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• Turing_Machine 11y ago
  We've already got a good start on guinea worms (they'd already be gone if it weren't for a set of superstitious, fuckface warlords in certain African countries). Other prime candidates: Pediculus humanus (human louse, including the head and body subspecies). Pthirus pubis (crab louse) Onchocerca volvulus (causes river blindness) Trichomonas vaginalis (causes nasty vaginal infections, and can be carried and spread by men) Ascaris lumbricoides (giant human roundworm) I believe all of these are parasites specific to human beings, and find it highly unlikely that wiping them out would cause any significant ecological catastrophe. Those who disagree would be welcome to serve as hosts a fallback population, so we could restore them if it became necessary. Concerned about Aedes aegypti mosquitos? Sign up to serve as a blood donor for them. You can help save the species, at the small cost of yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, and (apparently) zika. What, that doesn't sound like a good deal? Then why are you willing to wish that fate on others? Especially unwilling others? Sorry for any sarcasm, but it's quite disturbing to see First Worlders condemning Third Worlders to horrible deaths because of ecowhacko "concerns" about friggin' mosquitos.
  • yourapostasy 11y ago
    As long as we're making lists, add Cimex lectularius (common bed bugs). I'm tempted to toss the entire Cimicidae family into a gene incinerator from the outset, but I'll settle for wiping them out one species at a time. But nuke the mosquitoes that are proven viral vectors first; Cimicidae species if they transmit at all, transmit in very rare instances.