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Bill Gates is also very, very heavily involved with defeating Malaria in Africa. His foundation has spent $2.9 Billion so far on it. https://www.gatesfoundati

Bill Gates is also very, very heavily involved with defeating Malaria in Africa. His foundation has spent $2.9 Billion so far on it. https://www.gatesfoundation.org/what-we-do/global-health/malaria https://www.gatesfoundation.org/what-we-do/global-health/mal...

EGreg 6y ago
All these anti vaxxer people are also pushing HCQ ... but it actually does prevent Malaria. If not for the side effects that compound over time, if the body was able to flush it out somehow, it could be very useful, no? That or finding ways to sterilize all anopheles mosquitoes, or do other mosquitoes carry it also
- dnautics 6y ago
  IIRC malaria in africa is basically totally resistant to HCQ by now. There's places where resistance to Artemisinin is a thing.
- robbiep 6y ago
  It’s called the advancement of science and it’s one of the reasons it is not generally a frontline treatment (because we have more effective treatments now, as well as resistance). You might as well say that a person is too phlegmatic and needs bleeding when they have gallstones. The world moves, move with it
jacobwilliamroy 6y ago
I dont know how heavily involved he is. The man is a signature on a check. He has no medical credentials. All his fortune is built on stolen ip. He just writes checks.
- ehsankia 6y ago
  > I dont know Well good thing you started with that since you are clearly not familiar with him at all. He is very very well read and highly involved with the charity.
  - jacobwilliamroy 6y ago
    Whatever. The man runs a vertically integrated monopoly which has been evading taxes for decades. You all need to quit with this blind hero worship for rich people. Sure he's saving Africa, but he fucked america first, and that makes all his spending and reading very underwhelming to me.
    - dctoedt 6y ago
      > but he fucked america first I dunno: He played a crucial role in a long-term, industry-wide collaboration that resulted in practically every household having at least one computer. And for years he's been devoting his fortune and his intellect to solving global-scale problems. That has gotta be worth some redemptive value for past sins, yes?
      - jacobwilliamroy 6y ago
        Im not catholic, so I dont believe in redemption through third parties. The courts dont either. Jus ex injuria non oritur. Just acts do not follow unjust acts. Even if we do good with our ill gotten gains, we are still accountable for our own actions. The sentence for tax evasion is not "Donating to malaria research" and anyone else who had microsoft's numbers would have been destroyed. Oh and that "computer in every home" crap? That's the monopoly! Microsoft is so big it competes with its own products. That's why it's untouchable. How are you going to audit microsoft when the IRS runs office 2010 on legacy copies of windows 7? This humanitarian stuff is just smoke and mirrors. A glamour cast on the american people.
      - gowld 6y ago
        It's not "his" fortune, it's profits from an illegal antitrust operation.
        modmans2nd 6y ago
        No it’s not

EGreg 6y ago

All these anti vaxxer people are also pushing HCQ ... but it actually does prevent Malaria. If not for the side effects that compound over time, if the body was able to flush it out somehow, it could be very useful, no? That or finding ways to sterilize all anopheles mosquitoes, or do other mosquitoes carry it also

dnautics 6y ago
IIRC malaria in africa is basically totally resistant to HCQ by now. There's places where resistance to Artemisinin is a thing.
robbiep 6y ago
It’s called the advancement of science and it’s one of the reasons it is not generally a frontline treatment (because we have more effective treatments now, as well as resistance). You might as well say that a person is too phlegmatic and needs bleeding when they have gallstones. The world moves, move with it

jacobwilliamroy 6y ago

I dont know how heavily involved he is. The man is a signature on a check. He has no medical credentials. All his fortune is built on stolen ip. He just writes checks.

ehsankia 6y ago
> I dont know Well good thing you started with that since you are clearly not familiar with him at all. He is very very well read and highly involved with the charity.
- jacobwilliamroy 6y ago
  Whatever. The man runs a vertically integrated monopoly which has been evading taxes for decades. You all need to quit with this blind hero worship for rich people. Sure he's saving Africa, but he fucked america first, and that makes all his spending and reading very underwhelming to me.
  - dctoedt 6y ago
    > but he fucked america first I dunno: He played a crucial role in a long-term, industry-wide collaboration that resulted in practically every household having at least one computer. And for years he's been devoting his fortune and his intellect to solving global-scale problems. That has gotta be worth some redemptive value for past sins, yes?
    - jacobwilliamroy 6y ago
      Im not catholic, so I dont believe in redemption through third parties. The courts dont either. Jus ex injuria non oritur. Just acts do not follow unjust acts. Even if we do good with our ill gotten gains, we are still accountable for our own actions. The sentence for tax evasion is not "Donating to malaria research" and anyone else who had microsoft's numbers would have been destroyed. Oh and that "computer in every home" crap? That's the monopoly! Microsoft is so big it competes with its own products. That's why it's untouchable. How are you going to audit microsoft when the IRS runs office 2010 on legacy copies of windows 7? This humanitarian stuff is just smoke and mirrors. A glamour cast on the american people.
    - gowld 6y ago
      It's not "his" fortune, it's profits from an illegal antitrust operation.
      - modmans2nd 6y ago
        No it’s not