Having a major mosquito-borne epidemic that touches a _rich_ country would be the most straightforward way to effect this decision. Malaria was once endemic to

Having a major mosquito-borne epidemic that touches a _rich_ country would be the most straightforward way to effect this decision. Malaria was once endemic to the US, and while we didn't at the time have the capability to totally eradicate mosquitoes, that didn't stop the CDC from wiping it out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Malaria_Eradication_Program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Malaria_Eradication_P... It'd be wonderful to see mosquitoes utterly eliminated. They're the source of massive human suffering worldwide.