Re:Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie
by kragen on Friday March 04, 2011 @11:32PM
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> we just don't live in the areas where the vector thrives.
Actually, an awful lot of us do. I see those fucking Anopheles mosquitoes on a regular basis, especially if I venture a bit north from here.
> If you and I were bit by an infected mosquito, there's a very good chance either of us would die in a relatively short period of time.
Actually, out of the 225 million cases of malaria per year, there are only about 1 million deaths.
I'm not discounting the underlying concept of your comment; I haven't gotten malaria yet because of public-health measures like draining swamps, because of cypermethrin on the walls, because of DEET on my legs and head, because of sleeping under a mosquito net or in a room without entrances for mosquitoes, because of sleeping during the day, and because I have enough leisure time to swat the mosquitoes that do land on me.
Actually, an awful lot of us do. I see those fucking Anopheles mosquitoes on a regular basis, especially if I venture a bit north from here.
> If you and I were bit by an infected mosquito, there's a very good chance either of us would die in a relatively short period of time.
Actually, out of the 225 million cases of malaria per year, there are only about 1 million deaths.
I'm not discounting the underlying concept of your comment; I haven't gotten malaria yet because of public-health measures like draining swamps, because of cypermethrin on the walls, because of DEET on my legs and head, because of sleeping under a mosquito net or in a room without entrances for mosquitoes, because of sleeping during the day, and because I have enough leisure time to swat the mosquitoes that do land on me.