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by: Max57 Active Indicator LED Icon 5 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 2:44pm  
Harris county is 'potentially' releasing genetically engineered mutant mosquitoes so we don't get Zika. This is still in the 'trail phase', but hey, why not try it here first?
Oh, we've had no sign of Zika here.
Don't know about anyone else, but I find this terrifying. Anything with the words 'genetically engineered' has this effect on me. 4951
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sweetie Active Indicator LED Icon 11 Forum Moderator
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 2:48pm  
This is scary. I had not heard of that. 4951
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beastmode Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 2:57pm  
Stephen King novel out of this for sure.The Blood Forest 4951
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JTKK Active Indicator LED Icon 7
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 3:19pm  
What? Me worry? I mean what could possibly go wrong? 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 3:23pm  
Sounds good?
 
Or it is just being floated to see what the public's reaction is, just saying.
 
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CBP210 Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 3:32pm  
Time to buy the long sleeve and hit the deet. 4951
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ET Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 3:38pm  
Well, I guess you and yours could get Zika. 4951
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Max57 Active Indicator LED Icon 5 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 3:42pm  
Sounds good?
 
Or it is just being floated to see what the public's reaction is, just saying.
 
story here
 
 
@FoFa:
 
Thanks for the link.
It's being 'floated' because I find it horrifying and yes, I'm interested in other's reactions. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 4:15pm  
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 5:33pm  
Harris county is 'potentially' releasing genetically engineered mutant mosquitoes so we don't get Zika. This is still in the 'trail phase', but hey, why not try it here first? Oh, we've had no sign of Zika here. Don't know about anyone else, but I find this terrifying. Anything with the words 'genetically engineered' has this effect on me.
@Max57: It really depends on what you on what you mean by "no sign of Zika here."  There have been Zika cases identified in the greater Houston area and at least 1 infant was diagnosed, post-mortem, as having Zika related microcephaly.  If what you mean is no Zika infections occurring here, that appears to be true but given that the Aedes Aegypti thrives here, that the Zika virus easily passes for influenza and that Zika infection is not tested for unless a pregnant woman shows signs of infection, nobody is sure if there were undetected casesThere have been uses of "genetically modified" mosquitos in northeast Brazil where the Zika epidemic was quite severe.  Brazilian, WHO, and CDC believe it was helpful in controlling the spread of the virus but because they were not deployed until the end of mosquito season they can not be sure. There is also a proposal to test genetically modified in one of the Florida keys. Frankly, I don't know that I prefer aerial spraying with Naled should the virus rear its gestational microcephaly inducing head.
 
 
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 8:07pm  
 
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@ET: Dang- Is that what they look like on your home planet?
 
 
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bug man Active Indicator LED Icon  New Member
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 8:30pm  
What they want to do is release sterile male mosquitoes. In some cases they do the sterilization with a very low dose of radiation.
Female mosquitos only breed one time. Male mosquitoes do not bite. It can be a very effective control.
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 8:34pm  

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@ET: Dang- Is that what they look like on your home planet?
 
 
 
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Damn thing must have been in the trunk. 4951
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Max57 Active Indicator LED Icon 5 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 9:12pm  
What they want to do is release sterile male mosquitoes. In some cases they do the sterilization with a very low dose of radiation.
Female mosquitos only breed one time. Male mosquitoes do not bite. It can be a very effective control.
 
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That makes me feel so much better! I had no idea that only the female bites and they are only releasing males. One should learn something new everyday. Thank you! 4951
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Gigi1912 Active Indicator LED Icon 2
~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 9:24pm  
The words Genetically Engineered or Modified and Mutant never sound good to me. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Mar 29, '17 10:26pm  
they did the same thing with bot flies in the 50's DW is all for it. 4951
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