Originally Posted by
Trip7
37 people in Georgia alone have died from the flu this winter. I admit "not a big deal" was a poor choice of words when it is a big deal, but what I was trying to strike at is, avoiding Africa because of malaria related deaths akin to Foreigners avoiding the US because of Flu related deaths.
You'd have to know the odds of catching the flu here, and the odds of catching malaria there, and the mortality rates for each, in order to equate the two, or make a useful comparison.
I had the flu this year. It wasn't fun, but I'm now not worrying about major organs shutting down, and other long-lasting effects.
I've also lived in areas where mosquitoes are very active, and I've noted that you can't possibly avoid bites reliably.
I also don't like the idea of having to take something that's very toxic (Malarone), in anticipation of the possibility of getting malaria.
For those reasons, I make the
personal choice of avoiding working to/from Africa, but I nonetheless might want to visit it once or twice in my lifetime. I don't think I'm being a bigot when I list "Avoid ACC, DKR" in my bidding priorities.