Yes, I went to Iceland at the end of June, there aren’t any mosquitos there. It was wonderful.
@naiveideen1638
2 жыл бұрын
YES.
@dee5tank
2 жыл бұрын
Selective types, sure. But they serve an important link in the food chain
@tmlawson751
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Either that or find a way to permanently neutralize their carrier status for dangerous and deadly diseases. If they can exist without the threat of death on others, then fine, whatever, **exist**
@stanimirhristov9357
2 жыл бұрын
its interesting to see people not affected by malaria to discuss malaria. i wonder if they would have a different opinion if they lived in a place with malaria and if they had lost close ones to malaria...
@RobertBaraheon
2 жыл бұрын
that just obnoxious people on yt, what do you expect
@dirrology
2 жыл бұрын
@@RobertBaraheon lol
@particulatoraccelerator8690
2 жыл бұрын
I still wouldn't care, because nature.
@joshuaortiz2031
2 жыл бұрын
Keeping the population of mosquitoes that carry Malaria down and finding a cure for Malaria is a more realistic solution. You dont want to destabilize the food web its already struggling with diminished insect populations.
@augustodeazambuja365
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutelly, and we have already brought to extinction so many species by accident, and getting into the discution, if we could do it on porpouse to end the death of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people (children under five years old included) why shouldn't we? I get it that some of those species of mosquitos help to polimerate plants, but in the end, life always finds a way (actually we have already used tecnologies to kill species before, not genetically of course, but people using the tecnologies of gunpowder and weapons we have driven species to extinction, like the wolf of tasmania and for the bad of the enviorioment) plants will long live after malaria and two of 3500 species of mosquitos are wipped out of this Earth.
@WASDsweden
2 жыл бұрын
We've already unintentionally caused thousands of species to go extinct. Now do mosquitoes please.
@InventaChris
2 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY.
@elje0ett
2 жыл бұрын
They can just make the mosquitoes unable to carry malaria and the other diseases
@sarrormiki3363
2 жыл бұрын
@@elje0ett No I want them dead or unable to suck blood. That's the whole point. Malaria free world is the side bonus :D
@sarrormiki3363
2 жыл бұрын
Yeap, and the ecosystem hasn't collapsed. Now kill the mosquitoes.
@botalex4845
2 жыл бұрын
@@elje0ett easier said, than done.
@ecomandurban7183
2 жыл бұрын
The damage to the natural environment could not possibly come close to the damage at present controlling these mosquitoes with vast amounts of harmful pesticides that indiscriminately destroy vast numbers of non target insects and other creatures
@DWPlanetA
2 жыл бұрын
If you're interested in pesticides, be sure to check out our video on the topic: Can we feed our population without synthetic pesticides? 👉 kzitem.info/news/bejne/wKuV0qNnh4N4hm0
@meyer6891
2 жыл бұрын
That sounds like the logic behind gambling: "If I have lost $1000 already, losing $100 couldn't hurt". We do have to deal with the pesticide issue, but it's independent from the mosquito issue.
@fulconandroadcone9488
2 жыл бұрын
@@meyer6891 How can it be independent of mosquito issue if the reason some pesticides are used are mosquitos?
@meyer6891
2 жыл бұрын
@@fulconandroadcone9488 Because you don't need pesticides to control mosquitoes, nor use pesticides only to control mosquitoes.
@fulconandroadcone9488
2 жыл бұрын
@@meyer6891 Yet people still use pesticides for some reason.
@Tindog81476
2 жыл бұрын
Many people often forget that of the 3500 varieties of mosquitoes, only about 7 bite humans. Plus they often make up a tiny portion of the populations in which they live so if we killed off all 7 species it's not necessarily going to cause a catastrophe because there are other species that can take their place. In fact, many that bite humans live in places they aren't even native to, for instance here on the American continent most of the species that spread disease here are non-native, so destroying their populations here would be equivalent to getting rid of an invasive species and therefore little if any negative effect to the natural environment. That said I think we could do trial runs like here in the Americas and see if they work as they are non-native and would actually restore native mosquito populations. In places where they are native, I think we should keep some unaltered in a lab as a backup in case we need to restore the population. But as far as we can tell, the species that bite humans aren't exactly necessary for environments and have very little nutritional value for species there, as they are often an end species on the energy pyramid. However, research should still be done, in case by mistake we end up finding out that like wolfs in Yellowstone these species have a really important place in the ecosystem. Another possibility is that we could modify these species to avoid biting humans. With the number of deaths these species cause I think we should treat them as a threat to ourselves. This wouldn't be the first time we nearly killed off species that are super destructive to humans, the Guinea worm for instance only lives on and eats humans, but is spread sometimes by dogs. This animal's diet is basically us, and as such we have felt very little remorse for destroying it, and its eradication doesn't seem to have any negative effect on the environment that we can observe. So due to the fact, that there are so many other species of mosquitoes, the loss of just the ones that bite us, may or may not play a huge role in the environment as a whole, caution in all things, but I say with so many human lives on the line, we should at least try and look at it as an option and not be so quick to dismiss it. Maybe even try to use it to save human lives.
@AstroInfinitum
2 жыл бұрын
I do wanna point out they have done tests with this type of work that turned out successful before.
@patryn36
2 жыл бұрын
Do not bet on those outcomes, the connections are more numerous and far reaching than any human knows of.
@olwynskye417
2 жыл бұрын
You're wrong. It's not 7 out of 3500, but 7% out of 3500.
