Bitten and Laden, Get a Boost from Another Bite!
Somewhere somehow, to someone, it’s a menace
that can turn human life into an irksome furnace.
Doyens say it’s the reason why there’s premature mortality.
A rain of pain, fatigue, rash and nausea: its signs vary in severity.
It boasts, bells round since its brutal bites become swollen and scratchy.
It tucks into a blood meal from a human being. Sorry, it’s sickening and scary!
Parasites, bacteria or viruses, it transmits them when it injects one.
You’re probably thinking of COVID-19. Hmn? Experts say: not that one.
For now, the ominous mosquito can brag, buzz, bite and sway
but experts are stepping up their game and closing in on it, they say.
[The ray is that insects infected with modified malaria parasites increase immunity.]
Think of a malaria vaccine that will be delivered by a mosquito bite! It’s a possibility!
that can turn human life into an irksome furnace.
Doyens say it’s the reason why there’s premature mortality.
A rain of pain, fatigue, rash and nausea: its signs vary in severity.
It boasts, bells round since its brutal bites become swollen and scratchy.
It tucks into a blood meal from a human being. Sorry, it’s sickening and scary!
Parasites, bacteria or viruses, it transmits them when it injects one.
You’re probably thinking of COVID-19. Hmn? Experts say: not that one.
For now, the ominous mosquito can brag, buzz, bite and sway
but experts are stepping up their game and closing in on it, they say.
[The ray is that insects infected with modified malaria parasites increase immunity.]
Think of a malaria vaccine that will be delivered by a mosquito bite! It’s a possibility!
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