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Sunlei

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18. Chikungunya is spreading very fast & has many Animal reservoirs.

Mon Jan 26, 2015, 09:56 AM

Jan 2015

Look at the timeline for 2014 and now 2015 almost 100,000 people in Colombia South America are reported infected. Several infected in Florida.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikungunya#Signs_and_symptoms

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Millions of GMO insects could be set loose in Florida Keys [View all] mfcorey1 Jan 2015 OP

I can see where this end with giant man eating mosquitos hollysmom Jan 2015 #1

I think this is a good idea d_r Jan 2015 #2

Those Dinosaurs in Jurrassic Park couldn't reproduce either el_bryanto Jan 2015 #8

Because movies ALWAYS present scientific reality. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #10

I'm sorry I just find the idea of Ribbiting Mosquitos amusing. el_bryanto Jan 2015 #17

I wonder with the same credibility, "if the Death Star will appear on the far side of the planet..." LanternWaste Jan 2015 #14

Yet another excellent use of genetic modification. longship Jan 2015 #3

GMO crops have the same or lower yields as conventional crops GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #25

What could go wrong? Rex Jan 2015 #4

That was EXACTLY what I said when I first saw this news story. davsand Jan 2015 #23

People rioted about Jenner's smallpox vaccine Recursion Jan 2015 #5

with every loser in charge saying "no one could have expected that (fill in the blank ) would have belzabubba333 Jan 2015 #6

Frankenstein's monster was also fictional. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #13

I have read elsewhere that this can just make space for other bad mosquitoes - and then, guess what? djean111 Jan 2015 #7

Thread from last June along similar lines... SidDithers Jan 2015 #9

This is a brilliant use of genetic modification. eom MohRokTah Jan 2015 #11

Male mosquitoes don't bite mammals. MineralMan Jan 2015 #12

What disgusting sexism Orrex Jan 2015 #15

LOL! MineralMan Jan 2015 #16

Are they 100% sure that the larvae will die? ecstatic Jan 2015 #35

Yes, I believe they are. The entire point of this is MineralMan Jan 2015 #37

Chikungunya is spreading very fast & has many Animal reservoirs. Sunlei Jan 2015 #18

And there was a dengue outbreak on Maui a few years ago KamaAina Jan 2015 #22

Love the idea. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #19

I don't think I would be so afraid of what happens if one of these bugs bites me. I would be more jwirr Jan 2015 #20

that's a better question nt d_r Jan 2015 #21

nothing whatsoever that's unique to GMOs.... mike_c Jan 2015 #29

Mosquitos are an anomaly in that they're not particularly important to any ecosystem. NuclearDem Jan 2015 #31

Oryx and Crake Zorra Jan 2015 #24

If you want to see who really believes in Science... Lancero Jan 2015 #26

being anti-GMO is pretty much synonymous with being anti-science, IMO.... mike_c Jan 2015 #30

Kinda interesting how similar anti-gmo is to anti-vax. Lancero Jan 2015 #32

Let the misquitos do our dirty work. Let them go. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #27

GMO mosquitoes? The new name will be "monsquitoes" KansDem Jan 2015 #28

Sometimes I think the story of Florida is a lost text from Exodus. rug Jan 2015 #33

Sounds good to me. X_Digger Jan 2015 #34

I for one welcome our new insect overlords..... Coventina Jan 2015 #36