Humans have an awful record of shortsightedness and unforeseen consequences. While yes, mosquitoes have the highest humam kill rate of any other thing that can kill people, it can be mitigated or eliminated with adequate sanitation and healthcare access for communities being harassed by mosquitoes.
The better solution to the ails caused by these insects is to improve drainage and sanitation infrastructure, build hospitals and clinics, and enact policy which gives access to this infrastructure to everyone without exception.
If they go extinct, then Earth will lose its protected status!
In seriousness, it would be nice to not have mosquitoes, but it could have environmental impacts as other commenters have already discussed.
Let’s get rid of those pesky sparrows while we’re at it 💀
I don’t know shit about mosquitoes and therefore do not feel qualified to comment on it. Like, fuck mosquitoes, but don’t they still have an ecological niche? But I’m sure people smarter than me have accounted for that, so… All I know is “Mosquito yucky :(”
primarily, it’s niche is basically being biomass to be eaten by other animals
Anyone who’s from the Global South will want them extinct, me included.
As for the pollinator thing, if we’re going through the effort to eradicate all mosquitos, we can put the same effort towards breeding and releasing replacements that don’t spread malaria, dengue and all the other horrible ailments that these things spread. They are the number one killer of humans besides humans, this alone seals it for me.
I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment as a global south citizen! Life is different with mosquitoes around. And it’s not a good kind of different.
Woah, haven’t seen you around in a while, glad you’re still with us
How can I leave my COMRADES!
With y’all till the end of time!
No, but we should try to eradicate the diseases that come from them. Exception for invasive mosquito species, we can get rid of them.
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