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I thought this was for indoors, outdoors mosquito is food for other animals. Also gotta be a sick 747 flying upside down.
The problem with blinding pilots is actually reflections off clouds, which is not really intuitive.
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I grew up in Ghana. I saw first-hand that women in poverty have many children but those with middle-class circumstances have fewer. Africa's population explosion [0] will slow only when the people climb out of poverty [1]. Total world population is half of the climate change CO2 equation. Malaria has an incredible suppressing effect on entire societies [2]. Many young children get sick with it monthly and miss school…
And Ghana is a good analogue for an entire continent? > I saw first-hand that women in poverty have many children but those with middle-class circumstances have fewer. This is true everywhere. Even in super rich first world post industrial nations. > Parents miss multiple weeks of work every year because of it. Yes. Otherwise known as sick leave. What's your point? If a country cannot afford to administer its own hea…
Parents missing work leads to reduced wealth production. For the 65% of Africans who rely on subsistence farming [0], sickness at critical times (harvest) can result in drastic economic losses. Children frequently missing school end up with lower education levels and reduced lifetime wealth production. Malaria can also cause lifelong intellectual disabilities [1], which destroy lifetime wealth production.
> If a country cannot afford to administer its own healthcare and economic policy, that has nothing to do with Malaria.
This is a bold claim. Can you please explain?
It seems to me that a country's wealth influences its ability to address specific health problems. And when those health problems reduce wealth production, there is a vicious cycle. The question is, "How big is the effect of malaria on wealth production?" Gates Foundation says it's "billions of dollars per year" [1]. That is tiny compared to Africa's $2.6T GDP. I think Gates Foundation is oversimplifying. I believe multiplying effects exist, especially with education and childrens' health. This was seen with long-term deworming experiments [2] which showed that even the siblings of treated children, born long after the treatment period, also had higher lifetime earnings.
> is hogwash, ignorant and downright irresponsible.
Please try to disagree without insulting others personally.
[0] https://borgenproject.org/tag/subsistence-farming/
[1] https://www.gatesfoundation.org/what-we-do/global-health/mal...
[2] https://blog.givewell.org/2016/07/26/deworming-might-huge-im...