> the West's obsession with malaria is patronising It is and it is also a consequence of history: Malaria was the unexpected enemy western cultures had to figh

> the West's obsession with malaria is patronising It is and it is also a consequence of history: Malaria was the unexpected enemy western cultures had to fight in their colonies. The one thing a bullet to the head or chopping off slaves' hands[0] won't fix. We are afraid of malaria and therefore try to eradicate it. Problem is: People who live in malaria-infested places usually have more important things to worry about. Imagine, you are a hungry African and some humanitarian aid workers come by in air-conditioned 4WDs to help you: With fscking mosquito nets![1] What do you say? "Thank you, the 0.82 kids I can statistically expect to die from malaria[2] will survive. Now all my 7 kids can starve to death! Thank you!" [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_State#Economy_during_Leopold.27s_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_State#Economy_durin... [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/world/africa/mosquito-nets-for-malaria-spawn-new-epidemic-overfishing.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/world/africa/mosquito-net... [2] I made up that number.