@travcollier
2 жыл бұрын
@@olwynskye417 There are only a relatively small number of mosquito species which are good at transmitting diseases to/amoung humans. Just getting rid of Anopheles gambiae, coluzzii, arabiensis, stephensi (main malaria vectors), and Aedes aegypti and maybe albopictus (dengue, yellow fever, ect. vectors) would make a massive difference. BTW: There is a native Anopheles species in central California which can transmit malaria quite well. There just aren't enough humans with malaria there to keep up the infection cycle. We aren't sure exactly what it takes, but knocking out primary vectors combined with really ramping up treatment for a while is the idea. Getting rid of all of even a single one of these species would be extremely difficult... Knocking it down to a low enough level that we can keep malaria (and other diseases) under control is much more doable.
@drhelmut3467
2 жыл бұрын
What if crossbreeding happens? It only takes one and the chain reaction begins
@arindamkumar7725
2 жыл бұрын
Yes we absolutely must make mosquitos go extinct.
@anthonylaviale3021
2 жыл бұрын
We shouldn't eradicate all species, there would be a serious risk of badly damaging ecosystems. But I'm 100% on board with eradicating carriers of deadly diseases.
@khalshubh
2 жыл бұрын
Yes and in parts of Africa they should totally go ahead as this will save a lot of lives.
@PumpedSmartass
2 жыл бұрын
Just the dangerous ones of course
@Awakening11174
2 жыл бұрын
They are necessary for climate control. 😀😀
@porchradio
Жыл бұрын
@@Awakening11174 yeah, getting rid of them will affect the environment a lot. They might be dangerous and kill a lot of people, but they shouldn’t go extinct.
@asitakassapa4109
2 жыл бұрын
If you live in the north, in the summer, the amount of mosquitoes can be unbelievably overwhelming. They are so abundant here in Finland, that they truly ruin the whole summer in some locations. You cannot step outside your house without considerable protection; try working outside heavy physical labour in summer heat in full body covering gear... Mosquitoes in your face, in your ear, sucking away till the last drop of tear. I say make them go away! (Ánd dont ruin our planet whilst doing it)
@keremdelialioglu2197
2 жыл бұрын
@@tobia5267 Generally areas with Boreal climates like Siberia and Alaska tend to host swarming mosquitoes that completely cover the air like a thick fog in the summer.
@albertnielsen1154
2 жыл бұрын
@@tobia5267 wearing shorts? *wearing shorts?* Watch our mosquitos in the north: kzitem.info/news/bejne/tZWXuaCgZnubaKg Come to Kautokeino in Norway or Kiruna or Nikkaluokta in Sweden and wear your shorts.
@robinbehan7374
2 жыл бұрын
@@tobia5267 They are not a problem in high altitude areas but are in low lying areas in Scandinavia.
@amadeuz8161
2 жыл бұрын
You can always move! Do you understand how many species rely on em as food and other rely on those for food. You are probably one of those that use traps that kills everything within 200m and feel good about it. Yes, I am also from Finland and you can avoid em if you want so killing loads of species for your comfort is one stupid thought... If I would kill everything that annoys me there would be a lot less people like you living here :D :D
@thishandleisnotavailable
2 жыл бұрын
I love outside, I hate pesky annoying mosquitoes. So going outside is not very fun. Kill em all
@Earth098
2 жыл бұрын
I think the gene modification to wipe out mosquitos is a brilliant idea. It's so pathetic that the guy who is campaigning against this to 'save genetic seeds' , lives in the comfort of Europe. He should be try living in a tropical country, let alone in poor parts of Africa
@DragonwolfoftheSands
2 жыл бұрын
That's not what the concern is and there's no guarantee that "poor parts of Africa" will be better off if we start using the gene drive People, especially post industrial people, are famously bad ecosystem engineers and we often, as with the case of climate change, fail to account for knock on impacts What happens if the border between mosquito species is not as defined as we currently understand and we accidentally kill off the majority of the world's mosquitoes? We don't know and we can't predict the likelihood of this happening The biggest issue here is that, once present, the gene drive as used can't really be recalled and if we do critical damage to species that we didn't mean to target the problem may be unfixable
@keremdelialioglu2197
2 жыл бұрын
tbf Europe has no shortage of mosquitoes, especially up North in areas with a tundra like Finland there are mosquito _swarms_ in the summer that pose a significant health risk.
@marshalepage5330
2 жыл бұрын
We should help Africa and the tropical countries become wealthy enough to have good shelter.
@ericolens3
2 жыл бұрын
@@marshalepage5330 I strongly agree. If we're gonna have an excint african species why not the mosquitoe? It sucks what the poachers are doing. To animal populations. But mosquitoes can at least be one that we can say "good riddance" to.
@okechukwukamalu3244
2 жыл бұрын
He is campaigning against gene modified mosquitoes because big pharmaceutical companies are making big money from malaria drugs.
@mecha-sheep7674
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Every single biting species. The 99,8% of other species of non-biting mosquitoes are fine.
@RoccosVideos
2 жыл бұрын
I went to Iceland at the end of June, there aren’t any mosquitos there. It was wonderful.
@thesilentone4024
2 жыл бұрын
You missed them but there well there and there much smaller too.
@oneshothunter9877
2 жыл бұрын
@@julm7744 What? You sure you are from Greenland? In Summertime there's billions and billions of mosquitos roaming around All over.
@CHMichael
2 жыл бұрын
@@thesilentone4024 that's so strange - in Alaska they are giant.
