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Perspective of an entomologist

I would like to start by saying that, in the question, the word “mosquitoes” is problematic already because we have more than 3,000 species in the world, and only about 100 of them are responsible for pathogen transmission.

Therefore, when we discuss eradication, we should first clarify what mosquitoes we want to eradicate. The job of an entomologist is to identify the specific target if eradication is in order.

I am also a little concerned about the word “eradication” for two reasons. The first is purely ethical: As human beings, can we make ourselves responsible for the disappearance of an entire group of living beings on Earth? But t

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