The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) hosted their fourth in a series of ‘Stakeholder Conversations’ on Tuesday, 31 August 2021 with special guest speaker Dr G Richard Olds, MD, MACP, a well-respected and accomplished Immunologist and Infectious Disease Specialist.
The stakeholder conversations are designed to foster an open forum for information sharing, capacity building and discussion around the issues affecting Grenada’s tourism industry and the country as a whole.
Chef Belinda Bishop of Flavors of Grenada, and Kimani Boca of Esther’s Bar kicked off the session by talking about their decision to get vaccinated and why their teams also followed suit. Both Bishop and Boca recognise the crucial role of vaccines in ensuring that they can continue operating their businesses whilst keeping their families and friends safe.
During the keynote presentation, Dr Olds who has a medical career spanning over 30 years, shared that in 2020, Covid-19 was the third leading cause of adult deaths behind cancer and heart disease and that 99% of deaths in the US related to Covid-19 involve unvaccinated people. He also revealed that the AstraZeneca vaccine is 88% effective in preventing disease or sickness of any kind and the Pfizer vaccine about 95%. Importantly, he also shared that vaccinated persons are much less likely to be hospitalised and much less likely to die from Covid-19, even with the new Delta and Lambda variants.
He also discussed the superior efficacy of the available vaccinations on island and detailed that the risk of a blood clot was 0.0004% compared to smoking with 0.18%, the birth control pill which is between 0.05 to 0.12% or actual Covid infection which is 16.5%. He shared that Pfizer, which is the first Covid-19 vaccine approved by the FDA and which uses mRNA technology, is now available in Grenada. It requires 2 shots a month apart and is recommended for people 12 years and older.
Dr Olds also took the time to address 10 of the most common questions surrounding the vaccine. For those interested in hearing the responses to those common questions, you can view Dr Olds presentation here.
The Grenada Tourism Authority is committed to ensuring that our country remains safe for our locals and visitors alike. We will continue to do everything possible to educate and inform the Grenadian people on every level of protection available to continue to fight against this dreaded pandemic.
GTA
Also Pfizer is not 95% effective against the virus: it’s now 64% effective against the virus. Who the hell is this doctor – perpetuating utterly wrong facts. Horrible!!!
Dr Olds is WRONG. COVID 19 was not the third leading cause of deaths in the USA in 2020. In fact 600,000 people died from cancer which 325,000 died from COVID 19 in 2020. Its amazing how these inaccurate statistics are being bandied about in our world today. Utter rubbish.
Must have been a very one sided conversation…..Dr Olds said this and Dr Olds said that….
Nothing here about supporting the rights of an Individual to choose what is best for their Health and not be forced to inject an Experimental mRNA drug, for simply trying to put bread on the table.
Kesri Johnson, you need to start thinking about what is best for the people of Grenada instead of spreading your one sided conspiracy theories & blatant lies.
Anthony who made you the representative of all the people in Grenada that you know whats best for them?
I have nothing to gain by sharing what little knowledge I have with ordinary people in Grenada….who I may add, for the most part have been kept in the dark and fed endless propaganda and bullshit.
You on the other hand, seem like some paid up PR shill, endlessly pushing the Experimental mRNA drugs, that benefit an evil psychopathic elite of blood suckers that love money and power more than ordinary people lives.
There are psychopaths in Grenada who dont care whether kids are injected with these Experimental drugs, as long as they kiss the right ass and make a little money.
Who is paying your thirty pieces of silver, have often crossed my mind.