What do you think about genetically modified approach to killing mosquitoes?

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lenna

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That kind of thing was done a few times in history to get rid of various pests (use a predator to cull the pest), and unfortunately it always ends up as an even greater ecological problem (the predator overpopulates and starts becoming a pest, just larger), which I suspect is why they aren't doing it...

right

Australia being a painful case in point with several disastrous introductions and a few accidental ones

if I'm not mistaken, I think Hawaii also had some bad intros
 
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lenna

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#42
Seems that for every mosquito that we kill, a million more are born. It is obvious that we can eliminate them all if we just stop killing them.
sorry

that (literal) sucker on my arm is not going to make it home
 
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Fundamental

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#44
In short: how do we citizens know the Zika virus was not caused by geneticly modifying mosquitos? They share some things about it in transparacy, until things go wrong then it’s all burried in secrecy.
Today they can change viruses without leaving scars on them making it appear they formed through natural selection, while it could have been as well artificial selection. Over the years those techniques only got more and more invisible to the eye (under microscope lol).

Humanity should stop eugenics this very instant. If we can’t take care for the earth in her natural condition, we should not allow others to ruin our home more by making it all artificial. I can’t even buy bio veggies and fruit anymore, it’s all gmo. We are killing the diversity and by that we are killing ourselves.

When there are more mosquitos then usual, there is a cause. Ignoring the cause to treath its effect is beyond dumb. Seems each problem gets solved with a quick fix, letting the evil ones carry on with busines as usual and leaving the long term effect for the generations after us. We have given our world to the wrong people.
 
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lenna

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#45
And you've just brought us another million. lol

gotta feed the nocturnal mosquito hit squad

besides I love those tiny tree frogs and the big toad that lives on our deck in his toad house
 

Reborn

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#46
750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes approved for release in Florida Keys



Approved by the Environment Protection Agency in May, the pilot project is designed to test if a genetically modified mosquito is a viable alternative to spraying insecticides to control the Aedes aegypti. It's a species of mosquito that carries several deadly diseases, such as Zika, dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever.

The mosquito, named OX5034, has been altered to produce female offspring that die in the larval stage, well before hatching and growing large enough to bite and spread disease. Only the female mosquito bites for blood, which she needs to mature her eggs. Males feed only on nectar, and are thus not a carrier for disease.

The mosquito is also approved to be released into Harris County, Texas, beginning in 2021, according to Oxitec, the US-owned, British-based company that developed the genetically modified organism (GMO).

Sounds like a Conspiracy Theory?
Theres a great thread here in this conspiracy category.

“Why Your Christian Friends and Family Members Are So Easily Fooled by Conspiracy Theories”


(I think you started that thread?) 🤔