Minister Volda, Minister Frank vs Covid

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After leaving the devastating Pandemic to other commentators for weeks, specific recall and current events seemingly compel me to offer personal comment once again.

But just why am I invoking the People’s National Congress (PNC) Chairperson’s name today? No, not because she’ll likely feature dramatically in her party’s upcoming leadership elections. It’s because Ms Volda was the Minister of (Public) Health when the global pandemic arrived in Guyana last year February/March as our own local deadly epidemic.

And guess what friend: there was no talk of vaccines! Because President Donald Trump’s vaccines had not yet hit the grateful market. (China, Cuba, India and Russia were among those quietly testing and manufacturing however. As the United Nations pontificated.)