http://thebenshi.com/2010/11/22/87-did-global-warming-kill-one-of-the-greatest-surfers-in-history/
Summary below :
Dude, like he might have died from Dengue fever. Or he might of died of a drug overdose. But either way it is proof of global warming. Because … like … they never used to have mosquitoes in Puerto Rico before global warming.
h/t to Marc Morano
LOL – global warming has very little to do with insect vector problems
2 mosquito species are known vectors of Dengue. Both are found widely distributed well into temperate areas of the world.
Aedes aegypti = http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/aquatic/aedes_aegypti02.htm
Aedes albopictus = https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/File:Albopictus_distribution_2007.png
Maybe if the so-called journalists bothered to research the subject, they wouldn’t write such rubbish.
Quote:
“Malaria, dengue fever, and Yellow fever are not actually “tropical” diseases. These illnesses were once common in North America (including Canada and Alaska), Western Europe (including Scandinavia), and Russia. Moreover, they were common in those places during the 19th century, when the world was by all accounts colder than it is today. Insect-borne diseases are not diseases of climate but of poverty.”
article: http://cei.org/news-letters-cooler-heads-digest/global-warming-and-vector-borne-disease-warmer-sicker