Islands Biggest Music Festival

Before it was called Music Festival for the Angels, it was Christmas Concert for the Angels at Roatan Airport. Back in 2005, it was more of a classical music affair with drinks sold at the car rental booths and hors d’oeuvres served at the baggage claim area. In 2013, the venue was moved from the Roatan Airport to Lawson Rock, and in 2022 to Sol y Mar.

The musicians played their hearts out. The Roatan All Stars Band by John Karroll featured singer Brion James and Carleen Roth, among others. IMOX was led by Luis de la Rosa, Will Freidhof, and Deven Alvarado. Tyler Anthony, a Nebraskan brought country and Western sound to Sandy Bay. Midnight Flyer, an Eagles Tribute Band, closed off the night after 9 pm. “They only receive the love from the crowd and the knowledge that they have contributed to an event,” said Helen Murphy, director of the concert and long time island resident/business owner. The organizers sold around 1,200 entry tickets and 87 VIP tickets.

“This quality of bands would be easily $150 somewhere in Houston,” said Janie McVicker, a Parrot Tree homeowner who attended the concert.

The event grossed nearly $100,000 in revenue and over $65,000 in profit, said Murphy. That is split with 30% doing to the SOL Foundation and 70% going to Clínica Esperanza. “Our part goes into our general fund and is used to augment any expenses,” wrote Peggy Stranges, RN and founder of the clinic.

The Clínica Esperanza continues to grow at tremendous pace. It went from attending 8,000 patients in 2012 with a staff of eight, to 28,000 patient visits and staff of 25 in 2022, a tremendous growth of 350% in 11 years. The clinic is also a teaching facility for young doctors and nurses wishing to gain professional experience and language skills.

A new two story, 10,000 square foot clinic building is being constructed using grant funding, giving Clínica Esperanza a much needed expansion. “Daily, we are seeing between 100 to 150 patients. We’ve had to increase our staff, and they’re just isn’t room in the present building,” said Stranges.

Development on the new facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2024, and it will bring a much needed expansion of medical services to the area. Among the planned additions are a dental pharmacy and laboratory area that will include an imaging center with a flat plate, x-rays, ultrasound, and hopefully mammography,” said Stranges.

Clínica Esperanza continues to grow at tremendous pace.

While Island’s Herd Immunity from the Wuhan Virus was Likely Achieved in late 2020, Islanders Continue to Live in Fear and Abandonment of Freedoms

Two Roatan medical professionals now believe that the island has reached herd immunity. 

The inflated Honduran government statistics show that since the imposed lockdown in the Bay Islands in March 2020, in 455 days, 47 people died of the Wuhan virus. Major indicators and two Roatan medical professionals now believe that the island has reached herd immunity from the Wuhan virus sometime in December 2020, six months after it was brought to the island from the mainland by 11 Honduran National Police officers. Yet, since no one has dared to announce the herd immunity, Bay Islanders continue to follow curfew, wear masks, keep their children away from schools and stay away from churches. This behavior in psychology is called “the lemming effect.” 

There are several strong indications that like H1N1 of 2010, the Wuhan flue spreads across the tight knit, small island communities within several months. As fall of 2020 several Bay Islands employers reported that almost all of their staff tested positive for the Wuhan virus antibodies. “I think we are heading for herd immunity,” said in October 2020 Kenny McNab, owner of Bay Islands Petroleum (BIP) and Utila Dream. “Just about everyone in the office had it.” 

Another indicator of achieved herd immunity is the minuscule number of positive tests received in clinics testing travelers departing Roatan for US. Since February 2021 “Island Med” clinic in Coxen Hole has administered several thousand of Wuhan virus antigen tests required for people heading out to USA. “Eleven of these tests came out positive. Two of those were false positives,” says Dr. Angel Banegas, owner of Island Med. The positive cases were minuscule – less 0.1% of the tested travelers.

 Minuscule number of positive tests received in clinics testing travelers departing Roatan for US.

Still another indicator of herd immunity to Wuhan virus was the closing of the French Harbour COVID center due to the lack of sick. The long forgotten medical goal from year ago of “flattening the curve” to avoid overwhelming medical facilities has not only been achieved but it flat-lined. The facility opened doors on August 15, and by December 15 nature run its course and COVID center was closed.

Most people, 86% in fact, that are exposed to the Wuhan virus never really have any symptoms. “We have sun with vitamin D, we are at sea level so we have plenty of oxygen,” says Dr. Banegas. “I’ve never seen a construction worker, or a fisherman fall sick with COVID.”

There is plenty of money to be made in the COVID reshuffle, on the expensive vaccines, and bio-security contracts.  

The knowledge and information about the Wuhan virus testing and treatment coming from private clinics and hospitals thought Honduras has been ignored by government statistics. “No one speaks of COVID tests done in the private clinics,” says Dr. Banegas. The government has applied a consistent policy of ignoring private health providers during the Wuhan flue crisis. No government officials had proclaimed the increasingly obvious good news, in part because there is plenty of money to be made in the COVID reshuffle, on the expensive vaccines, and bio-security contracts.  

The fact that Wuhan virus is a treatable virus and “One of the great difference was handing out 10,000 maiz packs,” said Peggy Stanges, founder of Clinica Esperanza in Sandy Bay who also believes herd immunity was also achieved sometime in 2020. Maiz helped hundreds of lives. “It cost 50 dollars for a test and we could treat people for 5 dollars,” said Stranges. “That doesn’t make sense.” Actually, it makes plenty of sense.

There are plenty of people making money on COVID tests that cost $50-$300 on the island. There will be money being made on “bio security” enforcement and experimental vaccines at $30-$50 courtesy of WHO or Honduran government and no chance of recourse once you suffer adverse effects of the experimental drugs. 

