The technology to eradicate homelessness, hunger, war, climate change, and Cap’n Crunch cereal all exist too, but I don’t see anyone addressing those either.
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Wouldn't that reduce the dragon fly population as well (who eats mosquito larva)?
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You don't need to be brave to use mosquito nets.
dangerously overconfident
It shouldn’t have to take fifteen years to deploy effective products that can save lives
this is such a reductionist view.
it should absolutely take decades to make a sweeping decision to fundamentally alter an ecosystem. nobody likes disease or even getting a random bite. i grew up in the swamps of the US, i know. but we should absolutely know what we’re doing to release a genetically engineered or bacterial sterilizing agent into a naturally evolved ecosystem.
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A system to kill a fuck ton with lasers has existed for decades, but a patent troll is sitting on it.
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so yeah. genociding species tends not to end well. That being said we actually just need to eliminate the disease spreading mosquitos and don't need to get rid of them all so. maybe.
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A lot of technology to do a lot of cool shit already exists, we just refuse to use them
Mosquitoes are my mortal enemy, unless someone can prove their eradication will disrupt the food chain so much that great white sharks will disappear ... Push play already.
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