It seems like the residents don't really know what's going on and their experiences are biased by what they think is going on. Google targeted a very specific

It seems like the residents don't really know what's going on and their experiences are biased by what they think is going on. Google targeted a very specific specie of mosquito, which population-wise is probably insignificant in the perceivable number of mosquito you would notice. Aedes aegypti is a specie which generally lives in tropic environment, but was brought over accidentally. The musquitos released are also male and do not bite.