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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being a sickle cell carrier lends an advantage - it's protective against malaria (that's why lots of black people have the gene -- the gene helped carriers survive in africa for a long time).

having sickle cell requires two parents, so your children will be fine (and will actually have an advantage).

https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateEvolution/comments/1gfav0r/the_argument_over_sickle_cell/[/quote]
I don’t know about this based on personal experience. I am a sickle cell carrier and got malaria while traveling in the DR Congo. It was severe. I had to be hospitalized. It ruined my trip. Worst time of my life.[/quote]

[b]I’m also a sickle cell carrier who somehow managed to contract malaria twice on two SEPARATE trips to two DIFFERENT African countries (Ghana & Angola). [/b]🙄 We’re out here!!

I swear I’m a malaria magnet. My kids and husband didn't contract it on either trip, thankfully.[/quote]
Not to be rude but how did you not learn your lesson after the 1st time? I wish folks would stop traveling to third world countries where they bring highly contagious diseases that have basically been eradicated here back with them and spread it to the rest of us. (Before anyone tries to argue, I know malaria ISN’T contagious. I’m saying in general.)

I just read that the measles outbreak that we’re currently experiencing in the US started with a person who traveled out of the country.[/quote]

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