Health - Drug-Resistant Malaria in Thailand Threatens Deadly Global 'Nightmare

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Drug-resistant malaria in Thailandhreatens deadly global 'nightmare'

y Ian Williams, NBC News

MAE SOT, Thailand -- Clipboard in hand, Dr Francois Nosten worked his way down a ward of

malaria patients. He stopped in front of five-year-old Ayemyint Than, who sat to attention and

miled. The smile told Nosten as much as his lines of graphs and figures.

She's doing well," he said, moving to an older man, whose pale face and dull sunken eyes told a very

ifferent story. "Day five, and he's still positive?" he asked another of the doctors. "That's not very

ood. It means he was very slow to clear the parasite, no?"

Scientists are battling to stop a drug-resistant malaria that could threaten the lives of millions. "We worry that we are

running out of time," one scientist says. NBC News' Ian Williams reports from northwestern Thailand. January 2, 2013


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Ayemyint Than, 5, is being treated for malaria in

northwestern Thailand.

o Nosten, it was further evidence of an alarming rise in

esistance to artemisinin, currently the front-line drug in the

eatment of malaria. He fears it could be the start of a

obal "nightmare" in which millions of people could lose

heir lives.

We have to beat this resistance, win this race and eliminate

he parasite before its too late. That's our challenge now,"

e said.

e said that artemisinin should take about 24 hours to deal

ith the parasite, but it was now taking three or four days in

ome cases. "We are going to see patients that don't respond

o the treatment anymore, he warned.

osten runs the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, which is part

f the Faculty of Tropical Medicine at Thailand's Mahidol

niversity.

he unit has a string of clinics on both sides of the Moi River, which marks the porous border

etween Thailand and Myanmar.


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t means that all the progress of the last 10 to 15 years will be lost," he warned. "Now the resistance

ere, we worry that we are running out of time."


Staff examine a baby who has been brought to the clinic with a fever, suspected to be malaria.

he malaria parasite -- carried by infected mosquitoes from person to person -- still kills an estimate

55,000 people a year.

hat's almost 2,000 a day, mostly in Africa, with children being most at risk.

the world loses its front-line drug, the impact could be devastating.

The nightmare scenario is that the resistance will travel," Nosten said.

We know what will happen in Africa when resistance is bad because we've been there before in the

990s with chloroquine (another anti-malarial drug) millions of deaths," he warned.

We must prevent artemisinin resistance reaching Africa, but we also need to control it for the peopl

n Asia - for their future."


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Dr Francois Nosten, right, consults staff as he meets malaria patients at a clinic near Mae Sot, Thailand.

esistance to just about every major anti-malarial drug has started in the border regions that have

een home to Nosten for more than 25 years.

obody knows exactly why, but poverty, conflict and large migrant and refugee populations

onstantly on the move all likely play a part. As do fake drugs or a failure to properly complete a

ourse of treatment.

n the case of chloroquine, once the anti-malarial drug of choice, it took less than 20 years foresistance to spread from the borders of Thailand to Africa.

tudy: Mosquitoes change habits to avoid anti-malaria nets

osten is worried that artemisinin resistance is growing much faster than he'd anticipated, with the

rug failing initially to fully clear the parasite in more than half the cases he now sees.

t initially goes after a few days, then it comes back. We see that more and more now," he said.


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Migrants from Myanmar wait to be examined at a clinic on the Thai side of the border.

ome scientists claim this is too alarmist, since the parasite does eventually die, with longereatment and higher drug doses, but Nosten sees no room for complacency.

We have to respond quickly, not next year or three years' time. It's now or probably it will be too

te," he said.

rtemisinin comes from a Chinese plant and is quick, potent and with no side effects. Little wonder i

as been hailed as a wonder drug, the golden bullet in the global fight against malaria.

What makes the resistance so worrying is that there is no new drug ready to replace it.

osten said that although several drugs are in development, they could be five to 10 years away from

eployment "if they make it and we haven't got five to 10 years.

he Shoklo Malaria Research Unit runs its own labs fashioned out of a sprawling old Thai house in

he border town of Mae Sot, where teams of research scientists are working to better understand the

arasite and the mosquitoes that carry it from person to person.


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nes," he said, his pen jabbing at the photo. "These fatty ones are the ones that get stuck in your brai

nd kill you."

n other rooms, the DNA of parasites was being isolated and sequenced and drugs were being tested

s part of Nosten and his teams efforts to figure out what's behind the emerging resistance.

hey are also looking for vulnerabilities and new ways to attack their enemy.

t's hugely important to understand what's going on and contain it if we can," Nosten said. "We nee

o try things. We need to explore. Its like exploring new territories in malaria."

azell: Malaria vaccine a half-effective, temporary protection

he French scientist has spent most of his working life in the tropics, initially with the medicalumanitarian group Mdecins Sans Frontires.

e believes he is engaged in a vital battle -- "a race against malaria" -- as he puts it.

fter so many years on the malarial front lines, the battle has become deeply personal.

e dreams of completely eliminating this familiar but wily enemy.

owever, he also knows that with the emergence of artemisinin resistance the stakes have never bee

igher.


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Could someone please send some of that to congress for testing purposes of course....

