In late May, Sarasota County, Florida, health officials confirmed they had identified a case of locally transmitted malaria. In mid-June, they confirmed the second. On June 23, Texas joined in: its state health department announced it had confirmed a case of local malaria transmission in Cameron County.
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11 Comments
DaEagle@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 3y
Well this sounds like tons of fun...
Biscuit@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y
And, of course it's a Florida man.
sparky@lemmy.federate.cc · 4 pts · 3y
Why? New mosquito species? Warming climate?
bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
Antivaxers traveling to at-risk areas?
Harlan_Cloverseed@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Well fuck
rylo@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 3y
Ah shit, here we go again...
SnowBunting@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
Lovely. Well hopefully they will have it contained sooner rather then chasing after a snowball.
MedicPigBabySaver@beehaw.org · -17 pts · 3y
Ha, brilliant! Let malaria run rampant and wipe out the dumb fucks from FL & TX.
clobubba@kbin.social · 19 pts · 3y
MedicPigBabySaver@beehaw.org · 2 pts · 3y
Put up a wall .. quick. (kidding).
badgerific@kbin.social · -1 pts · 3y
Malaria isn't communicable. Also, it is not fatal as long as it does not go undiagnosed/untreated.
clobubba@kbin.social · 7 pts · 3y
badgerific@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y
My bad! Thanks!