First blaming global warming for local mud at Gurney Drive, flooding, flowers losing smell, now this:
Global warming may be cause of sharp rise in dengue cases: Liow
By ONG HAN SEANBENTONG: Global warming and changing weather patterns appear to have led to an “alarming” rise in dengue cases and deaths in the region.
“Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand are seeing an increase in dengue cases, as well. This could be due to the rainy season and global warming.
“The changing weather appears to cause the mosquitoes to breed faster,” he said.
As a result, public cooperation was vital in the fight against the disease, he said.
“The ministry cannot fight this war alone. We need the concerted effort of everyone to reduce the number of dengue deaths,” he said.
The death toll from dengue cases this year, as of Sunday, had already hit 100 compared to 67 last year, said Liow.
“During the same period last year, there were 29,183 reported cases. This year, we’re already up to 31,375 cases. The situation now is really alarming,” he told reporters after launching the second Bentong Health Carnival Sunday.
He urged the public to give its full cooperation to the ministry’s gotong-royong programmes to combat dengue.
Have a local problem that you’re handling poorly? Blame global warming!
Suddenly you’re not at fault anymore, it’s the Gaia-hating emissions of the USA at fault!
It’s sheer genius!!!
August 23, 10 at 1:38 pm
It’s almost an oxymoron…
“This could be due to the rainy season and global warming.”
Huh??
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August 24, 10 at 12:00 am
The guy is desperate to blame something for the rise in dengue cases..
August 25, 10 at 1:38 pm
The m`sian health ministry is a cursed one.
August 25, 10 at 2:06 pm
Well, it’s the lazy, power-hungry Liow, what else does everyone expect?
August 25, 10 at 2:29 pm
“On Sunday, Segambut Member of Parliament Lim Lip Eng lodged a police report against Liow’s wife Datin Seri Lee Sun Loo pertaining to allegations in the unsigned letter that she received a multi-purpose vehicle from a company often involved in the ministry’s projects.
In Kuala Lumpur, Liow rebutted the allegation that his wife had received the multi-purpose vehicle as a birthday gift from a winning tender, describing it as “political assassination”.
The newly-elected MCA deputy-president, also lodged a police report today against a blog (mt.m2day.org) that posted the allegations of corruption against him.”
http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=39213
September 1, 10 at 5:05 am
Global warming is cuased by the HOT AIR from AL GORE and the iidots from GREENPEACE and varoius other eco-wacko groups of green liars
September 1, 10 at 2:55 pm
Psh, this type of argument is what I’ve come to expect from idiot manchildren Marxists who refuse to accept personal responsibility.
You can clearly see a correlation between belief in global warming and support for universal healthcare for this hatred of responsibility. Why do liberals hate accepting responsibility for anything?
Maybe they hate personal responsibility because it’s one of Glenn Beck’s 12 principles. Liberals would rather spend the rest of their lives in an Iron Maiden than actually admit Glenn Beck was right on something.
I also believe that Al Gore should be tried for fraud. Surely the 6th District could convict him of that?
September 1, 10 at 2:58 pm
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February 11, 13 at 10:46 am
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