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Re:Results from first US trial of genetically modified mosqu... by whimsicalism on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @12:33PM (#31099467)
I think people forget quite how long the population tail in Africa is and people also forget that malaria used to be endemic to Europe.
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Re:Results from first US trial of genetically modified mosqu... by saalweachter on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @01:44PM (#31100421)
And that previous attempts to curb the reign of mosquitoes include things like "draining all swamps everywhere".

Take a look at the coastline of Long Island on satellite maps, and all the scars left by that time they tried to eliminate all of the salt marshes to get rid of mosquitoes near NYC.

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