Islands have received at least a first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine, some 7000 short of the 17,000 target set by Government. Photo: GIS/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has warned against delaying getting vaccinated in the fight against COVID-19 due to misinformation being actively spread by anti-vaxxers.

Just over 10,000 adult persons in the Virgin Islands have received at least a first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine, some 7000 short of the 17,000 target set by Government. The other issue; however, is that the vaccines available free of cost in the Virgin Islands will soon expire.

“For 3 months (February, March and April) the anti-vaxxers ran their course with courage and here comes May 2021.

‘My heart bleeds’

“We must, "TURN IT UP IN MAY" if we are to avoid returning any of the 8,000 doses gifted to us by the UK and Dominica: The choice is yours and my commitment is to encourage you!

Don't hesitate, vaccinate!” Hon Malone wrote on his Facebook page on April 2, 2021.

Hon Malone noted that his “heart bleeds” as he is aware of the COVID-19 challenges faced by regional and international jurisdictions.

He said lives and livelihoods are being devastated and a number of jurisdictions cannot access the required quantity of vaccines.

“In the BVI we have the inventory and the capacity to administer vaccines to another 8,000 persons - FREE OF COST & FREEDOM TO CHOOSE,” Hon Malone emphasised.

He said Government will continue to educate, “but let's be clear, we CANNOT allow those who will NEVER vaccinate to allow you to procrastinate until the vaccine is either expired or returned or gifted to other jurisdictions.”

Anti-Vaxxers

According to Medical News Today, anti-vaxxer” refers to people who disagree with the use of vaccines for a variety of reasons. For example, some view vaccines as an infringement on their human rights.

Vaccines, according to Mecial News Today, are one of the safest and most effective health interventions for infectious diseases and they have had a staggering impact on reducing the burden of infectious cases worldwide.

However, a minority of people oppose their use, and some actively spread misinformation about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines.

The anti-vaxxer movement began in the 18th century, with religious leaders describing them as the “devil’s work.” The campaign grew in the 19th and 20th centuries as a matter of human rights.

According to a recent report in The Lancet Digital Health, around 31 million people follow anti-vaccine groups on Facebook. It also estimates that social media outlets could be making about $1 billion from advertising every year.

Facebook and other social media platforms regularly receive criticism for the extent of misinformation spreading within these communities.

74 Responses to “Hon Malone warns against anti-vaxxers!”

  • safe (03/05/2021, 12:11) Like (50) Dislike (86) Reply
    what is wrong with you people in the bvi, open up your eyes and get the shot , i have never seen so much hard headed people, what is wrong with you all, i got my two shot and i am find, black people stop acting like fools and get your shots, if you don't then you will have to stay your backside in the bvi, no going on planes, no going on farries, just go up in the mountains and live, because i shore don't you living around me or my family.
    • @safe (03/05/2021, 14:48) Like (47) Dislike (7) Reply
      BE HUMBLE AND NEVER THINK THAT YOU ARE BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE...FOR DUST YOU ARE AND UNTO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN...
    • @safe (03/05/2021, 14:53) Like (52) Dislike (9) Reply
      Why aren't you and others like you trusting your vaccine? Why are you so concerned if someone refuses to take it? Trust your vaccination and don't worry about the rest since it can save you and your family.
    • @safe (03/05/2021, 15:07) Like (41) Dislike (6) Reply
      It's not just the BVI, there are many people all over the world that for whatever reason don't want or trust the vaccine and that is their right. Let us be honest because the Government here fumbled the vaccinations by having it like a big joke and some of the leaders were basically forced to take it. Education is key and nobody will take medical advice from a politician. If the medical doctors were involved from the beginning with educating people on the vaccine I'm sure many more persons would've taken it by now.
    • Rubber Duck (03/05/2021, 15:16) Like (21) Dislike (35) Reply
      Vaccination works. UK yesterday had just one Covid related death. Down from nearly 2000 at the start of the vaccination program.

