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These anti-Gentically modified people are basically equivalent to anti-vaxxers. The scientific evidence is overwhelming that mosquito borne diseases are a huge
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
These anti-Gentically modified people are basically equivalent to anti-vaxxers. The scientific evidence is overwhelming that mosquito borne diseases are a huge public health problem and the studies are solid that using this technology to reduce mosquito populations is safe. Yet, there is always a catastrophe in the gaps type of paranoia.
- arentyouspecial 6y agoAnd what about the animals that depend on mosquito larvae for food?
- mosquitoh8 6y agoReplace with Black Soldier Flies. But on the serious note, not all mosquitoes are 'bad'. There are over 3500 species of them. Harmless genus such as Toxorhynchites are actually helpful. The real enemies are mosquitoes from the genus Anopheles that carry Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria. tldr: Only a hundred or so pose a risk to humans.
- viburnum 6y agoVaccines are safe become there’s a well-established process that ensures safety. That is not the case at all for GMOs. And vaccines are reversible (they don’t escape into the wild).