The Mosquitoes Are Winning
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- čas přidán 4. 10. 2023
- For decades, the world seemed to be winning the war against mosquitoes and tamping down the deadly diseases they carried. But in the past few years, progress has not only stalled, it has reversed.
Stephanie Nolen, who covers global health for The Times, explains how the mosquito has once again gained the upper hand in the fight.
Guest: Stephanie Nolen (www.nytimes.com/by/stephanie-...) , a global health correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
• Climate change has brought disease-spreading mosquitoes to places they have never been found before, compounding the problem (www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/he...) .
• One invasive malaria-carrying species thrives in urban areas and resists all insecticides, threatening catastrophe in Africa (www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/he...) .
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-t...) . Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
CRISPR time, we've procrastinated long enough
I'm surprised you didn't mention Wolbachia mosquitoes as one of the more promising solutions.
And there's chikunbunya , a debilitating and painful long term illness contracted from a specific mosquito spreading from Africa into southern europe , south america and now northwards with global warming .
SW Mexico city - dengue cases.
TOO MANY PEOPLE IN AFRICA AND SOUTH ASIA
I'd never let what bugs me...win🦟 🦎🐸 what in nature eats mosquitoes...
What a strange episode! Why is the reporter laughing? I thought she must be like a 20-year-old naive, wide-eyed young lady happy to be doing her first major international reporting. But I looked her up and she is a veteran reporter! What's so funny about malaria?
I think it's a nervous laugh, let it go.
@@garybowler5946 Nope. There is plenty of laughing amid jokes.
@@mary_puffin Jokes about goats? All the attention she is bringing to this subject and you want to condemn her for a light hearted moment. I am sorry you feel that way. I'm moving on.
@@garybowler5946 Except she was laughing well before the goats were even mentioned. Did you not catch any of her other jokes and laughter, e.g., about stagnant water as she talked to her guide? It was throughout the podcast. It wasn't a few lighthearted moments - the full podcast had a light-hearted tone even though it was about a heavy topic.
@@garybowler5946 The attentions he's graciously bringing to this topic. Of course - white saviour complex. You don't see reporters in Ukraine making jokes as they tour dangerous areas and making an overwhelmingly light-hearted podcast like this. Well, malaria has an even higher death toll than the Ukraine war. But you expect Africans to be happy with (no, grateful for) reporting that's lacking in respect for them. Please!
Stevie "nicks"
Dame you Steve 😡🤬
Stephanie,
stop saying “right?”
you are not asking a question. it is just a verbal tick. stop it.