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Malaria's mechanism of transmission is exclusively through mosquito bites, it's a parasite that cannot be spread like COVID. Countries that are at high risk of malaria know how to track the disease and identify outbreaks so they can handle it correctly. Wiping out the disease would be great, but in the capitalist rules-based order, it's far too difficult to eradicate the disease. What the foundation is doing is forcing poor countries to focus on malaria for funding, which reduces their ability to respond to outbreaks of other diseases. It's a net negative for the countries that need the funds but have successfully managed malaria.