Re:Results from first US trial of genetically modified mosqu...
by whimsicalism on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @12:31PM
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Do you not see how the original comment was implicitly responsive to this claim? They're not killing off all mosquitoes!
Re:Results from first US trial of genetically modified mosqu...
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @12:38PM
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> Do you not see how the original comment was implicitly responsive to this claim?
I do. I think the comment is a generic "but unforeseen consequences" response. The target mosquito could have some unique ecological role the other 799 can't fill that only becomes apparent ex post facto.
That's why we're conducting limited tests. To look for those. Something Mao didn't do.
It's analogous. Mao decided to eliminate a problematic species. So he started eliminating it. Nationwide. Turned out, there were consequences to eliminating that species. Consequences that would have been obvious had he consulted with scientists. Or done a limited roll-out first. Things we're doing when weighing zapping these mosquitoes.