Comments on: Affliction with Little Dragons

By: MacK child

MacK child — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:38:53 +0000

I know people are happy to be rid of a worm like this, one that can cause this much damage. I must say that I see things differently. I see this situation as a great loss. An animal that we could still learn things about has been swiped off the face of the planet. Try to think of it like a child that was stuck into a world where nothing seemed to go right for him, but he didnt know. The child would be totally innocent in his own mind, but to others, the child could do no right. The people would kill this child, one that was given life and no more, because they feared the things he did to society. People have a hard time thinking of this matter from a perspective like mine because they are given the results on the human population that the worm has caused. Guinea worms helped keep the animal population in check. And now, the scale has been tipped by humans yet again. Was eradication really necessary? I have read books in which the world is a dead place. The books were depressing, and in each and every one of them, humans were the cause of it. Our population is growing out of control, and we have just exterminated another thing that was part of the great web that is the planet. Everything in Nature has a cause and effect. This will lead to issues. This is not something we should have done.

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By: Dr. Dave Gowan

Dr. Dave Gowan — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:09:52 +0000

Whatever your personal feelings are for Carter, set them aside for a moment and consider the misery this parasite has caused mankind. However difficult life and survival are in some parts of the world, it is made worse by a neccessity for clean water in any place where the only sources are contaminated by a bad parasite and it is impossible to avoid it. Jimmy Carter sees problems and uses his resources to take initiatives to solve them, using his influence for the good of everyone regardless of race, creed, nationality, politics, or need. His is the kind of leadership one expects of an American naval officer. Consider not what you think is the quality of this person: consider the quality of the deed and the outcome and the service. Dr. Dave Gowan, biologist, Crawfordville, FL USA

By: Melissa Spore

Melissa Spore — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:47:36 +0000

This is excellent news. I did know about the guinea worm, but had no idea these efforts were underway. This should be on a lead story in all theworld’s media.

Melissa

By: Jonathan Dresner

Jonathan Dresner — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:04:47 +0000

Extinction? Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bug…..

Yech, and Yippee!

By: sepoy

sepoy — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:22:13 +0000

I confess that I started reading this post with some glee. Oh goodie, I said – high on snark, as is my wont – this will be all about Jimmy Carter personally de-worming all of Africa and finally deserving that silly Nobel Peace Prize [Can the Swedes be trusted with anything?]

But no. This post is all about some yucky worm -and Carter never even touching the water-injested larvae which hatch and require 3 months of twig and stick action.

On a more emotional note, I request that some global fund to distribute “Where There Is No Dentist” outside all such establishments…