@masonhock6442
2 жыл бұрын
Yes but there are still clouds of bugs
@RoccosVideos
2 жыл бұрын
@@CHMichael What they said isn’t true. They don’t have mosquitos there.
@jiayao153
2 жыл бұрын
In Singapore, we put bacteria in male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and when they mate with female mosquito, they would not have any children, helping stop dengue and zika. So far it is effective,but dengue and Zika cases are still rising in Singapore.
@zhangruyi3153
2 жыл бұрын
I think every country should learn from SG and finish all the mosquitoes - then they will be no malaria, dengue, zika etc.
@yayayayya4731
2 жыл бұрын
@@zhangruyi3153 agree
@meyer6891
2 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if it can be called effective if the diseases are rising. Worst case scenario: you're forcing the mosquitoes and the disease to evolve, making them even more dangerous.
@jiayao153
2 жыл бұрын
@@meyer6891 places where this mosquitoes are not released, the cases in those area are rising. However places where the mosquitoes are released, the cases are coming down or slowing. Just shows that too little are released.
@boulderbash19700209
2 жыл бұрын
There is another effort to infect female Aedes aegipty with Wolbachia bacteria that can reduce the ability of dengue virus to reproduce inside the mosquito so there will be less virus to pass to human.
@hazardousmaterials1284
2 жыл бұрын
We eliminated the smallpox viruses and are on the doorstep of eliminating dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease). If eliminating cruel diseases helps humans live better lives, I’m all for it. Who knows… maybe some of the people saved will work hard at improving the environment, making this a positive for the ecosystem too.
@bretert
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed besides the last part, generally a higher population = more strain on ecosystems
@spjr99
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. We should. If Malaria was still a problem in the US, we would have done it years ago
@ryyvia7234
2 жыл бұрын
If Malaria stops being a problem anywhere in the world, suddenly the world would be quite overpopulated though. But no worries, not like we're already struggling with providing water and food to people around the world. I'm sure taking out the major natural population control mechanism won't lead to brutal wars at all.
@yakovbrod9992
2 ай бұрын
@@ryyvia7234 ok how about this. we make all the non malaria mosquitoes go extinct.
@Yassified3425
2 жыл бұрын
I would be ready to accept the consequences for the death of all mosquitos. And as far as I know, mosquitos have a very limited impact of the food chain. Birds are the only main predator for them, but they only make up 2% of the diet.
@tomdeaardappel8303
2 жыл бұрын
Mosquitos are also important pollinators. Are you also willing to give up on that? I find that kind of selfish.
@jessefisher1809
2 жыл бұрын
@@tomdeaardappel8303 Mosquitos are, but Anopheles on its own? Not so much. We absolutely should do more research for setting this loose, I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand. Malaria is a huge problem in Africa.
@willinton06
2 жыл бұрын
@@tomdeaardappel8303 I don’t care, whatever consequences that will have won’t kill 700K people every year
@tomdeaardappel8303
2 жыл бұрын
@willinton06 I care more about the world, and you care more about the species that is responsible for destroying the world and killing the most animals than a species has ever killed.
@Cleeon
2 жыл бұрын
Little bats eat lots of them
@Truthseeker1515
Жыл бұрын
I despise mosquitoes with a passion.
@grahampalmer
2 жыл бұрын
How about creating protected populations of these and other deadly creatures. Something like seed banks. If their annihilation in the wild causes catastrophic results then they can be reintroduced or alternative methods found to alleviate the negative consequences.
@rorychivers8769
2 жыл бұрын
I'm not trying to fault your reasoning, but in the scenario where we accidentally cause catastrophic results, we still have to live with them even if we backpedal...
@kato_dsrdr
2 жыл бұрын
Mosquito killed way more than COVID in just a year..
@PaulHo
2 жыл бұрын
Southern California has become uninhabitable because of mosquitoes. ☠️
@kevinrdunnphs
2 жыл бұрын
Human lives are worth more than mosquitos, and this only wipes out 1/3500 species. While we sit and debate this, people are dying, it should be done, no doubt in my mind.
@ryyvia7234
2 жыл бұрын
You'd rather people were dying from starvation and wars for water, as overpopulation becomes a problem?
@kevinrdunnphs
2 жыл бұрын
@@ryyvia7234 overpopulation is a myth. Most big countries are in decline, birth rates seem to settle around 1.7 in developed places. It's a non issue, and the faster we fix places the few kids they have. Getting rid of malaria is a good thing and won't lead to war or famine.
@svettnabb
2 жыл бұрын
Should we? Are people ignoring that we make many animal species extinct every year? By the thousands.. And we have made many thousands of animals extinct the last 10 000 years, estimates are at 150 000 the last 500 years. Nobody will miss a few more ecosystems
@meyer6891
2 жыл бұрын
And the rise of diseases and plagues is the path evolution is being forced to take that way.
@BobbyButter007
2 жыл бұрын
Eliminate them. Consequences be damned.
@Diana1000Smiles
2 жыл бұрын
Uh, oh, you're promoting Climate Change?
@JcoleMc
2 жыл бұрын
@@Diana1000Smiles Yes I Am
@animallvr87
Жыл бұрын
You surely do not understand the consequences then.
@thiccupcake
4 ай бұрын
@@animallvr87 no one gives a fuccccck
@ybbgraphicdesign
2 жыл бұрын
"No". ...-Hearing the mosquito bazz- "YES!!"
@osc3892
2 жыл бұрын
I feel like this is a species we could stand to lose.
