3. True or False: People with sickle cell disease cannot get malaria.
 
FALSE
People with sickle cell disease can get malaria just like anyone else. However, people with sickle cell trait are less likely to get malaria. The trait doesn't completely protect a person from infection, but it makes death from malaria less likely.

Fast Fact
Sickle cell disease occurs more often in people from parts of the world where malaria is or was common.

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