The technology to eradicate mosquito-borne disease exists

Reminds me of the novel Everything is Tuberculosis, which explores the idea that we have a cure for the leading cause of death from infectious disease, and "that the disease is no longer primarily caused by the bacteria, but instead by human choices."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Is_Tuberculosis

having spent the summer in Singapore I can confirm its a delight to enjoy hot weather's outdoor activities without any mosquito to be found

Does anyone know if this is possible to DIY? I live in an area where dengue is endemic on a substantial land area and would be interested.

If the various regulatory bodies are disclaiming jurisdiction over the matter, then what is preventing these companies from proceeding without their blessing?

Isn't there a knock on effect of removing them?

Does anything eat them as food? Wouldn't it be environmentally damaging to remove a source of food for X?

I guess we have the capability to change a lot (from the technology we posess), but what would be the consequences of such impact on the rest of the ecosystem?

Humanity is eradicating entire species left and right. Mosquitoes are our worst enemies. Can we have a deal to save some little poor amazonian frog (the doomed one which has only ~100 animals and 1 location left) and after we accomplish that, in return wipe out one species of mosquitoes?

I hate all the glib wordplay that reframes a policy decision and turns it on its head to make it seem like a different kind of policy decision. Nobody is “choosing” to have mosquitos. Mosquitos exist naturally. Maybe we can undertake a large scale intervention in the environment and wipe them out, but it that’s different than “choosing” to have them. Just say what you mean.

Oh come on. Does anyone actually believe gene drives will work? This fundamentally goes against the principles of natural selection.

A gene which incurs a fitness cost will be purged from the population under selection!!

>It shouldn’t have to take fifteen years to deploy effective products that can save lives.

I completely disagree. This is a reasonable and responsible timeline to look for unintended consequences. Some things, you simply cannot undo.

What if the bacteria (somehow) jumped to monarch butterflies and killed them off? Controlled releases and multi-year environmental studies are the correct and responsible course of action. In fact, when the injected insects are released into an area, the entire thing should be monitored carefully, as each ecosystem might respond differently.

All of that being said, excited to see this adopted more broadly. It's time these fuckwit insects die.

The mosquito is part of the ecosystem, and remove that and you remove the food source for many creatures including bats, frogs, swallows/swifts and many others.

I agree they are a nuisance but they do not exist on their own. Many of them spend their time feeding on plants rather than blood.

Bill Gates is involved in this. Always a red flag.

About the mosquito release in Australia. I wonder, since of course bats love mosquito's, if this could be related?

The population of an endangered Australian bat suddenly dropped by up to 16%. No one knows why

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/30/southern...

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Midwit article.

People like the author actually belive that there is no chance of real world interactions happening.

Eg what is the bacteria jumps to some other organism? What if it mutates? What if the birds eat the mosquitoes and carry a mutated bacteria elsewhere?

There is a reason why you need autistic level safety for such projects, and even then things like this might happen.

It's completely impossible to guarantee theses things, no matter how long you study it in a lab.

Some people just aren't capable of thinking more than 1 step ahead.

Obviously we should pass a law so that only mosquitoes that have undergone a full medical examination and are certified free of diseases are allowed to bite humans.