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Originally Posted by Star30
Boerseun, with you being in South Africa, tell us what they say and plan to do about mosquito control to decrease the numbers of Malaria stricken?
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Well, to tell the truth, malaria isn't really a problem in SA. It's more to the north, up in Zim/Malawi/Mozambique-side.
This is not to say that there's no cases here, for instance, I picked up malaria in the late 90's, and it's so rare that my doctor sent me to a psychiatrist after I complained about insomnia that just went on and on.
The shrink sent me home after three sessions, telling me that my doctor's an idiot. I still had insomnia, and started shivering at night, too. I eventually ended up in hospital, having had all my organs seize up on me, with blood coming from every possible orifice (yechhy). So then some clever medical student decided to test for malaria as a last resort - and they found the bug and slammed it. None of the doctors recognised the symptoms, because nobody's actually seen it in my town.
I'd rather drink lots of quinine through gin & tonic, than spray the bush with DDT. But malaria is very uncommon in my neck o' the woods, so I can't tell you much more than that.
