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by martinrame 3560 days ago
I feel sad for reading this, here in Argentina until December 2015 we had a similar state backed plan called Qunita. Now the new right-handed government cancelled the plan without delivering 60k boxes and a judge is trying to burn those arguing insecurity (but none of the 1000s of mothers who received them found any glitch in the boxes).

Please read more (in spanish): http://www.infobae.com/politica/2016/09/14/bonadio-ordeno-de...

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> I feel sad for reading this, here in Argentina until December 2015 we had a similar state backed plan called Qunita. Now the new right-handed government cancelled the plan without delivering 60k boxes and a judge is trying to burn those arguing insecurity (but none of the 1000s of mothers who received them found any glitch in the boxes).

How do you know that none of the mothers had a problem with them? Are there any studies about this?

On the other hand there are three studies pointing that the box had problems and it was considered unsafe (sharp edges, structure fails with weights under 9kg). [0]

Not to mention that one of the companies tasked to build it was just a small real estate company that thanks to that government program increased their revenue by 15.000.000% (in your face SV unicorns!!).[1]

[0] http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1871615-plan-qunita-inseguros-cun... (spanish) [1] http://www.eliminandovariables.com/2015/06/el-kindergate-y-e... (spanish)

It's funny that you quote that La Nacion article which is supposedly based on an INTI study that states that the cribs are insecure for babies weighting 9kg+. While the plan is aimed at early stage babies and just the first few months (-6m).

The same report also states that, according to the criteria used, the huge majority of baby products in the segment are insecure.

Plus: It's not only the crib that's about to be burnt by all the clothes and didactic material...
This is not constructive, but what a dickhead.