Fevers and seasons in Baja and the Book of Mormon

1.       Fevers occur in many places around the world, especially in warmer climates, and not just in Mesoamerica.

2.       Malaria is not the only fever that can cause drastic consequences such as death.

3.       Malaria is not the only fever that can be controlled or ameliorated by "plants and roots."

4.       Dengue fever appears to be more widespread than Malaria, and occurs in tropical and semi-tropical climates.  It is endemic in 110 countries. Dengue, like Malaria, is borne by mosquitoes.  See this web link:  Dengue fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

5.       Baja California has long had a problem with Dengue fever—in the past as well as today.  See these web links: Dengue Fever in Baja – The Facts  and Hemorrhagic dengue alert in Baja California Sur, Mexico | NowPublic News Coverage  and Viva La Baja! Blog  for a few web pages on the topic. There are other web sites.  Just search for "dengue fever baja."

6.       The bottom line is that the occurrence of fevers in Baja California fully matches the account in the Book of Mormon (Alma 46:40):

“40 And there were some who died with fevers, which at some seasons of the year were very frequent in the land—but not so much so with fevers, because of the excellent qualities of the many plants and roots which God had prepared to remove the cause of diseases, to which men were subject by the nature of the climate...”

7.       The account in Alma 46:40 more fully matches the climate situation in Baja California than it does Mesoamerica.  The wording says "fevers, which at some seasons of the year were very frequent in the land…" As we know, the Mediterranean type of climate in Baja California has two seasons (wet and dry) which affect the time of year when fevers would occur, whereas most of Mesoamerica has only one unvarying season throughout the entire year.  Clearly the Book of Mormon account mentions seasons and changing climatic conditions for the development of fevers.