      More than 50 million vaccinated there. Zero reports of serious adverse reaction to the vaccine.
      • life (03/05/2021, 15:41) Like (34) Dislike (8) Reply
        Am currently living in the Uk and a good friend of mines took the vaccine and next morning could not get up she is now paralysis from waist down and she was a healthy your mother of 2 secondly a lot of people here are dying from blood clots that was caused by the vaccine but these are not things they will publish for u to see because their goal is to have other take at at any risk
        • Rubber Duck (03/05/2021, 18:35) Like (13) Dislike (13) Reply
          Show us one report from a reputable news source to support your story.
        • proof (04/05/2021, 07:26) Like (0) Dislike (14) Reply
          Prove your post "life".what was her name? Where does she live? Who is your mystery friend? Put up or shut up with your lies! Flat Earth.
    • @safe (03/05/2021, 16:53) Like (21) Dislike (4) Reply
      You will not choose or bully what I put into my body.
      • Doctor No (03/05/2021, 18:36) Like (9) Dislike (8) Reply
        You were probably vaccinated against a whole variety of diseases when too young to know.
    • Winky (03/05/2021, 18:15) Like (4) Dislike (14) Reply
      There will always be selfish people who only think of themselves and not the big picture. Let's get rid of Covid !!
      • Be Observant (05/05/2021, 09:54) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
        Tell Them Who Making It In The Lab Stop Do Wickedness To People...Cause Even If They Had The Cure They Would Not Give It To Us...They Rather See People Drop Down Like Flies....The World Is Overpopulated And This Is Their Best Idea To Get Rid Of Some People...
    • @safe (04/05/2021, 05:08) Like (28) Dislike (0) Reply
      Before you call people hardheaded and refer to them as fools you should make sure that your grammar is impeccable or maybe the shots made you stupid:
      - you had two shots not "two shot"
      - you're fine not "find"
      - you travel on ferries not "farries"
      - you "sure" don't want them around your family not "shore"
      now carry on you vaxhole! (vaccinated @sshole)

  • shannocks (03/05/2021, 12:22) Like (8) Dislike (9) Reply
    go fly a kite out on wickhams gay
    • Seek the help of employers (03/05/2021, 13:09) Like (15) Dislike (86) Reply
      Employers have a role to play in encouraging their employees to take the Jab,,,,It's In their interest all of us interest to see the country progress.
      • At seek the help of employers (03/05/2021, 13:22) Like (9) Dislike (46) Reply
        Most of the anti vaccine bloggers are unemployed, under a tree smoking, planning,. Very sad
      • Seek the help of employers (03/05/2021, 14:55) Like (33) Dislike (11) Reply
        Employers own our bodies? You can only serve one master.....God or Money. It's obvious what God you are serving...
  • 2nd Dose (03/05/2021, 12:24) Like (17) Dislike (58) Reply
    The uneducated fools who refuse to take the vaccine, need to keep their opinions to themselves and stop scaring those who want to take it
    • Sick And Tired (03/05/2021, 13:15) Like (52) Dislike (12) Reply
      Just like u need to keep your opinion to yourself And RESPECT the decision of others to NOT take the vaccine.
      • rrrrrr (03/05/2021, 14:52) Like (9) Dislike (36) Reply
        @Sick And Tired - no respect for ignorant people who put all others in danger because they are too selfish to take the shot
        • @rrrrr (03/05/2021, 15:30) Like (28) Dislike (7) Reply
          YUH DEAF THE VACCINE IS NOT PREVENTING YOU FROM GETTING THE VIRUS SO WHAT'S THE FRIGGIN POINT YOU GUYS TRYNA BRING ACROSS!? YOU GUYS SOUND LIKE SETTA CLOWNS...DRINKING THA CLOWN SOUP OR IS JUST THE SHOT!!!
          • Rubber Duck (03/05/2021, 18:38) Like (10) Dislike (15) Reply
            Of course it prevents you from getting the virus you clown. Not absolutely 109% but so near it makes no difference.
            • nope (04/05/2021, 14:53) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
              It is a well known fact the vaccine DOES NOT prevent infection. What it does is “minimise the adverse effects”. Stop misleading yourself and others!
            • @rubber duck (05/05/2021, 10:03) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
              All Vaccinated Persons Once In Contact With The Virus They Will Read Negative When Inside Your Body Reads Positive!!! Vaccine Can Not Stop The Virus That's BS...If You Can't Answer This You Lack Wisdom Big Time...What Is In The Vaccine That Can Stop This Virus???????????????????????
        • @rrrrrr (03/05/2021, 15:52) Like (28) Dislike (0) Reply
          I thought the vaccine protects you from the virus? Tell me how you being vaxxed is protecting others if you can still get and share Covid after being vaxxed? Enlighten us please...Trust your Vaxx
        • @rrrrrr (03/05/2021, 15:58) Like (10) Dislike (6) Reply
          You are the uneducated one. The vaccine does not prevent you from catching or passing the virus. It only protects the individual from having serious or fatal reactions to COVID. So then who are the "others" that non-vacinated ones are putting in danger?
          • Rubber Duck (03/05/2021, 18:40) Like (6) Dislike (44) Reply
            Stop spreading that stupid lie. Htf do you think the UK and Israel have gone from thousands of deaths to almost none. How stupid are you?
      • Rubber Duck (03/05/2021, 15:02) Like (6) Dislike (85) Reply
        No one should respect crass stupidity that endangers others health and the economy. It’s just craven ignorance.
        • @rubber duck (05/05/2021, 10:11) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
          Rubber Duck You Lack Wisdom You Ain Got No Sense At All...Every News Article You Will Come Here To Talk Pure $hit And The Fools Going Encourage You Cause They Foolish As Well...UNEDUCATED GROWN ASS FOOLS!!!! Waste Of Sperm!!!
      • Rational (04/05/2021, 08:11) Like (0) Dislike (4) Reply
        @ Sick and tired: you’re basically asking people to respect choices they make that endanger others, potentially putting them at risk of dying. Would you respect a surgeon operating on your mother who chooses to ignore aseptic technique? Or, workers at the old people’s home who choose to watch Youtube on their phones instead of looking after folks? Or, a food service worker at your favourite food place who did not wash their hands after using the toilet? Or, the youth on mopeds who ignore traffic rules and keep cutting you off making you drive defensively so you don’t harm the family in your car? No man is an island it is said. That means that sometimes we have to put aside our needs and beliefs in the interest of greater benefit to the community, without which we cannot survive.
    • Uneducated (03/05/2021, 13:29) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
      Hmmmmmm... uneducated with what and by who ....lmaooo...
    • @2nd Dose (03/05/2021, 14:52) Like (55) Dislike (3) Reply
      THE MORE YOU PRAY, THE LESS YOU PANIC

