On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:16:40 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>>> No, pointless because throwing a few insects around a room isn't
>>> seriously going to make anybody sit up and take notice - never mind
>>> take action.
>> 
>> It is if they thought they were going to contract malaria as a result
>> of his action.
> 
> AFAIK, malaria is actually a treatable disease. The problem is that
> Africa can't *afford* the treatments.

Yes, but that doesn't mean it'd be pleasant to contract it because Gates 
decided to do something stupid to call attention to it (like giving it to 
a random sampling of an audience).

Jim

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