The only value of George Clooney dicking around in South Sudan this month is that he got malaria.
Now if only we get that much coverage whenever someone contracted a lethal-but-preventable-and-treatable disease, because
"Every year there are about 250 million cases of malaria and nearly a million deaths around the world, according to the World Health organization. In Africa, 20 percent of childhood deaths are due to effects of the disease."
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The NYT or LAT actually had an entire page yesterday on Malaria as if we never heard of it before... If that's what it takes to raise some awareness, yes, I'm thankful too, he got Malaria :)
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