“A regrettable time lag between the
depletion of the previous product and the arrival of the new product
has meant that aerial spraying will be unavailable to us for up to a
week-and-a-half. We understand any concerns the public may have, and
in addition to increasing ground spraying during this period are
working to land the product on Island as quickly as possible”, MRCU
Director Dr. Jim McNelly, says.

The unavailability of the product has
been a lot longer than the week and a half that Dr. McNelly has led
us to believe and if it hadn't been for North Side MLA, Ezzard
Miller's concerns he raised we probably wouldn't have learnt what the
problem was.

Miller, is calling on the Government to
immediately remedy the serious mosquito infestation plaguing the
district of North Side.

“In North Side the mosquitoes have
not been this thick since the 1960s,” Mr. Miller said. “In areas
residents cannot go outside even in the middle of the day and school
children cannot play on the field unless they are covered in bug
spray. This is terrible and unacceptable in modern day Cayman.”

Yes, it is unacceptable.

How could the MRCU run out of the
chemicals they needed?

Why did they run out and when exactly
was it?

Who is to blame?

Was it money or did someone forget?

We won't know, of course so there is
already the possibilty it will happen again.

I was talking to some tourists last
night who have been coming here for years and they told me they have
never accounted so many mosquitoes.

I have to also call into question
McNelly's statement “the four fogging trucks have been out around
the Island each night since the MRCU plane last sprayed on Friday, 7
June 2019.”

I haven't seen one of them and Miller
said he hasn't seen one of them in North Side for weeks.

“My inquires indicate that MRCU has
no chemicals to spray for mosquitoes and no larvicide to treat the
larvae in the water before the mosquitoes hatch,” Miller said,
“There can be no excuses since the Government has the money—we
were informed in Finance Committee last Friday (June 7) that the
Government has $66 million in surplus funds.”

Miller also said he could neither “accept excuses from the Minister and MRCU for not having the chemicals in stock. Such incompetence at all levels cannot and should not be tolerated by Caymanians.”

Well said.

I would, however, add "and by tourists". That might carry more weight.