The gene engineering technology they are using could, in just a few generations – a matter of months when it comes to mosquitoes – make every member of the species that transmits malaria here, the Anopheles coluzzii, effectively immune to the parasite.
We need a Final Solution to the mosquito question, not this hogwash
No?
GM mosquitoes was tried in Florida. They cross-bred with malaria-susceptible mosquitoes to create a new variant that can out-compete ALL the local variants while also carrying malaria. Not really how they planned things to go.
Bio-engineering at this point in history where scientists are just still learning about the basics and combined with industry that wants to monetize everything … is like watching a smart teenager tearing apart a working Ferrari and telling you that they can build a better car.
Was thinking plot twist, supermosquito that spreads superdisease. Pardon me while I go cry.