#1 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 5:55 AM EST

It is just a matter of time before nature rids the planet of the greedy human locusts that are bent on destroying the

delicate balances which enable diversified life on this planet.

The human created deities are powerless to stop it, naturally.

#1.1 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 6:38 AM EST

MarkB, please be the first (by removing yourself) to rid the planet of the "the greedy human locusts" !Thanks !

#1.2 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 7:57 AM EST

I am reminded of the move written by Steven King's "The Stand".

Does big Pharma even do research anymore?

Not in the U.S. due to fear of litigation.

#1.4 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:08 AM EST

Time to go back to natural anti-malarial drugs, like quinine and neem, to which parasites do not build immunity due

to the complex mixture of natural plant extracts. The patented synthetic drugs made by big pharma always lead to

resistance in the target organism.

And yes, DDT needs to be brought back to fight mosquitoes. It was cheap and effective. We just have to use it

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those who need it the most. (Yes, I know there are farms in the US but not as large or cheap to use them from

everything from toothpaste to skin cream)

#1.7 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 9:39 AM EST

The spread is only one jet flight away from all continents. In America our mid-west and south play host to several

species of mosquitoes. One wonders when malaria will arise again in these areas. It's a matter of time.

#1.8 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 9:46 AM EST

Malaria is already back in US. We seem to forget that at one time malaria parasite was present along the East

coast all the way up to Maine. It was eradicated thanks to DDT alone. And it was brought here by the European

settlers and African slaves.

#1.9 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 9:57 AM EST

It wouldnt be a Global Deadly nightmare if we didnt have people traveling all over the planet spreading disease. Id

prefer to live in a country, or even an island away from all other people coming there from other places.

#1.10 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 10:05 AM EST

Time to bring back DDT.

You mean the DDT that mosquitoes are now resistant to? From http://en.wikipedia.org

/wiki/DDT#Mosquito_resistance :-

Resistance has greatly reduced DDT's effectiveness. WHO guidelines require that absence of

resistance must be confirmed before using the chemical.[95] Resistance is largely due toagricultural use, in much greater quantities than required for disease prevention. According to one

study that attempted to quantify the lives saved by banning agricultural use and thereby slowing the

spread of resistance, "it can be estimated that at current rates each kilo of insecticide added to the

environment will generate 105 new cases of malaria."[22]

Resistance was noted early in spray campaigns. Paul Russell, a former head of the Allied

Anti-Malaria campaign, observed in 1956 that "resistance has appeared after six or seven

years."[20] DDT has lost much of its effectiveness in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Turkey and Central

America, and it has largely been replaced by organophosphate or carbamate insecticides, e.g.

malathion or bendiocarb.[96]

So what exactly do you want to accomplish with bringing DDT back? Or do you think the mosquitoes are going to

be willing to die by drowning themselves in the DDT?

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Byron,

The only thing liberal policies will accomplish is everybody dying and suffering equally. Liberal "solutions" is the

oxymoron statement of 2013 and I knew it wouldn't take long for such a statement to emerge.

On the bright side, after we go the way of Oh... FORMER USSR or Greece, France, Spain, and soon China.

Everybody will be broke together and we will all live in happy liberal utopia world. Thank god I can quit my job andjust live off the dole like every other liberal. Pot smoking career here I come!

#1.13 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 11:25 AM EST

Please don't take me wrong, i really feel horrible for these people! But, I DO believe in nature, it has a way to

control over-population, in animals and people by creating diseases. If there were no diseases at all, and we all

lived, don't you think this world would be so over-populated, we would be tearing at each other's throats for some

space? Just a thought!

#1.14 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 11:29 AM EST

Queue the Looney Tunes melody.

#1.15 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 11:30 AM EST

another article about people in misery, and dieing, and as always the obedient followers of the left and right, use it

to call each other names...

#1.16 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 12:13 PM EST

There has been an arms race for years against microbial viruses. Because the viruses adapt, we only succeed in

slowing diseases until altered strains have the capacity to survive our best human made defenses. Therefore it is a

race in which we only make our opponent stronger. I do wonder how long we can keep it up.

#1.17 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 12:36 PM EST

Cue the homicidal misanthropists.

#1.18 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 12:43 PM EST

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many breeds of birds and fish are ideal natural means of mosquito population control. If there is a problem with

rabies in the area then just eliminate bats from the methods of natural control.

#1.20 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 1:50 PM EST

Sam627556- I find it immensely pathetic that you tried to turn this into a democrat vs republican issue. You're an

idiot that crosses the line with ignorant comments, and THAT is what makes Democrats looks bad.

#1.21 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 2:39 PM EST

Svenolafson

Time to bring back DDT. Unless you think it's alright to let millions die for the sake of preventingoverpopulation. The Left is so schizophrenic in their beliefs. First we must help redistribute the

wealth of the US to the rest of the world but we still need to let millions die so we don't feel too

crowded.

"However, a study in Thailand found the cost per malaria case prevented of DDT spraying ($1.87 US) to be 21%

greater than the cost per case prevented of lambda-cyhalothrintreated nets ($1.54 US)"

reference from: Kamolratanakul, P.; Butraporn, P; Prasittisuk, M; Prasittisuk, C; Indaratna, K (2001). "Cost-

effectiveness and sustainability of lambdacyhalothrin-treated mosquito nets in comparison to DDT spraying for

malaria control in western Thailand".American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 65 (4): 27984. PMID

11693869.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT

A study in 2001 !! Where exactly did you think DDT went?????? Banned in the US yes, but once again, US is NOT

the entire world.

