It is a curious coincidence. But whenever I hear Florida now, and as someone else noted too, this is near the genetically modified mosquito release of last year (released a little further south in Florida Keys). Note, the original experiment with these GM mosquitoes was in Brazil, the leprosy capitol of the world! And as I recall from an…
It is a curious coincidence. But whenever I hear Florida now, and as someone else noted too, this is near the genetically modified mosquito release of last year (released a little further south in Florida Keys). Note, the original experiment with these GM mosquitoes was in Brazil, the leprosy capitol of the world! And as I recall from an article (not at my fingertips right now), there were escapes from that Brazil experiment resulting in genetically "superior" mosquitoes capable of carrying more leathal diseases (or something like that). And there's new approved release areas now in California (planned or already released, not sure which).
Just wanted to give a little more info and clarification on my original comment. That article I referenced is about a yale study looking at the results of that Brazil release. They found it created transgenic mosquitoes in the native population. They found the modified mosquitoes passed on the genes (totally unexpected), plus a merging from the Cuban and Mexican species they happened to use in the original release! Plus the population of mosquitoes rebounded. They don't claim it's a dangerous new breed, but a likely much more robust breed. Same thing is going to happen in Florida, and California when the release occurs there. You can search "Transgenic mosquitoes pass on genes to native species". Lots of hits but they're all based on the same study. Basically, they concluded the trial release was a failure, the FDA declared it a success, and authorized further releases in the US! This sounds striking paralle to the covid GE vaccine development to me!
It is a curious coincidence. But whenever I hear Florida now, and as someone else noted too, this is near the genetically modified mosquito release of last year (released a little further south in Florida Keys). Note, the original experiment with these GM mosquitoes was in Brazil, the leprosy capitol of the world! And as I recall from an article (not at my fingertips right now), there were escapes from that Brazil experiment resulting in genetically "superior" mosquitoes capable of carrying more leathal diseases (or something like that). And there's new approved release areas now in California (planned or already released, not sure which).
Just wanted to give a little more info and clarification on my original comment. That article I referenced is about a yale study looking at the results of that Brazil release. They found it created transgenic mosquitoes in the native population. They found the modified mosquitoes passed on the genes (totally unexpected), plus a merging from the Cuban and Mexican species they happened to use in the original release! Plus the population of mosquitoes rebounded. They don't claim it's a dangerous new breed, but a likely much more robust breed. Same thing is going to happen in Florida, and California when the release occurs there. You can search "Transgenic mosquitoes pass on genes to native species". Lots of hits but they're all based on the same study. Basically, they concluded the trial release was a failure, the FDA declared it a success, and authorized further releases in the US! This sounds striking paralle to the covid GE vaccine development to me!