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http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...prevention
Official: ‘It’s on you’; dengue fever could be here to stay, unless public helps with prevention...
They are just NOW telling us this? How many others are already getting infected?
The state is lacking on this island. I guess they think if the Big island has it, No big deal.......... Don't they know that all it takes is for people from the big island to start traveling to other islands... ???
I say, let's get serious about this... We could fix this now, before it get's out of hand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmslbUoPLEQ
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Ah, childhood memories of us all gathering on bicycles to follow around the DDT truck, laughing as we darted in and out of the fog. We didn't wear bicycle helmets either, because they hadn't been invented yet. Yet somehow we survived.
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I remember radio ads which cautioned parents about the dangers of letting their children ride behind the sprayer trucks - - because cars and trucks might not see bicyclists in the thick fog! No mention about inhaling DDT.
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
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It's not like we would be spraying ddt all the time. But in this case I think it's very valid we should do something .... NOW, instead of waiting around for the possibility of a full scale epidemic.
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We can all do something - cover up, use bug spray, search the yard for any standing water (e.g. buckets), rip out those revolting bromeliads (cuts down on coquis too).
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Time to call Oxitec. Release the GMO mosquitoes and be done with it. Too bad they didn't exist before 15 Hawaiian bird species went extinct due to avian malaria. Humans messed with nature, brought these horrible creature here where they had no natural predators and aren't part of the food chain. Time for humans to tinker with nature to get rid of them.
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots...his-spring
http://www.oxitec.com/oxitec-video/more-...osquitoes/
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http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...says-weeks
DOH was not notified until about two weeks after the first known patient was seen by a health care provider, Park said. "We're talking three weeks from the time of infection to when we learn about it,"
Yet -- somehow -- when it happened on Oahu, DOH was notified immediately:
Park compared the Big Island situation to the recent case on Oahu -- a textbook example of how dengue should be handled. In East Oahu, a sick person reported to their doctor, who immediately contacted the DOH, she said.
Implication is that the healthcare providers (themselves suffering from budget shortfalls) are to blame. Maybe they should have more funding? (Ha, ha.)
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http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2015/1...-outbreak/
Well, a little too late now, but someone is waking up to the facts? I wonder how many people are getting infected right now? Having a meeting?
Should be rolling out the national guard and dispensing buckets of mosquito pesticides... Maybe even go as far as to quarantine victims? I'm thinking I should buy some coils before they are sold out island wide.
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Methinks the government is, once again, terrified (THANKS, lawyers!) to do something they might get sued for. Anyone who happens to get cancer in the next half-century in the spray-zone? Lawsuit!!!
