Why a Man Let 2,000 Malaria-Infected Mosquitoes Bite Him

What a jerk! Check first Reader Comment

Mikey Moeron has a point. Just because he lives in Chicago and doesn't need a vaccine why care about it.

The article that states: Malaria kills nearly 1 million people each year, most of them children in Africa.

Mikey's take: "Who cares about it?"

Nice guy!

How long you think Malaria has been killing children Mike? Few years maybe now? Think 50 million have died by now from it Mike? Who cares? Not you - your in Chicago!

A vaccine against malaria would be a Godsend to millions upon millions of people.

I commend the volunteers and researcher for their duty - pretty brave indeed.

Now if the vaccine can be produced, not require refrigeration, be essentially free, and made massively available perhaps Malaria can be wiped out in our time.

Who cares Mikey Moron of IL?

A lot of people.

But clearly not selfish jerks like you.

Bob Baker of FL @ Aug 01, 2009 08:55:10 AM

A good way or not ?

Is it a good method to obtain the vaccine through the sacrifice of people ,which people must risk being infected.In the society of democraty,the basic right of a person is to live.

However,the test has threatened the life of people.So it is not a good way to condut the research on the vaccine.

But the vaccine is so important that we must obtain it.so we should pursue a new scientific way .Thus a question is throwed on the researchers.

We are looking forward to getting the vaccine

Eat But Thin @ Jul 31, 2009 20:38:03 PM

Malaria vaccine

A malaria vaccine is so important. In the meantime, clearing the swampy water where the mosquitoes dwell and grow, would make a profound difference. Mosquito nets are helpful but don't of course solve the problem as the mosquitoes do not come out to suit us between going to bed and getting up time.

As someone who had malaria, I commend those who volunteer with the possibility they will get it. I had never felt like I wanted to die to get out of this world until I had Malaria! I was fortunate to have pills to take - which by the way the American doctor who apparently didn't know about Malaria very much, gave me the wrong dose, and the Nigerian doctor who came to see me got the doseage straight for me - but many Nigerians I knew while living there, came down with it and died. It has to be prevented, because once you get it fullblown, you can only go through it and come out of it on its own schedule. Once you have had it, you can recognize the symptoms, and if you have pills to take, you can forstall another episode of Malaria,but most people in Malaria-ridden regions of the world can't afford pills and even if they could, they are not always on the time frame of taking them. I might also add that even if they could afford the pills, they are often of an expired date and no use.

So a vaccine would be a wonderful thing, and I pray for it for those Malaria-ridden countries and areas, most fervently.

Clementina Filosa-Morton of IA @ Jul 31, 2009 13:57:38 PM

Yes, we need a vaccine!

Mikey Moe asks who cares. Obviously, he doesn't. It's not always true that cold temperature confer "protection." I have been to Alaska during the summer where I was feasted upon by mosquitoes. Wherever you have standing water, you have breeding grounds for mosquitoes and they are the best vectors for the malaria parasite. I also find it very selfish that Mikey Moe only considers the populace of his region whether or not they need the vaccine. Do the people of Chicago limit their travels to non-tropical areas (which doesn't matter anyways)? What a short-sighted view.

Elle Neotoma of CA @ Jul 31, 2009 12:51:37 PM

vaccine development

it is an atested fact that frequent mosquito bite moreso in an endemic tropical african climate is a key factor in immunity built up.

My question is this what is the baseline of this kind of immunity?

tom mbuya omollo @ Jul 31, 2009 03:15:38 AM

vaccine development

it is an atested fact that frequent mosquito bite moreso in an endemic tropical african climate is a key factor in immunity built up.

My question is this what is the baseline of this kind of immunity?

tom mbuya omollo @ Jul 31, 2009 03:15:34 AM