#1.22 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 2:39 PM EST

DDT is not a magic bullet. It's just another pesticide. Insects develop a resistance to any pesticide over time, which

is why you are suppose to ROTATE pesticides. It's not necessary to bring back DDT as long as the rotation of other

pesticides is effective.

It's a wonder that a similar approach isn't used with regard to medicine resistance. Develop several medicines that

do the same thing, and rotate their usage on a certain interval. That interval being how long it takes for a certain

resistance to 'decay'. Though, if the organism with resistant genes has other genes paired with it that improve its

chances in natural selection, that resistance may never 'go away'.

However in pests it's shown that pesticide resistant bugs are less fertile and end up losing out to natural selection inthe absence of said pesticide. I don't know if the same holds true for viruses, bacteria and the malaria parasite.

#1.23 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 2:40 PM EST

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#1.24 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 3:04 PM EST

Why not just remove or reduce the standing pools of water that mosquitoes need to breed? Without standing pools

of water mosquitoes cannot breed. Drainage canals are breeding grounds for mosquitoes due to the stagnant water

and everywhere. If there must be standing pools of water either agitate them or treat them. There are natural

means to limit mosquito population further, but humans love "easy buttons" or "cure alls".

In Florida we have trucks that spray about once a month to keep the population down or in check. Even with the

spray trucks you cannot go outside at night during the warmer parts of the year without mosquito repellant on or

unless there is a stiff breeze.

@rightwingscrewball "The only thing liberal policies will accomplish is everybody dying and suffering equally." Oh

you mean like in a society, like what we have here in the U.S., in your state, in your city/town, etc.? Why do you

treat people like equals at all then? Why do you want to belong or be a part of society again? What prevents me

from killing you and taking all your stuff, mate, etc. if survival of the fittest is what you really want? Why have that

rule or law that everyone agrees to again? Why have a language or communicate with other humans in the first

place for that matter? I think you might have a screw loose in that brain of yours since "society" is the only reason

you can acquire/keep what money you have. If not someone would have came and either stole it, or killed you for it

long ago moron.

"Everybody will be broke together and we will all live in happy liberal utopia world."Damn are you dumb. Who

shipped all of our jobs overseas and started redistributing the wealth of the middle class years ago? Who got the

tax rates reduced on themselves? That would be the rich morons that created this economic crisis in the first place

and are now to stupid to realize it. The bunch of money addicts/hoarders that we allow to be in charge atm and only

know how to say MORE or MINE. We had a 90% top tax rate for a reason.

What about the limited natural resources this planet has, that we are all fighting over and how utopian is thatmoron? Why do we allow you to be in charge again and why can I not kill you as natural selection demands since

you are no longer the "best"? Our system that we created allows people that acquire a certain amount of money to

easily make even MORE money allowing them to stay on top causing stagnation. There are people that are better

and could do your job better, but you are afraid of the competition and need an advantage to win. Without it being

easier to make more money you could not stay on top. Your theory of life is that you must have a boot on

everyone's throat or else, and yet you wonder why people want to kill you again...

Unless it becomes HARDER to make more money the more money you already have ALL SYSTEMS WILL FAIL.

This is because no system can supply exponential gain for any great length of time. We can print money and

"grow" the economy to temporary prevent the system from failing, but that requires MORE resources. Which issomething this planet has a limited amount of and it is still a temporary fix. The only way to have a working system

is that you eventually give back what you get out of it. You cannot ever get something for nothing. You cannot earn

more money simply because you have money. You ALREADY were rewarded the first time when you got the

money initially and you do not need to be rewarded again. You need to spend that money and put it back into the

system. The only reason you invest money is so that it does not LOSE value as quickly. Money is like food and it

spoils if unused.

It amazes me that that same morons that cry about balancing the budgets and defects cannot understand a simple

system or how to make one work. Every system you morons would build would blow up and fail. It is not fu****g

magic, but simple logic. How do we get something from nothing again? How does that object or particle move all by

itself again? Without a potential you cannot do chit and there is only one way that I know to be able to build a 100%

efficient engine or machine (Carnot Cycle). I did not design the universe, but I understand how it works.

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them. We're all test subjects of one kind or another.

#1.26 - Thu Jan 3, 2013 9:21 AM EST

Jeepgal66

Please don't take me wrong, i really feel horrible for these people! But, I DO believe in nature, it has

a way to control over-population, in animals and people by creating diseases. If there were no

diseases at all, and we all lived, don't you think this world would be so over-populated, we would be

tearing at each other's throats for some space? Just a thought!

I do agree with you on this. In my opinion it will only be a matter of time before some virus wipes out most of the

population, or at least a good chunk of it. It also seems necessary for it to happen, because this earth can only

handle so much. Logically speaking, only so many people can live on earth before water runs out, food run out, no

more places for trash to go. Its an inevitable future unless something is done now. How ever, doing something now,

would also mean people having to give something up, and that does not go well with the human race. Drastic

measures would be limit child birth , a woman can get pregnant and have child birth one time. If she happens to

have twins or triplets ect ect ect that would be fine, but under normal circumstances, a one child policy, and then

you need to go get fixed, not permanent, but a reversible process in case something happens, as in your child were

to do at a young age, then you have have another one. This scenario wouldnt go well with our society, but

something needs to be done soon.

