It may appear to some that continued debate is akin to flogging a dead horse when we echo the increasing unease about the staging of a general election at this time, especially when we are under no urgency that we know of or constitutional pressures to return to the poll.The growing anxiety being expressed by ordinary Barbadians is not unwarranted. For the information released today from top officials of the Ministry of Health and Wellness about the developing third wave of COVID-19 is enough to unsettle even those who are strong in their religious faith.Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George described what is projected to be unleashed over the next six to seven weeks as an approaching “hurricane”.He warned that while our geographical position in the island chain has provided us with some protection from the worst of what the annual hurricane season portends, he cautions that there is no hiding from the Omicron variant.
