Media and the panic over malaria
Several cases of malaria have been identified in the U.S. From the media reporting, you might think this is a crisis and this has never happened before. Indeed, the new cases are because of climate change. Except this is a super exaggeration: the first case of malaria in what would become the U.S. was reported in 1492. The CDC was founded in 1946 for the purpose of eliminating malaria from the U.S., particularly the Southern states – this is why it’s HQ is in Atlanta, GA.