I am a Barbadian living in Dallas, Texas. I am so very impressed with Amy's professional and intimate representation of my country and her immense contribution on the island. Thank you Amy! I also heard you were one of my neighbors in St. Philip and your kids attend the same school as my granddaughter. Thank you for such a reassuring presentation. I'm sure the government of Barbados will honor you. Thank you also Dr Campbell for great objective analysis. I listen to you all the time.
Jock Springer would you like to see your family getting forced out of the house and the last thing you saw before you were muzzled was the look of abject fear on your children’s face ? Come on jock ! They are both in glee with duping delight. WTF IS WRONG WITH YE FELLA ?
@@dennispickard7743 i am a Barbadian living at home. I've had both friends and relatives going into quarantine here. Well aware of what happened. The BDF is used because they have the people, equipment and training taking the burden off the police and others. No guns or jackboots like you lot are imagining. Her descriptions are spot on and that's why we're able as a tiny, resource- poor island still able to adequately manage the situation. We prefer to live to later enjoy our rights that die choking about rights
Dr. Campbell and Headnurse Amy🇧🇧✌️ you are both such wonderful people to be inspired by in these turbulent times😀! Thank you for this uplifting conversation from Barbados! Love from Copenhagen, Denmark💂♂️🇩🇰
Amey as a nurse myself you have made us proud as Barbadian Medical professionals .Thank you also Dr John Campbell you are very informative and reassuring with your reports. Keep up the Good Work.
It may be that because I’m a retired RN that I found this to be one of my favorite videos that you have made. It was interesting on so many levels. Thank you so much for what you do. You have been our anchor since before the Pandemic was declared.
"You learn to look after what you have." This is the whole point of the right to repair movement. I'm glad to see its need expressed in yet another context.
Thank You Amy! That was a very enlightening interview, Dr John did a great job with the appropriate questions..and Amy answers were on point.. Someone sent me the video i am so glad, i truly enjoyed it. Amy is a great representative of my homeland, i understand it's 18yrs, but welcome to Barbados Amy and family.. I thought how she has a bit of Bajan accent? Now i know why! We need more like you there! Continue the good work. God Bless you. May he continue to keep Barbados safe..
What a brilliant analysis of the healthcare in Barbados! My home country. I was amazed at the eloquence of which Amy depicted the COVID-19 handling of a pandemic in a "third world" developing country. Congrats to the government and healthcare professionals of B'dos. As a retired nurse in the US, I am impressed. Thank you Amy ❤️🌷
G'day everyone AND Dr John CAMPBELL greetings from Melbourne AUSTRALIA 🤠👍. Barbados very organised, And Amy 👍. John's impressed with Amy. Former student.
@@wboyle9721 G'day William had a bit of a sleep-in ,yes looks like we controlled it in Melbourne. But Sydney still getting small numbers each day, because simply not doing the right things,What can l say about the protesters 🤬. Looks like Melbourne lockdown will be lifted today,but with the borders closed to NSW. In another couple of months my youngest Will be as "Father" for the first time 👏👏. Carn't wait to go to the country property. From this lockdown.
@@ann-mariepaliukenas19 you're right. Unfortunately a significant number of nurses exhibit narcissist or sociopathic behaviour. Abusive men become cops, abusive women/mothers become nurses. Studies have been done on this link.
Thank you for speaking up for the quality of care in Barbados. There should not be a first world standard of care. Quality care should be quality care throughout the world.
We were very impressed when we flew to Barbados for a holiday in February 2020 that they were checking everyone’s temperature at the airport. It’s a beautiful island.
Barbados was checking temperatures at their airport months before Canada. We had quarantine hotels once again before Toronto. We were very advance with our protocols. This is coming from a Barbadian living in Canada.
What an absolutely accurate and fair representation of things on the ground in Barbados. Thank you for your eloquent and balanced representation Amy. I work in healthcare and I am so proud of the hard work that has been done in Barbados.
Thank you Amy - really interesting! Plus you have a wonderfully mixed accent I could listen to all day! You sound like northern England with a bit of USA and a bit of Caribbean !
What a lovely lady, and obviously a superb student😉I'm envious, how wonderful Barbados are doing so well and so little deaths, that's fantastic😁thankyou Amy and Dr C, very enjoyable video👏👏💐xxxx
@@ttarantulas4u258 shame we weren't so strict, we would all be in a better place than we are! Our government doesn't give two hoots about any of us and how bad things are getting
Augustine Riley perhaps she can post a vid of booting the door down and dragging people from their houses and straight to the camp ! Compelling viewing I’d say ?
