tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post244288854485574124..comments2024-01-08T05:15:14.232-08:00Comments on Buckhorn Road: For a "net" gain of lives saved, there is no substitute for DDTW.R. Chandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908482384887766964noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-17760656771752267262008-02-18T07:22:00.000-08:002008-02-18T07:22:00.000-08:00Yeah, I was expecting the environmentalist line fr...Yeah, I was expecting the environmentalist line from someone at some point. Mosquitoes become resistant to DDT through indiscriminate spraying - not targeted applications.<BR/><BR/>You are right about the other factors in the U.S. that have stopped malaria, however, even when we were affluent, malaria was still in the south until heavy spraying of DDT, it is this affluence that keeps malaria away which is being denied to Africans by do-gooder, pro-population-control enviro-whackos who care more about Mother Earth than the people who live on it.W.R. Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908482384887766964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14648942.post-52612129033969120172008-02-18T05:14:00.000-08:002008-02-18T05:14:00.000-08:00DDT isn't as effective nor as cheap as bed nets. ...DDT isn't as effective nor as cheap as bed nets. DDT, when used outside the current, extremely low levels for indoor use only, kills the fish in the rivers and the predators of mosquitoes on land.<BR/><BR/>And then the mosquitoes get resistant to it.<BR/><BR/>To beat malaria in the U.S., we raised incomes, which led to better housing for most people, which meant screens on the windows. We improved health care so that most people had access to county public health services, to treat malaria.<BR/><BR/>We can't beat malaria in Africa by poisoning instead of screening and treating people. Why not do in Africa what we know worked in other places?Ed Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056539160596825210noreply@blogger.com