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Big Surprise Or Predictable? SOE Ending, Mandates Relaxed

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For many, it comes as a very sudden shift in policy, though others say that it was inevitable once you were paying attention. Recently, the government announced that the state of emergency was being called off, promising to do so next month. The public sector vaccine mandate - which had been fiercely resisted by many - is being rolled back to mandatory testing for those public sector workers who still remain unvaccinated, allowing them to return to work. Meanwhile, private businesses are being told that they too can go the route of reverting to mandatory testing for their unvaccinated employees once 80 percent of overall employees are already immunized. In this episode, we ask: What’s behind the shift in policy? And is this the return to normalcy that many have been hoping for?

The host is Kieron Murdoch. The guests are:

  1. Mr. Anderson Carty, Management Consultant specializing in Business Management, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management.
  2. Mr. David Spencer, He is a community activist. He is also the co-host of Movement Radio, a weekly programme on Observer Radio dedicated to social and political activism on a range of issues.
  3. Dr. Oswald Thomas, a professor, political consultant, coach, therapist and media commentator. His broad background is in education, psychotherapy, community organizing, youth work and social advocacy. He is a psycho-therapist. He is a long-time member of the ABLP.


    4. This programme first aired on NewsCo Observer Radio 91.1 FM on November 21st, 2021. Get the latest news from Antigua and Barbuda at the Antigua Observer online.

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