@@dennispickard7743 You some kind of prick today, or is that just your natural personality? Given the most senior "leaders" in the UK are repeatedly breaking the isolation and social distancing rules, including the guy who devised them, - let alone the hundreds of thousands who openly flaunt them every week - why do you think the in the UK the Delta is rampant pal? The state actually doing its job and enforcing the rules is not the worst move? It isn't like the people in Barbados are carted to Treblinka never to be seen again after all? You a Millwall soccer fan by any chance? SMDH.
Thoroughly enjoyed this update! I hope she comes back another time. It's great to hear how other countries are handling the pandemic, but I enjoy hearing about the everyday routines as well. We can learn so much from others. Thank you for sharing! Greetings from Canada
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Amy, thank you for such a comprehensive interview on the effects of COVID in Barbados. I am impress with professionalism and how objective you are in the the interview. Excellent ambassador for Barbados Thank you.
@Kristina BashamNotice your damn channel has no content , no viewers , absolutely Zero . What a damn pity. Stop disparaging Barbados with your unwelcome remarks and comments.
Amy was a breath of fresh air in your latest episode. Interesting to hear that there is no right way to treat COVID. All you can do is set up systems and hope that they work.
To all the critical commentars here for the supervised isolation: We routinely do supervised isolation for months in most western countries for tuberculosis (in hospital isolation rooms, and no, it is not a choice). Barbados ist doing the same for COVID: To goal is to solve the root of the problem in a very precise and proportional manner. Either you have general measures that impinge the freedom of millions all over the world through lockdowns and/or other strict mandates, or you limit the freedom of of an infectious person for a very limited time and provide that person with early care (which leads to better outcomes, as nurse Amy said). What would you rather have?
My thought was who supports for example a young mother whisked off into isolation? Do they have a system set up for someone to look after her kids and is she getting paid?
@@essanjay8604 I would agree if I thought it proportional but I do not. None of this has ever been proportional and we are allowing them to make things way worse than they ever were with this lab produced virus. It isn't a case of limiting the freedom of an infectious person either, It's limiting the freedom of people who have had a positive PCR test which is an entirely different thing altogether. Also, if this was a worse situation than it actually is asking what people would prefer is pointless if the first idea simply isn't possible.
@@misstangentina8552 What are you whininng about? It's not like they are in some inhumane conditions, I'm sure they all get a bed, food, toilet and chance to rest. First world problems to complain about that, when it ensures the safety of others.
Let's all move to Barbados John as it sounds wonderfully controlled organized and an Island to admire. That little lady learned nicely from a good teacher.....integrity is thine name...indeed. Carolyn from Canada....
John, I know you are so proud of Amy and what she has accomplished as one of your students. Great Job mate! Amy is so sweet, I enjoyed listening to her and her outlooks for the Island.
For those freaking out about people “having to go into quarantine”...that’s what we did here in the Uk initially....no-one batted an eyelid. Unfortunately we let so much virus in early 2020 that became undoable here in the Uk. Barbados has done a fantastic job. Fabulous report Amy. I imagine your former teacher is extremely proud of you.
You think dragging people from their homes is a good job? You and the vaccinated populace are simply evil humans, with a virtue signal. “I did it for others.” BS. You did it for the applause of others
That was very interesting and informative. I'm a retired nurse, but I worked during SARS, and I could identify with a lot of what Amy was talking about. She is delightful :)
Well done Barbados! An exemplar for the rest of us to learn from in terms of government supervised quarantine and contact tracing. Thanks for featuring this country, Dr. C
I think it is Scottish, modified slightly in the direction of Received Pronunciation, so everyone can understand her, even if English is not her first language.
I live on the Island and loves it, we have one of the greatest government in the Caribbean but Barbados needs to promote what people can do to immune themselves...I am amazed that is not being done
The greatest government that carts off their citizens to camps!? As a German living in the United States I find your opinion on this extremely disturbing.
You "loves" it and "one of the greatest government". If I was you I would learn to write English before coming on here. You are obviously not the sharpest tool in the shed.
