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> Most people don't have malaria, they don't care about malaria, and they will only care if it affects them. The real answer is "most people with disposable in
by jbattle 14y ago
> Most people don't have malaria, they don't care about malaria, and they will only care if it affects them.
The real answer is "most people with disposable income don't have malaria"
From Wikipedia: The World Health Organization has estimated that in 2010, there were 219 million documented cases of malaria
(That would represent nearly the entire adult population of the US)
- speeder 14y agoThe world has seven billion people. It is not just related to disposable income. Why the average chinese for example, would care about malaria? He has other problems, the malaria mosquito does not do well in China, but other diseases do, they will care about their own diseases for example.
- tanzam75 14y agoActually, the Chinese have a large malaria control program. They get a lot of cases in southern China, especially along the border with Myanmar. So do the (South) Koreans. They get a lot of malaria cases along the demilitarized zone, which has basically been left to return to a state of nature. This leads to stagnant water, which allows mosquitoes to breed. But, of course, they spend a lot more money on malaria control in their own countries than in, say, Equatorial Guinea. Also, China and Korea are lucky in that the prevailing form of malaria is Plasmodium vivax -- which actually used to be called "benign tertian malaria." In terms of death rate, it's about as benign as the flu. Which is to say, not benign at all -- until you compare it to the other form of malaria.