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marybourg

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1. Hookworm was certainly around when I was in high school

Reply to BeyondGeography (Original post)

Wed Sep 6, 2017, 12:28 AM

Sep 2017

in the 50's.

Just because "most experts assumed it had disappeared altogether by the 1980s... " doesn't mean it did. We all know what's said about ass-u-me.

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Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south. Why? [View all] BeyondGeography Sep 2017 OP

Hookworm was certainly around when I was in high school marybourg Sep 2017 #1

That county is part of the Black Belt, between Selma and Montgomery. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #2

k and r JonLP24 Sep 2017 #3

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Sep 2017 #4

Why? Look at the assholes that get put into office. Warpy Sep 2017 #5