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When Malaria stopped infecting and killing the people in poor countries, and on to places like Europe and USA, gee golly whillikers... I wonder why it's now bei
by pierat 3y ago
When Malaria stopped infecting and killing the people in poor countries, and on to places like Europe and USA, gee golly whillikers... I wonder why it's now being invested and being treated?
Its all about the money. And most questions of this type is the same response as well.
- hfsh 3y agoMalaria used to be quite common in Europe and the USA...
- adrian_b 3y agoVarious forms of malaria have been already described in the works of Hippocrates, more than 2400 years ago, and from them it appears to have been one of the most frequent infectious diseases in ancient Greece, certainly the most frequent among those that could have serious consequences, including death. While the role played by mosquitos was not known, one of the ancient theories about the cause of such infectious diseases (which was described by Varro) was not essentially different from modern theories. It supposed that the wind brings from the swamps a large number of small animals, which are so small that they cannot be seen, and which enter the human body causing the disease. Therefore the proximity of swamps should be avoided, to avoid the diseases.
- nitwit005 3y agoYou are essentially noting your own idea doesn't make sense. You can't identify any profit motive changing, because the motive wasn't profit. No one got rich off from malaria vaccine development. As the article mentions, the funding was the Gates foundation. A charity gave away money to make it happen.