I feel bad for the generations after us. They will be the ones truly suffering. We might not see some society wiping

virus in our time, but im sure it will happen soon afterwards. The population growth is like a snowball, the more

people the faster and bigger its getting. We will have to take away the rights and freedoms of people to get

population under control.

Less people around, and the same amount of jobs, means more jobs for everyone.

#1.27 - Thu Jan 3, 2013 1:11 PM EST

S.H.I.T.!

#2 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 5:56 AM EST

Unfortunately, there will be no new drug developed anytime soon for mass use. Big Pharma is not particularly interested in

backwater countries where hardly anyone can pay enough to merit the effort. However, we may well see extremely

expensive, specialized drugs that would be in demand by the wealthiest. When it's a life or death situation, sometimes Big

Pharma can make up on price what they lose on volume.

#3 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 6:14 AM EST

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dosages and safeguards! We need DDT for bed bugs in the U.S. NOW!

#3.2 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 12:49 PM EST

Agreed - however, if the margin of return for investors is preserved, and the CEO and board are able to retain

adequate bonuses an stock options from the release of the drug, we might see some action.

Gotta keep our priorities straight, after all.

#3.3 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 1:08 PM EST

let's all blame companies making a profit. i remind you that your standard of living is completely tied to many

successful and profitable companies making a profit and sometimes very large profits, it is the same greed and

profits that you despise that keeps you whining for more stuff. how did you post your comment, on your computer,smart phone, e reader,tablet? where did you post at home,b which you own, steal the time from your profitable

company or my bet is that you did it while driving down the road in your car on the way to do some shopping for

more. no, it is not profits and greed that gets in the way it is dogooder regulations such as absolutely under any

circumstances are we allowed to use ddt a chemical which could have cured this problem maybe completely 40

years ago,but, because it was over used we completely eliminated from use rather than figure out how to apply it to

the benefit of humanity. how many more millions must die before common sense is allowed to rule?

#3.4 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 1:19 PM EST

Actually I think we're not blaming the companies making a profit - we are blaming the greed. It's well known that

pharmaceutical companies only develop drugs that are profitable.

I think you missed the point and the sarcasm.

#3.5 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 1:45 PM EST

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(BLAH BLAH BLAH).... We need DDT for bed bugs in the U.S. NOW!

I guess we'll all just ignore that bed bugs are largely resistant to DDT????

"The well-established resistance of bed bugs to DDT and pyrethroids has created a need for different and newer

chemical approaches to the extermination of bed bugs. In 2008 a study was conducted on bed bug resistance to a

variety of both old and new insecticides, with the following results, listed in order from most- to least-effective:-cyhalothrin, bifenthrin, carbaryl, imidacloprid, fipronil, permethrin, diazinon, spinosyn, dichlorvos, chlorfenapyr,and

DDT"

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Buffy-3025671, maybe you should know what your screaming about before blaming others. The US did not ban

other countries from using DDT.

"Some uses of DDT continued under the public health exemption. For example, in June 1979, the California

Department of Health Services was permitted to use DDT to suppress flea vectors of bubonic plague.[28] DDT also

continued to be produced in the US for foreign markets until as late as 1985, when over 300 tons were exported"

"Today, about 3-4,000 tonnes each year are produced for vector control.[14] DDT is applied to the inside walls of

homes to kill or repel mosquitoes. This intervention, called indoor residual spraying (IRS), greatly reduces

environmental damage. It also reduces the incidence of DDT resistance.[32] For comparison, treating 40 hectares

(99 acres) of cotton during a typical U.S. growing season requires the same amount of chemical as roughly 1,700

homes"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT

#3.8 - Thu Jan 3, 2013 3:42 PM EST

What's wrong with quinine? It worked for centuries and is found in nature. I know the drug companies don't like it because

they can't patent it, but surely they can make enough off it to produce it and save lives. Even if they don't, since it's natural

people can surely find a way to get enough to treat others who need it. As for third world countries, I agree that Big Pharma

doesn't particularly care since they're all about money and not humanity, but malaria is moving northward due to global

warming. The number of cases in the southern U.S. is rising dramatically. We may not have the resistant strain yet, but it's

only a matter of time. The pharmaceutical companies would be wise to be prepared, since Americans will pay for the

medicine.

I still think quinine is the better solution, though, since it can be produced cheaply.

#4 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 6:30 AM EST

Prevention is probably still the best way to prevent large outbreaks of the disease.

Big thanks to Rachel Carson for getting the best substance for killing the mosquitos banned.

How many millions would have been saved because of her ignorant crusade.

#4.1 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 6:57 AM EST

Liars - unfortunately DDT also was fantastic for disrupting many other organisms. Had we continued to use it the

web of life on this planet would be vastly different than it is today. Top of the food chain predators would probably

be mostly extinct. Since we are at the top of our food chain or web most of us would be carrying DDT in our tissues

and suffering ill effects from it.

