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Google Reportedly Planning to Release TENS OF MILLIONS of Mosquitoes into Two States
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:38 am
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:38 am
what could possibly go wrong?
Google Reportedly Planning to Release TENS OF MILLIONS of Mosquitoes into Two States to “Stop” Spread of Several Dangerous Diseases
Close-up of a mosquito feeding on skin, showcasing its distinctive black and white markings against a blurred green background.
America’s most infamous tech company has a bold, potentially risky plan to supposedly reduce the spread of mosquito-borne illnesses, assuming the federal government will sign off on the proposal.
As The New York Post reported, Google wants federal approval to unleash approximately 32 MILLION mosquitoes into the states of California and Florida over the next two years.
This is supposedly part of an effort to halt the spread of several serious mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis, dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever.
The Google researchers particularly focused on West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis. The former is the leading mosquito-borne disease in the US and is widespread in California amongst local bird and mosquito populations.
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Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:40 am to djmed
I remember all the fear mongering about West Nile when I was a kid. I completely forgot about Zika.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:41 am to FliesByNight
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I remember all the fear mongering about West Nile when I was a kid. I completely forgot about Zika.
Gotta watch out for them African killer bees and those omnipresent patches of quicksand.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:41 am to djmed
surely this won't have any negative consequences.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:42 am to djmed
Sounds good to me. Florida already has a program doing something similar for fruit flies.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:43 am to djmed
Where are the murder hornets?
(I stand corrected)
(I stand corrected)
This post was edited on 6/1/26 at 9:53 am
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:44 am to djmed
Murder hornets have arrived. To combat them, we will be releasing 8.7 million regular hornets in California.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:44 am to Pepe Lepew
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Where are the killer hornets?
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:46 am to djmed
Why is a tech company doing this and who is paying for it?
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:46 am to djmed
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Rather than releasing biting insects, the company plans to release male mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia, a naturally occurring bacteria. When the infected males mate with wild female mosquitoes, the offspring do not survive, helping suppress mosquito populations over time.
Because only female mosquitoes bite humans, experts say the releases would not increase the number of biting mosquitoes.
They did this in Brazil 10 years ago and it's actually worked pretty well. 75% drop in Dengue cases, but less success in malaria (decrease of only 15%)
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:48 am to djmed
I've read a handful of articles about this. This Gateway Pundit article obviously has a slant - I'm not saying it's the right or wrong one because I don't know.
I do think it's an interesting concept. Less mosquitos is uh...a 99-1 issue. But big tech company releasing mosquitos to kill mosquitos understandably raises eyebrows.
We've got the world's richest people digging tunnels and building rockets and cars and doing underwater exploration. Eliminating mosquitoes would certainly go into the "rich companies/people doing cool stuff" bucket if it works.
I do think it's an interesting concept. Less mosquitos is uh...a 99-1 issue. But big tech company releasing mosquitos to kill mosquitos understandably raises eyebrows.
We've got the world's richest people digging tunnels and building rockets and cars and doing underwater exploration. Eliminating mosquitoes would certainly go into the "rich companies/people doing cool stuff" bucket if it works.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:50 am to djmed
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This is supposedly part of an effort to halt the spread of several serious mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis, dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever.
Are these diseases that big of an issue in CA & FL?
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:50 am to Bama Bird
I think Debug is already active in Singapore
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Field trials in Singapore neighborhoods like Tampines have demonstrated up to a 90% reduction in the wild mosquito population.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:51 am to djmed
Sounds good in theory, but the fact that it’s GOOGLE that wants to do it makes me wonder what they’re really up to.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:54 am to Celery
Yeah, I'm sure I've seen this movie before.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:56 am to RummelTiger
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Are these diseases that big of an issue in CA & FL?
If the science is correct, wouldn’t a very positive byproduct be a substantial decrease in the overall mosquito population within a few mosquito generations?
Like Pettifogger, I would be a bit concerned about this being done by a tech company. If their role is merely funding while allowing biologists and other qualified scientists to actually carry out the project, I can’t see a reason to be against it.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 9:57 am to djmed
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:00 am to beerJeep
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Gotta watch out for them African killer bees and those omnipresent patches of quicksand.
The only time I've encountered quicksand was when I was hanging out with the Scooby Gang.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:01 am to Auburn80
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Why is a tech company doing this and who is paying for it?
Extremely good question. When I think of full mosquito extinction efforts, I definitely don't think of Google first.
Posted on 6/1/26 at 10:02 am to djmed
Guess this means we may be a few years away from an experiment 626 situation
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