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

I am currently doing a group project on malaria and I cannot beleive someone would do that!

Stephanie of CA 11:03PM March 29, 2010

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 8:55AM August 01, 2009

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 1:57PM July 31, 2009

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 3:15AM July 31, 2009