Re: Why Did Gates and the Pentagon Release “Gene Edited” (GMO) Mosquitoes in Florida Keys? Archived Message
Posted by Ian M on July 16, 2023, 8:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Why Did Gates and the Pentagon Release “Gene Edited” (GMO) Mosquitoes in Florida Keys?"
'the problem with this sort of technology is that you can't fully understand what you're doing until you actually do it' - well, quite, it reeks of complacency and reckless disregard for possible consequences. That other anti-mosquito interventions like the mass spraying of DDT resulted in a litany of damaging side effects, both to humans and wildlife (with the mossies developing resistance to that too) doesn't seem to have given them pause - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT#Environmental_impact There has already been evidence of GM mosquitoes escaped to the wild, giving the lie to Oxitec's reassurances that only sterile males would be released and offspring would die at the larval stage: https://www.gmwatch.org/en/106-news/latest-news/19127-genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-out-of-control I think Oxitec only care about making money, and with the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation behind them their novel technology will get pushed, especially on poorer countries, with complete disregard to the unintended consequences. The profit motive forbids learning from mistakes and ensures the insanity of 'doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results' - the 'same thing' in this case being policies of extermination as the solution to a problem species. How has that worked out so far? cheers, I
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