Scientists Release Controversial Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In High-Security Lab (for fucks sake)

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[–]useless_aether 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

i realised after i posted that i made the wrong assumption, the mozzies are too small and are not injecting nearly anything enough into us like what an effective vaccine delivers.

This has the potential to kill off the whole population,

right, so its even worse than vaccines? wcpgw?

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The whole population of mosquitoes. Not of humans. But it's designed to do that; vaccines are designed as a medicine. They're less comparable than apples and oranges.

the mozzies are too small and are not injecting nearly anything enough into us

That's not why. The reason is that… look, it's like explaining why creating a television remote that can damage televisions doesn't mean that throwing them at cars suddenly hotwires them.

[–]useless_aether 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

close enough!