The Washington, D.C. metro area was hit by a hard snowstorm this past weekend.  The ensuing ‘snowpocalypse’ shut down the city for the majority of the past weekend and public transportation is still digging out on Monday. 

While this snowstorm has been a major burden on the city and serious concern for the more vulnerable populations in D.C., I am thankful for cold winters in the sense that they provide some protection against mosquitoes and the diseases they carry, unlike in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the tropical climate encourages the breeding of mosquitoes and by extension malaria parasites.

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