The animosity toward conservation science

[Quillback]

10 hours ago, BilletHead said:

               Mitch bring @fishinwrench in here for his opinion. As far as the DDT banning and the deaths from it I am betting he would say it was natures way of thinning the population? It is a virus right that malaria is correct? I haven't got a fight in this deal just wondering?

It is caused by a parasite that gets into your blood from the bite of a mosquito.  An Anopheles mosquito.  Anopheles is Ancient Greek for "useless".  There are hundreds of mosquito variants that fall under the heading of Anopheles, and one strain lives in our part of the country.  Fortunately for us, the parasite has been eliminated throughout the range of that mosquito here in the US.   I also read that an estimated 400,000 people die annually from malaria, most of the deaths are in equatorial Africa.  

 

[Johnsfolly]

6 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Have they solved CWD?   I don't hear anybody mentioning it anymore.  

Now they want everyone to collect ticks, put them in envelopes, and send them in for research.    All these years and nobody has studied TICKS before?    GTFOH !

Always bailing on one STUDY, and starting something else.  🙄   This is the kinda crap that drives me nuts about MDC biologists agenda's.     Always starting something, but never finishing or concluding anything.   So irritating !   

Just ONCE I'd like to see them start something.....and stay with it until they come to a bonafide conclusion.     

MDC Biologists:.  The biggest CIRCLE JERK SOCIETY ever known to man. 🙄

Science, budgets, and politics don't  often mix. Not much more to be said.

[Johnsfolly]

9 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

There would have never been a need to develop DDT had people stayed on their own respective sides of the pond.   All of the back & forth trying to force other countries to COMPLY with our wishes, and $#!t like that, is what spread diseases all over the world to people whose bodies weren't adapted to cope with it.   

People caused the problems, and then the people's SCIENTISTS often made it worse by trying to come up with ways to rectify it. 

NATURE tried to tell everyone to stay in their own yard, and to stop all of that international screwing.....but people were too horney and AMBITIOUS to listen.    

There ya go. 😎

When I read this Billy Madison comes to mind. None if what is presented here applies to the topic of DDT use to control Malaria. But carry on.

[Mitch f]

Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animal in the world… They adapt to everything. They give vaccines to everyone. A few years ago one person every 30 minutes died of malaria, I think even Bill Gates made it his life’s mission to give everyone in the world on malaria vaccine. Yes it will probably make him more money, but who cares right? Something needs to be done

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8 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Just ONCE I'd like to see them start something.....and stay with it until they come to a bonafide conclusion.     

Otters and elk are declared success stories😁

[Ryan Miloshewski]

Off topic, but did you know the gin and tonic originated because of malaria? Workers on the Panama Canal figured out the area willow bark boiled into a tea helped them stay healthy. They had no idea why, just drank it. (It has quinine in it, which is in tonic water). Problem is, it tasted like crap. So, they started cutting it with gin, creating a classic cocktail. There ya go--your free history lesson of the day.

[Quillback]

8 minutes ago, Ryan Miloshewski said:

Off topic, but did you know the gin and tonic originated because of malaria? Workers on the Panama Canal figured out the area willow bark boiled into a tea helped them stay healthy. They had no idea why, just drank it. (It has quinine in it, which is in tonic water). Problem is, it tasted like crap. So, they started cutting it with gin, creating a classic cocktail. There ya go--your free history lesson of the day.

And be sure and add some lime juice, nullifies that hair tonic taste of gin, and adds vitamin C to prevent scurvy.  😃

[liphunter]

8 minutes ago, Ryan Miloshewski said:

There ya go--your free history lesson of the day.

That's a good one!

Here is my favorite. 

In yonder year. Which is my favorite time period. The Europeans would ship fertilizer to the America's, but it would get wet during transport in the ships belly.   So when crated it would be marked S.H.I.T. (ship high in transport). Now you know the rest of the story. Good Day!

[Terrierman]

9 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Have they solved CWD?   I don't hear anybody mentioning it anymore.  

Now they want everyone to collect ticks, put them in envelopes, and send them in for research.    All these years and nobody has studied TICKS before?    GTFOH !

Always bailing on one STUDY, and starting something else.  🙄   This is the kinda crap that drives me nuts about MDC biologists agenda's.     Always starting something, but never finishing or concluding anything.   So irritating !   

Just ONCE I'd like to see them start something.....and stay with it until they come to a bonafide conclusion.     

MDC Biologists:.  The biggest CIRCLE JERK SOCIETY ever known to man. 🙄

MDC did a tick project on Lyme disease years ago.  Put traps on property I owned back then.

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24 minutes ago, Ryan Miloshewski said:

Off topic, but did you know the gin and tonic originated because of malaria? Workers on the Panama Canal figured out the area willow bark boiled into a tea helped them stay healthy. They had no idea why, just drank it. (It has quinine in it, which is in tonic water). Problem is, it tasted like crap. So, they started cutting it with gin, creating a classic cocktail. There ya go--your free history lesson of the day.

Pictures??😁