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COVID Criminals — Island Infection Controls, Jails And Jet Skis
What lengths would you go to in order to see your loved one during Covid-19?
At almost the same time on opposite sides of the Atlantic, two people wanting to see their significant others crossed the water to get to them, headed to remote islands and ended up in jail. In both cases, the British-territory islands were under COVID restrictions, and the visitors fell foul of local rules and regulations. Also, in both cases, the visitors ended up in jail.
On November 27th and after a negative COVID test before departing and another negative test on arrival, 18-year-old American Skyler Mack flew from the USA to Grand Cayman, the largest island in the British-territory Cayman Islands in the western Caribbean.
The Cayman Islands is a group of three islands, south of Cuba in the Caribbean, which are an autonomous British Overseas Territory. The population is about 65,000. They have their own Parliament and currency. HM Queen Elizabeth is Head of State.
Mack is a pre-med student at Mercer University and daughter of Dennis Mack, professional jet ski racer. She was travelling from her home in Georgia to see her boyfriend, Vanjae Ramgeet, a 24-year-old Cayman resident. He was competing in a jet ski event there. Ramgeet is…
