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notfed06/16/20251 replyview on HN

Why did they kill it? Were risks identified independent of eliminating mosquitoes, or was it killed due to perceived causal effects of eliminating mosquitoes?


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ItCouldBeWorse06/16/2025

Because diseases have a tendency to recombine and jump hosts - it could become a human plague- similar to malaria..

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