Monday, August 24, 2020

Florida releasing genetically modified mosquitoes to prevent diseases like Zika | Live Science

All over the Fortean Intranets, but this link from The Daily Grail"



Florida releasing genetically modified mosquitoes to prevent diseases like Zika | Live Science: Hundreds of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes will soon be released in the Florida Keys island chain to wipe out local populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes, according to news reports.
Um, didn't we hear of this years ago? Yes, yes we did.

And:

 The big questions are, will it work and will it have unintended effects on the environment?


The answer is: very probably not.



And remember, this is the year 2020. To quote the great Dorothy Parker: "What fresh hell is this?"

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