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CDC issues alert after five cases of malaria were acquired locally in Texas and Florida (www.nbcnews.com)
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The cases were the first in 20 years to be acquired in the U.S., with no links to travel outside the country. The last such local cases were identified in 2003 in Palm Beach County, Florida.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

This just brought the image of a bunch of Texans and Floridans shooting with guns at mosquitoes to my head.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be fair, some of them are big enough for that.