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As mosquito related problems are just plain hard and in this context ther is no other viable solution, I also think the usual fear is less important in this con
by hrktb 13y ago
As mosquito related problems are just plain hard and in this context ther is no other viable solution, I also think the usual fear is less important in this context.
But for the sake of the argument, the fact that this mosquito comes from Africa doesn't really matter so much, as the consequences of this operation could go from making it immune to this gene, make it mutate in a different/worse direction, or have the engineered mosquitoes affect the environmenr in other unknown and not measurable ways.
- eqdw 13y agoWhere I'm from, the city routinely carpet-bombs the city with pesticides (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malathion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malathion). This is pretty contentious, especially since it's primarily for pest control and not actually for health reasons. GMO tech that lets us stop breathing in all that delicious malathion is a good thing, in my books
- qeorge 13y agoI agree with you, and its hard for me to view carpet bombing a city with pesticides as somehow interfering less with the environment.
- Houshalter 13y agoI'm not sure if it's even possible to be "immune", but if it doesn't work oh well, nothing lost. Changing the mosquitoes in any significant way is incredibly unlikely. Random mutations happen all the time in nature.