> > It's already preventable -- we came with a sufficient supply of antimalarial pills, but they're so expensive it's obviously not a solution. > There's just

> > It's already preventable -- we came with a sufficient supply of antimalarial pills, but they're so expensive it's obviously not a solution. > There's just one problem with that one — aside from costs for third-world regions: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/03/25/can-we-beat-drug-resistant-malaria-at-its-birthplace/ http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/03/25/can-we-be... Good point -- the expense is serious, but also widely using low levels of drugs that are effective treatments as antimalarials means giving the parasite lots more great opportunities to evolve resistance (which is already happening, and is a serious upcoming problem). > At the social level it is debilitating... Yup, I agreed with Gates' conclusions; I was trying to share some direct experience.