POISONING CATS?
In message , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article ,
martin writes:
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| | The fact that they are a serious health risk in the tropics is
| | not necessarily evidence that they are in the UK.
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| | Mosquitoes are there and not here.
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| | and unless you live near a major international airport.
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| Even then, only for some ridiculous meaning of the word "serious".
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| Catching malaria is serious for the person involved, but not you
| sitting on your bum in a college somewhere :-)
I suggest that you read the above a little more carefully. They
are not a serious health risk in the UK, because the chance of
them transmitting malaria EVEN near Heathrow is miniscule. The
aircraft flying overhead are more of a health risk, as you will
discover if you look up the statistics.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Don't look up in Hounslow - or you will get kerosene in your eye!!
--
hugh
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