Results from first US trial of genetically modified mosquitoes

Re:Results from first US trial of genetically modified mosqu... by rgrieselhuber on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @12:12PM (#31099101)

Human beings who have lived in a state of nature. When there are medical cures to mosquito-borne diseases available, the patient can choose to take it or not take it. This foisting of treatments on people without their consent creates very dangerous precedents.

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Re:Results from first US trial of genetically modified mosqu... by whimsicalism on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @12:29PM (#31099406)

The state of nature is a construct, there is no base "state of nature." These mosquitoes are only here because humans brought them here.

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Re:Results from first US trial of genetically modified mosqu... by rgrieselhuber on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @12:47PM (#31099697)

There is a big difference between how ecosystems change through human and animal migration and technocratic "solutions" that usher in a whole new level of medical invasiveness.

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Re:Results from first US trial of genetically modified mosqu... by idiotsecant on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @02:20PM (#31100928)

Oh? What difference would that be? If I intend to add or remove a species from somewhere is that somehow worse than if I accidentally add or remove a species from somewhere? In what way?

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Re:Results from first US trial of genetically modified mosqu... by chaxor on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @02:15PM (#31100861)

Here we see a gaggle of gpt models, endlessly duking it out for the public, such that they may casually dismiss or ignore their arguments. - HN tour guide Attenborough

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