You make it sound like malaria has never been a problem in N. America, when in fact it was a serious problem in the Southeast United States. Starting around the turn of the century a series of public health campaigns effectively eliminated it. There are plenty of mosquitoes capable of carrying malaria in N. America, it's just that a very small percentage are infected.
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You make it sound like malaria has never been a problem in N. America, when in fact it was a serious problem in the Southeast United States. Starting around the turn of the century a series of public health campaigns effectively eliminated it. There are plenty of mosquitoes capable of carrying malaria in N. America, it's just that a very small percentage are infected.