Comments on: Mutant Mosquitoes to Combat Malaria? http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/24/mutant-mosquitos-to-combat-malaria/ The Campaign to Make Poverty History Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:26:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Kyle McNeal http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/24/mutant-mosquitos-to-combat-malaria/#comment-547124 Kyle McNeal Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:49:45 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/24/mutant-mosquitos-to-combat-malaria/#comment-547124 Wow, this is really trippy and really exciting. One of the most interesting stories I've read in quite a while. ^.^ Using mosquitoes to cure malaria is pretty poetic. Wow, this is really trippy and really exciting. One of the most interesting stories I’ve read in quite a while. ^.^

Using mosquitoes to cure malaria is pretty poetic.

]]> By: sammi http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/24/mutant-mosquitos-to-combat-malaria/#comment-547009 sammi Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:17:34 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/24/mutant-mosquitos-to-combat-malaria/#comment-547009 actually, i'm quite pleased to hear this. millions of lives saved and improved by a scientific process like to the pests, not the people, sounds good to me. we spay and neuter our animals here in the west, and much of our farm stock is treated with veterinarian and medical processes we don't even know about . . . yet we are a somewhat healthy and functioning society. it sounds healthier than spraying and longer lasting and more permanent and fa- reaching than bednetting as well. it could take a long time for the genetically-modified mosquitoes to migrate to deep recesses of the continent . . . . i'm thinking the sooner they get started, the better. great post virginia . . . . i'm glad the Gates Foundation found this a viable project worth investing in. bottom line, mosquitoes are more plenteous and far-reaching than bednets, we will need both. The UN's desire to get bednets to all who need them by 2010, that's only a year and a half out, and funding of a project this massive comes from ? we need to look at all options, inside and outside the box, to eradicate this pandemic. staying close, sammi in seattle =) actually, i’m quite pleased to hear this. millions of lives saved and improved by a scientific process like to the pests, not the people, sounds good to me. we spay and neuter our animals here in the west, and much of our farm stock is treated with veterinarian and medical processes we don’t even know about . . . yet we are a somewhat healthy and functioning society. it sounds healthier than spraying and longer lasting and more permanent and fa- reaching than bednetting as well.

it could take a long time for the genetically-modified mosquitoes to migrate to deep recesses of the continent . . . . i’m thinking the sooner they get started, the better.

great post virginia . . . . i’m glad the Gates Foundation found this a viable project worth investing in. bottom line, mosquitoes are more plenteous and far-reaching than bednets, we will need both. The UN’s desire to get bednets to all who need them by 2010, that’s only a year and a half out, and funding of a project this massive comes from ? we need to look at all options, inside and outside the box, to eradicate this pandemic.

staying close,

sammi in seattle =)

]]> By: Thom http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/24/mutant-mosquitos-to-combat-malaria/#comment-546997 Thom Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:06:53 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/24/mutant-mosquitos-to-combat-malaria/#comment-546997 This is the end, people. It's only a matter of time now. Actually, the idea seems reasonable to me - we catch it from mosquitoes, if we can't cure the humans, cure the mosquitoes. As to the movie... I can see the teaser now. "The deadliest creature in Africa..." *shot of hunter in the wilderness at night, obviously somewhat panicked* "Just got deadlier!" *hunter spins to face the camera with a look of horror, there is a buzzing of wings, cut to black* "X-Swarm. Available on dvd soon. Inspired by true events." Or someone makes a terrible mistake and it ends up being about mutant mojitos and is a thriller comedy about tourists in Cuba. This is the end, people.
It’s only a matter of time now.

Actually, the idea seems reasonable to me - we catch it from mosquitoes, if we can’t cure the humans, cure the mosquitoes.

As to the movie… I can see the teaser now. “The deadliest creature in Africa…” *shot of hunter in the wilderness at night, obviously somewhat panicked* “Just got deadlier!” *hunter spins to face the camera with a look of horror, there is a buzzing of wings, cut to black* “X-Swarm. Available on dvd soon. Inspired by true events.”

Or someone makes a terrible mistake and it ends up being about mutant mojitos and is a thriller comedy about tourists in Cuba.

]]> By: Julian http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/24/mutant-mosquitos-to-combat-malaria/#comment-546996 Julian Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:00:46 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/24/mutant-mosquitos-to-combat-malaria/#comment-546996 Here's hoping there aren't any unwanted side-effects...I'm sure the scientists will have thought out all the possible scenarios before releasing the mosquitoes into the wild, but I can't help feel a little skeptical about a plan that has the potential to tip the balance of nature so drastically so soon. Or maybe I'm just over-thinking it. Here’s hoping there aren’t any unwanted side-effects…I’m sure the scientists will have thought out all the possible scenarios before releasing the mosquitoes into the wild, but I can’t help feel a little skeptical about a plan that has the potential to tip the balance of nature so drastically so soon.

Or maybe I’m just over-thinking it.

]]> By: Derrick http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/24/mutant-mosquitos-to-combat-malaria/#comment-546995 Derrick Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:14:05 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/24/mutant-mosquitos-to-combat-malaria/#comment-546995 When is the movie coming out? When is the movie coming out?

]]> By: Joe http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/24/mutant-mosquitos-to-combat-malaria/#comment-546994 Joe Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:48:39 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2008/06/24/mutant-mosquitos-to-combat-malaria/#comment-546994 weird weird

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