“(The)
meeting is scheduled for…us to be able to issue clear directives to all our
Principals in all schools”
Minister of Education
Ronald Thwaites speaking at the Ministry’s Region Three Office Back to School
Conference at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, St Ann, on Friday,
August 15th, 2014
At
this point, I think Jamaica needs to start sounding the Air Raid alarms!
This
as now even Canada has issued a travel advisory for persons visiting any of the
28 Caribbean Countries infected with the Chikungunya Virus as stated in “Canada
issues Chikungunya warning to travellers”, published Monday, August 18,
2014 9:48 AM, The Jamaica Observer.
Minister
of Education Ronald Thwaites, sensing a coming panic on Monday September 1st
2014 as the start of the 2014/15 Academic Year, has scheduled to meet with
representatives of the Ministry of Health on Tuesday August 19th
2014 to discuss this very obvious problem as stated in the article “Health,
Education ministries discuss chikungunya threat to schools”, published
Saturday, August 16, 2014 2:46 PM, The
Jamaica Observer.
You
can get the 411 directly from the Horse’s mouth, the Jamaica Information Service in the article “Chikungunya
Prevention Strategies to be Developed for Schools”, published August 18,
2014 By Marlon Tingling, The Jamaica Information
Service.
He
made that announcement at the Ministry’s Region Three Office Back to School
Conference at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, St Ann, on Friday,
August 15th, 2014. For those keeping score, that’s the day that we
hit 10 infected, even as Trinidad and Tobago has 80 infected as noted in my blog article
entitled “10
Cases of Chikungunya Virus in Jamaica – How a Hurricane coming December 2014
will accelerate its spread”.
Which
probably explains why Yendi Philllips and Simone Clarke Cooper are decked out
in school Uniforms and School Gear as Television Jamaica on Tuesday
August 19th 2014, trying to get children happy about going to school
and getting the Chikungunya Virus …..er, that is to say a sound education….. as
shown below!
Makes
sense as the Chikungunya Virus is at the alledged Simone Clarke Cooper’s home
parish of St. Ann!
Possibly
Television Jamaica was made
aware by the Minister of Education and the Ministry of Health of the panic
among parents in sending their children to school, as the News came by way of
the Jamaica Information Service. This is
how the Traditional Media even knew of the Tuesday August 19th 2014
Meeting, by the way!
Latest PAHO Stats on
Chikungunya Virus – The Virus loves the French in Dominican Republic
That
News release also included some Stats from PAHO (Pan American Health
Organization) Stats as of Friday August 1st 2014 helps to bring home
the extent of the Chikungunya Virus spread in the Caribbean:
1.
508,122 suspected cases
2.
4,736 confirmed as locally transmitted
3.
535confirmed as imported cases
4.
32 deaths confirmed
The
Chikungunya Virus is running amok in Central and South America and surprisingly
in the US of A. Not surprisingly one of the two largest Caribbean islands, the Dominican
Republic, has the largest set of New cases of the Chikungunya Virus since
Friday August 1st 2014, 26,012 in total based on PAHO Stats.
That's
68.45% of the 38,000 Total New Cases in the Caribbean, making Haiti Ground Zero
in terms of the Chikungunya Virus Spread. Since Disease knows no nationality, it’s
probably rampant in Haiti as I’d pointed out from the very beginning before the Chikungunya Virus came to Jamaica in my
first blog
article entitled “Ministry
of Health gearing up for Chikungunya Virus Epidemic - Aedes Aegypti Mosquito
loves the French as it Island-Hops to Jamaica”, making this virus a French
affair.
I’d
also predicted it will be coming to Jamaica via the boatload of Haitians
continue to flee their impoverished country and come to Jamaica. I do love to
boast of the accuracy of my predictions, but this time I just hate it that I’m
right.
So
what’s the Plan, Minister of Education and the Ministry of Health?
Education and Health
Meet – Stopping an Epidemic in Jamaica with a Mosquito problem
BOTH
the Minister of Education and the Ministry of Health are aware that their
valiant ploy to make children unaware that there isn’t a problem isn’t gonna work.
Already observant 10 year olds may have begun noticing that their parents are
packing up bottles of DEET and Citronella Oil, packing it into their knapsacks
and also encouraging rubbing it on as often as they can.