@@caribbeanchild Criticising someone's English on a forum is pretty petty, don't you think? Firstly, English may not be that person's first language - and if that's the case, they know FAR, FAR more about languages than you obviously do. Secondly, a forum is about WHAT people say, not about their English proficiency. Thirdly, grammar errors have nothing to do with whether people are intelligent or not - everyone has different strengths and weaknesses, and grammar errors don't necessarily reflect the value of the message that person types. Fourthly, you know nothing about this person - perhaps they're dyslexic, perhaps they have some other disability that meant they had to work a lot harder than you to learn it. And lastly, lots of people text onto these forums, so auto-correct is responsible for a lot of grammar errors. I teach English for a living and I don't correct people's English here. You may not agree with the message of the post, but you can refute that with an actual VALUABLE reply, if you're capable of that. If all you have to contribute on a forum is a critic of someone's grammar, that's a pretty poor outlook you have. Only pathetic petty people who have nothing worth contributing correct other people's grammar and spelling on a public forum.
@@SteinOnkel And as a German living in the US, you wouldn't have a clue as to how this is being done, or whether it's being done kindly or harshly. This is a completely different situation, in completely different circumstances, for completely different reasons. The two situations can't be compared. I feel for you if your family were impacted during the war. But this isn't a war. People aren't being starved or indentured into prison camps as slaves or treated badly. Instead their illnesses are being monitored and they are isolated for a couple weeks so that they don't pass the virus to others in the community. The country has controlled the pandemic very well, which is considerably better than America's laughing stock lackluster response. America has one of the very highest deathrates per 1000 in the world, worse than most very POOR countries, because they aren't bothering to monitor it well and in true American style, they aren't being looked after because America chooses to make a massive profit from people's illnesses and deaths. Not that America generally cares about it's citizens' health. Which is more inhumane, I wonder? 1000s of people dying because they can't afford hospitalisation in a very rich country that COULD afford decent healthcare for it's citizens if it actually cared about it's citizens, or a country that is limiting the virus' spread to save lives and keep the community safe? Ask yourself THIS question: who has the highest rights - they person who has Covid and spreads it around the community, or the person who doesn't have Covid but ends up dying because of the first person. Think about that. A little perspective...
My father was the construction manager in kengiaton oval stadium construction for the ICC world-cup. He was there for 2 yrs and loved the weather, tourism and carefree attitude of people. I hope you foks stay safe 🤗❤️❤️👍💪
At least he was not involved Sabina Park Jamaica in 1998 when the match was abandoned after 10 overs because ball was bouncing all over the place, as the local Don's construction company had cut corners and pocketed the difference.
Amy thanks for this very informative interview of the past and present Covid situation in Barbados. You have done us proud with your impeccable insight and clarity about how Barbados has dealt with the situation throughout these challenging times with our limited resources. May God continue Shower the Island of Barbados with an abundance of Blessings and Mercy.
V M aye , I’m not surprised . There are not many people in UK who are 40+ and not on allopathic meds for lifestyle malady. A epidemic of respiratory illness due to E Vaping was predicted and now in fruition . UK is not a healthy place unfortunately,obesity is rife along with its accompanying malady . Thanks for post 👍🏻🍻
V M here is where a lot of children’s hospitalizations are coming from . The NHS is calling on parents to keep asthma medicine close at hand this week, with children up to three times more likely to need medical help as the school year starts. One in ten young people has asthma, with spikes in demand for help from GPs and hospitals in the weeks after school holidays, and an annual peak for children in September. Last year there were 25,128 cases of under-16s going to hospital with asthma, while recent analysis published by Public Health England found that GP appointments for children with asthma increase this month, with cases more than doubling and boys more likely to need help, while the total number of emergency hospital admissions for asthma typically jumps between August and September from around 3,500 to more than 6,000. The combination of coughs and colds circulating, children getting out of the habit of using inhalers during the summer break, air pollution and the stress of term starting, is thought to contribute to the spike in asthma cases. Asthma is a lung condition causing breathing difficulties, which can occur randomly or after exposure to a trigger like pollen, pollution, smoke, infections, colds and flu, and is among the issues being targeted by a new Children and Young People Transformation programme, a major new initiative from the NHS, working across the health service and with families to address the biggest challenges to the health of young people. The country’s top medics are today (Monday 2 September) urging young people and their parents to prioritise taking their medication and preventer inhalers as prescribed, as millions of families prepare for the new school year. Asthma is the most common long-term medical condition for children in the UK, and being with a new group of classmates can also lead to the spreading of germs, cold and flu bugs. Jacqueline Cornish, National Clinical Director, Children and Young People and Transition to Adulthood, NHS England said: “Millions of families know that asthma can bring stress and trauma, but simple common sense measures like taking medicines at the right time, giving children a spare puffer to take to school and checking