> Killing mozzies to rid us of their pathogens is worse than attacking the pathogens themselves, because: 1) let's not kill these little lives unnecessarily and

> Killing mozzies to rid us of their pathogens is worse than attacking the pathogens themselves, because: 1) let's not kill these little lives unnecessarily and 2) we risk upsetting the ecosystem that we can neither understand nor repair if we damage it. 1) Mosquitoes carry more than just malaria, and trying to cure them of every pathogen is a crazy game of whack-a-mole. Even disease-free they are a major pest. 2) Research has been performed to determine if mosquitoes are a keystone species and has found that they are not. We have the tools at our disposal to eliminate the species that has killed more people than all the wars in human history combined. It's mind-boggling to me that anyone would hem and haw about the consequences of this non-keystone species when plenty of other species are driven to extinction every year without any fanfare.