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05-04-2008, 06:31 PM
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More Global Warming Nonsense
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Anyone truly worried about malaria in impoverished countries would do well to focus on improving human living conditions, not the weather, say Paul Reiter, director of the Insects and Infectious Diseases Unit of the Institute Pasteur, Paris, and Roger Bate, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
The globalization of vectors and pathogens is a serious problem, but it is not new, say Reiter and Bate:
- The Yellow Fever mosquito and virus were imported into North America from Africa during the slave trade.
- The dengue virus is distributed throughout the tropics and regularly jumps continents inside air passengers.
- West Nile virus likely arrived in the United States in shipments of wild birds.
The concept of malaria as a "tropical" infection is nonsense, says Rieter and Bate, it is a disease of the poor. Meanwhile, malaria has been increasing at an alarming rate in parts of Africa and elsewhere in the world:
- Scientists ascribe this increase to many factors, including population growth, deforestation, rice cultivation in previously uncultivated upland marshes, clustering of populations around these marshes, and large numbers of people who have fled their homes because of civil strife.
- The evolution of drug-resistant parasites and insecticide-resistant mosquitoes, and the cessation of mosquito-control operations are also factors.
Of course, temperature is a factor in the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases, and future incidence may be affected if the world's climate continues to warm. But throughout history the most critical factors in the spread or eradication of disease has been human behavior and living standards. Poverty has been and remains the world's greatest killer, say Reiter and Bate.
More Global Warming Nonsense - WSJ.com
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05-04-2008, 09:47 PM
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ExxonSecrets Factsheet: Paul Reiter
Yet another useless post, quoting a bought and paid for oil company lobbyist
NO ONE HAS YET MET MY CHALLANGE TO POST A SINGLE NON BIAS, NON DISCREDED, OBJECTIVE EXPERT CLAIMING THAT THERE IS NO MADE MADE CONNECTION TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Not ONE of the flat earth kooks have come up with even ONE....most laughable
HEY KOOKS....KEEP POSTING BULLSHIT, AND I'LL KEEP EXPOSING IT AS BULLSHIT
By the way...there is a sale on tin foil hats at wal-mart
Hurry...supplies are limited
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Yeah it hurts, you have been fucked by an Elephant !
"Happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista kun ei niihin yltänyt" ("Sour, said the fox about rowan berries, being unable to reach them"
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05-04-2008, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by coyote
More Global Warming Nonsense
Anyone truly worried about malaria in impoverished countries would do well to focus on improving human living conditions, not the weather, say Paul Reiter, director of the Insects and Infectious Diseases Unit of the Institute Pasteur, Paris, and Roger Bate, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
The globalization of vectors and pathogens is a serious problem, but it is not new, say Reiter and Bate:
- The Yellow Fever mosquito and virus were imported into North America from Africa during the slave trade.
- The dengue virus is distributed throughout the tropics and regularly jumps continents inside air passengers.
- West Nile virus likely arrived in the United States in shipments of wild birds.
The concept of malaria as a "tropical" infection is nonsense, says Rieter and Bate, it is a disease of the poor. Meanwhile, malaria has been increasing at an alarming rate in parts of Africa and elsewhere in the world:
- Scientists ascribe this increase to many factors, including population growth, deforestation, rice cultivation in previously uncultivated upland marshes, clustering of populations around these marshes, and large numbers of people who have fled their homes because of civil strife.
- The evolution of drug-resistant parasites and insecticide-resistant mosquitoes, and the cessation of mosquito-control operations are also factors.
Of course, temperature is a factor in the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases, and future incidence may be affected if the world's climate continues to warm. But throughout history the most critical factors in the spread or eradication of disease has been human behavior and living standards. Poverty has been and remains the world's greatest killer, say Reiter and Bate.
More Global Warming Nonsense - WSJ.com
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05-04-2008, 10:13 PM
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NO ONE HAS YET MET MY CHALLANGE TO POST A SINGLE NON BIAS, NON DISCREDED, OBJECTIVE EXPERT CLAIMING THAT THERE IS NO MADE MADE CONNECTION TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Not ONE of the flat earth kooks have come up with even ONE....most laughable
HEY KOOKS....KEEP POSTING BULLSHIT, AND I'LL KEEP EXPOSING IT AS BULLSHIT
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Yeah it hurts, you have been fucked by an Elephant !
"Happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista kun ei niihin yltänyt" ("Sour, said the fox about rowan berries, being unable to reach them"
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05-04-2008, 10:37 PM
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05-05-2008, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by smart makes a comeback;404062[B
NO ONE HAS YET MET MY CHALLANGE[/b] TO POST A SINGLE NON BIAS, NON DISCREDED, OBJECTIVE EXPERT CLAIMING THAT THERE IS NO MADE MADE CONNECTION TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
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What is a "made made" connection to global climate change?
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05-05-2008, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by smart makes a comeback
NO ONE HAS YET MET MY CHALLANGE TO POST A SINGLE NON BIAS, NON DISCREDED, OBJECTIVE EXPERT CLAIMING THAT THERE IS NO MADE MADE CONNECTION TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
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Stupid challenge. There are no non biased sources on either side of the discussion. Information is what it is and it is either accurate or false on its face. Your challenge constitutes a logical fallacy known as a circumstantial ad hominem. I don't know whether you believe that you are being intelligent making such a challenge or not, but making such a fallacious challenge serves to make one question your intellectual wattage.
Are you able to argue any of the points, or is a logical fallacy really the best you can do?
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HEY KOOKS....KEEP POSTING BULLSHIT, AND I'LL KEEP EXPOSING IT AS BULLSHIT
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Since you have made no argument beyond the logical fallacy that is your challenge, exactly what have you exposed other than your own low IQ? Are you able to discuss the science or not?
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05-06-2008, 07:10 AM
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And as usual the Pale village idiot has no idea what he's talking about. Just runs his mouth for twenty minutes and says nothing...  |
05-06-2008, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by smart makes a comeback
ExxonSecrets Factsheet: Paul Reiter
Yet another useless post, quoting a bought and paid for oil company lobbyist
NO ONE HAS YET MET MY CHALLANGE TO POST A SINGLE NON BIAS, NON DISCREDED, OBJECTIVE EXPERT CLAIMING THAT THERE IS NO MADE MADE CONNECTION TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Not ONE of the flat earth kooks have come up with even ONE....most laughable
HEY KOOKS....KEEP POSTING BULLSHIT, AND I'LL KEEP EXPOSING IT AS BULLSHIT
By the way...there is a sale on tin foil hats at wal-mart
Hurry...supplies are limited
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There is no "credible" evidence of man-made global warming.
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05-06-2008, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by wow
There is no "credible" evidence of man-made global warming.
It's impossible to refute something that does not exist. |
NO ONE HAS YET MET MY CHALLANGE TO POST A SINGLE NON BIAS, NON DISCREDED, OBJECTIVE EXPERT CLAIMING THAT THERE IS NO MADE MADE CONNECTION TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Not ONE of the flat earth kooks have come up with even ONE....most laughable
HEY KOOKS....KEEP POSTING BULLSHIT, AND I'LL KEEP EXPOSING IT AS BULLSHIT
By the way...there is a sale on tin foil hats at wal-mart
Hurry...supplies are limited
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Argue with some..IGNORE the stupid
Yeah it hurts, you have been fucked by an Elephant !
"Happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista kun ei niihin yltänyt" ("Sour, said the fox about rowan berries, being unable to reach them"
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