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RandomFellow:
This is dangerous! Mosquito larvae have their own purpose in the ecosystem. They are food to some aquatic animals, which in turn become food to even larger aquatic animals, till it gets to humans.

What happens if they transmit something worse than malaria? I mean, the current mosquitoes can't transmit HIV virus. What if this new ones can transmit HIV?

Also, this invention will cause an extinction of mosquitoes, as the offsprings don't get to adult age.

Besides, we know the current mosquitoes transmit malaria, filariasis, etc. What if this new one transmits something else that might be difficult or impossible to treat? What if they become more effective as fomites for pathogens and parasites?

What if the new ones are more easily prone to mutation? What would we do if we don't know how to fight this new threats (mosquitoes attack, new disease attack, etc) if they come?

Salmoneus:
Wow, these whites and Asians are busy playing God while Africans still killing themselves over religion. Imagine editing the genetic code of an entire species of insects to suit your needs, something no pastor on this planet can do.

Science is indeed the future.

samuelson06:
What you mockers of God don't understand is that every endeavor of man is a calling from God. The motive behind the different callings is to create a balanced world where we can all choose an endeavor and succeed in it, and ultimately making a meaning out of life.

Being a doctor, pastor, business person, lawyer, and so on are all callings from God. At the end of the day, all these endeavors meet at the point of their need because one endeavor can't satisfy itself in the scheme of things. Pastors go to doctor and doctors also go to pastors. Business people go to lawyers and lawyers also go to business people, pastors, or medical practitioners. This is the design of life so we can all find importance in all endeavors.

So, stop this fooolish behavior of trying to mock one endeavor over the other. We all have our roles in the larger scheme of things. If you decide to act fooolish today, that's still okay because people in other endeavors would still need you. As such, in the larger scheme of things, you are still important. If pastors were not important, won't see people flocking into churches. Even medical practitioners go to church; business people and those in other endeavors also go to church. So, what can you make of this?

You think people that go to church all over the world are all foools? That should be a food for thought for you. Learn to be critical in your reasoning, please.

Urgent1Million:
At least there's a treatment for malaria.
Would you prefer they smuggle a strange disease into Africa in the name of mosquito whose proboscis can not penetrate human skin?
You probably don't have an idea what these "researchers" do in the name of "testing" some stupid science.
We don't need GMM. What we need is improved standard of living that would bring about a cleaner environment and access to quality healthcare.
Our leaders need to wake up and see through the hypocrisy of the west in the name of aids to Africa.

BigDawsNet:
Mosquitos are like family...



Annoying but they carry your blood.

paxonel:
So, what is their economic importance?
If the thing is not shocking blood anymore, how will Nigerians know that their environment is dirty for them to know that Tinubu is not performing?

nlfpmod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z47qu0Zhtyw

Genetically modified mosquitoes such that their proboscis are no longer able to penetrate human skin.




https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/mosquito-control/genetically-modified-mosquitoes.html#:~:text=GM%20mosquitoes%20are%20mass%2Dproduced,GM%20mosquitoes%20in%20the%20wild.

nolzautoz:
Boss no be cruise ooo. They were genetically engineered for a reason. Most definitely for market purposes.

Davidcorny:
Mosquitoes generally don't support the food chain bro, to prove that point, the males are poor pollinators compared to bees(males suck nectar from flowers, not blood like the females)

9ja4live:
There is nothing economic about mosquitos. Other flys ans insets can be us3d to replace whatever the environment benefit from mosquitos. Have you considered the cost of managing malaria in the tropics?? Angola and Singapore are malaria free due to this invention. In 2020, Nigeria registered some 21.6 million cases of malaria. Now do you know what fraction of the population that is?? According to WHO, Malaria is a major public health concern in Nigeria, with an estimated 68 million cases and 194 000 deaths due to the disease in 2021. Nigeria has the highest burden of malaria globally, accounting for nearly 27% of the global malaria burden. So if Nigeria can encourage the adoption of this technology to manage this manace, I believe it's best for us.

Tradepunter2:
The idea make sense.... So if those demon blood sucking females fk these ones... Booom they get infected instantly with useless offsprings 😂😂😂

ClassicEvilSpir:
Proper innovation, yet someone is being pessimistic. How many children die of malaria each day in Africa? The white man innovates, black man go dey criticize and complain.

billyG:
This innovation gon see thousands of pharmaceutical companies bankrupt,causes huge job losses,loss of billions $$ revenues from malaria drugs sales in africa,asia & south america.
It will saves lives of millions of infants,teens,pregnant women & increase productivity in men.
When i was a teenager almost lost my life to malaria....i done suffer for mosquito hand ooo,that i vow when i grow up am going to find a way to eradicate them..i remembered fetching d larvae in a jar from d gutter & watch them change from larvae to pupas to adult mosquitoes then i killed the bastards.
Thank God i have developed some resistance to malaria over d years.

Salmoneus:
Wow, these whites and Asians are busy playing God while Africans still killing themselves over religion. Imagine editing the genetic code of an entire species of insects to suit your needs, something no pastor on this planet can do.

Science is indeed the future.

AfonjaConehead:
pigsamaka

Newtownconcrete:
Mumu race. E no reach 100 people wey get sense for Africa. See as them dey criticise for above. If White man think like then, we for still dey stone age.

After criticising you go enter plane. You no fear say e go explode.

hamzeiy:
It would have been better for them to get vaccines for malaria.
GM mosquito is man playing God and always comes with it repercussions.
Everything is created in equilibrium and perfection. Eliminating mosquitoes could lead to greater evil to the ecosystem.
The development of some level of resistance to malaria by Africans and Asians might be the reason we have not been affected by certain diseases perculiar to our habitat.

Vaccine should be the way not GMs.

In general GM anything has never been good in the long run.

RandomFellow:
This is dangerous! Mosquito larvae have their own purpose in the ecosystem. They are food to some aquatic animals, which in turn become food to even larger aquatic animals, till it gets to humans.

What happens if they transmit something worse than malaria? I mean, the current mosquitoes can't transmit HIV virus. What if this new ones can transmit HIV?

Also, this invention will cause an extinction of mosquitoes, as the offsprings don't get to adult age.

Besides, we know the current mosquitoes transmit malaria, filariasis, etc. What if this new one transmits something else that might be difficult or impossible to treat? What if they become more effective as fomites for pathogens and parasites?

What if the new ones are more easily prone to mutation? What would we do if we don't know how to fight this new threats (mosquitoes attack, new disease attack, etc) if they come?

efemena5050:
Nigerians and understanding na problem.....ur asking wat if the new mosquito can transmit HIV....... didn't u read where they made it clear that due to the modifications their proboscis cannot and will not be able to pierce the human skin.so wats ur confusion again.....

RandomFellow:
A simple google search would have been of importance to this your misinformation.