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- 1The technology to eradicate mosquito-borne disease already exists●The technology to eradicate mosquito-borne disease exists
A new essay argues that humanity could eliminate mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and dengue using existing tools, including genetic modification and engineered mosquito populations, and that failure to do so is effectively a policy choice. Readers are debating whether the obstacles are scientific or political, and why such interventions have not been deployed at scale despite the technology being available.