Really amazing how Peter99 manages to turn any topic into a platform for his anger at the rest of the world. GoKunming starts to look even more grim then Breitbart.com.
Now normally I ignore his ranting but this time I take it serious because it becomes a personal attack. (And that is not because I am, or ever was, a UN worker.)
aving worked in the fight against malaria and having worked in Laos I know that there is malaria there. Better medication and the availability of medication have created a significant drop in malaria. Because of this the efforts to control the vector are waning. This explains as well the rise in other vector transmitted diseases like Dengue.
Also some years ago, during malaria season, up to 15% of my workforce (A UXO clearing project) in Laos could be out with malaria (This was before the use of Artemisinin based combination therapy.) Indeed in Vientiane I never came across malaria but in the rural area we worked in this was a different story.
Also I rate the change that one would contract malaria in Laos small it is not so that this is impossible. Starting early with treatment after infection and the use of prophylactics in malaria prone area is still a good thing to do so carrying your own supply is advisable.
Like anywhere else there are some lazy UN workers and they might hang out in brothels and they might drive a SUV this does not mean that they are the source of misinformation and have an interest in keeping this misinformation going. It is often more the other way around in the sense that authorities hush up all kind of diseases in their territory because it makes them look not in control and hinders investments.
Most of the work against malaria is done by underfunded groups with limited means. The malaria project I did was based on one old truck and a fleet of bicycles and staff that was motivated by their own experience of malaria. We were happy that the UN (In this case WHO) handled the data we provided and not some bureaucrat that for political reasons filed our data in the bin.
Misinformation is created by those who write: been there didn’t know anybody with malaria so it does not exist. This is called anecdotal evidence. At the same time they quote from Breitbart and see zombies everywhere and think the world will be taken over by queer Prozac popping zombies.
Yunnan coffee producer found in violation of Nestlé trademark
发布者Yes, Spam is even Covid proof.
Still amasing that Spam reacts to a more than 10 year old article ;-)
New strict dog regulations in 36 Kunming areas
发布者@WayoftheSun
I largely agree with you that it is not the dog but the owner that is the problem. But you have to realize that there is a correlation between them, like people that buy a Lamborghini are more likely to be involved in a high speed accident than people who buy a QQ.
The problem is that people that, let say, buy a pit bull terrier, usually are not doing so to prove that these are nice family dogs but do so for the reasons why these dogs are forbidden now.
An other point is that certain breeds which where OK before, like for example the various shepherd breeds, for whom I have as well have good experiences, I was allowed to walk a friend's shepherd when only 4 years old, have changed.
Many of these dogs are not any longer what they used to be. This because of unscrupulous breeding for commercial reasons. The nice and friendly shepherd I walked as a 4 year old is not the same as the shepherd my neighbor bought as a status symbol to go with his Cayenne.
For this reason I support banning breeds. Not because of the dogs but because of the owners.
New strict dog regulations in 36 Kunming areas
发布者Dognappig
Kidnapping of a dog in our compound occurred yesterday. The dog was lured outside with a ham sausage and then taken off the compound. Security camera's showed all the action even of the kidnapping lady buying the ham sausage in the convenience store next to the compound.
The dog involved was an Akita, which is one of the forbidden dog breeds in Kunming. Apparently there still is a market for these dogs.
Yunnan census results released
发布者When I read the header I thought that is fast because last night the just visited me. Turned out the article is about the previous census ;-)
Mountain collapse kills two, destroys vineyards
发布者The picture looks like Yiliang the duck place with these high rises and motorway.