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Well, this idea isn't an extinction level event for mosquitos, but then again, not everything needs to be conceived as such. Meanwhile, at least you don't get
by mehSoWhut 8y ago
Well, this idea isn't an extinction level event for mosquitos, but then again, not everything needs to be conceived as such.
Meanwhile, at least you don't get bit, and when you do, you don't catch as many diseases, and female mosquitos that bite humans are selected against, on some small level, albeit probably not enough to produce an evolutionary outcome unless literally all humans use the drug for centuries on end.
- londons_explore 8y ago> female mosquitos that bite humans are selected against Their lifespan is only 6 weeks, and they might bite 20 people in a lifetime, so even if only 5% of humans had this treatment, I think it would have a rapid and major evolutionary response.