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Hi Rene, Thanks for giving me an opportunity to clarify the post on mosquitoes and Malaria. I am sure quite a few well-meaning persons feel like you. Here are some points I would like to make on the issue (also applicable to others). 1. We, GoaNetters can and should be the conscience of native and Diaspora Goans. And like that 'nagging little scruple' which is difficult to find, conscience can be uncomfortable. So I hope we are making ourselves useful. And perhaps louder the protest, one day it may .. just may .. do some good. 2. Most will appreciate, we are talking about this for the good of our very own ganv-bhavs ani ganv-bhoinis ani also those who visit Goa. 3. The problem with Malaria which some cyber-Goans have overlooked is that this is a preventable illness UNLIKE the flu (virus) - unless somebody can make us young. :=)) 4. We can research till we are blue in the face. But this is a disease like cancer that can be prevented (lung) and can be detected very early (breast prostate, colon etc) by screening. And this if implemented will cure more people than all the new research on cancer. 5. The journalists and writers in Goa and elsewhere will tell us in spite of our high-tech communications, the problems of this world (including wars) are mainly from lack of information or putting the info into practice. 6. The real solution to Malaria is PREVENTION. I was hoping some GoaNetters would write about natural ways of controlling the mosquito population. And perhaps some serious GoaNetters would do so if we are not in the habit of shooting the messenger. 7. So I would be the first to appreciate Goan epidemiologists and public health experts to step-forward and educate us. 8. I tried to help by suggesting specific practical steps for mosquito eradication. I thought I'd mention this in case some individuals overlooked my posts, reaching instead for the hammer. :=)) 9. Concentrating on Malaria, is like working on bringing the temperature down (with ice-ajut) while the malaria-parasites are doing 'Mar Shendi' in the body.:=)):=)) 10. Some insists that we should write about issues that affect Goa or our village. Magir ami Goenkars camplain that, that's all we do. So we can take the horse to the water, but we cannot force the horse, and that includes us, to drink. Tuca chodd Dev borem korum, Regards. Rbarreto: CAN the Goan Doctors world wide be of any help to the Goans in Goa and the Goan community at large? Should they get involved in helping Goans at all ? or should they continuing making their point of view on the Goan Forums we belong to ? Can the Goan Doctors come TOGETHER to work for the betterment of the Goan community ? Too many of us on this FORUM take it upon themselves to speak on behalf of Goans in Goa ! we dictate what we Goans on the Forums should do for Goa and Goans there ! WHO are we to do so ? If we REALLY want to get involved in the welfare of Goa and Goans , we need to do so by .....Leading by our example. But then , who am I to advise the Goans ......and more so Goan Doctors ? rene There is nothing in TRYING !