@alexliu111
2 жыл бұрын
Burke : Okay, I know this is an emotional moment for all of us, okay? I know that. But let's not make snap judgments, please. This is clearly... clearly an important species we're dealing with and I don't think that you or I, or *anybody*, has the right to arbitrarily exterminate them. Ripley : [laughs feebly] Wrong. Private Vasquez : Yeah. Watch us.
@rayleeaustralia
2 жыл бұрын
Important species? What's the benefit of having them?
@isoinic4575
2 жыл бұрын
@@rayleeaustralia Efficient nutrition cycles. What's the benefit in humans?
@rayleeaustralia
2 жыл бұрын
@@isoinic4575 not much either. At least get the itch out of those damn humans for now
@son_guhun
2 жыл бұрын
@@isoinic4575 Irrelevant question. The goal at issue is the survival of intelligent life. Any benefits of an action are measured in respect to how it furthers that goal. Humanity, being an intelligent species, makes up part of that objective and thus its utility is not under consideration. Unless it would mortally endanger others, saving a single person is worth more than the lives of all extant mosquitos combined. One is free to think differently, but such an agenda is unlikely to receive wide support and be made effective while intelligent life (thus the individuals who can take action) is normally keen on self-preservation.
@mechadense
2 жыл бұрын
One question: Why aren't the malaria parasites rather than the moskitos the main target of the gene drive proponents?
@AstradTheCynic
2 жыл бұрын
Well it's not just malaria, it's also Sika, Yellow fever, West Nile. It's killing 4 birds with one stone.
@jessefisher1809
2 жыл бұрын
Thats not possible with our current technology.
@10thcode
2 жыл бұрын
In here, all mosquitoes make silly noise at night. Making it impossible to sleep. Which can cause fever during the day and affect productivity. It's not just about the bite and the malaria. They all have to die.
@SeldomPooper
2 жыл бұрын
@@10thcode Use mosquitoe nets and sleep like a baby. Don't leave gaps. Tuck the egde of nets under the mattress.
@animallvr87
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. It is much harder to do that but science should pursue this. We risk ecological collapse if we eliminate mosquitos.
@101_skeleton6
2 жыл бұрын
If we could stop them from biting that would go a long way, especially in the Appalachian mountains and making the outdoors less painful.
@Moss_knight00
2 жыл бұрын
Comment just to say that I love your channel! Keep up the great work!
@DWPlanetA
2 жыл бұрын
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@qi7ni
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes we should. We dont need to discuss it, we already know that the answer is yes.
@thespalek1
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine how mosquitos think we are their food source and meanwhile we silently plot to make them all unknowingly sterile... Makes me wonder what cows have up their sleeves
@almister
2 жыл бұрын
lol🤣🤣 true! haha
@aitor9185
2 жыл бұрын
Couldn't they modify the mosquitoes to produce some kind of immunity to Malaria? Say hijack their immune system to produce Malaria killing antibodies that also spreads through the population without wiping them out? While certainly far more challenging to actually do, it wouldn't disrupt the ecosystem only attack Malaria, which is the killer, not the mosquitoes
@imienazwisko4219
2 жыл бұрын
They are doing this in Singapore
@mildlydispleased3221
2 жыл бұрын
Mosquitos are immune to the diseases they carry, that is why they aren't harmed, they only pass them onto other animals.
@aitor9185
2 жыл бұрын
@@mildlydispleased3221 yes, but there may be away to make the mosquitoes kill the malaria inside of them so they stop spreading it
@jennab8649
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it makes sense that Malaria is what needs to be targeted!
@egostoic
2 жыл бұрын
@@imienazwisko4219 yeah, its ongoing now on singapore
@nathanbanks2354
2 жыл бұрын
If my kid died of malaria, I'd probably be for this
@RandoomDude
2 жыл бұрын
i'm sure life will find a way (without them)
@nithinn987
2 жыл бұрын
Something like this is needed, in test locations studying it for long years for the consequences. Only after understanding the bigger picture should it become global.
@syedasubrina750
2 жыл бұрын
I wait for every friday for your upload, thanks a bunch DW planet A team ❤️
@WiseSnake
2 жыл бұрын
I don't have a problem with nearly or completely wiping out the non-native mosquitoes in a given country. The vast majority of mosquitoes I observe are Aedes sp., native to Asia and Africa. I think we can do without them in the United States.
@sanjikaneki6226
2 жыл бұрын
some non native species integrate better then others well this is pure speculation but if you remove a species that replaced another you end up with a gap that may cause problems later on
@SavageBunny1
2 жыл бұрын
Here in California you can't even work on your car without getting bit 4-5 times.
@lancesay
2 жыл бұрын
did you know mosquitoes have no toes? this is so sad... i hate mosquitoes every time they bite me, i would welts all over, but i would never going to kill them off. you got to see the bigger picture. they should have done something about the parasites that hitch a free ride on these mosquitoes.
@dahasolomon7314
2 жыл бұрын
Let's focus on increasing vaccination drives and vaccine research instead of destroying entire species. This will end in disaster.
@lakhdeepsingh1983
2 жыл бұрын
Death to the mosquitoes !!! Pollination and other things, well... as Dr. Ian Malcolm so eloquently put..."Life ...finds a way".
@meyer6891
2 жыл бұрын
Diseases could also find a way. They're alive.
@jboblk
2 жыл бұрын
Somehow losing half of our biodiversity because some mosquitoes disappeared would be totally worth it. We'd finally be able to go outside at night during summer months.
