I have often thought the same thing. I have no "moral" or any qualms about this. If we have eradicated smallpox why not the mosquitos or the AIDS virus. However

I have often thought the same thing. I have no "moral" or any qualms about this. If we have eradicated smallpox why not the mosquitos or the AIDS virus. However, let's not go too fast on this: First, if you read the article, there's considerable disagreement among the scientists on what the effects of the disappearance of the mosquitos would be. Second, fiddling with super-complex systems without having even a rough estimate of the possible effects may be disasterous. Typical example is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_species_in_Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_species_in_Australia, where success is mixed.