Posted on 04/11/2022 5:26:11 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Californians may not know it on sight, but there’s going to be something different about their mosquitoes this summer. An invasive species of the bite-prone insects has been genetically modified in an attempt at controlling disease spread.
According to Smithsonian, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved plans by biotech firm Oxitec to release 2.4 billion male Aedes aegypti mosquitos in both California and Florida that have been altered so their genes can only participate in producing surviving male offspring. (Females will die before reaching adulthood.) The insects will be introduced as eggs, which will then hatch when exposed to water.
Because male mosquitoes do not bite, the theory is that a declining female mosquito population will reduce transmission of Zika, yellow fever, dengue, and other infectious diseases that can be passed on to humans from the bites. The goal is halting outbreaks before they begin.
In 2021, Oxitec released 144,000 genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. The insects have also been introduced in Brazil, the Cayman Islands, Panama, and India. While there is no spread of such diseases in California, the firm says a growing mosquito population could eventually pose a problem and that such pilot programs are necessary to assess effectiveness.
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These people are absolutely insane.
As a Floridian I say give it a try since I have a mosquito problem year around.
Come around at dusk if you think they aren’t a problem.
flying jabs
I believe the mosquito that carries those viruses is common here in Florida.
The US has enemies.
Liberals and their theories are like that video of the chimp with a machine gun.
Honey, I shrunk the kids!
From 2010: Researchers Turn Mosquitoes Into Flying Vaccinators
Same in Thailand.
A lot of us expats say that it's not a matter of IF we get dengue, it's a question of WHEN. In the jungle areas nearby Myanmar and Cambodia, add Malaria to that equation.
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i for one will be refusing to eat any GMO mosquitoes ...
Well “Africanized Honey Bees” (aka “Killer Bees”) seemed to work out just fine. /sarc
Sure why not. What’s next.
Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses.
I was unaware these diseases exist in the USA.”
With our open borders we are bringing in al the third world diseases.
lol… Believe me, that book is not when you would read the little kids. I was about 10 when I read it, and it was pretty nightmarish. The entire first half of the book is devoted to this miniaturized human learning to survive in a completely alien hostile world in his own estate garden. The second half Is concerned with what happens when you meet up with a Russian agent that was miniaturized as well and his team of assassins…
One of the most amazing stories I’ve ever read.
Zika (Conehead) was brought into the US when people went to the Brazil Summer Olympics and returned.
You made me laughh. So true.
So was I. Probably from south of the border.
Here’s the documentary(/s) on this sort of thing. I found it amusing, even if it is a Troma production.
“Mosquito-Man”
Down on his luck and unlikely hero, Jim Crawley is having the worst day of his miserable life. He decides to end it all and even fails at that. An improbable event changes everything and he becomes a half man/half creature.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1678052/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
For example one brief, fabulous, rainbow summer, the mosquito swamps will be like the San Francisco Tenderloin District.
IMHO gene drives should only be used in the most extreme of circumstances. If altered animals get back to their native habitat it could mean extinction. Take out too many species from an ecosystem you could be inviting environmental collapse.
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