@jp4431
2 жыл бұрын
Should we kill all mosquitoes? Me: yes But that could severely impact the local ecosystem! Me: the entire ecosystem will collapse, but that is a sacrifice I'm willing to make
@nope2453
2 жыл бұрын
+++
@kiedranFan2035
2 жыл бұрын
If the ecosystem falls it will kill you too genius and everyone else
@Carewolf
2 жыл бұрын
Studies have shown that no animal eating mosquitoes eat them exclusively, or even have them as a major part of their diet. So as far we know, they are not important to ecosystems.
@tomdeaardappel8303
2 жыл бұрын
Selfish
@rgerber
Жыл бұрын
10:27 that music is insane...
@ianoliverbailey6545
2 жыл бұрын
This is a really interesting subject for discussion. Thanks so much for sharing this video.
@DWPlanetA
2 жыл бұрын
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@GhMaclean
2 жыл бұрын
As someone from a massively mosquito infested region in Africa, wiping out mosquitoes would do wayyy more good than whatever impact these species are providing to the ecosystem
@Interglacial_optimist
2 жыл бұрын
I keep mosquito fish in tanks throughout my farm and they collect rainwater and eat mosquito eggs... This year however I am being inundated with mosquitoes probably because the 10 acres of forest surrounding my property we're just cleared for a new subdivision so there's probably standing water and everybody will die... Or if we survived then we're actually probably resistant to some of the things that other people are not resistant to because we were bitten by a mosquito
@BlackMamba-lt8oe
2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣 looks like u haven't got malaria, ur comment will change after u get infected
@berus66
2 жыл бұрын
I live in south west France. There used to be normal mosquitoes until about 3 years ago first tiger mosquitoes appeared. Now there are only tiger mosquitoes and the old ones are completely gone.
@therealsunnyk
2 жыл бұрын
Normally DW Planet A videos are quite in depth, or at least I can begin to understand the implications. However, I found myself with more questions than answers at the end of this video. For example: Even with a Gene drive, the change is that the mosquitoes can't feed on humans, right? Could they not feed on other animals (and therefore not be sterile)? Even with the mosquitoes, if the proportion of the modified mosquito population was low enough, what happens to them? Are they stable? Does the sterile population just die off, leaving a smaller overall population?
@moonshot3159
2 жыл бұрын
mate go outside and touch grass
@meyer6891
2 жыл бұрын
Humans are the easiest animals to feed on for a mosquito, due to their thin skins. Hence, if a mosquito can't feed on humans, it won't be able to feed on anything else.
@somethingsomething404
2 жыл бұрын
@@moonshot3159 grass is a waste of water
@bonemarrow3439
2 жыл бұрын
@@somethingsomething404 unless the species is actually not native to the environment it ain't that bad. Screw American lawns tho
@Mythillian1450
2 жыл бұрын
Annihilating the root cause of so much suffering in the developing world, is worth any price paid. Saving human lives must come first.
@digitalpetor
2 жыл бұрын
This can't be good for trout population
@anissyahromi5671
2 жыл бұрын
my brother died because of dengue fever and i conctrated it Twice,so yeah if we can do it without damaging the ecosystem i'll do it because they are still a menance today
@darkerco804
Жыл бұрын
i haven't even watch the vid yet, but my answer is yes we should, please.
@rockyrocamora8031
2 жыл бұрын
I don't get it, how can an animal spread that gene if that gene causes it to become sterile? Can someone explain me
@FlorinArjocu
2 жыл бұрын
Probably the best method would be to have some anti-Malaria vaccine that wipes it out without interfering with the mosquitos DNA. But if we don't have that in the near future, this method might be needed.
@dahasolomon7314
2 жыл бұрын
As of last year we have a WHO approved malaria vaccine. But the question isn't about having a vaccine or not, the real test is weather or not wealthy nations will help out affected populations by providing them with access to these vaccines.
@mrnobody9611
2 ай бұрын
But they can still bite and are still alive, thats the problem.
@ognjenkuzeljevic1989
2 ай бұрын
To be honest, our species caused so much harm to nature that the extermination of mosquitoes would be among least harmfull. Benefits outnumber the bad things, judging by my own perception, and certainly anyone living in affected areas.
@Adrian-rp4un
2 жыл бұрын
We need an inducible Gene Drive, meaning that by adding a specific compound to the environment of a highly affected region, the population there will be heavily impacted, but on the other hand the modification will not be active permanently. As soon as the malaria is under control the treatment can be stopped. By that means, the destruction of whole ecosystems on a long term can be prevented.
@jonatand2045
2 жыл бұрын
That would be inefficient, requiring the process to be used again. Wipe them all out in one go.
@travcollier
2 жыл бұрын
There are folks working on self-regulating and reversible gene drive systems. A while back DARPA (USA defense research agency) even funded a bunch of university research groups working on it. It isn't that simple, but there are approaches which seem like they will work.
@jonatand2045
2 жыл бұрын
@@travcollier In the meantime more people will die because the poor mosquitoes might become extinct.
@travcollier
2 жыл бұрын
@@jonatand2045 I'm well aware. I literally have friends and colleagues working on this stuff. I'm actually a bit annoyed at Target Malaria and the Gates Foundation for basically taking up almost all the resources and insisting on their very cautious (lawyer led in many ways) approach.
@jollyjokress3852
2 жыл бұрын
with all that I like to think that humans are a pest too. I mean, in the eyes of almost every species , definitely and even of many humans.
