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[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I hate when they do this with bugs because it will be impossible to contain if it goes wrong. You can't quarantine from or cull super herpes infected mosquito swarms.

[-] ThoGot@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The problem before was that it was impossible to not "contain" it if it goes right (at least with the previous sterilisation approaches), because a certain area got rid of mosquitoes too quickly, therefore not spreading that infertility wide enough, and then they just moved in again from other areas.

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