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[–]iraelmossadreddit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

that's complete and utter non sense. where would the misquitos even breed? there is no standing water anywhere there...

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there is a ton of standing water, lot of trash so there are things like a tire on it's side, a plastic container sitting there, a puddle forming in cement after it rains etc.

[–]iraelmossadreddit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

that's not enough to cause a misquito problem. it's also cold there so it kills any population growth in the winter. the danger of those chemicals on your lungs is far mor dangerous than the random chance of contracting west nile...every year there is some new misquito virus that is going to kill everyone...

they released gentically modified misquitos in florida to kill all the native misquitos. that want have any consequences on nature...fucking dumbasses. misquitos are here for a reason and have a part in the ecosystem just like every other creature. Never heard anyone I knew complain about misquitos but they still spray without asking anyone. that stuff is a neurotoxin they are spraying. it kills the bees, the birds, and the bats...all very important!

A single bat can eat up to 1,200 mosquito-sized insects every hour.

I'm wondering if the people that contracted west nile in new york were fucking someone in the ass or sharing needles

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it's plenty hot in the summer in NYC tho it is odd they are doing this spraying now in beginning of september, of course it will still be hot for a few more weeks so they probably just realized west nile is on the rise so want to do what they can no albeit a bit late. I actually did this job one summer, they hire college kids to go around putting pesticides in whatever standing water we find. When the problem is far worse that is when they do mass spraying. West Nile is a legit problem, not as bad as corona I suppose since you can somewhat prevent being bit by a mosquito but before lockdown everyone stood within 6 feet of each other and shook hands etc. Plus mosquitoes do die in the colder states after summer, one good thing about the cold. It does suck how bats are going extinct, that is a major reason for rise of mosqitoes, their main predators all dying. But bats spread viruses like corona so I think people are now going to figure it's good if they go extinct. Genetically modified mosquitoes does sound horrifying but they do need to do something about this mosquito problem, it is growing and adding this immune system destroying virus to corona will be bad.

[–]iraelmossadreddit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

brainwashing! west nile is not a problem to worry about! 80 percent of people don't show symtoms. if you are so concerned about misquoitos you can go live in the desert...bats don't spread human coronavirus...humans have been around bats in caves for a very long time...

oh and We've seen prior references to some or all people bitten by WNV-positive mosquitoes acquiring immunity to WNV https://dontsprayme.com/2018/07/08/human-immunity-to-west-nile-virus/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/bats-in-south-carolina-don-t-spread-coronavirus-to-humans-expert-says/ar-BB13z8x4 https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/health/coronavirus-human-actions-intl/index.html

https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environment/mosquitoes-spike-as-uae-s-desert-greening-creates-perfect-conditions-for-bugs-1.851003

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That kind of thinking sucks, 80% don't show symptoms, sure sucks if 20% do, and go live in the desert, nah no thanks. Then if you did get west nile you would be all about supporting ways of stopping it and wanting a cure. Just a dumb boomer. Mosquitoes just suck in general, all insects that bite do, spray em all to death.