Needs a (2017). This looks like the publish date:
> 18.08.2017
Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
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Re: Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
#32I grew up in Manitoba so have a very healthy hatred of mosquitoes - 50 of them once followed me into a car during the https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1120044775024013312
Re: Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
#33To put this in a perspective, 1 Mosquito 1,000,000 2 Human 475,000 3 Snake 50,000 4 Dog 25,000 5 Tsetse Fly 10,000 6 Assassin Bug 10,000 7 Freshwater Snail 10,000 8 Ascaris Roundworm 2,500 9 Tapeworm 2,000 10 Crocodile 1,000 11 Hippopotamus 500 12 Elephant 100 13 Lion 100 14 Wolf 10 15 Shark 10 https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-animals-that-kill-mo...
Let’s get rid of mosquito and human. Problem solved ;D
Re: Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
#34This is a look into mosquito extirpation programs and what happens when they go wrong: https://unintendedconsequenc.es/more-on-mosquitoes-new-data/
Re: Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hydroxychloroquine has always been unsafe. It's just that in some situations, the risk of malaria is more unsafe.
Wrong. Hydroxychloroquine is safer than acetaminophen. Chloroquine has much higher side effects, but they different drugs, in the same family.
Are you going to cite any actual evidence for that bold claim? Here, like this:
>We were unable to confirm a benefit of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, when used alone or with a macrolide, on in-hospital outcomes for COVID-19. Each of these drug regimens was associated with decreased in-hospital survival and an increased frequency of ventricular arrhythmias when used for treatment of COVID-19.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
Re: Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
#36To put this in a perspective, 1 Mosquito 1,000,000 2 Human 475,000 3 Snake 50,000 4 Dog 25,000 5 Tsetse Fly 10,000 6 Assassin Bug 10,000 7 Freshwater Snail 10,000 8 Ascaris Roundworm 2,500 9 Tapeworm 2,000 10 Crocodile 1,000 11 Hippopotamus 500 12 Elephant 100 13 Lion 100 14 Wolf 10 15 Shark 10 https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-animals-that-kill-mo...
Poor sharks, they get one of the worst raps for how little damage they do to humans. I'm surprised to see dogs so high up on that list.
Re: Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
#37I grew up in Manitoba so have a very healthy hatred of mosquitoes - 50 of them once followed me into a car during the https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1120044775024013312
> anyone leaning toward the idea we should exterminate mosquitoes
Is this actually a thing?
Re: Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
#38I grew up in Manitoba so have a very healthy hatred of mosquitoes - 50 of them once followed me into a car during the https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1120044775024013312
> anyone leaning toward the idea we should exterminate mosquitoes Is this actually a thing?
Of course it is, very popular among the Thought Leader circuit: https://www.sciencealert.com/bill-melinda-gates-funding-scie...
Re: Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wrong. Hydroxychloroquine is safer than acetaminophen. Chloroquine has much higher side effects, but they different drugs, in the same family.
"Common side effects may include vomiting, headache, changes in vision, and muscle weakness. Severe side effects may include allergic reactions, vision problems, and heart problems." Sure, these side effects may be uncommon, but they're a hell of a lot more common than they are if you don't take hydroxychloroquine. Incidentally, it's an open secret that a lot of the popular NSAIDs wouldn't be OTC if they were discove…
Yes, so what you said didn't contradict anything I said. Hydroxycloroquine is safer than acetaminophen which is available openly at doses that can destroy the liver.
Here is what the CDC says about hydroxychloroquine. To call it "unsafe" is ridiculous and spreading misinformation.
Hydroxychloroquine is a relatively well tolerated medicine. The most common adverse reactions reported are stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and headache. These side effects can often be lessened by taking hydroxychloroquine with food.Hydroxychloroquine may also cause itching in some people.
All medicines may have some side effects. Minor side effects such as nausea, occasional vomiting, or diarrhea usually do not require stopping the antimalarial drug. If you cannot tolerate your antimalarial drug, see your health care provider; other antimalarial drugs are available
Re: Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (2017)
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
> anyone leaning toward the idea we should exterminate mosquitoes Is this actually a thing?
Of course it is, very popular among the Thought Leader circuit: https://www.sciencealert.com/bill-melinda-gates-funding-scie...
I love this, "Though Leader circuit", been looking for this term for a while!