Do you really think we can sterilize the planet and still live on it?

#4.2 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 9:51 AM EST

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#4.3 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 9:51 AM EST

THERE WAS NO SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR BANNING DDT, IT WAS ALL A POLITICAL DECISION! There needs

to be futher experimentation with DDT to work out dosages and safeguards! Homes are being infested now with

bed bugs and mites we need the use of DDT! To many people have died as a result of DDT banning.

#4.4 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 1:06 PM EST

There actually is a large amount of scientific data demonstrating the toxicity of DDT. Yes, politics entered into the

decision. Yes, an outright ban was maybe an over-reaction. But truth is, DDT is persistent in the environment and

does build in fatty tissues of animals of all types.

The biggest problem was the indiscriminate use of it everywhere. But to say that there was no scientific basis for

the ban is wrong.

#4.5 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 2:43 PM EST

jesus christ, the minute they stopped using DDT they started using other pesticides. The whole "Banning DDT

killed millions" is made up tripe. You know why it's made up? Because it makes enviormentalists look bad. And if

we make enviormentalists look bad, we can make their policies look bad. And if we can make their policies look

bad, we can keep destroying the environment in the name of profit.

That lie is also a boon to liberal hating conservatives, since most liberals support environmentalism. By extension

they are all 'murderers' for supporting the ban of DDT. Evil evil liberals indeed.

And in America we stopped using DDT in part because it stopped working, like with any pesticide, mosquitoes

develop resistance. There is no such thing as a magic bullet against mosquitoes!

#4.6 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 2:54 PM EST

Cirnobyl, Actually the ban came because it was shown to be destroying the reproduction process of top tier avian

carnivores that ate the small birds that ate the DDT laced mosquitos.

"Once a common sight in much of the continent, the Bald Eagle was severely affected in the mid-20th century by a

variety of factors, among them the thinning of egg shells attributed to use of the pesticide DDT"

"It is estimated that in the early 18th century, the Bald Eagle population was 300,000500,000,[50] but by the 1950s

there were only 412 nesting pairs in the 48 contiguous states of the US"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Eagle

Can't let your national symbol go extinct!

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In 1908 there were 72 wind turbines in the USA, now they generate 3.3% (133 terawatt-hours) of all generated

electrical energy.[3] U.S. average turbine size was 1.97 MW or over 66+million operating turbines in 2010.

Construction of new wind power generation capacity in the first three quarters of 2012 totaled 4,728 megawatts...

In 2010, the wind power industry in the US received 42% ($4.986 billion) of all federal subsidies for electricity

generation.[10]

"If we really cared about malaria, west nile or Dengue fever, this would be taken care of by now, the money would

be there. Instead we build wind turbines and then say we have no money to fight these dieases. Wind turbines and

solar power arent for saving the planet, they are merley expensive symbols of the left. When people see them,

they gat a warm fuzzy feeling and can feel good about themselves. They dont care about vector-borne diseases."

see http://chimalaya.org/2011/11/23/climate-change-may-make-insect-born-diseases-harder-to-control/

#4.8 - Thu Jan 3, 2013 12:29 AM EST

There is no such thing as a free ride. Wind turbines kill birds & bats locally; nuclear energy leaves long lasting

radioactive waste; fossil fuels emit tons of greenhouse gases and other, oftentimes worse pollutants; hydrocompletely disrupts aquatic ecosystems. Pick your poison, I guess. For me, the local disruption of some birds and

bats are less evil than the long-term wastes of nuclear or the global effects of fossil fuels. But I do believe that the

solution is not to rely too much on any one of these energy sources. Diversification is the key.

#4.9 - Thu Jan 3, 2013 9:23 AM EST

More media fear-mongering. Bird flu, mad cow disease, swine flu and many other media invented doomsday ills were

suppose to kill half of the population. If they didn't sensationalize these, it wouldn't be news-worthy.

#5 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 6:46 AM EST

here we go again. Y2k, 2012, among a bunch of other crap and this will be the next thing to ride the panic wave on.

#5.1 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 1:07 PM EST

macman01- It's NOT media invented you obsequious buffoon! There are areas of epidemic malaria transmission

throughout Africa and World Wide! I CAN'T STAND SELF CENTERED PEOPLE LIKE YOU! There have been

untold millions die as a result of DDT banning alone.

#5.2 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 1:17 PM EST

Take a deep breath, Jazzy. Get a grip and quit making a fool of yourself.

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#7 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 7:12 AM EST

The last true pandemic we had was the Spanish flu during WWI that took out 20million. In 1910, the world population was

about 2billion. We now stand at 7billion.... Plague, war and famine are mother nature's way of controlling human population

since human beings are incapable of it. Our members who are least able to rear future generations are the ones who spawn

in the greatest numbers.... We may not be able to feed them, but we can sure make them...

