We have talking robots, we have self driving cars, we have the best technology that can do almost anything. Why can we not stop mosquitoes from killing tens of thousands each year?

Question

Why is it so hard to stop mosquitoes? Why can’t we create a solution to kill the diseases mosquitoes carry and distribute them to to the most affected people? I could be super ignorant but it seems like it would be fairly easy if multiple nations came together.

In: Biology

Answer 1

We do and it’s on the way, but we don’t kill them, we will introduce a bacterium that stops mosquitos from carrying viruses that way we don’t negatively impact nature by getting rid of an important food source for a lot of birds and other animals.