Isn’t this mosquito-net thing one of Bill Gates’ projects?
D.D.T. would stop malaria in its tracks.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; give a man a mosquito net, and you feed him for a lifetime.
All they need to do is bring back DDT, which has now been shown to be harmless to wildlife at the concentrations in which it is used to kill mosquitoes. It’s cheap, not susceptible to individual misuse (like these people not using their mosquito nets to protect against mosquitoes) and easy to apply.
The entire world is still suffering from the Rachel Carson pesticide version of “global warming,” that is, a false panic based on shaky or non-existent science that then somehow becomes so politically correct it can never be questioned.
So much of this doesn't ring true... not saying it's not happening on some scale - but the 'numbers' don't add up.
How long does the average net used for fishing last? Billions on nets? Smells like large scale corruption being blamed on subsistence fishermen.
Lucky thing they never learn from their mistakes or they might not have anything to do.
I know it’s not right but I’m laughing my ass off about this.
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This is nearly as good as when Castro *SPIT* gave FREE rice cookers to Cuban Housewives!
Of course...there was no RICE - but it’s the THOUGHT that counts, Right? *SMIRK*
“That’s why the incidence for malaria here is so high. The people don’t use the mosquito nets for mosquitoes. They use them to fish.”
Many of the fish, reptiles, etc. they are scooping up in the nets consume mosquitos as well, therefore they are depleting the resources that actually keep the mosquitos in check.
Reads like a Catch-22. Either eat, or.....
Those pesky humans! You just never know what’ll happen when you hand ‘em a tool!
nets are the answer to the question
should we eat or should we be eaten?
So ironic that DDT, the surest way to kill mosquitos and prevent malaria, was banned because Rachel Carson wrote about its effect on the environment, particularly birds’ eggs.
Millions of people then died of malaria, so the enviro-nazis then had to launch the netting campaign. And severe environmental damage is occurring in the waterways, where the netting is being used for indiscriminate net fishing...while the people are still dying of maleria. Is there anything that these wackos haven’t screwed up?
but of course .....
How many have posted before me comments about the toll of banning effective pesticides? FILE THIS ARTICLE IN THE SILENT SPRING FILE.
They do the same thing in Jamaica. Everyday they go out and net a bunch of bait which they boil up into a fish tea. Its gross but what else are they going to do? I have watched them bring in the catch. Sad. Plus there isn’t a fish within a mile from shore that weighs more than a pound due to this relentless scavenging.
Heh. This was reported years ago on the BBC.
And I wonder when the NYTimes will report that many of the donated lubricated condoms in India are used by those who hand weave silk?