#8 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 7:19 AM EST

Nothing will be done in the way of research to find a new effective medicine to treat it, because it mainly infects and kills

darker-skinned, poor people in continents far away, and has little profit potential. That will continue to be the case until it start

killing rich white Europeans and Americans, who would be more than willing and able to fork over the huge sums of moneythey will demand for a drug that probably costs pennies to produce. All of a sudden, it will then be perceived as a global

threat, and governments will spur pharmaceutical companies to research for a cure by granting them huge sums of taxpayer

money, with no oversight, to start research to develop and produce an new drug, which will probably end up being a slight

molecular modification of an old drug. Then they will claim they had to spend bazillions to create this new miracle wonder

drug, and charge prices that will make the latest cancer treatment costs look like aspirin in comparison.

#10 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 7:39 AM EST

Mymomdidnotraiseafool

Nothing will be done in the way of research to find a new effective medicine to treat it, because it

mainly infects and kills darker-skinned, poor people in continents far away, and has little profit

potential.

Are you saying that darker-skinned people are unable to help themselves. That's kinda racist, isn't it?

#10.1 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:27 AM EST

Mymomdidnotraiseafool,

Nothing will be done in the way of research to find a new effective medicine to treat it, because it

mainly infects and kills darker-skinned, poor people in continents far away, and has little profit

potential.

DDT was a perfect tool that saved millions of darker-skinned poor people. Too bad the White Liberal/Progressive

Wack Jobs are so racist that they believe overpopulation of these darker-skinned poor people will cramp their

lifestyles and pressured the EPA to ban it without any scientific proof that it is dangerous to the environment. It

makes sense too. They do the same thing here in the states with free on-demand abortions for the poor darker-

Lisa from Wayland

gVamVoo Deleted


denver bill 2

Svenolafson


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They have the right to die because Byron is SOOOOO progressive that the very thing that might save them is

"losing it's effectiveness".

It still works, better than anything else. And in the situation of mass outbreak and epidemics I would say DDT

combined with anything else available would be better than any solution a libtard fruitcake could offer.

#10.4 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 11:34 AM EST

rightwingscrewball,

So what Byron is saying is that moral superiority and liberal self righteousness trumps the right to

live.

And he's using Wikipedia to prove his point.

#10.5 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 12:21 PM EST

In America, the smart money goes into women's breasts. That kills tens of thousands. Malaria kills hundreds of

millions.

#10.6 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 12:34 PM EST

denver bill 2

Are you saying that darker-skinned people are unable to help themselves. That's kinda racist, isn't

it?

It has nothing to do with racism. It has to do with reality and profit margins. Also, if the 3rd world countries who

produce the majority of the "darker-skinned" people were able to help themselves, they wouldn't be looking to us to

solve their problems for them.

And...for those who aren't worried about the environmental impact of using DDT over there... (that is the key

phrase.."over there"...) why don't we just load them up on agent orange and carpet bomb the remaining rain forests

with napalm? That will solve the mosquito problem but won't do much to preseve what little usable land there is left.

I'm sorry. I know it sounds cold, but no... We can't and shouldn't "save" everyone. And it isn't only because of profit

margins

#10.7 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 1:57 PM EST

Billy-boy just likes to twist words around to meet his agenda. That's because he has a twisted mind. I dare him to

name one major pharmaceutical research center in sub-Saharan Africa. And I am not talking about the ones that do

Stage 1 and 2 clinical trials for drugs developed outside Africa One day probably in the not-too-distant future

Svenolafson

howard fein

Lisa from Wayland



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13 votes

Lisa from Hueyland, I take it there aren't too many Christians where you come from with your "F#&* it, let them all

die as long as I'm safe attitude."

Congratulations, you win the self righteous, I'm better than you so you die award. You must be so proud.

#10.10 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 5:59 PM EST

INCREASING numbers of malaria, west nile and Dengue fever infections in the USA...

1. "We're in the midst of one of the largest West Nile outbreaks ever seen in the United States," saidDr. Lyle

Petersen, the director of the CDC's Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Division official.

The CDC says that people have been infected with West Nile Virus in 38 states this year. At 1100 cases, it's three

times as many as usual...

2. The mosquito-borne dengue fever, which is endemic in much of the tropics, has been reported in south Texas, as

well as the Florida Keys. Reported by the CDC during Aug 2012...

3. Malaria infection rates tied to:

a. Poverty and little access to health services...

b. HIV, Malaria and TB co-infections work synergistically, with the result of increasing prevalence and intensity of

both. ALL of these infections are experiencing INCREASED rates of infection in the USA...

c. When insecticide-treated nets are used properly by three-quarters of the people in a community, malaria

transmission is cut by 50%, child deaths are cut by 20%, and the mosquito population drops by as much as 90%...

d. Over half a million (655, 000) people die from malaria each year, mostly children younger than five years old...

These diseases are not an area specific or black/brown-skinned peoples problem...

#10.11 - Thu Jan 3, 2013 1:12 AM EST

Stop all travel to and from the area.

Begin a world-wide war on mosquitoes.

Breed malaria resistant mosquitoes to replace the others.

In life, some will always die; there are no guarantees except oppressive federal taxes.

#11 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 7:40 AM EST

Why aren't individuals like Dr. Nosten the heroes in our society instead of phonies and pretenders such as Tom Brady orKanye West. Human society is really bankrupt.

#12 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 7:45 AM EST

AC Robertson

Blue N Gold

John N-963175


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calling him a sky fairy. What would you expect out of a sick society like ours.

#12.3 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 6:21 PM EST

Get use to it!

