in turqoise waters
27 August 2021 | Gambier
Rolfo
Its very soothing be in flat calm seas behind the reef where the big waves crash. No dogs , scooters roosters , speed boats and boomboxes. Nothing , just the wind, its quiet. We were happy to see that the mobile phone antenna was working well here. But this morning it
died again. We are in a banana republic when it comes to the web. They just cant fix the few antennas here. Half the time the are dead.
Covid has gone crazy here. The supply ship Tapporo came with a crew of 14. 10 of them positive !! One was very ill and they had to keep him in the medical center with oxygen for 2 days until he could be flown out to Tahiti. Surprisingly he got a special EVASAN plane. I
heard they don't fly the islanders out anymore , because the Tahiti hospital is full.
Apparently the sick crew member had critical health status called "carte rouge" . He was able to work on the supply ship anyways , even though his wife had covid in Tahiti and he was NOT VACCINATED. Polynesia has no laws to force health workers or supply ship
crew to get the vaccine. They talk about it for medical staff, but things are slow here. I watched the Tahiti parliament on tv , where a bright member suggested that we as part of the government we should show an example and get the vaccine for ALL OF US . This wasn't
well received , all hell broke loose . It was a nasty debate about freedom etc etc Nothing was done.
The ship keeps on coming from island to island and spreading the pest. Some very small islands , refuse to get any supplies with such a crew. The Tapporo left for Tahiti and i dont know what would happen if the crew get very ill. its a 4 to 5 days to get there.
If i was the major i would have refused this ship and let them anchor out Have the medical staff giving them assistance and wait till this is over. Oh well...
We heard news that 2 new cases showed up positive. The 2 idiots had no heavy symptoms only the loss of taste in their mouth. So they went to work anyways and probably infected a lot more. I see piles of young men standing around drinking. No mask, not distance.
I don't see the police enforcing anything . So i guess the remaining 20% that hate the vaccine are going to get it here. A few pearl farmers have already shut down their operations. Many i know are stubborn vaccino phobic's , and stay home now.