in with a pharmacist for inhaler checks, can help parents manage the annual onset of ‘asthma season’ and go a long way to helping keep your child well and out of hospital. “The NHS Long Term Plan sets out a package of measures to identify and treat this common but potentially lethal condition, but the health service cannot meet this challenge alone and needs parents, carers and schools to help reduce the likelihood of avoidable asthma attacks this month, while in the long term the whole of society has to crack down on the scourge of air pollution, which contributes to thousands of illnesses and hospital trips every year.” Dr Andy Whittamore, Clinical Lead at Asthma UK and a practising GP says: “The ‘Back to School’ effect of asthma can be frightening and potentially life-threatening for children returning to classrooms this week. It’s easy for children to fall out of routines over the summer and forget to take their asthma medicines. This means their asthma is a ticking time bomb and then when they catch a cold or flu at school, they are at risk of having a potentially life-threatening asthma attack. “Parents can follow simple steps to cut the risk of their child having an asthma attack, such as giving the school a reliever inhaler for their child and a copy of their asthma action plan. They should also ensure that their child takes their preventer inhaler, this helps to build up protection in their airways over time so that if they come into contact with triggers such as colds, they are less likely to have an asthma attack. Adults also need to know how to spot when their child’s asthma is getting worse and know what to do if they have an attack and can get information and support from www.asthma.org.uk/back-to-school “If a child is using their reliever inhaler (usually blue) three or more times a week, coughing or wheezing at night or feeling out of breath and struggling to keep up with their friends, parents should book them an urgent appointment with their GP.” The NHS outlines some simple steps parents can take to ensure their son or daughter’s treatment is managed and kept under control, including: Having a child’s up-to-date written asthma action plan prepared by a GP. The school should also have a copy of the child’s asthma action plan and teachers should be aware if pupils help using their puffer. Ensure your child gets back into their asthma routine before the school year starts, including taking preventer medications every day if prescribed Check with the pharmacist that your child is using their inhaler if they are old enough to use it by themselves Have a check-up before the school year sports lessons start Pack a spare reliever puffer and spacer in your child’s school bag, checking that the puffer isn’t empty or out of date. Talk to the school about possible asthma triggers and whether staff members receive training on how to recognise and respond to asthma symptoms. Asthma UK also provides advice to parents about how to cut the risk of attacks, including speaking to a nurse if there are concerns about medication and helping children to get into the habit of using their inhaler. Dr Rahul Chodhari of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), said: “Asthma is the most common long-term medical condition in the UK with around 1.1million children diagnosed. Worryingly, the UK has one of the highest prevalence, emergency admission and death rates for childhood asthma in Europe and as the new school term begins, risks associated with the disease increase. “We know that every 20 minutes a child is admitted to hospital because of an asthma attack and poor management of the condition is often to blame. To prevent children reaching crisis point, every child should have an asthma management plan. Sicking to a routine of taking preventative medicine prescribed is also recommended and if your systems get worse, see your GP or asthma nurse as soon as possible to review treatment.” More than three million people will benefit from improved NHS respiratory, stroke and cardiac services over the next decade, with the NHS Long Term Plan setting out steps to improve asthma care, including faster diagnosis, improved medicines reviews and more expert help for parents from local health services like high street pharmacies, to keep a safe asthma care plan. An effective asthma care plan should involve an asthma review, being on the right medication, awareness of how to use inhalers correctly and a written asthma action plan. The NHS in England has brought together a wide range of clinicians, commissioners and voluntary sector organisations into the new National Paediatric Asthma Collaborative, to work collectively on improving asthma care and support for children with asthma. The focus on asthma care for young people is part of a new Children and Young People’s Transformation Programme, to improve diagnosis of key conditions, help children, parents and the health service to better manage ill health, co-ordinate services and reduce avoidable deaths. Professor Martin Marshall, Vice Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “Asthma is a distressing and sometimes dangerous condition that affects around one in 11 children - and it is something GPs and our teams see regularly in our surgeries. “The start of a new school term can be an anxious time for some children, and this can exacerbate asthma attacks, so it’s important that any child with asthma has an up to date action plan on how to manage their condition, and that their school is aware of it. “This advice from NHS England and Asthma UK is key to keeping symptoms under control, and we’d encourage any parents of children with asthma to take note - and for schools to be vigilant and have steps in place to support students if medical assistance is needed.”
A fascinating insight to Barbados. You must be very proud of your ex student John. It was a great pleasure to listen to Amy. Yes the British National Health is very very wasteful but they are assured of our taxes and don't have to make a profit. Apparently the bigger an organisation is the more gets wasted. Small units usually work much better and with less. Amy at forty seems to be brimming with energy and drive and even has extra to invest at weekends. What is you secret Amy?
