Why dont we seriously fight back against dangerous mosquito species?

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Considering all the damage we do to eco systems and how little concern many governments have for the environment how come we are so concerned about potential consequences of fighting mosquitoes with genetically modified bacteria and similiar strategies?

Only a few species are dangerous to humans and none of them are keystone species in their ecosystems so why not just erradicate them?

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Because of things like this. https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/wildlife/wolf-reintroduction-changes-ecosystem/

Wolves were originally eliminated from the ecosystem with a ton of unintended consequences. The lesson is that even the best intentions can have an unknowable number of adverse consequences.

What happens if we get rid of mosquitoes which decimates the bat population which then significantly impacts the fertilization of the rain forest causing desertification. We have no idea if this would happen and that’s the problem. Or worse, those predators die off and another insect that they hunted causes even worse damage/diseases.

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