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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 17:07:07
From: Madalynn <YertleTheTurtle-AT-ulink.net>
Subject: RE: twen-cen blues


Of course not.  Sickle-cell anemia is recessive.  Someone can be a carrier
for sickle-cell anemia--and be more or less immune to malaria--without
actually having the disease.

At 07:16 PM 1/21/00 -0500, exfiltration wrote:
>sickle-cell anemia or malaria? Is that what you are saying?
>
>-ex
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-anarchy-list-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>> [mailto:owner-anarchy-list-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu]On Behalf Of
>> Madalynn
>> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 15:37
>> To: Jerald Hellemeyer; anarchy-list-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>> Subject: Re: twen-cen blues
>>
>>
>> At 01:20 PM 1/21/00 CST, Jerald Hellemeyer wrote:
>> >collin writes:
>> >
>> >>why aren't we immunising sub-saharan africa against malaria?
>> >
>> >Because there isn't a malaria vaccine.  Malaria is not a virus.  It's a
>> >parasitic micro-organism.  This makes it impossible to develop a natural
>> >immunity
>>
>> not so.  carriers of sickle-cell anemia are naturally resistant to malaria
>>
>


   

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