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Malaria Vaccine Nearing Reality

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-spoonful-of-sugar dept.

colin_faber writes "Right on the heels of the Bill Gates BusinessWeek article discussing the importance of disease prevention and cure over technological deployment is news from CNN that U.S. researchers may have a viable vaccine for malaria. If true, this could change the lives of up to 3.3 billion people living in malaria danger zones and allow us to do away with this disease, which kills hundreds of thousands of people."

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  1. Re:Do Away With This Disease? by rally2xs · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe the envirowackos will figure out a way to torpedo the vaccine like they did DDT, so's the price goes thru the roof and becomes unaffordable for poor countries such as those in Africa, like they did for DDT. Envirowackos don't care about people, just making the planet safe for plants and animals.

  2. Re:why don't they by wiredog · · Score: 1, Troll

    They did. DDT works wonders for getting rid of mosquitos.

    Also birds, fish, beneficial insects, etc.

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