More deaths from malaria! Run!
Global warming "would be be very slight near the equator and thus would only slightly expand the range of the malarial mosquitoes. Hence there is little reason to expect tropical plagues to increase naturally."
Malaria was conquered in the U.S. not by changing the climate but by suppressing mosquitoes, creating vaccines and putting screens on doors.
The Little Climate Optimum of the middle ages did not create uncontrolled pestilence. Rather it engendered a worldwide population surge.
The modern world's population, because of affluence, urbanization and contraceptive technology is restablizing.
"Warming or no, we can expect a peak population of approximately 8.5 billion people around 2035. That peak will be followed by a slow, gradual decline through the rest of the 21st century."
Warmer weather and a healthier population.
Tell me again what we are afraid of.
Avery, Dennis T. "The Effects of Global Warming Will
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