@techcafe0
2 жыл бұрын
“I’d like to share a revelation that I’ve had, during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you’re not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply & multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. And the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet, you are a plague. And we are the cure.” - Agent Smith, The Matrix
@meyer6891
2 жыл бұрын
I have problem with the 'even of many humans' part of the argument because those that you're refering to usually do terrible things, hence using their point of view as valid is troublesome, at best.
@meyer6891
2 жыл бұрын
@@techcafe0 I love the Matrix, but that quote breaks the inner logic. I mean, why didn't the machines destroy the humans? What enviroment was there to protect?
@jollyjokress3852
2 жыл бұрын
@@meyer6891 Nope, I contest - from a certain point of view. If a person sees e.g. a flock of pigeons in a city as a pest and this is considered okay, then it would be okay too to he saw humans as a pest.
@meyer6891
2 жыл бұрын
@@jollyjokress3852 Yeah, I got that part and is and interesting point of view, but mentioning humans as a pest for humans is other thing that remits to xenophobe and racist ideologies, hence why I consider it innecesary to express the idea.
@RayzaEFC
11 ай бұрын
I can honestly say I wouldn't bat an eyelid if I never seen a mosquito ever again. I absolutely hate them
@shaneenzensperger7559
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, there have been publications showing that mosquitoes are not the largest part of any known predator's diet, and that mosquitoes do not have a meaningful impact on any known ecosystem except the human one.
@meyer6891
2 жыл бұрын
The tricky part is that we don't know a lot. Also, I'd like to see the sources of such big claims.
@lightzpy8049
2 жыл бұрын
It’s important to know that there are many variants of mosquitoes and most don’t bite. Also there are some variants that actually attack other mosquitoes. The issue is diseases and viruses they carry and that they are another organism that could in theory mutate bacteria to affect human lives in bad ways.
@extraincomesuz
2 жыл бұрын
I am quarantining after a COVID-19 positive self test. I live in Malaysia so every time I step outdoors, normally, the mosquitoes attack aggressively, especially early evening. However, I just noticed, in the past couple of days (since I tested positive), the mosquitoes don't come near me when I go out to feed my chickens. (I wash my hands with antiseptic soap so I don't infect the chickens!) I think science needs to study this or is it a fluke?
@danielch6662
2 жыл бұрын
It's the soap. Especially if you don't wash it off properly. I do this. Apply the soap, and DON'T wash it off. It's dripping wet, but I'm outside. Homemade mozzie repellent. Tested in Gombak and Selayang. Long standing dengue red zones. 😁
@Anupamprime
Жыл бұрын
Meanwhile:- Mosquitoes leader:- should we wipe out all the humans? A Bio scientist mosquito:- sir I have found a newer strain of Malaria! It's even deadlier!
@syedasubrina750
2 жыл бұрын
I think putting modified mosquitoes in a microclimate( that includes flowers, trees, birds, reptiles & water source), basically that mimics their wild environment, & following their growth rate & impact on their environment could bring a better result, & valid if the same set-up is created for non- modified mosquitoes of same number, & following both at the same time
@GowthamV07
2 жыл бұрын
But they won't do that why would they. If plants were not able to reproduce and many other species were infected by the gene drive they could not profit from it.
@stepheningermany
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah because nothing has ever escaped and broken out of a lab...
@roninecostar
2 жыл бұрын
@@stepheningermany Indeed. I do not remember such an event happening either.
@nonnnth
Жыл бұрын
At least make them stop biting people, especially me.
@nelie.
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. I dont care if it will cause an imbalance in nature or f up the food cycle or whatever. we're all going to die anyway, might as well live a little less miserable without these things.
@tomdeaardappel8303
2 жыл бұрын
Selfish
@fandroid6491
2 жыл бұрын
@@tomdeaardappel8303 Bees are the real deal not prehistoric vampires
@tomdeaardappel8303
2 жыл бұрын
@@fandroid6491 They are all the real deal, even wasps. I love those little animals
@tenzinrigdol8353
2 жыл бұрын
Looks like a beginning of a sci-fi movie
@somebonehead
2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@360Tours
Жыл бұрын
This is a risk we are all willing to take.
@somebonehead
2 жыл бұрын
No hesitation, immediately darted to the comments to say yes before watching the video.
@greendsnow
2 жыл бұрын
Yes we should. But we won't. We will keep questioning and introducing biases to it because you know, it doesn't bother Europe and North America.
@Fatahschmeichel
2 жыл бұрын
yes i hate mosquito bites
@cortega4839
2 жыл бұрын
Been here since this channel had 20k subs
@DWPlanetA
2 жыл бұрын
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@BlackMamba-lt8oe
2 жыл бұрын
I am been there since 20 subconscious
@shariarekhan3593
2 жыл бұрын
thousands of people dies from dengue in bangladesh every year. and also lets not talk about the unproductivity comes with this insect in the dark. hell even right now i am beside a mosquito killer koel which is spreading dangerous smoke which i had to inhale just to get rid of mosquito at night. it's easier to talk about ethics when you are not the victim. just come to a tropical nation, live a year bout; you will see why this species needs to go for good. forget about the thousands of lives it takes, just unproductivity and the annoys it causes is enough to justify its extermination. (even i was getting bit while writing this)
@vikramlal2
2 жыл бұрын
We must use this technology!
@bigduckyquacky
2 жыл бұрын
YES
@piotr5566
2 жыл бұрын
On the barren land of tomorrow, stands a crumbling grave, on which reads: "Here, lies the mankind, proud of its boundaries."
