Call me crazy but I am beginning to think that there may be some major structural problems with socialism:
More from The Miami Herald:
Burdened by constant blackouts and food shortages, Cubans are now facing a new dengue outbreak in the middle of the hot summer that threatens again to overwhelm the island's public health system, already reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dengue is a viral disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, and the government said the levels of mosquito infestation on the island are the worst in the past 15 years. In a meeting Tuesday, Cuban health authorities said they had confirmed 3,036 cases of dengue so far this year. But most people with symptoms, such as fever, vomiting or a rash, do not get tested, as the health system also lacks testing supplies.
Sounds like the Castro family has really managed the island's socialist economy very well.
"But wait," you say, "the socialist Cuban government couldn't have possibly anticipated a dengue outbreak!"
That's true—but it could have anticipated the fact that it has run every sector of its economy into the ground, leaving most of its citizens apparently with third-world levels of living standards and medical care:
While dengue has been endemic in some areas in Latin America and the Caribbean for many years, it can hit Cuba especially hard because of the lack of air conditioning or window screens in homes, the frequent blackouts and improperly stored water in the many many households with limited access to running water.
Cubans cannot rely on other mitigation measures such as repellents or mosquito netting because they are not readily available.
Years of underfunding and the COVID-19 pandemic have left Cuban hospitals and local clinics poorly prepared to handle a new outbreak. Patients have to provide their own bedsheets; many hospitals lack running water, and healthcare workers lack basic supplies like gloves and catheters to treat patients.
Cuban citizens living under the country's socialist government:
Socialism is bad, folks. It destroys lives and makes everyone sicker, poorer and less happy. Don't do it!
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