You know, because it's so very much warmer than it was a few years ago

Duque blames global warming for disease outbreaks | The Philippine Star

Health Secretary Francisco Duque believes that global warming has something to do with the various diseases that are now surfacing in some parts of the country.

“I think that clearly what was predicted about the impact of global warming is already happening. For example, the different dengue trend, which (used to be) characterized (as) peaking every two to three years. Now it has always been increasing,” he said in an interview.

Duque said changes in cholera, typhoid fever and malaria have also been predicted primarily because of the changing rainfall pattern.

“In global warming, the temperature is also increasing… and there’s going to be a propensity for cholera, dengue, typhoid (fever) and malaria,” he said.