In Obama’s speech to the CGI, he said “We wiped out malaria in this country, we can do the same in Africa.” When did we ever have a malaria epidemic in this country?
Maybe he meant to say Yellow Fever! There used to be outbreaks of that
Prior to the development of DDT
lol. Good point. Maybe it was when Franklin D. Roosevelt was on tv talking to the American people about the Depression as it started. Oh yeah he wasn’t president at that time and there were no tvs. Huh.
Malaria used to be endemic to this country along with other diseases. In the 1840’s there were supposedly summer outbreaks as far north as Boston.
It was especially common in the South along with a whole laundry list of internal parasites. Clean water and modern mosquito-control measures is what dealt with it.
When Teddy Roosevelt was President, DC was still considered a malaria hazard area by foreign diplomates.
DDT took care of that and a few other areas...
Details, details my man.
>When did we ever have a malaria epidemic in this country?<
One of my great grandfathers contracted malaria while a prisoner of war in Tyler, Texas. I doubt her was the only one.
Here's a short version.
It involved DDT. Unfortunately it looks like we'll have to eradicate it again thanks to Obama's party and the RINO's.
I distinctly remember Franklin Roosevelt coming on TV and talking about the malaria epidemic. Where were you, anyway?