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These anti-Gentically modified people are basically equivalent to anti-vaxxers. The scientific evidence is overwhelming that mosquito borne diseases are a huge public health problem and the studies are solid that using this technology to reduce mosquito populations is safe. Yet, there is always a catastrophe in the gaps type of paranoia.

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And what about the animals that depend on mosquito larvae for food?

Replace with Black Soldier Flies. But on the serious note, not all mosquitoes are 'bad'. There are over 3500 species of them. Harmless genus such as Toxorhynchites are actually helpful. The real enemies are mosquitoes from the genus Anopheles that carry Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria.

tldr: Only a hundred or so pose a risk to humans.

Vaccines are safe become there’s a well-established process that ensures safety. That is not the case at all for GMOs. And vaccines are reversible (they don’t escape into the wild).

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