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"the ecological scar left by a missing mosquito would heal quickly as the niche was filled by other organisms." Would the replacement(s) be more deadlier? I d
by fuzzythinker 16y ago
"the ecological scar left by a missing mosquito would heal quickly as the niche was filled by other organisms."
Would the replacement(s) be more deadlier? I don't think anyone or any simulations can answer that.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoThere are two choices: 1.) 100s of millions of people dying of malaria 2.) 100s of millions of people not dying of malaria, but with likely unintended consequences, either negative or positive, or both. I'd pick number 2. Number 1 is a pretty bad choice. Worth the risk. Inaction is just as much a choice as action.
- fuzzythinker 16y agoor 3) unknown # (0-all) of people dying from the replacement(s)
- mike-cardwell 16y agoThat's a subset of 2