As
much as I’m predicting otherwise, this may become the next big thing on the High
School or College playground; who’s got the biggest bottle of DEET and the
latest brand of Citronella Oil!
Still,
they’ll also notice an increased tendency among parents to stock up on Mosquito
Destroyers among downtown people in Kingston and St. Andrew, albeit they’re bad
for you, especially the Black Coil Destroyer as noted in my Geezam blog article entitled “How
to make Environmentally Friendly Citronella (Lemon Grass) Oil for Mosquito
Repellant Lotion and Candles”.
Citronella
Oil Candles and Oil sales will eventually start to pick up among the more
affluent in society, being as Destroyers are not their thing. All in a valiant
attempt to kill the Aedes Aegypti
Mosquito and make children and parents happy about going back to School.
What’s
worse, it’s going to spread even faster once the Caribbean Nationals start
milling in to take up their residence on the Hall of Residence at UWI, Mona
Campus and possibly even at UTECH.
That
means it’s only a matter of time before it comes to the Rural areas when the
UWI and UTECH students on Hall travel home back to their parents…with the gift
of Chikungunya Virus travelling in their blood ready for the Aedes Aegypti Mosquito to bite you and
spread to your family and the rest of your community. It’s already in the
following parishes:
1.
Kingston and St. Andrew
2.
St. Thomas
3.
St. Catherine
4.
St. Ann
So
the most that the Minister of Education and the Ministry of Health is advise
that regular fogging with Malathion be done each morning before school starts
at all schools in the affected parishes.
The
UWI (University of the West Indies)
had fogged their Campus and the surrounding community on Tuesday August 12th
2014, being as one of the cases of local spread was possibly a Post Doctoral
Student based on my sources as per my blog article entitled
“UWI
reports Staffer with Chikungunya Virus - Ground Zero for Islandwide Infection
as it'll spread wild once Small Island Students Return”.
Preferably
at 6am sharp before 8am start of school, as you don’t want a repeat of the
respiratory problems that plagued Ocho Rios High School in St Ann that occurred
on Tuesday November 19th 2013 as reported in my blog article entitled
“Ministry
of Health attempted murder of Ocho Rios High School in St Ann by spraying
Malathion - Malathion Spraying and Destroyers ban needed and Citronella Candles
and Education introduced”.
Aedes Aegypti Mosquito Vector – Remove their
Breeding Grounds and disease won’t spread
Covering
Drums and containers of Water at High Schools, Colleges and Universities is
going to be a tall order, especially as so many ponds and gullies where water
gathers exists. A National Drain Cleaning program, akin to what would be done
before a hurricane needs to be implemented to clean all drains islandwide.
Garbage
collection will now have to be a regular thing. This as garbage bins gather
water, creating a breeding ground for Aedes
Aegypti Mosquito, they’ll have to emptied daily and across the Entire
Island, not just schools alone. Mosquito Nets will also become a thing for
women with babies, as they’ll want to protect their child for getting a
horrible rash as DEET or Citronella Oil just isn’t for the gentle skin of
babies!
Remember,
it only takes one bite from an Aedes Aegypti
Mosquito infected with the Chikungunya Virus to contract the disease and show
symptoms within seven (7) days. Thus DEET, Citronella Oil and Mosquito Nets
will only work if used regularly.
Likewise
preventing the Aedes Aegypti Mosquito
breeding is only possible if it’s done in earnest before a possible Hurricane
in December 2014 as predicted in my blog article
entitled “ESA's
Swarm Says the Earth's Magnetic Field is Weakening - How Weakening Magnetic
Field results in hotter Summer Days and Hurricanes in Christmas 2014”.
Using
my herbal remedy which I’d developed through experimentation on myself is only
a last resort as described in my blog article
entitled “How
to fight Illness including Chikungunya Virus using Spices - US$40 Joseph Joseph
SpiceStore Carousel helps you organize”, as you really don’t want to wait
until your child has swollen joints and a rash. Still, I’d recommend that you
stock up on the ingredients as mentioned in my blog article above and get your
Mortar and Pestle and a Water Bath for Extracting Herbal Essences from these
Herbs ready should it come to that.
This
as despite the concern of Minister of Education and the Ministry of Health,
this disease has no official cure, forcing many Jamaicans to be become their
own Apothecary.
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