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Comment by Mikeb85

Malaria generally kills only the young and weak. It's like the flu over here. The problem is malnutrition. Hence why a large amount of mosquito nets are never used to sleep under, but rather as fishing nets.

I know people who have had malaria (family that lives in a tropical 3rd world country). All survived.

Giving out mosquito nets to conquer malaria makes as much sense as giving out medical masks to conquer the flu. The answer of course is to be in good health, and to have access to medicine.

But we don't live with malaria, so feel-good gestures are as far as we go.

parent Mikeb85 11 years ago

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