Now that Bay Islands have achieved natural, side effects free and cost free immunity from the Wuhan virus, the department is receiving experimental vaccines and experimental gene therapies to the tune of $50 a pop. The corporations manufacturing them developed them in nine months and skipped the animal trials, vaccination challenge and phase III of human trials. The experimental vaccines went into circulation because of Emergency Use Authorization.

There are now hundreds of thousands of people in the US that have been injured by these experimental injections and as of May 24, US Center for Disease Control has registered voluntarily reporting of  4,863 deaths “side effect” due to experimental COVID vaccines. The voluntary nature of the gathering these statistics greatly under counts the actual death count after the administered. The effect of these injections on infertility, birth defects or Alzheimer will not be known for years.

After 228 days of Restrictions Roatan Sees Drastic Drop in Covid-19 Patients

The local business community leaders are taking notice. “I think we are heading for herd immunity,” said Kenny McNab, owner of Bay Islands Petroleum (BIP) and Utila Dream. “Just about everyone in the office had it.” One person working in BIP, an older employee in his sixties, had to be hospitalized but was sent home after a brief stay.

By December the majority of us should have had the virus and should have the antibodies.

Samir Galindo, GM of Anthony’s Key Resort noticed a trend of fewer patients seeking help at the resort’s clinic that is open to the public. In Augusts and September, the AKR’s health clinic was averaging 100 patients a day. In October these averages dropped to around 30 patients. “By December the majority of us should have had the virus and should have the antibodies. We should have the herd immunity,” said Galindo.

Roatan’s main COVID-19 exam and treatment center in French Harbour has also seen a drastic drop in patients. “There are 10 patients at the French Harbor Covid center, while a month ago there were as many as 60,” said Steven Guillen, president of the Little Friends Foundation that maintains the French Harbour COVID-19 center.

It looks like herd immunity on the island could be reached much faster that in urban areas on the mainland where population has a variety of options where to get food and where to go for medical care. This good news is not reflected in the media reports, or government policies.

The controlled media’s reports of constant “jumps in cases” actually describe the Covid-19 virus’ natural progression towards extinguishing itself out in herd immunity. Any virus needs to constantly find new hosts to survive. When it has no more people to infect, the then it dies out.

Looks like herd immunity on the island could be reached much faster that in urban areas on the mainland.

The Honduran government has never even discussed the strategy of isolating the vulnerable to the virus and providing food and medicine delivery services to the elderly, and the sick. Unlike Sweden, South Dakota or Belorussia, Honduras has fallowed in the footsteps of countries that has shut down and isolated the healthy preventing them from going about their lives.

The Honduran government decree 58-2020 that mandates wearing masks for anyone over three years of age in groups of five people or more. While mask wearing law was supposed to “flatten the curve,” it never meant to stop the virus completely.

“Social distancing is counterproductive. If you mingle you get exposed to different diseases on a smaller scale. And you build up resistance,” says nurse Peggy Stranges, founder of Clinic Esperanza in Sandy Bay. Stranges echoes the many health professionals that are critical of the “shut down and mask” policies. These professional voices have been systematically censored and ridiculed by the controlled media.  “Masks don’t control viruses, they control you,” said Dr. Lee Merritt of the Frontline Doctors group that is fighting the controlled media narrative.

The Honduran government has never even discussed the strategy of isolating the vulnerable to the virus and providing food and medicine delivery services to the elderly, and the sick.

Bay Islanders are finally getting an accurate view of how deadly the virus was in their community. The government’s exaggerated and unreliable statistics reported that 38 Bay Islanders died of COVID-19 since March. Bay Islands department with over 130,000 people has an annual death rate of over 1,000 and 38 deaths fall within statistical margin of error.

The Honduran government has never conducted a cost benefit analysis of the possible death by COVID-19 versus death from the policy of lockdown, forced mask wearing and deferred medical treatment. As a consequence of the lockdown hundreds of Roatanians have decided to defer treatment of cancer, hypertension or diabetes out of fear of going to place where they come in contact with COVID-19. The repercussions of this government “miscalculation” will be felt for generations to come.

The fifth annual Concert for the Angels at Lawson Rock was the place to listen to great music, run into friends and donate to local charities: Clinica Esperanza & SOL International Foundation. Feeling like angels: Cara Lenz, Fiona Barnett, Helen Murphy, Wyonna Mckay and Lesly Yolany Maldonado.

Ladies In Paya

The February Roatan Ladies Luncheon took place on the east end of the island at the Paya Bay Resort. The get together takes place every Tuesday of the month and this one was organized by Michelle Router on February 6. “We socialized and chatted about ups & downs, struggles and enjoyment of life here on the Island,” wrote Majelle Thompson, reflecting on the meeting. After lunch: Patricia Bathgate, Martina Stanclova, Majelle Thompson, Rosmarie Dalton.

Firemen At Parrot Tree

Parrot Tree Plantation was the perfect place to hone rescue skills for the Roatan firefighters and their brethren from Grande Prairie Fire Department in Canada. As the hotel temporarily shut its doors, the unfinished, three story seaside condominium served just the purpose. After the training: Alexis Cruz, Mario Melendez, Emerson Diaz, Mairon Castro, Jonny Mejia, Daniel Castillo, Edil Lanza, Angel Collin, Elber Martinez, Celio Nuñez, Cesar Martinez, Jairo Flores, Brent Fulmek, Jose Paz, Rocky Dixon, Kevin Cooper, Jorge Velasquez, Phillip Tufford, Osly Nolasco.