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'We could eradicate malaria by 2040’ says expert after revolutionary vaccine is approved by WHO
(theconversation.com)
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Unfortunately, Anti-Vaxxers have discovered that disinformation gives them a sense of authority on knowledge (and they know people don't tend to listen to those who have no idea what they're talking about generally), so, they'll do everything they can to argue against this
Lol. Actually, that doesn't surprise me, but that does sound like the exact kind of nonsense they'd believe.
The guy literally had a world wide monopoly (in fact, Microsoft helped save Apple by investing), and he was the richest person on the planet.
Not really sure what he'd gain lol.
Luckily malaria isn’t spreading where all the anti-vaxxers are. Argue all they want, it’ll save so many lives.
Perhaps anti-vaxx missionaries can do for malaria what christian missionaries do for HIV?
I can totally imagine them setting up camps, teaching people to just "believe in their immune system", discouraging proven medicine in the process.
Thankfully this has been true up till now!
From what I read, malaria isn’t spread human-to-human, so it matters more directly whether you yourself have been vaccinated. Herd immunity isn’t much of a factor. If malaria started spreading near you, get vaccinated against it. Those who don’t would die.
Yes, a malaria vaccine would be just to protect yourself from getting malaria.