... Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that carries the virus, is tenacious and relatively impervious to broad outdoor spraying. Techniques for tracking it are outdated and underfunded. Experts interviewed here this week said fighting Zika will require a major shift in this country’s approach to mosquito control, namely more door-to-door action, a painstaking and expensive practice that many say is a tall order in an era of shrinking budgets and wariness of government intrusion.
“This guerrilla warfare house-to-house method is still very new and I’m not convinced that many places are prepared for it,” said Michael Doyle, the head of mosquito control for the Florida Keys, a district that used such tactics during an outbreak of the dengue virus in 2009 and 2010, one of the first major outbreaks in the United States since the 1930s.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/13/healt ... -warn.html
These mandatory house-to-house inspections could be setting a dangerous precedent of cradle to grave socialism.
Should not residents be responsible as adults enough to check all the closets and dark corners of bathrooms (in the shower stall) for any mosquitoes? Should strangers be entrusted to enter every bedroom and shower stall for us?
House to house checks determine that residents are not being responsible especially after every afternoon sprinkle.
