30 August 2024 - sinking ship

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Rats are first to leave a sinking ship because their low-rent quarters are first to flood. Greedy humans took the best spots. Isn't our unfair society the fundamental problem? Ants and cockroaches are as deserving of the bounty of the food factories. Why should we combat mosquitos who only want their share? Equity demands that we let the malaria back in.

clue:

Malaria was not fully eradicated from the United States until the 1950s.

give me a clue so sweet and true

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