Here's hoping we are elected as we have much to offer, having developed a health system which has won international plaudits, particularly in the area of primary health care. Jamaica is looking to join the PAHO executive for the 2021-2024 term. Our Chief Medical Officer Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie will also be a participant, while Permanent Secretary Dunstan Bryan and other ministry officials will join the conference virtually. The four-day meeting begins today in Washington, DC, and, according to the ministry's press release, will вЂњconsider matters, including a roadmap for the digital transformation of the health sector in the region of the Americas, a comprehensive approach for addressing health threats at the human-animal-environment interface, and reinvigorating immunisation as a public good for universal healthвЂќ. We should be proud that the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has selected Dr Tufton to be president of their Directing Council Meeting and to lead their 59th meeting of their 35 member states. This is your protection from the new, super-contagious variants.Дespite the brickbats, we can agree that Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has been fighting this pandemic relentlessly. As the prime minister has reminded us, whether it is AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, or Pfizer, the first vaccine offered to you is the best vaccine. The new vaccination mobile unit, increased locations for blitzes, and advocacy by political and church leaders give us hope that we will achieve the 65 per cent target by year end. We NOW have more time to produce and commute - productivity levels, which were already too low in Jamaica, have taken a nosedive. Prime Minister Holness's announcement of the new curfew hours was met with sighs of relief. On Wednesday the prime minister also toured the Kingston Eastern constituency with Member of Parliament Phillip Paulwell. It was great to see Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding visiting vaccination blitz sites, together, last Thursday, showing their supporters that vaccination should never be politicised. A good mind is a terrible thing to waste. For the time being, we believe that Audley Shaw will have the former minister's number on speed dial and that Green will humbly and carefully regain his credibility. There is speculation that this may be Floyd Green's destiny - but that would be in the very long run. Patterson served as prime minister of Jamaica until 2007, holding the longest record for that office. Return he did, about three months later when Prime Minister Michael Manley retired as prime minister in March 1992. We remember PJ Patterson's words, вЂњI shall return,вЂќ after he resigned from the PNP Government's Cabinet in the face of the Shell waiver debacle. After Green posted the words of Desiderata on Friday, People's National Party (PNP) politician Damion Crawford commented, вЂњYou will always have my support, my brother. It is interesting that, although there were the usual attempts to score political points, we saw some mellow moments. We understand that some upset followers were planning a demonstration and it is Green who has calmed them down. It would be more useful if they joined him in his constituency, helping him to organise vaccine blitzes and back-to-school assistance. Some of his friends have launched a petition to have Green reinstated but that is, perhaps, more of an embarrassment than a help. It's a hard drop - from a super ministry to none - but life happens, and one must have the courage to face one's faults, pay for one's mistakes, and, to borrow President Joseph Biden's slogan, вЂњBuild back betterвЂќ. It is a hard lesson for the young Member of Parliament (MP) and a useful one for up-and-coming young people, who should be careful that they do not float above good sense on the wings of celebrity. It must have been extremely painful, but as Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, вЂњBecause right is right, to follow right were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.вЂќ Well, as the situation escalated, we agreed that his decision to resign was the right one. I thought about Floyd Green's fresh-minded approach to agriculture, his dedication to his constituency and wondered if an abject apology, practically grovelling to the Jamaican people could save him. Floyd Green happens to be one of his favourite politicians and so he kept scrolling until he saw the birthday party video. вЂњWhat is happening? I see Floyd Green is trending,вЂќ said my husband last Wednesday evening.

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