Admiral Mullen Decides Not to 'Die' in the Amazon
By Andrew Burt, Washington Whispers
It was a very important trip for Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, when he traveled earlier this month through South America. During his trip through several countries (detailed on his Webpage titled Travels With Mullen), he talked about boosting U.S. ties in the region. But his trip had some lighter moments, too, like when he met a jaguar and munched on grubs. And when he toured the Amazon and faced some bloodsucking bugs (mosquitoes) that could carry malaria. "I went to Manaus and spent a day in the Amazon," Mullen says in a reference to Brazil's Amazon state and the largest city in the north. "I was handed this tube of special [bug-repellent] gel for the Army, and as we went out there they said please rub this on you every day or you may die. So I rubbed it all over."
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Malarial
That's DDT and there is no reason on earth for it to be banned in the countries where malaria deaths occur. It is the most effective treatment known to man.
The earthsavers are putting ideology over human lives.
malaria
malaria can be wiped out worldwide by using DDD which was discontinued by the FDA years ago according to DR. William Campbell Douglas and other alternative medical doctors
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