Gadfly
Gadfly
0 Comments | Northern Echo, Jul 28, 2010 | by Mike Amos
WITH some incredulity, we’d also noted that the pharmacy in Tow Law, supposed Switzerland of the North, is advertising treatment for malaria. “It wouldn’t surprise me in the least, ” writes John Heslop from Durham.
“The internet tells me that the insect which was the main bearer of malaria in Britain is still present in marshy and coastal areas and that the risk of infection is likely to increase with a rise in the average temperature.
“However, it is no longer considered fatal and can be completely cured with modern drugs.”
For verification, of course, they could always ask Ms Cheryl Cole, though it’s unlikely she was bitten in Tow Law.
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