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Promising News On Malaria!
05 May 2020, 17:11
Bill/OregonSaw that. It is indeed promising. Godspeed to the researchers, as stopping this ancient scourge is truly "the Lord's work."
There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.
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05 May 2020, 17:14
boarkillerNow we might have problem in Africa...with massive overpopulation
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Originally posted by boarkiller:
Now we might have problem in Africa...with massive overpopulation
Yep, starvation and overpopulation are already at the breaking point. Add another million each year to the current situation and a solution becomes unobtainable and Malaria will be the least of their problems.
We already had a solution to Malaria; it was called DDT.
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We already had a solution to Malaria; it was called DDT.
Yes we did. When it comes back here....!maybe we can make it legal again........
We sit out by our pool with friends quite often, having BBQs.
We get quite a bit of mosquitoes sometimes, and my wife buys all sorts of mosquitos repellent, all environmentally friendly!
I gave up on them, as most do not work.
So I have a small bottle of 100% DEET.
I spray a little bit on a wet wipe, and wipe it on all my exposed body.
Never get a single bite!
The kids love it too, because it works!
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We already had a solution to Malaria; it was called DDT.
Yes and very effective it was until some bright spark announced it was toxic and be banned.
Back in my day I never heard of anyone dying from having sprayed it in their houses and
Tanzania had vast Pyrethrum fields and an extraction industry from which it manufactured its own insecticides for multiple uses.
05 May 2020, 20:20
JBoutfishnDDT was responsible for decimating the Bald Eagle population. It caused thinning of their egg shells.
Jim "Bwana Umfundi"
NRA
Malaria kills 800,000 to one million people a year. It is estimated that it kills a child every 30 seconds or about 3000 children every day.
Do the math - Malaria has killed more people than DDT killed Bald Eagles.
Oh well...
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Malaria used to be present in North America. Washington's army at first refused to march from New England to Yorktown due to fear of it.
Interesting question (to me anyway): When and how was malaria eradicated from NA?
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05 May 2020, 21:37
tomahawkerMalaria is African wildlife’s best friend. Only an idiot would eradicate it. Folks there is simply too many people in the world and growing. Kenya population in 1963 8.9 million. Today 53 million.
06 May 2020, 04:41
Michael RobinsonD.D.T. was the salvation of our armed forces in WWII. Our troops were decimated in the Pacific and Mediterranean theaters by malarial mosquitos and lice.
Untold tons of D.D.T. powder were distributed and dowsed on our men.
Those that survived the war and the mundane mishaps of civilian life died of old age.
Not D.D.T.
Still, when ingested by birds, it does adversely affect the strength of eggshells.
Mike
Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer.
06 May 2020, 05:31
BaxterBquote:
Originally posted by tomahawker:
Malaria is African wildlife’s best friend. Only an idiot would eradicate it. Folks there is simply too many people in the world and growing. Kenya population in 1963 8.9 million. Today 53 million.
In 2050 100mil
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Interesting question (to me anyway): When and how was malaria eradicated from NA?
The how was ddt.
06 May 2020, 07:03
slowmover12There was and is a huge politicization of DDT and the thinning of eggshells in raptors. It really depends upon who you want to believe. What we really know is that millions of people have been infected with malaria because DDT was taken off the market. Rachel Carson and her ilk doomed millions.
Before the Colonial period, everything was in check. Tribal rivalries were discouraged. Diseases were eliminated. The population exploded. If you eliminate malaria, Africa's population will explode. There will be no more hunting. I know, not a cheery message. And maybe unkind. I don't want to eliminate malaria or the tsetse fly.
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Originally posted by lavaca:
Before the Colonial period, everything was in check. Tribal rivalries were discouraged. Diseases were eliminated. The population exploded. If you eliminate malaria, Africa's population will explode. There will be no more hunting. I know, not a cheery message. And maybe unkind. I don't want to eliminate malaria or the tsetse fly.
+1. The day malaria and tsetse flies are controlled will be a day that lives in infamy for African wildlife.