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CDC issues alert after five cases of malaria were acquired locally in Texas and Florida (www.nbcnews.com)

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The cases were the first in 20 years to be acquired in the U.S., with no links to travel outside the country. The last such local cases were identified in 2003 in Palm Beach County, Florida.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Time to actually use the resources we have to eliminate those bugs.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We can’t just kill off Texas and Florida…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

One can dream

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This just brought the image of a bunch of Texans and Floridans shooting with guns at mosquitoes to my head.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, some of them are big enough for that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've never seen a mosquito that big in Texas.

Now the fuckin' dragonflies we have zipping around this year... holy shit...