The idea is not to replace an emotional appeal with reason, but to wake people out of their complacency and have them face the reality of delay. Every day we wa

The idea is not to replace an emotional appeal with reason, but to wake people out of their complacency and have them face the reality of delay. Every day we wait we see another 3000 children die. On the science side we already know the ecological consequences of removing these mosquitos - nothing. They play no important role in any ecosystem. More fundamentally ecosystems are not this sensitive to the removal of a single species, they are incredibly robust because unstable ecosystems don't survive. Species come and go, but ecosystems are near immovable. The question comes down to a known massive bad outcome on one side (millions of kids dying) and a hypothetically and unmeasurably low risk on the other. What is the rational argument for delay?