Re:Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
by tempestn on Friday May 29, 2020 @05:12PM
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And people who live in areas where malaria is common do use nets and screens as much as possible. Unlike many people in western countries though, they don't have the luxury of locking themselves down indefinitely. Nor do they have the same expectation that the measures would only need to be temporary.
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Re:Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
by smabie on Friday May 29, 2020 @05:20PM
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> And people who live in areas where malaria is common do use nets and screens as much as possible.
Ehh, not exactly. I used to live in Africa, parts where there were tstsi flies and mosquitos. Despite being given nets by the Gates foundation, people rarely used them. Well, some used them as hair nets, others through them away because their pastors convinced them their purpose was to sterilize the African people, etc etc.