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

With any question ‘ why don’t we have x while we do have y ‘ the answer can be because we have y or because we spent the effort that could have gone to x on y

Humans are not good at prioritization.