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To: bentway who wrote (753125)11/16/2013 1:38:52 PM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (2) of 1583158
 
Hi bentway; Re: "The virus is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which usually lives in tropical regions. But scientists believe that climate change has made them more prevalent across the southern states of the US.";

Aedes aegypti is already prevalent in the southern states. Has been for thousands of years.

The clue is right here: "Previously there had been no outbreaks of the fever in Florida for decades."

So logically, if warm climate causes outbreaks of fever, it must have been warmer in Florida in past "decades".

For that matter, malaria used to be endemic to the Seattle area. Like in Florida, the mosquitos are still there. Hang around Seattle at night, on the wrong summer night, and you'll be covered in bites. The difference is that they're not carrying disease anymore. Latest word is that the reason malaria died out here was that we don't sleep a lot of people in one room any more. The mosquitos that carry the disease prefer to keep coming back into the same room so they're less likely to transmit it from person to person if the people are not in the same room. Eventually this sort of thing puts enough pressure on the bug that it dies out. If you're interested in this analysis of malaria you can look for the write-up on the leading climate blog, www.wattsupwiththat.com:

New Study Shows Malaria Has Little to do With Temperature or Climate, but More With Household Size
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, October 2013

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wattsupwiththat.com

-- Carl
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