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Anthony Fauci: A Mosquito in My Backyard Made Me the Sickest I’ve Ever Been

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨silence7@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz⁩

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/opinion/fauci-west-nile-virus.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QU4.AyUy.Jzd_m5MshtlX&smid=url-share

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We have the ability to severely curtail the mosquitoes that bite humans. And yet we don’t bother.

    cdc.gov/…/genetically-modified-mosquitoes.html

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    • UnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They have released them in several places, even in the US surprisingly.

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxitec

      Sounds like it only recently got regulatory approval, and then there has to be some testing at each location before release.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Get you some dragonflies!

    old.lemmy.world/comment/12060765

    old.lemmy.world/comment/12059976

    If you do the tiny pond thing, you’ll also get hungry amphibians.

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