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RE: Long Live the Mosquito: Cautioning Against Deliberate Extinctions
This was a great post, @mountainwashere. I also think it would be a bad idea to wipe out the mosquitoes, even if we stick to only wiping out the ones who suck blood, or even more specifically those who are vectors for dead diseases. I just have a feeling that we will end up with a lot of consequences that no one could anticipate.
On the other hand, malaria and other diseases carried by mosquitoes such, so we might have to at least consider this option. I personally hope we are able to do some good work by genetically editing flies using CRISPR/Cas9, which could at least let the species live on, while also allowing less or no people to get infected by the diseases.
Non- extinction techniques do sound a lot nicer: morally, ethically, and on a sheer caution standpoint.
Yes, for sure. We should absolutely pursue a non-extinction technique before we even begin to work seriously on a solution that would include their extinction.