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October 26th, 2019 08:07 PM #27672
Are you in favor of gene drive?
It's a way of eliminating an entire species of a creature, right now they are targeting mosquitos. What they will do is genetically engineer a bunch of male mosquitos to only produce male offsprings. And those male baby mosquitos will have same trait and will also produce only male mosquitoes.
Generation after generation female mosquitoes will be less and less until they are completely wiped out.
Given that the Philippines has dengue, chikungunya and malaria problems. This can solve that problem.
The scientist already have those male mosquitoes, they already tested it in a controlled environment. All they're waiting for is the approval of those community.
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October 26th, 2019 09:03 PM #27673
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October 26th, 2019 09:07 PM #27674paturok na lang kayo dengoyvaxia. Effective naman di ba hahahahahah
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October 27th, 2019 10:47 AM #27675"with great caution."
we do not know how complete elimination of the mosquito species, will affect the rest of nature.
...perhaps test it in a small island...?
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"follow the manufacturer's instructions."
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October 27th, 2019 10:53 AM #27676
Looking at it from all angles, what benefit/s do mosquitos have? They are the number one killer & more humans have died by them than all the wars combined.
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October 27th, 2019 10:57 AM #27677they're food for other life forms.
if they disappear, those other life forms may die out also, or they may develop a palate for other life-forms for food.
these extrapolations can go no end...
how all these gravitate to us-the-humans and our way of life as we know it... i do not know.
however,
the passenger pigeon and the dodo disappeared, but it did not seem to have made a small dent on our lives...Last edited by dr. d; October 27th, 2019 at 11:04 AM.
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October 27th, 2019 11:14 AM #27678
^the only thing that comes to mind now is “overpopulation”. No more check & balance. Our quest for survival will be our undoing eventually.
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October 27th, 2019 11:28 AM #27679
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