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Umm, it's hypothesized that it can be done. It's not like we "know" it can be done, but the politicians won't let us.
by kafkaesq 10y ago
Umm, it's hypothesized that it can be done.
It's not like we "know" it can be done, but the politicians won't let us.
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- roywiggins 10y agoIt has been tried, and works. http://www.popsci.com/genetically-modified-mosquito-knocks-out-dengue-brazilian-neighborhood http://www.popsci.com/genetically-modified-mosquito-knocks-o...
- kafkaesq 10y agoThere have only been a handful of small-scale field studies conducted so far; whether it will "work" regionally and long-term is another matter. So while the idea looks promising, objectively speaking, it's still a work in progress.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoHeh. Politics is never going to stand in the way of mosquito elimination. Mosquitoes are more unpopular than child pornography.
- stcredzero 10y agoNeighbors whose property breeds mosquitos aren't as universally shunned as sex offenders.