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Brazil is fighting the dengue fever for 20 years now. More than a million people get the disease each year. Every year the public policy is the same: send agent

by fiatjaf 11y ago

Brazil is fighting the dengue fever for 20 years now. More than a million people get the disease each year. Every year the public policy is the same: send agents to enter the houses and search for still water. When the same measure fails for 20 years, shouldn't they be thinking of an alternative?

bcook 11y ago
This is either the most heartless post I have ever seen on HN, or I am unaware of some great wrong Brazil must be responsible for. Why the negativity toward Brazil? Edit: Parent has been edited.
- fiatjaf 11y ago
  I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be heartless. I'll edit the comment.
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- Tar90 11y ago
  He's probably Brazilian. For some reason, some Brazilians seem to viscerally hate their country and assume that everything about it is wrong, all the while believing that all other countries in the world are magically superior by nature and don't have any problems. People call it the "slumdog syndrome" in there.
firasd 11y ago
Making sure there aren’t stagnant pools of water in houses is also an important part of the policy in India. I mean, the vector is mosquitoes, which breed in such spaces, so I’d say it’s a low-cost/high-impact strategy.
geomark 11y ago
Same here in Thailand. Dengue has been around for a long time and the number of cases keeps growing with 130,000 this year [1]. There are sufficient resources to battle it, but like other corrupt countries the money gets spent on projects that lend themselves to kickbacks. Maybe with the recent case of a popular celebrity [2] there will be more attention paid. That actor has undergone extreme treatment to try to save him, including several operations to stem internal bleeding, a foot amputation, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. [1] http://outbreaknewstoday.com/thailand-reports-nearly-130000-dengue-cases-98721/ http://outbreaknewstoday.com/thailand-reports-nearly-130000-... [2] http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/Fingers-crossed-as-Por-battles-severe-dengue-attac-30272821.html http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/Fingers-crossed-as-Por-...

by fiatjaf 11y ago

bcook 11y ago

This is either the most heartless post I have ever seen on HN, or I am unaware of some great wrong Brazil must be responsible for. Why the negativity toward Brazil? Edit: Parent has been edited.

fiatjaf 11y ago
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be heartless. I'll edit the comment.
- deleted 11y ago
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Tar90 11y ago
He's probably Brazilian. For some reason, some Brazilians seem to viscerally hate their country and assume that everything about it is wrong, all the while believing that all other countries in the world are magically superior by nature and don't have any problems. People call it the "slumdog syndrome" in there.

firasd 11y ago

Making sure there aren’t stagnant pools of water in houses is also an important part of the policy in India. I mean, the vector is mosquitoes, which breed in such spaces, so I’d say it’s a low-cost/high-impact strategy.

geomark 11y ago

Same here in Thailand. Dengue has been around for a long time and the number of cases keeps growing with 130,000 this year [1]. There are sufficient resources to battle it, but like other corrupt countries the money gets spent on projects that lend themselves to kickbacks. Maybe with the recent case of a popular celebrity [2] there will be more attention paid. That actor has undergone extreme treatment to try to save him, including several operations to stem internal bleeding, a foot amputation, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. [1] http://outbreaknewstoday.com/thailand-reports-nearly-130000-dengue-cases-98721/ http://outbreaknewstoday.com/thailand-reports-nearly-130000-... [2] http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/Fingers-crossed-as-Por-battles-severe-dengue-attac-30272821.html http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/Fingers-crossed-as-Por-...