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Sharks are definitely scarier than mosquitos

March 24, 2021 By editor

Bill Gates retweeted a World Health Organization infographic showing that mosquitos kill vastly more people than sharks every year---on the order of 100,000 times more. In his tweet Bill captioned the infographic with, "Why I would rather encounter a shark in the wild rather than a mosquito." Presumably he's referring to man-eating sharks. This was an informal comment designed to … [Read more...]

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