      THE MORE YOU WORSHIP, THE LESS YOU WORRY
  • dr (03/05/2021, 12:25) Like (7) Dislike (13) Reply
    Send them to the DR, they will be grateful with the BVI government. Please don't let them expire.
    • Mr Minister. U have done ur best (03/05/2021, 13:04) Like (15) Dislike (20) Reply
      Leave them...The sad part is that most of them are civil servants and their pay will continue to run late until it stops.. They are holding the same country they are depending on to take of them and their families hostage,, , They need to take the daxxmm vaccine...Move the countey forward and start getting economical activities going,,, Leave them Mr. Minister, they will get left behind and have no one to blame but themselves, Just a matter of time when all essential and important service will be available only to fully vacconated persons....
      • It people like you and malone (03/05/2021, 13:34) Like (13) Dislike (4) Reply
        That true democracy cant exist among.......that facts
    • Bulls*** (03/05/2021, 13:37) Like (13) Dislike (5) Reply

      Santo open up to all countries with out quarantine..because there ain't no puppet to bill them ..

  • Mr Malone (03/05/2021, 13:09) Like (9) Dislike (3) Reply
    The more u open ur mouth is the more u convinced reality of the truth
  • @ 2nd dose (03/05/2021, 13:11) Like (51) Dislike (13) Reply
    You mean you ignorant sheep who trying to scare people into taking in while ignoring facts about clotting.

    A healthy teacher in the US just died a week after taking the vaccine.
    • Jane (03/05/2021, 13:57) Like (8) Dislike (16) Reply
      @@2nd dose: if that is shocking to you, just wait until you see how many millions dead of COVID! It will blow your mind. Have a look at India, Brazil right now, or maybe choose Bermuda and see how that little island nation is doing (spoiler alert: 28 deaths so far and counting).
    • @@2nd dose (03/05/2021, 14:37) Like (5) Dislike (39) Reply
      And 3.2 millions people Worldwide have died from Covid 19 in the past year.
    • 007 (03/05/2021, 15:04) Like (5) Dislike (7) Reply
      I hear many people farted after taking the vaccine.