@OldMotoGuy54
2 жыл бұрын
Anything that can eliminate the threat of the mosquitoes is a big bonus for everyone. One thing that was not mentioned in the article is the threat that mosquitoes pose to our pets, they carry Heart Worm that is deadly to dogs and I'm sure, but not positive that it infects other species too. I understand that there are other life forms that eat the blood suckers, but they eat other things too and I feel they would adapt to not having the pests in their diet. With the threat that they present to the human population, I don't understand the reluctance to get rid of them.
@craigdougan8484
2 жыл бұрын
Wonder if we could genetically modify mosquitos' immune systems to be more robust, reducing the disease burden they bear and spread?
@cakobjoker8134
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed, if we can spread altered genes so effectively, shouldn't we try the approach that affects the ecosystem the least? Rather than banishing a whole species, just give them the ability to kill the viral loads. That way, the only victim is Zika, Malaria, and other viruses which we want to be extinct.
@pepperet5216
2 жыл бұрын
I'll end the world if it means no more mosquitoes
@WorldIntelligenceSculpture
Жыл бұрын
"BUT SHOULD W-" Yes!!
@yayayayya4731
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Mosquitoes contribute nothing to this world. They need to un-exist, ALL OF THEM!
@jollyjokress3852
2 жыл бұрын
just like humans... oh wait. we contribute by deteriorating everything.
@verito2019
2 жыл бұрын
I think must humans should un-exist!!
@yayayayya4731
2 жыл бұрын
@@verito2019 sounds like something an angry annoying mosquito would day
@ryyvia7234
2 жыл бұрын
I think that the claim that the world would be better without malaria is fairly short-sighted. We keep trying to invent technologies that help more people survive and then live longer, but we don't have the technologies or ethics to deal with the results of this - overpopulation. The Earth already cannot cope with the current population size and even with how things are many people all over the world suffer from hunger. We are not ready technologically and ethically to remove mosquito transmitted diseases from the world, specifically because they help to slow down the population growth. Naturally, it's easy for me to hold this opinion, living in the area where mossies are a nuisance, but they don't transmit such dangerous diseases, but the fact remains, if we stripped the nature of ways to control our population, in the next few years we will face a global militarised war for water and food and the results of that will be worse still for the humanity.
@JustAnNPC69
2 жыл бұрын
The gene drive tech should also be scrutinized as like in any other tool this too could be abused.
@odyssey.studios
2 жыл бұрын
Short answer: yes but be careful.
@sollymadeit
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know how I feel about this. Human history has proven we absolutely suck at controlling the environment. I'd prefer we find cheap malaria cures or symptom controlling because main problem is not everyone has first world level medical aid.
@Earth098
2 жыл бұрын
And most of the first world countries are located in temperate climates. diseases are more common in tropical parts of the world
@KingArthurWs
2 жыл бұрын
Now they are less common in temperate climates, but only because we have eradicated smallpox, rabies, and the Black Death from our chunk of the world
@Earth098
2 жыл бұрын
@@KingArthurWs That's totally wrong. Non of those transmit through mosquitoes. All those diseases you've mentioned in your comments were eradicated in most countries around the world. And the back death is not a disease LOL
@AK255.
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know. It either severely increase animal population because of no diseases or decrease population because there is no food. It could be rather both.
@mrnobody9611
2 ай бұрын
They both cancel each other out! Like nothing happened! Ez
@Praecantetia
2 жыл бұрын
Weren't there people who found out that there's not enought species dependant of mosquitos for their extinction to matter?
@vax_gax_lax_bax_max_vax2578
2 жыл бұрын
Easy solution: Save the eggs of those mosquitoes that do not suck (human) blood. Release this modified mosquitos, let em kill off all mosquitos and then when this ones will die off. Release the old mosquitoes from the eggs that was saved before. That way, u get rid of (Human) blood sucking mosquitoes and keep the none (human) blood sucking mosquitoes. EZPZ
@KingArthurWs
2 жыл бұрын
Because unforeseen consequences have never stopped anyone before lmao
@vax_gax_lax_bax_max_vax2578
2 жыл бұрын
@@KingArthurWs Killing off Mosquitos for a year and then repopulating with mosquitos that dont' suck human blood is nothing big. we can live with it.
@KingArthurWs
2 жыл бұрын
@@vax_gax_lax_bax_max_vax2578 how can we know for sure that this is "nothing big" - killing off a native species and intentionally replacing it with an invasive one
@vax_gax_lax_bax_max_vax2578
2 жыл бұрын
@@KingArthurWs What do mosquitos do, what benefit do they bring?
@mrnobody9611
2 ай бұрын
@@KingArthurWs I dont care about consequences, the entire food chain can collapse for all i care.
@HaxxorElite
2 жыл бұрын
Of course we should, but not until after every risk is accounted for.
@tiru7784
2 жыл бұрын
graphic violence alert 00:44
@RacecarsAndRicefish
2 жыл бұрын
squash
@DavidGentry-WebDeveloper
2 жыл бұрын
While I applaud the work of the researcher to develop this breakthrough technology, I think weaponizing extinction is a step too far. If we can insert genes that make mosquitos sterile, could we either vaccinate them against being able to carry the virus or conversely, be susceptible to the virus so that any infected mosquitos die off while uninfected individuals are allowed to survive? This seems like a more elegant approach where we solve the problem directly rather than indirectly by targeting an entire species for extinction.
