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

Well there are more mosquitoes in Earth than bullets for guns. Currently all the countries are in the process of making as much as ammunition as there are mosquitoes. We can’t attack now as it would alert them and lead to a mass retaliation(with dengue, Chikungunya ect). We have one shot at this and in the near future (i think in about 4.5 years) we are going to shoot them down.