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quote Originally posted by Wichita: Climate Change Agenda is a hoax.

A hoax that's being perpetrated by leftwing ecoterrorist, gender fluidic, pro-Ukrainian, Greta Thunberg doppelganger, cockroach milking, Bill Gates-inspired, bug eating Biden brats who throw tomato soup at paintings in museums and who wouldn't hesitate to kill Wichita if they knew exactly where to find him.

They're not good people.

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quote Originally posted by fredtoast: Yes, thank you. I can start. It is quite a broad question and it highlights a lot challenges that we are facing right now with the way in which we are living on this planet, the drivers of spillover and changes in climate, in terms of how the geographic range of these mosquitoes is moving further north, further south, placing countries at risk for diseases that they haven't had experience with, as you've pointed out in your question. So, the world in which we live in, we need to take into account these changes and be able to prevent and prepare and respond to the threats that we face. You mention diseases spread by mosquitoes but this is a risk for all emerging pathogens with epidemic and pandemic potential. Diseases like dengue, for diseases like cholera, for diseases like Ebola and the next respiratory pathogen. So, yes, countries do need to utilize the different ways and the different types of interventions for prevention, one of which is vector control, looking at what are the mosquito populations that are there and how could vector control be applied, but a lot of this is also about other uses of tools that exist. In instances where we have interventions like medical interventions, therapeutics or vaccines, depending on the pathogen, we need to be able to prepare for that. And countries have worked incredibly hard over the last several years to build those systems and strengthen those systems for COVID but those could also be used for other diseases. Other may want to comment on this, specifically about dengue, but in short, of course, countries need to look at what are the risks to their populations, they need to look at how the changes, climate change and the dynamics of spillover and amplification are changing and prepare for that.

. Where did that cut and paste come from ?

quote Originally posted by fredtoast: I don't know about all of you, but it makes me feel safer to know that there are people out there preparing for the future instead of waiting for the next pandemic to start cranking up. The spread of mosquitoes will spread new diseases to areas that had not had to deal with them as much before. So it is a good idea to have plans for having more vaccines available in those areas.

My my.

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