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14 GAME I They say lives are forgotten not how children toss pebbles for points into the chicken wire atop graves. “Plasmodium falciparum is so deadly that our bodies decided it better to risk a 25% probability of a dead child (as sickle cell anemia can cause) than to go unprotected.” (Bill Shore, The Imaginations of Unreasonable Men: Inspiration, Vision, and Purpose in the Quest to End Malaria [New York: PublicAffairs, 2010], 94). 15 Ethiopians began using a new maize, Silsa Sidist, because it grows more robustly. “The plant sheds pollen at the same time that mosquitoes lay their eggs. And this particular pollen is perfect food for the larvae.” The rate of malaria increased tenfold. — Lynne Peeples, “Malaria vs. Mankind: Chemicals, Conservation and an Ancient Arms Race” ...

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