Carol, to your question of what does have to do with BVI? I was making the point that Hawaii has been closed to visitors like BVI but now they are willing to let visitors in with a clean Covid test. Seems reasonable.
There will never be an n of (0) for Covid or any flu and to think that is possible will mean closing everything and and everyone into their homes forever. Vaccine will help but how many of you reading this post got a flu shot this year? Last year? Probably the same number of people who will not want the vaccine.
I agree. There is no magic wand coming. A vaccine if developed is years away from being effective. Unless the virus mutates and dies off we will be living with it for a long time. The BVI needs to learn to live with that reality. If the BVI wants tourism they have to plan for some infections in the local population. Testing and tracing plus beef up the hospital's ability to respond by adding ventilators.
