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captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
7. Maybe DeShitstain will run as a third party candidate
Sat Jul 15, 2023, 07:31 PM
Jul 2023

Just as payback to trump. I’d love to see that.

ananda

(35,504 posts)
10. I hope there's an available malaria vaccine soon.
Sat Jul 15, 2023, 08:25 PM
Jul 2023

I'm pretty sure it will spread to Texas.

paleotn

(22,729 posts)
12. Already has. TX has recorded endemic cases
Sat Jul 15, 2023, 08:30 PM
Jul 2023

Luckily, there is a vaccine.

https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/features/malaria_vaccine_who.html

Of course, the anti-vaxxers would rather be infected with the nasty bugger that's claimed more lives than plague.

cbabe

(6,812 posts)
13. Malaria vaccine. Will anti vaxers refuse it?
Sat Jul 15, 2023, 08:34 PM
Jul 2023
https://www.cdc.gov › parasites › features › malaria_vaccine_who.html

CDC - Malaria - Features - Malaria
vaccine recommended for broader use ...
On October 6 th, the World Health Organization (WHO) formally recommended the RTS,S malaria vaccine for broader use among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high malaria transmission.

https://www.npr.org › 2021 › 10 › 07 › 1043938088 › the-world-health-organization-approves-the-first-malaria-vaccine

The World Health Organization approves the first malaria vaccine

Oct 7, 2021TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS: This long-awaited malaria vaccine is a breakthrough for science, child health and malaria control. BEAUBIEN: The worst burden of malaria continues to be felt


Warpy

(114,667 posts)
14. My mother got it in central Florida 80 years ago
Sat Jul 15, 2023, 08:36 PM
Jul 2023

which was about the time public health there was getting serious about mosquito abatement.

My guess is that Republicans have slacked off on that, too.

Malaria isn't the only one on the move, Dengue is about to make its ugly face known in the US among non travelers.

MagaSmash

(12,616 posts)
16. I say let them take Ivermectin and Hydroxcholoroquine for Malaria since that fixes "everything"
Sat Jul 15, 2023, 10:03 PM
Jul 2023

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