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Re:U.S. Malaria Donations Saved Almost 2M African Children by dotancohen on Sunday July 09, 2017 @08:16AM (#14729391)
A friend of mine once retitled a similar headline "U.S. Malaria Donations create an additional 2M starving Africans". I'll not add _my_ opinion of the matter, but I would love to see intelligent discussion on the matter. Is saving lives from disease just putting these same people on the path to starvation?
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Re:U.S. Malaria Donations Saved Almost 2M African Children by ckarmann on Sunday July 09, 2017 @11:52AM (#14730296)
No, because at the same time, starvation is decreasing even though population is increasing. It's not a problem of too many people.

You don't create a self-sustainable economy by destroying human capital.

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Re:U.S. Malaria Donations Saved Almost 2M African Children by ksangeelee on Sunday July 09, 2017 @01:14PM (#14730691)
No, saving lives from disease is removing obstacles to their survival.
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