750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida

Re:750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Fl... by Dylan16807 on Thursday November 05, 2020 @06:14AM (#24997282)

Being always inherited, in humans, is no danger at all. Someone can develop a deactivation shot before the first generation to inherit the gene hits puberty.

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Re:750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Fl... by CGamesPlay on Thursday November 05, 2020 @06:34AM (#24997354)

And then sell it, so only the wealthy can reproduce!

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Re:750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Fl... by yowlingcat on Thursday November 05, 2020 @08:17AM (#24997950)

Why do I get the sinking feeling that this will be commercialized "first as tragedy, then as farce"

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Re:750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Fl... by Dylan16807 on Thursday November 05, 2020 @06:57PM (#25003438)

I have to admit I don't really see the plan here.

Mad geneticist injects 1000 people with a gene.

50 years later, 7500 people have to pay for the fix! The profits!

And that's ignoring the failure rate of the initial shot.

This is a worse return on investment than a maniacal scheme to infect people directly, and then 1:1 charge them for a cure.

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