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Related: About this forumDeSantis in trouble as Malaria spreads in Florida
not that he'd ever be nominated anywhere.
CentralMass
(16,994 posts)The Blue Flower
(6,592 posts)nt
zuul
(14,704 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(20,982 posts)What a dipshit.
no_hypocrisy
(55,377 posts)Cheezoholic
(3,903 posts)
paleotn
(22,729 posts)captain queeg
(11,780 posts)Just as payback to trump. Id love to see that.
Evolve Dammit
(21,816 posts)ananda
(35,504 posts)I'm pretty sure it will spread to Texas.
paleotn
(22,729 posts)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.
ananda
(35,504 posts)Yet
captain queeg
(11,780 posts)paleotn
(22,729 posts)cbabe
(6,812 posts)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)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)captain queeg
(11,780 posts)
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