Dr Campbell, - kudos to you too ! As Amy's former nursing teacher, - she is as you say making a real difference there, and she is happy and well, great stuff. Much for the developed nations, including us here in the UK to learn from! Brilliant video! Regards Gus Riley ;)
Thank you for the excellent report Amy and Dr John I watch this channel daily as dr John give us unbiased facts based on scientific information that is in the public domain. Thank you for the informative update Amy. As a big fan of Barbados I have been keeping up to date on the covid numbers,I have been fortunate enough to visit a number of times. I have had the pleasure of meeting Amy a number of years ago, she is a lovely and warm hearted person who will help anyone- Well done Amy and thank you for the information 👌🏻👍
Sounds like Barbados got a good handle on problem. Plus putting people in quarantine hospitals when they test positive means they also have emergency services on tap if they unlucky enough to need them.
Excellent! Barbados should be a model for all countries. If we had done this sort of thing in our U.S. counties and states right from the beginning, so many less people would have died. Of course, it doesn't sound like they had the politicization of the Covid virus that the U.S. has had and which has caused such chaos and so many deaths. Thank you for this interview, Dr. John. So positive and Amy is so articulate and charming.
@@BlankBrain You do realise that the USA population is more than 1,152 times that of Bim? You can’t compare raw numbers and expect to learn anything meaningful.
@@Libertariun I wasn't comparing raw numbers. Imagine going to Barbados and replacing every person you see with three corpses. Everywhere you travel, every car and truck, every home, every shop, along the way, as far as you can see, and as far as you can go. Or look at a HD display and imagine that half of the pixels are dead Americans. 3.1 times the population of Barbados have died of covid in the US.
I have family in Barbados 🇧🇧 and this is the best description of what is currently going on that I have come across and this is in the opening 10 minutes. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
We really drop the Big covid19 Ball in the Bahamas compared to Bridgetown Barbados. Of similar populations we always view the actions of Barbados more so than most other Caribbean islands.
Imagine if in the U.K. we divested COVID responses to local authorities and response teams rather than corporations. UK boroughs are about the same size as Barbados. I really enjoyed this interview.
@@beardyface8492 - Worse than the 37Billion spent on Test and Trace? We did not do that for Rationing and all the voluntary services during the last war. Vietnam a 2nd world country did very well managing the virus with public services.
@@Iskandar64 Yes worse, local authorities can't even make a decent fist of emptying bins. The people running them are completely inept compared to what was around in WW2.
She’s terrific ….. i spent a fair amount of time in St Kitts. It sounds like Barbados has a great healthcare system in place. And sounds like Ms Amy went to a terrific nursing program …. You can and should be very proud. Thanks. M
Listening to her, you think the health care is good, but that's private.... it's like that all over the Caribbean... however, the Public health system is a failure..🙂🇺🇸
Harrison Point was a mess when I lived there. Am a duel Canadian Barbadian citizen. So glad to hear how the island is doing. 🇨🇦 🇧🇧. It is their diet that causes the health issues. The island loves sugar and the marine fats will kill you. But the people are lovely and good doctors and nurses
Brilliant video. Amy, your knowledge clearly shows your passion for medicine and also shows us what a good teacher Dr Campbell is. Thanks for the great insight into pandemic life in Barbados.
I agree with James Smith. I am in the US and what a disaster this has been here---hundreds of thousands of lives could have been saved, if the gov had handled things differently in the 1st year of covid.
I love how much she loves her kids. I have been the same way. My husband works outside our home. When he gets home after wearing two masks all day he takes his shoes off on the porch and comes straight in to the washing machine to put all of his clothes in the washer right away. We do not want our twins to go to school come fall.
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Isn't this channel great with all the guests dr john has on its great to hear from other countries and how they handle the pandemic thanks Amy and Dr john best wishes from Glasgow scotland
“ the military helping to keep things ORGANIZED”. That wouldn’t go very well in many places and speaks to police state tactics. You won’t see that from the Biden Regime here in the US though. His crew would love to possibly but the push back would be truly bloody and they are too busy fighting off election auditing🤨 unsuccessfully to take that sort of action on.
Are toerist to Barbados also isolated at the site when they have or contracted COVID? (Added; Just realized… Dr John Campbell subscription base is three times plus an third the population of Barbados )
Thanks John for this video, which is quite welcome on a screen in my home. => Lovely to see such a smart, dedicated nurse who you had taught, years ago. Glad things are going so well. => Good to see the different response to the different situation. => Thanks again, John.
