Skip to content

3rd world problems

I killed my first Aedes mosquito today, around noon. It was full of blood, probably mine. I look forward to the return of yellow fever and dengue. Between contested elections, occasional insurrections, half the country taking dog heartworm medicine instead of a vaccine, the roads falling apart because no one wants to pay any taxes, and the probability of the next governor of this state being a anti-science, anti-vaccine nutcase with 13% support of the population, I think it’s safe to say I no longer have any first-world problems…