Originally Posted by mulp View Post
Yellow Fever caused 5000 death in Memphis near the end of the 19th century.

And the mortgage collapse has certainly created lots of pools of stagnant water. I suppose you can call those neighboods of foreclosed houses with many having pools impoverished, but that isn't the typical use of the term.

All of these mosquito spread diseases have two other things in common, no prevention and no treatment.

In most of the US, the population of infected mosquitoes is reduced to near zero in the fall, and it takes a while for the new disease free mosquitoes in the spring to pick up the disease. This isn't the case in places where these diseases are a public health problem with some regularity. While some argue global warming will improve the climate of much of the US by eliminating winter, that brings with it the increased risk of these diseases. Unless the warmer climate is also drier and the midwest turns to desert or to a new dust bowl.
I recall these environmentalists attacking us suburbanites for having so called "sterile green yards"
These yards we maintain prevent stagnant water from pooling around the foundation of our homes, it keeps humans and pets from being killed by fire ants, snakes, black widows and recluse spiders.
I have seen untreated yards sport ant beds that are 4 ft X 4 ft in area.

All of this prevention is good for Afrika but bad for America?

Environmentalists are America's enemy.

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