I thought this article was funny. He made a great point by doing this. I would say something regarding the irony of the PC guy and viruses, but I'll let it go... ;)
BTW, I have a friend who contracted Malaria on a mission trip. Her description of it was horrible. She said she wanted to die. No one should ever have to go through what she did.
Gates Makes a Point
Release the hounds! Actually, make that mosquitoes. Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and one of the world's wealthiest people, made headlines this week when he released a cloud of mosquitos at a technology conference. The philanthropist was pointing out the dangers of malaria for the world's poor. "Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. I brought some here," he said. "There is no reason only poor people should be infected." Fortunately for the terrified attendees, the mosquitoes were malaria-free. 'Twas all a rouse. Bill Gates 1, Terrified Minions 0.
My brother's had malaria a few times (he's done a lot of work in Africa and Asia). It seems to be one of those things that once you get, you never truely lose. Every later infection is just a relapse.
I'd love to have seen the reaction at the conference...but I hate mosquitos. Visious little biters even if they are disease free.
Yeah, mosquitoes suck. ;)
I heard about this on NPR the other day. Kind of extreme, but I'd say he got his point across.