#13 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:02 AM EST

Once the fracking waste poisons pollute the waters of Earth, mosquitoes will die on contact with it so if we can only hold out t

then we'll be safe from Malaria. Downside: we'll all be so sick from the same poison that Malaria will seem like a walk in the

park. Hey, nothing's perfect.

Republicans: your boys Bush & Cheney, got Big Industry EXEMPT FROM THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT! Did you think

you could push a song and dance man into the white house in the wake of that??? No: the people retain a bit of common

sense. But sadly not strong enough (yet) to ward off the poisoning of the dear waters of this land: that is the expensive price

tag of CHEAP NATURAL GAS. All else said about this is lies founded in denial, greed and hatred of Life.

#14 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:14 AM EST

E.D., I am so glad your man, Obama, is reversing all the Bush decisions. Well, except for the Bush-era tax cuts.

And the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And Guantanamo. And the appointment of czars who are outside of

governmental confirmation. And Fast & Furious (except that Holder actually got rid of the one part of the program

that WAS working). And... well, the genius list could go on and on.

#14.1 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 3:38 PM EST

We actually have the technological tools right now with which to totally decimate the mosquitoes and flies which transmit

these deadly diseases. We need to put together a coordinated international effort to do this RIGHT NOW!

(It is actually far cheaper to SAFELY get rid of these transmission insects than it is to treat the diseases they spread, so this

approach will be more than cost effective, although it will still take several years to implement.)

#15 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:22 AM EST

(I am thinking of sterile insect technique combined with genetic modification of these insects. The rich countries

cannot afford to ignore these plagues in poorer second and third world countries, because it is only a matter of a

short period of time before the next global pandemic emerges from these countries if they try to.)

#15.1 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:27 AM EST

studio steve

E.D. Yote

JC-815161

Rick_Carter

Rick_Carter


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(We also need to boost dragonfly populations as well, if only in those areas where pesticides are not being used.

Perhaps future genetic modifications to these transmission insects can even make it easier for dragonflies to catch

and kill these transmission insects.)

#15.4 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:53 AM EST

Except for this crazy notion called ecology. Mosquitoes are a huge part of the food chain and important, deadly or

not. If you want to try and kill off every pest and parasite on the planet go nuts. You'll be broke without even making

a dent.

#15.5 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 9:56 AM EST

We actually have the technological tools right now with which to totally decimate the mosquitoes

and flies which transmit these deadly diseases. We need to put together a coordinated international

effort to do this RIGHT NOW!

It's not a good idea to eradicate an entire species, let alone two, unless you want to create bigger problems than

you were trying to solve. I won't go into a ton of details as I am sure you will call me nothing but a worthless tree

hugger, but while considered pests to humans, these insects play a vital role in the environment. If wiped out

completely, the end result would leak down the chain and effect humans negatively (since humans seem to be all

you are worried about) in a big way.

Just a couple of examples, flies are in a category known as saprophytes, and these are organisms that aid in

decomposition of dead organic material. This decomposition, in turn, creates top soil for plants to grow in. I

shouldn't have to say why this is important. Mosquitoes provide food for many species and they also play a role in

pollination of certain plants that provide cover for other animals and create oxygen through photosynthesis. They

don't live completely off of human blood. The sole staple of their diet is nectar. It's only the females that feast on

human blood, and it's usually only when they're about to lay their eggs.

People need to quit trying to screw with mother nature because in the end we create more problems than we

started with. With the overpopulation problem that we have on this planet, disease is bound to spread and thin the

population out a bit. It sounds harsh, but that's the way nature works.

#15.6 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 10:32 AM EST

Jaime,

Not a tree hugger. Just an intelligent individual.

#15.7 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 11:36 AM EST

Rick_Carter

Nightwalker2890

Jaime 1234

rightwingscrewball


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#15.9 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 3:52 PM EST

It's not a drug, but DDT could be a huge help.

#16 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:29 AM EST

Not since mosquitoes evolved resistance to it.

#16.1 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 11:23 AM EST

mother nature's way of thinning the herd tragic, painful but human population is overwhelming the planet and when any

species gets too large mother nature fixes the problem In my lifetime of 68 yrs human population has doubled, that kind of

increase is off the charts and something has to give.

#17 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:32 AM EST

How could you have lived 68 years without learning what a sentence or punctuation is?

#17.1 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:40 AM EST

My thoughts exactly, "god." After 68 years, he hasn't realized that sounding illiterate undermines one's credibility.

#17.2 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 9:28 AM EST

Maybe you two "brainiacs" should consider what he has lived through.

Could you not understand the content of his post, or did you just need that feeling of "mental superiority" to get you

through your day?

#17.3 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 4:47 PM EST

Well said Steve Sjurset. Some people really think they are superior to others, especially in this country.

God and In Shanghai pick on someone your own age morons

Economan

Byron Raum

washington distruster

-god

In Shanghai

Steve Sjurset

The Chuckster-2840003


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this sounds more like very good news indeed than like a nightmare.

It's time for you to die so someone more worthwhile can take your place.

#19.1 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:43 AM EST

Sounds like you're parapharasing Ebinezer Scrooge..."If they are to die, then best they do it, and decrease the

surplus population!" Why don't you start by putting a gun in your mouth.

