02-16-2017, 04:47 PM
$tevie wrote:
Second, I too have to question the value of spending over 3/4 of a million dollars on this project. Unless we are worried that preschoolers will have unprotected sex and/or go to dangerous areas while pregnant, I see no point to this project at all.
Often, public information campaigns are conducted at multiple levels of society simultaneously, to reinforce messaging through repetition, targeting of different audiences, etc. It's not just about aiming your megaphone at the most directly affected population and yelling, "WEAR REPELLENT! USE CONDOMS!"
As often as not, it's about reminding people how to reduce mosquito populations, telling kids that while Zika is serious and can sound scary, it's not going to hurt them, encouraging folks that have travelled to affected areas to communicate with doctors and health care professionals, get tested when appropriate, etc.
You know whats not normal?
Selling your government out to a foreign power to get elected.