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Smart's comment and coyotes resourse both have some truth to them. First smart is correct that Paul Reiter is a paid Exxon Mobile spin guru who mentions these diseases are not new as if someone suggested they were.
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Based on what? There is nothing in Smart’s link that proves Reiter is paid by Exxon.
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However the article does not refute global warming or even make a case for it or against it.
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And nether do I.
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Warmer global temperatures will allow an expansion of the geographic range within which both the mosquito and parasite could survive with sufficient abundance for sustained transmission. Expansion of these regions in addition to the factors listed in the article will contribute to increased incidence of malaria.
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Which is contrary to the evidence we have seen over the last 100 years that shows that as the planet has warmed the range of mosquitoes have declined.
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The physician recommendations for short term immediate treatment and prevention will have immediate reductions , however Reiter neglects to address the fact that global temperatures are rising and that it will cause a geographic expansion exposing more people to the disease.
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Well there’s nothing we can do right now to stop temperatures form raising so that is a rather arbitrary point.
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As serious as malaria is--it is secondary to issues of available fresh drinking water if sea levels continue to rise.
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I disagree, controlling malaria, will to far more good than controlling sea levels, thought the availability of dirking water is also important aside from sea levels.
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