      Obviously then, in your simplistic little world, the vaccine causes farts.
  • Business Owner (03/05/2021, 13:29) Like (23) Dislike (53) Reply
    By the end of June, I would expect my employees to be vaccinated. The ones that refused will have to look for another job.
    • Doctor No (03/05/2021, 15:06) Like (8) Dislike (16) Reply
      And the government will not interfere if employers sack their employees if they refuse to me vaccinated.
    • Be Observant (03/05/2021, 15:24) Like (24) Dislike (1) Reply
      MONEY IS TEMPORARY
      CAR IS TEMPORARY
      CAREER IS TEMPORARY
      YOUR BUSINESS IS TEMPORARY
      GOD IS ETERNAL

      THAT'S BS I SUGGEST YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE GOD HUMBLE YOU!!! PURE WICKEDNESS THEY DOING TO PEOPLE...

      THEY CAN ONLY MAKE A FOOL OUT OF YOU AS MUCH AS YOU ALLOW THEM TOO!!!
    • @business owner (03/05/2021, 15:36) Like (19) Dislike (7) Reply
      Look out for a lawyer letter too
    • At business owner. Agreed (03/05/2021, 15:55) Like (9) Dislike (16) Reply
      Straight up. Tough and hard decision have to be made, these cowards can't continue to hold the country hostage....
      • @At business owner.Agreed (03/05/2021, 18:59) Like (13) Dislike (1) Reply
        You Guys Who Take The Vaccines Are More Worried Than Anyone Else If You Ask Me...What Is In The Vaccines!?
    • Comment (03/05/2021, 16:22) Like (2) Dislike (3) Reply
      Lawyers will be getting rich off of you!
    • Be Observant (03/05/2021, 18:54) Like (9) Dislike (2) Reply
      Is Your Rule To Make Your Employees Take Vaccine And The Government Stated It Is Not MANDATORY...You Sound Like A Monster...For The Love Of Money Is The Root Of All Evil...Just Remember That Your Business Is Temporary And Taking Vaccines Does Prevent Death Nor Stop Crimes So Wa You Really Saying Is Pure Crap Sound Very Foolish And You're An Uneducated Business Owner As Matter Of Facts...
    • BS (03/05/2021, 23:34) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
      And of course if one of your employees suffers any vaccine injury you will take care of them for the rest of their life. Right? of course. GFYS!
  • You Cant Fix (03/05/2021, 13:42) Like (13) Dislike (5) Reply
    You cant fix stupid people. Let them get covid and die. Or let them get blood clots, gout, diabetes, and heart disease from their existing vaccine free choices lol. Set a morons
  • Collara (03/05/2021, 13:50) Like (8) Dislike (21) Reply
    Government should recycle all the unused visitor quarantine collars to the unvaccinated people in the BVI so we know where they are and can avoid them.
    • @Collara (03/05/2021, 15:53) Like (18) Dislike (1) Reply
      REVELATION 20:8

      BUT THE FEARFUL, AND UNBELIEVING, AND THE ABOMINABLE, AND MURDERERS, AND WHOREMONGERS, AND SORCERERS, AND IDOLATERS, AND ALL LIARS, SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH...
    • Wake Up People Of Christ Jesus! (03/05/2021, 16:35) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply

      The Spirit of Antichrist and the Spirit of Greed....is all around!
      The beginning of the One World Order!

      Revelation 13:16-18
      New International Version

      16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name. 18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[a] That number is 666.

