Tim Niiler's blog

Is Omicron better than Delta or worse? This piece looks at what the data show on both a personal level and at a public health level. The bottom line is that we're likely to see a surge that swamps our hospitals with mostly unvaccinated individuals. While vaccinations and boosters may keep you out of the hospital, you still may get very sick.

A few days back I posted an update to the Caribbean area including Bermuda (a little to the north east), and parts of Central America. Remember how I said that we needed to watch the data closely due to Omicron? Well what a difference a few days make! The short story is that this area is getting more risky every day and that in places where the COVID numbers are low right now, the data may be sketchy, or there may be other travel advisories. Read below for more details.

In this long read, we discuss how to interpret safe travel metrics and then apply them to the Caribbean (and Bermuda!). There's lots of detail so if you want the punchlines, skip to the end.

Public health authorities really have been trying to help us stay safe. Unfortunately, they are prone to changing rules frequently so it can be hard to know what really is important in COVID safety. Here are five go-to rules that can help keep you and your family safe.

With Omicron here and COVID spreading like wildfire, what's to be done this winter? How good is vaccination? Does masking work and if so at what level? Here we look at some of the latest information on how to stay safe.

Do you want to see what's happening at your favorite destination? Since the numbers are changing by the day, why not get a look at what's happening where you're going? In this column we will do a deeper dive into the numbers and trends to help you to pick a spot that may be safer.

The wedding venue Spillian, located in the Catskills of New York State has staff which follows good COVID protocols and even in inclement weather they are able to host outside weddings well. However, they leave it to wedding parties to set guest rules. Most impressively, they have followup with wedding parties and are able to report their history of COVID-free weddings.