arka@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoGerman airport worker dies of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane'www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1240arrow-down14
arrow-up1236arrow-down1external-linkGerman airport worker dies of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane'www.bbc.comarka@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoThen, you look at how we did that, and realise that you probably don’t want to do that again.
minus-squareBC_viper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoYou mean by releasing genetically modified mosquitoes to get them to mate with the native population and producing sterile offspring and killing them all within one generation? No im definitely down with them doing that again. All over the world.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoNo, we did it by dropping tons and tons of DDT all over the place.
minus-squareBC_viper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoYah, i do remember something about that dumb ass way. We have done it the other way more recently. Remember it back in university.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThe new way is not as efficient unfortunately. But it’s way way less destructive.
Then, you look at how we did that, and realise that you probably don’t want to do that again.
You mean by releasing genetically modified mosquitoes to get them to mate with the native population and producing sterile offspring and killing them all within one generation? No im definitely down with them doing that again. All over the world.
No, we did it by dropping tons and tons of DDT all over the place.
Yah, i do remember something about that dumb ass way. We have done it the other way more recently. Remember it back in university.
The new way is not as efficient unfortunately. But it’s way way less destructive.