@BBBrasil
2 жыл бұрын
Yes it is more elegant. But would take much longer, (It is not a virus, it is a protozoan, Plasmodium) immunity research is much more complex than killing the mosquito. Each year we delay the decision to kill the vector(s), hundreds of thousands die. What possible moral ground can justify that?
@cancerino666
2 жыл бұрын
It's not a step too far. It's a step too back because we don't get to sing on a burning pyre of their remains.
@ryadhasanahmed5443
2 жыл бұрын
Currently in Bangladesh right now. The one thing I won't miss when I return to the UK is mosquitoes. Every morning in the last few weeks I get bitten like crazy.
@Sam-81_98
2 жыл бұрын
Hell no. We have no clue what it would unleash
@Carewolf
2 жыл бұрын
Haven't they already been released in Florida, so we already have them in the wild, and can observe how it goes there?
@ToneyCrimson
2 жыл бұрын
As much as i hate mosquitoes, i dont think we should go around wiping out entire spieces that have survived for thousands to millions of years. Its kinda insane when you think about it for a moment.
@BlackMamba-lt8oe
2 жыл бұрын
Nobody cares , wipe them out
@MotoZeus
2 жыл бұрын
YES! It is insane. Humans always been using the environment for our own needs and so far we've gotten pretty good at destroying it. This could end malaria but it could also end so much more, which won't know until it's too late.
@DiamondPowered
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah wipe them out, its not like I will live to suffer the consequences lmfao. Keep up the good work trying to stabilize the ecosystem there my great great great grand offspring.
@mrnobody9611
2 ай бұрын
We are humans we do what we want
@thomasnengres4093
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe the gene modification should not lead to the death of a species but lead to other modification preventing mosquitoes to bite humans, like making mosquitoes repulsed by a human biological aspect. I assume mosquitoes do bite other animals besides humans which would allow them to continue to exist then.
@user-iz2rm1kh8h
2 жыл бұрын
Wow humans are concered about animal extintion ...who are the main cause of their extintion.
@kevindevlieger300
2 жыл бұрын
You cant really talk about extinction if our population numbers are still increasing right?
@Charli3Creep
2 жыл бұрын
Yes? Of course
@BillAllyn
Жыл бұрын
Yes. We should.
@adus123
2 жыл бұрын
As nice as it may sound to live in a world without mosquitoes, it’s not as easy as eradicating species that cause us harm or even those that just annoy us. That's because all living things play an important role in the ecosystems in which they exist, and removing one living thing from a habitat can disrupt all the other species within it. Take the much-maligned mosquito, for example. We think of them as an annoyance at best, a carrier of serious and even deadly diseases at worst. But they play a key role in many ecosystems, according to National Geographic(Opens in a new window). Male mosquitoes eat nectar and, in the process, pollinate all manner of plants. These insects are also an important food source for many other animals, including bats, birds, reptiles, amphibians and even other insects. Serving as a food source for other animals is how they fit into the various food chains in places where they live. A food chain is essentially a "who eats what" in a particular ecosystem. A food web is all the food chains that exist in an ecosystem, according to National Geographic(Opens in a new window). In a woodland habitat here in Will County, one food chain could include the grasses along the forest clearing, which are eaten by rabbits. The rabbits, in turn, are preyed upon by coyotes. Coyotes in Will County are apex predators, which means they are not preyed on by other animals. But when a coyote dies, it still serves an important role in the food chain, because decomposers, such as worms and even fungi like mushrooms, break its body down and allow the nutrients to enter the soil, which then gives rise to new plant life, starting the chain all over again. When the populations of animals within a food chain become either too high or too low, it can effect all the animals in that food chain. One example of this is the white-tailed deer, which in Illinois can exceed its carrying capacity - the number of a particular an animal a habitat can support without it being degraded - because it has few predators. In Illinois, the only remaining predator of deer is coyotes, because wolves and cougars no longer live in the state, according to Wildlife Illinois(Opens in a new window). As a result, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources oversees a hunting program that prevents the deer population from becoming too high. An overabundant deer population leads to overbrowsing, which in turn reduces tree regeneration and affects the plant species composition in a given area. In urban and suburban communities, deer may damage landscaping and ornamental plants when their population is too high. In addition, deer-vehicle collisions become more common, Wildlife Illinois reports. Too many deer in a given area can also increase the incidence of disease among the animals, because feeding sites can become contaminated and the animals can infect one another through direct contact. While an overabundant deer population can affect the health of the species and damage their habitat, it also affects other species in their food chain, because all the species in a food chain are interconnected. When deer overpopulation begins to decimate the vegetation in their habitat, others animals are affected as well, because they rely on those plants as a food source or even for shelter or as a nesting site. While too many of a particular species can have a negative effect on a food chain, so, too, can too few of a species. Consider the polar bear. The bears eat seals, and the seals, in turn, eat Arctic cod. The cod eat zooplankton, which eat ice algae. But today, climate change is causing sea ice to melt, which could cause a sharp drop in ice algae populations, a downturn that could effect the entire food chain, according to the Seattle Post Intelligencer(Opens in a new window). If the ice algae population falls, the zooplankton lose a critical food source, which ripples up the food chain all the way to the polar bear. So next time you curse a mosquito bite and wish for the pesky insects to be eradicated, think not just of the mosquito. Think of all the plant and animal species - both the beloved and the maligned - that create intricate webs of wildlife, with all the species dependent on one another for our planet to survive and thrive. www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/world-without-mosquitoes-not-as-easy-as-it-seems/
@EsmeClips
2 жыл бұрын
Please, I can't sit for more than 1 second without getting bit by them
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