Can the Mosquitos Speak?- by William Mitchell
Notes:
- Nial was damed, therefore the natural environment was changed and the normal flow of bacteria and other organisms were halted.
- The war meant that there was a larger amount of human traffic in the area, mostly from boats and planes. Also means they travelled quickly, making it so new diseases foriegn to the foriegners also passed on quickly.
- The sugar-cane plantations meant that workers weren’t getting the correct food ad were being exploited (long hours, poor neutrition, poor living conditions) meant that their immune system was weak, and high blood-sugar levels attracted the mosquitos that carried the malaria virus targeted the working-class demographic. This also impacted plantation owners, however they would have had better treatment options and correct neutrition.
- War, Disease and Agriculture is a triangle, which honestly boils down to capitalism and questions where the line is drawn with profit, and welfare.
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