Meant to Keep Mosquitos Out, Nets Are Used to Haul Fish In
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#2Solution: besides giving out mosquito nets, also give out fishing nets...
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#3Welcome to Africa - one step forward two steps back.
Re: Meant to Keep Mosquitos Out, Nets Are Used to Haul Fish In
#4Solution: besides giving out mosquito nets, also give out fishing nets...
That's a non solution. Giving them nets and fishing nets will only make then sell the fishing nets and using the mosquito nets for their fishing needs.
One solution is to look for another solution. Like a genetically modified mosquito that is inhospitable to malaria and outcompetes regular mosquito.
Other is to try stabilizing the region.
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#5Welcome to Africa - one step forward two steps back.
Welcome to the wealthy nation's interactions with Africa. To think "we" can tell people what problem they should solve (Malaria) when not even their food supply is secured, that's just hubris.
Knowing Maslow's hierarchy of needs, it's Physiological needs (food) vs Safety needs (Malaria protection). And the former are more basic, so expecting anything else shows little foresight (easy to say in hindsight, I know).
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#6Solution: besides giving out mosquito nets, also give out fishing nets...
Giving out proper fishing nets would also enable over-fishing, but this could be the lesser of two evils. It reminds me of the calculus around giving addicts clean needles: it feels wrong to enable a destructive and illegal behavior, but the alternative is a net net worse outcome. (Pun intended.)
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#7Solution: besides giving out mosquito nets, also give out fishing nets...
The article makes it pretty clear that overfishing is likely to wipe out local fish populations.
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#8Solution: besides giving out mosquito nets, also give out fishing nets...
Giving out proper fishing nets would also enable over-fishing, but this could be the lesser of two evils. It reminds me of the calculus around giving addicts clean needles: it feels wrong to enable a destructive and illegal behavior, but the alternative is a net net worse outcome. (Pun intended.)
Over-fishing using nets is done on an industrial scale backed by capital from wealthy industrial and post-industrial economies. The family that fishes in the swamp is not the critical actor.
Re: Meant to Keep Mosquitos Out, Nets Are Used to Haul Fish In
#9Welcome to Africa - one step forward two steps back.
Welcome to the wealthy nation's interactions with Africa. To think "we" can tell people what problem they should solve (Malaria) when not even their food supply is secured, that's just hubris. Knowing Maslow's hierarchy of needs, it's Physiological needs (food) vs Safety needs (Malaria protection). And the former are more basic, so expecting anything else shows little foresight (easy to say in hindsight, I know).
We solved other diseases without solving the food problem.
Re: Meant to Keep Mosquitos Out, Nets Are Used to Haul Fish In
#10Solution: besides giving out mosquito nets, also give out fishing nets...
The article makes it pretty clear that overfishing is likely to wipe out local fish populations.
As opposed to entire marine fisheries destroyed by industrialized fishing that puts tins of tuna on grocery shelves.