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#284481 25-Apr-2021 11:20
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The other day I saw an article on CNN about very promising test results of a new malaria vaccine. I haven't seen much about this elsewhere, though, and it seems to have been buried by other events. But if this is what they say it is, there should be screaming headlines about it everywhere. This is a huge breakthrough and the only reason I can think of that it isn't getting the attention it deserves by our cut and paste media, is that it isn't a big deal in most of the over-privileged, overfed, overdeveloped, over-demanding, over-consuming, over-entitled Westworld we happen to be part of. But Malaria kills and tortures many more people every year than Covid 19 has, and it is a far deadlier scourge. Should it not get equal time? 

 

 





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  #2697788 25-Apr-2021 12:32
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Of course it should get equal time. But poor, brown people who have been dying from this for millennia in places most of us can't pronounce will never get the same attention as those of us in the first world.

 

An example. A ferry sinks in Bangladesh killing 800 gets 1-2 days of second-page news coverage at best. A ferry sinking in the North Sea killing half that will be front page for a week, with much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Is it fair? Of course not. But we shouldn't be surprised by it either.





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  #2697795 25-Apr-2021 12:59
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Europe wasn’t declared Malaria free until 1975.





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  #2697880 25-Apr-2021 19:48
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Technically it won't be the end of it. Malaria will continue to exist in the wild. Mosquitos will continue to infect unvaccinated people. The vaccine will prevent sickness and death.

It's an amazing achievement and will change life entirely in some parts of the world. Here's a video from earlier in the development cycle outlining the way it works:




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  #2697882 25-Apr-2021 20:01
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And it doesn't even get a mention on our media? God, we're lame!

 

 





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  #2697911 25-Apr-2021 21:21
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Rikkitic:

And it doesn't even get a mention on our media? God, we're lame!


 



When has New Zealand cared about the rest of the world? It's even more true now.

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  #2697919 25-Apr-2021 22:23
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Funnily enough I was watching a documentary and Malaria came up (a historical documents) a few weeks ago unaware of this news. Apparently the main treatment Quinine originally (and possibly even today) comes from the bark of a very specific tree from the Americas. It was one of the most important products shipped during the colonial days and had pretty massive volumes too....

 

Malaria has killed so many people and created great misery for even those who haven't died. This is such a leap forward for public health if there is an effective vaccine.

 

I agree with the other posters, perhaps one day New Zealand can stop being so insular and consider this for the potentially ground breaking news that it is....





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  #2697924 25-Apr-2021 23:07
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Apparently mosquitoes are more attracted to smelly feet. It’s been researched. Explains why they are always chewing around your ankles.

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  #2697983 26-Apr-2021 07:30
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Rikkitic:

And it doesn't even get a mention on our media? God, we're lame!


 



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