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We can get rid of disease-carrying mosquitos, many countries do it. You can modify them to not reproduce if you're modifying them already for this instance. I
by theultdev 2y ago
We can get rid of disease-carrying mosquitos, many countries do it.
You can modify them to not reproduce if you're modifying them already for this instance.
If it's a matter of "won't" then we should ask "why not", instead of allowing someone to do this.
- kevlened 2y ago> We can get rid of mosquitos, many countries do it. Curious to know where I can find no mosquitoes, other than Iceland and Antarctica.
- theultdev 2y agoThailand and many asian countries have eradicated the troubling mosquitos (not entirely but with great success, especially in urban areas) The US has also had great success in their eradication and mitigation programs.
- notahacker 2y agoThey're more likely to give you dengue than malaria, but one thing Thailand has definitely not eradicated is the likelihood of getting bitten by mosquitos with great regularity...
- theultdev 2y agoYes and you still get bit in the US but malaria is a thing of the past. The point is not to get rid of all mosquitos, just the disease-carrying ones.
- autoexec 2y agoAren't all mosquitos that bite humans potentially the disease-carrying ones? In the US we've just been fairly lucky but it's not as if mosquitos carrying West Nile/Zika/Chikungunya/Eastern Equine Encephalitis aren't infecting Americans
- j-bos 2y agoMaybe not mosquitos, but the US maintains a screwworm wall that keeps them from eating anyone anything north of Panama.
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- Facemelters 2y agoyou think there's ... less risk with genetically modifying a species to die out?
- theultdev 2y agoYes, we've been doing it for awhile in the US. Thailand has also done it with great success.
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