@Electric Pants :prince_dance:  @57a30817 @Terry "GM mosquitoes do not pose a risk to people, animals, or the environment
The EPA evaluated the potential risk of releasing GM mosquitoes into communities and determined that there is no risk to people, animals, or the environment. For more information, see EPA’s Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment.

GM mosquitoes for disease outbreak control
Release of GM mosquitoes is not intended to stop an ongoing disease outbreak. Instead, GM mosquitoes are meant to help prevent disease outbreaks. Releasing GM mosquitoes over several months can reduce the number of a specific mosquito species, such as Ae. aegypti. Reducing numbers of mosquitoes that can spread germs can help reduce the chance of an outbreak starting. We do know that the best way to prevent disease is to control mosquitoes before an outbreak happens." 

 @57a30817 @Terry @Electric Pants :prince_dance:  https://www.wsjm.com/2023/09/27/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-and-vaccines-what-you-need-to-know-about-dengue-fever/

Some regions take steps to control the mosquito population by removing places where mosquitoes lay eggs, killing eggs with larvicides and killing the adult population with adulticides. Others use methods include the use of genetically modified mosquitoes, which have been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use in some counties in Texas and Florida.
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theyre doing a media thing, spraying insecticides for mosquitos in an extension of gmo mosquito releases and covid policy