      9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, 10 they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” 12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
    • @Collara (05/05/2021, 19:24) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      And make your your children and madre get too
  • Biz yur owna (03/05/2021, 14:44) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Safe flight to heaven
  • Hmm (03/05/2021, 14:51) Like (16) Dislike (1) Reply
    Geh ayo MS wid this sheepish mentality.
  • gfdfdggfdgfdgfdg (03/05/2021, 15:56) Like (6) Dislike (1) Reply
    lol, you who want to take the vaxxine, good for you. Some think it is the Mark Of The Beast as no buying or selling or traveling can happen without it. If it is the Mark Of The Beast then anyone who takes it will not be entering the Kingdom of Heaven. Look every man must research and pray and decide if they are willing to take the vaccine that has not been actually approved, but may by taking it provide a job for them... me I trust Yeshua, Jesus's mom called Him Yeshua and actually Yeshua in the old testament is Salvation... Can you hear? Can you understand? Can you? If you can't, please pray and ask El Shadddai to reveal Himself to you.. We are sinners and Jesus came to to die for us and our sin, accept you are a sinner, believe on Jesus that He was our ransom, and Confess with your mouth at Jesus is Lord and thou shalt be saved. . . Please pray and believe, because Jesus, Yeshua is coming again very soon
  • WELLLLLLLL (03/05/2021, 16:47) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
    THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE IS GOING TO GET LONGER. YOUR EMPLOYER MANDATE THEIR EMPLOYEES BE VACCINATED, YOU REFUSE, YOU WILL HAVE TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT SOMEWHERE ELSE. YOU PARENTS IN THE BVI WHO HAVE CHILDREN AWAY IN COLLEGE IN THE STATES, THEY HAVE TO BE VACCINATED BEFORE THE FALL SEMESTER OR THEY WILL BE ALLOWED BACK ON CAMPUS.
    • Welllllll (04/05/2021, 12:07) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      I MEANT TO SAY THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED BACK ON CAMPUS AND CLASSES.
  • lol (03/05/2021, 17:48) Like (14) Dislike (1) Reply
    Clowns don’t realize this is to separate the world even more than ethnicity and religion.
  • NICK (03/05/2021, 19:43) Like (5) Dislike (14) Reply
    Those of us that get the jab are making the world safer for the selfish ones.
    • @NICK (03/05/2021, 21:37) Like (6) Dislike (4) Reply
      I totally disagree. You are not making the world safer for anyone. You who are vaccinated are silent killers. You can catch and spread, not knowing that you are sick. Watch what happens when we reopen on the 15th. You think it is the unvaccinated people here that will be causing problems? It will be the vaccinated ones who walk it right in here and trust me if all hell broke loose, some of you may change your tune. Why? Because if the vaccine don't stop the spread, we all are as good as dead anyway. So I am sticking with my Jesus. I ask him, please, to cover me and my family, the vaccinated and unvaccinated.

      They have been looking for a cure for cancer from the time I was a little girl and I am now over 50 and they haven't found it yet. Thousands if not millions of people die daily from cancer. Do you see one vaccine rolling out, much less 5? These people loose whatever the loose on the earth to make money and I will go down praying. May God be with us all. You vaccinated ones just made them richer, but we are all in the same boat, sitting ducks.
    • Be Observant (05/05/2021, 16:24) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      You Decide To Take The Vaccine So That's On You And Your Government...You Guys Lack Faith, Confidence & Patience When It Comes To GOD...You Guys Let The devil In So Easily Cause Fools Lack Wisdom...But Sad News Is It Will Be Too Late For You Guys...
  • bojan (03/05/2021, 20:01) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
    Well look what it has come to and lots of us dont have the facts it is those people you are looking to make your money from have corona and need to vaccine for its them have it and brining it here to give you and your workers its them you should make sure dont bring it and stop picking on your workers fir they dont have it.Dont worry send them home and you go face to face with corona your exworker will be safe.God looks for the just.
  • simple (04/05/2021, 13:26) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    There is a simple solution to this and where most of us may not like it, it may be the best route:-
    Those of you who want to take the vaccine, I advise that you take it
    Those of you that don't want to take it I advise that you don't
    If your employer mandates you take it, you have a choice.
    My view is that everyone keeps their opinion to themselves unless asked and everyone continues to protect themselves by following any requirements necessary.
    Vaccinated or not the key is protect yourself which will protect others in the same process cause the virus is invisible so protection is the key.
    The reality of the vaccination is it will not work for everyone and is you are wary about it consult with a doctor for the vaccinated ones have a 50/50 chance of survival and the unvaccinated have a 50/50 chance the same way, the only element that should be constant is protect yourself.
    We are in this together so scaring each other is not the answer and to fight is even worse.
  • Why (04/05/2021, 13:30) Like (3) Dislike (5) Reply
    I am all for the opening of the country as we are all suffering and people are dropping everyday due to the pressures resulting from the situation. So it is obvious that we are in trouble no matter what at the moment.
    If it was up to me I would have shut down all the clubs until the young people were at least 70-80% vaccinated. I would have encouraged the schools to not let back in the students if their parents were not vaccinated. I would have directed my attention on the middle aged group as it would be that group that would be the most likely to spread the virus.
    My question is why is it everyone wants to keep the country shut when we still would end up dying a slower and more painful death?
  • @Why (05/05/2021, 20:45) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Check Netflix A Series Name "THE BARRIER" Try Educate Y'all Self Buddy!!!
  • ohhhh (06/05/2021, 12:34) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56992121 - Seychelle that has more of its population fully vaccinated has imposes some Covid-19 restrictions in light of increase COVID cases. Schools are closed yet again.


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