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Homes breeding mosquitoes will be fined: Dr Yaacob

SINGAPORE: Singapore is ready to fight dengue should the situation worsen in the hotter months of July and August, according to Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim.

In an interview with MediaCorp Radio, he also said agencies like the Land Transport Authority and National Environment Agency are ready to deploy more resources during this period.

But it seems the weakest link currently, are Singaporeans.

The NEA found mosquitoes breeding in flower pots and other areas in the home, despite continual public campaigns.

Dr Yaacob warned that households found to have mosquito breeding sites will be fined.

There were 295 cases of dengue infections this week, bringing the cumulative number of cases this year to 3,216. Dr Yaacob said the dengue situation has become a national concern. - CNA/yy

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Fine peasants for breeding mosquitoes? How did this decision come about? We can only stretch our imagination in order to gain what little insight as to how these decisions were made.

Minitoot : Expert !!!!! Why isn't the epidemic subsiding?

Expert : Sir, i'm not exactly sure. We've already implemented all those measures. But at the rate the epidemic is exploding, it wouldn't be long before we attained the rank of No.1 in the world for number of Dengue Fever cases per capita!!!

Minitoot : KNN!!!! Don't talk cock can?

Expert : Sorry Sir! I've got this suspicion that the Aedes mosquitoes are showing signs of resistance to the Organophosphates (some type of insecticide lah) that we are using. Maybe we should do tests on the mosquitoes to determine, if any, the level of resistance in those mosequitoes. Then we can switch to other insecticides such as Neonicotinoids or synthetic pyrethroids because they have a longer duration of action.....

Minitoot : Sounds good! Continue expert!

Expert : But the cost of these chemicals will be significantly higher........

Minitoot : WTF!?!?!? Do you have a brain? As if i'm gonna spend more money to save these peasants. They die their business ok? All we need to do is to spend the least money to achieve some results. The result need not be good. But they must be there so that we can show that we are actually doing something. And after that, we can magnify what little results we have achieved by using statistics.

Expert : -_-'''

Minitoot : By the way what's the other chemicals you recommended? I wanna buy some to use for me and my family. Hehehhehehehe

Expert : But Sir!!! To control the epidemic it is of utmost importance that the mosquito population be controlled. The mosquitoes can easily fly over from tekong, ubin, johor, bintan........ so our current measures of getting all the citizens to reduce mosquito breeding sites may not be sufficient. What we need to do is to knock out the current adult population of mosquitoes right now.

Minitoot : Dun be stupid lah. If we do that the public will ask why i nv do that earlier. Then it will become my fault already you twit!!! I tell you what. We'll fine all those peasants who breed those mosquitoes. Spread the news on the news. Hahahahaha. Only a genius like be can come up with that idea. I truly deserve my million dollar salary. Firstly it will make the epidemic seem as though as it is the peasants' fault. Secondly, we don't have to spend a cent. We even make money!!!!

Expert : -_-'''''''''''''''''''''

Minitoot : I can truly think out of the box indeed!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Disclaimer: The above conversation obviously did not occur in reality and you should not interpret it as "mischievous". There is no such thing as a minitoot or an expert. All similarity to living and dead is purely coincidental