Lumifer comments on Open Thread, Jun. 15 - Jun. 21, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 17 June 2015 06:50:09PM 1 point [-]

The same way it was done in the US. Or even in, say, Sri Lanka -- a country that was having a very long and bloody civil war in the process.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 17 June 2015 07:06:54PM -1 points [-]

Draining swamps is contingent on geography. It is just not an option in Africa.

Comment author: Lumifer 17 June 2015 07:10:58PM * 1 point [-]

So, how much malaria is there in the swamps of Everglades and Okeechobee?

Besides, which geography prevents swamp draining in, say, Kenya or Tanzania?