What could possibly go wrong?
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Bats will starve, plants will not get pollinated, crops will fail, people will die.
Okay.......................
And the bats will eat what?
Frogs? Toads? What could possibly go wrong. /s
Then there’s this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VdBztcEOdI - the humane way to catch & release houseflies.
Skeeters fill an environmental niche. Remove them and something else will fill the void, for better or (more likely) for worse.
We used to have a plan. It worked pretty well. Malaria was being eradicated. The plan was DDT.
And the Purple Martins?
Or, are they just going to apply permethrin over the whole planet?
“...The article explains that Alphabet’s reason for wiping out mosquitoes isn’t primarily humanitarian but rather earnings focused:
Verily guards its technology closely. But it stands to reason that if it succeeds in making mosquito control easy and cheap enough, it could have a lucrative offering on its hands: Many governments and businesses around the globe might be glad to pay for a solution to their mosquito problems...”
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Google is all about the cash flow.
Google, can you go after ticks next?
LOL, Obviously Google has not checked with Rachel Carson.
Even though she's dead and burning in Hell, her Silent Spring Zombies will not allow it.
Hypocrisy... The very LAST thing Google cares about is protecting the human species.
While they’re at it, I hope gene drive technology can also be used to wipe out blackflies, ticks, chiggers, fire ants, poison ivy, and dozens of other noxious pests.
WE MUST PROTECT THE NATURAL WORLD*.
* (except when it's our idea)
OMG - they can start at my house. Baltimore was where ’Asian Tigers’ were first introduced, now they are all over the east coast. Those suckers bite in the daytime - Have completely ruined my neighborhood.
That's why the lies about DDT began.
It was effective and they feared an increased third world population would mean that they demand the benefit of their natural resources.
President Ford got on board as he didn't like the global political implications.
Google will climb on board the eugenics agenda soon enough.
Circle of life.
Crucial topic - Fight this!
The public is being denied Informed Consent for something that could go very wrong in the wild.
Biogen community is apprehensive as well (see below)
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should -
startpage.com search: CRISPR biogen risks
CRISPR is a gene-editing tool that’s revolutionary, though not without risks...
CRISPR is a revolutionary gene-editing tool, but it’s not without risk.
By Mark Shwartz
Is CRISPR Worth the Risk? | Yale Insights
https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/is-crispr-worth-the-risk
Aug 21, 2018 ... The gene editing technology CRISPR has prompted both breathless ...
But in the article’s third paragraph, the newspaper added that the ...
CRISPR gene editing can cause risky collateral DNA damage:
Jul 16, 2018 ... Scientists studying the effects of the potentially game-changing gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 have found it can cause unexpected genetic damage ...
Xconomy: CRISPR Risks? Researchers Stoke Fears of Cancer in human cells...
Jun 11, 2018 ... Two papers published today in Nature Medicine are raising a new potential red flag with CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing: Human cells that are ...
Study Suggests CRISPR Gene Editing May Have Unforeseen Side-effects
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/potential-dangers-of-crispr-gene-editing/
Jul 23, 2018 ... With the potential risk of genetic typos as a result of gene editing, here is what ... In a recently published Nature paper, researchers from the ...
Not a good idea.
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Playing God never works out well.
Don’t bats eat mosquitoes? Perhaps other life on the planet also rely on mosquitoes for their food chain?
Keeping the little pests under control is a great idea, but to try to eliminate them is going too far. There is bound to be an unexpected downside.