#19.2 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:48 AM EST

Don't listen to them Popeye. thanks to our lord and savior Obama, your gun is probably illegal and suicide is

already a crime. We all know how those laws already in place deter everybody from doing something wrong. So I

say don't sweat it.

#19.3 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 11:38 AM EST

rightwing idiot, this has nothing to do with Obama or American Politics moron. This has to do with a decease that isstarting to get immune to the drug used to treat it. It also has a potential to kill thousands if not millions which you

obviously could care less about. Stupid worthless Tea bagger S.O.B.

#19.4 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 7:07 PM EST

Gee...maybe we should return to using DDT. Since Rachel Carson's exploitive and sensationalisitic book, brought about thebirth of the environmentalist industry and led to the ban on DDT, millions of Africans and Asians have died of misquito borne

diseases. Banning DDT may have saved some birds, but it has led to countless human deaths. This same chemical pesticide

saved millions of civilians in WWII from the scourge of Malaria and Scrub Typhus in the Allied occupied areas. The Soviets,

were not so concerned and millions died of typhus in their occupied zones.

#20 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:46 AM EST

Khalifa, you are so right! The murdering tyrants Stalin, Hitler, and Mao pale by comparison to the HUNDREDS OF

MILLIONS murdered by the pen of do-gooder idiot Carson. The earth is NOT overpopulated. Open your Bible on

this New Year and realize HE IS! The Divinely Inspired genius of man can solve the world's issues, through God's

highest creation- Humankind! Quit cheapening life through infanticide, euthanasia et al. Open your minds, you

-god

Khalifa_ibn_Karah

rightwingscrewball


Khalifa_ibn_Karah

Dave Nolan


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which carries malaria and Yellow Fever. The applied used massive amounts of public resources to ensure that the

mosquito-killing compound, DDT, was liberally applied to our nations' waterways, lakes, rivers, swamps, and

sprayed into the air by aircraft and mobile foggers. At one time, mosquito control trucks could be found on city

streets and small towns throughout the US in the summer months filling the air with mosqito-killing fog.

The result? No more malaria or Yellow Fever deaths in the US. And perhaps there are some "human health issues"

related to DDT, the fact is, people have a longer life-expectancy than ever in the US, and they do not have millions

of children dying from malaria. Until the leaders in countries who are suffering from the scourge of malaria wake-up

and treat it as they would any other invading enemy, and use every means at their disposal to eradicate it -especially DDT. Until they declare all-out war on the Anopheles mosquito, they will continue to see their women and

children die by the millions from this invading enemy, and their countries will continue to fail to prosper from the

debilitating effect the disease has on those who survive. But the leaders of those countries who have the courage

to declare war on the Anopheles mosquito will need a strong backbone and courage to stand against the

self-righteous "experts" who make pronouncements from the safety of their malaria-free countries about the

supposed "harm" DDT causes to the ecosystem.

#20.3 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 10:46 AM EST

to quote an idiot liberal named byron: "but but but.... DDT is bad and mosquitoes are resistant to it"

Typical liberal.

Our super progressive and all knowing libtard counterparts are benefiting from the LIBERAL application of DDT in

the US. Now that they are all cozy and safe, it's ok for them to say it can't be used elsewhere in the world.

Hypocrites, all of them.

#20.4 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 11:41 AM EST

What the hell does this have to do with Liberals. Mexico still uses DDT to this day. Who the hell are you or anyone

else to tell another country what pesticides they can and can't use. Talking out of your a$$ must be your specialty.

#20.5 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 7:29 PM EST

Score one for mother nature, cull the herd, its out of control!

#21 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:47 AM EST

Here we go- it's H1N1, mad cow, black plague, Stay-puf marshmallow man coming in to attack& kill us all! Straighten your

tinfoil hats on your heads and run for the hills!

#22 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 9:03 AM EST

rightwingscrewball


kflann

ProFreedom-5130956


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Chlorproguanil-dapsone-artesunate (CDA) was a promising artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), but its

development was prematurely stopped because of safety concerns secondary to its associated risk of haemolytic anaemia in

glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient individuals.

Conclusion of research:

The use of CDA for treating uncomplicated malaria may increase the risk of haemolytic anaemia in G6PD-deficient children.

#23 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 9:05 AM EST

hey god have you always been a condescending a-hole a couple of missing periods or commas is the least of our problems

#24 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 9:06 AM EST

It's funny how we humans think we are so superior to every other living creature on earth when we still have so much to learn

It's sad that physicians and scientists who may perhaps know more than most on this subject are not taken seriously and

lawmakers call the shots that end a lot of life saving shots.

#25 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 9:09 AM EST

Simple answer, Quit Breeding

#26 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 9:10 AM EST

Another simple answer: Kill yourself. Make room for someone better.

#26.1 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 9:20 AM EST

Simple, maybe, Alfred, but not feasible.

#26.2 - Wed Jan 2, 2013 10:56 AM EST

So long as Obama is president and Mexico sits safely on our souther border, it will NEVER stop. As for the asian

and 3rd world countries etc. How else do you keep your lineage on the planet? Strength in numbers.

washington distruster

lawful1

Alfred-971011

-god

Tina-293371

rightwingscrewball

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