{"id":134868,"date":"2021-08-12T10:41:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=134868"},"modified":"2021-08-12T11:35:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T15:35:56","slug":"achieve-herd-immunity-then-lift-state-of-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/achieve-herd-immunity-then-lift-state-of-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: Achieve “herd immunity- Then lift state of emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By\u00a0Arvel Grant, Political and current Affairs Analyst \u2013 1268 770 0922, Whatsapp only<\/strong><\/p>

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(Read more of Arvel\u2019s \u00a0analytical pieces \u00a0on \u00a0arvelgrant.com<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Recently, Antigua-Barbuda, Barbados and St Vincent Et Al, experienced different degrees of COVID?\u00a0 Protests. Actions\u00a0 in Antigua-Barbuda and Barbados,\u00a0 were\u00a0 somewhat muted, compared to SVG\u2019s.<\/p>

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Why? In recent times, the governing parties in both countries, gained\u00a0 office with big electoral margins. There-by\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gutting their political opponents, of the \u201cfire-in-the belly\u201d for mass demonstrations…<\/p>

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In the case of SVG,\u00a0 things seemed a bit more intense, even bordering on the murderous, with\u00a0 an apparent, attempt\u00a0 on the life of\u00a0 PM Gonsalves.\u00a0 Perhaps, the intensity of protests in SVG (\u00a0\u00a0 is to be understood in the context that, the governing UlP, has been in office for more than 20\u00a0 years. Perhaps, even\u00a0 harder for the opposition NDP\u00a0 to swallow, is that, PM Gonsalves, has been\u00a0 leading the Ulp to repeated\u00a0 victories\u00a0 with a 1-seat majority since 2010. So near, yet so far!!! …<\/p>

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