Well then, let me remind you (or use your steadfast refusal to face reality as an excuse to post for others of a more open minded nature…).
COVID
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can infect a broad range of human tissues by using the host receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). Individuals with comorbidities associated with severe COVID-19 display higher ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the COVID thread, early 2020 I posted repeatedly about how SARS was known to be exquisitely pH sensitive, each 0.1 lower is twice as powerful in effect.
The endosomes (cellular cargo carriers) slow as pH drops. All well known stuff.
Malaria
Lactic acidosis and hyperlactatemia are common metabolic disturbances in patients with severe malaria. Lactic acidosis causes physiological adverse effects, which can aggravate the outcome of malaria. Despite its clear association with mortality in malaria ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Now, consider he lost form profoundly, seemed soo out of whack, then gets Malaria…
Yeah, just all random variables, not connected at all.