The overriding issue here is the extent to which social services (including health care) should or can address all instances of high-risk behaviour. Herein, I do not see myself as being mean-spirited, because I did live in the tropics and/or subtropics for nearly a decade. During that time, I kept my vaccinations current and I made myself well-aware of the vectors for microbial and parasitic diseases. Consequently, I remained disease-free, and I made no claims on Canada's public health system in respect of tropical ailments. Is it too much to ask that others should emulate that sort of example? Certainly, failure to do so risks overburdening a system that is already straining to address home-grown ailments.