> Mosquito-borne malaria has killed roughly 52 billion people (or half of the estimated 108–109 billion humans ever born)

Doesn't seem to be true, or based on anything.

> More or Less were unable to find any source for the original figure aside from works which made the claim without reference.

https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2019/10/03/has_malaria...