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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

skepticscott

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1. They'd try to manufacture vague bullshit fears

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Fri Jul 15, 2016, 01:37 PM

Jul 2016

about Frankensquitos being released into the wild, and OMG we can't know what effect it will have on the environment, blah, blah, blah..

Ignoring completely the fact that we DO know the effect of dengue-carrying mosquitos..tens of millions of infections and tens of thousands of deaths every year.

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Cases of Dengue Drop 91 Percent Due to Genetically Modified Mosquitoes [View all] HuckleB Jul 2016 OP

They'd try to manufacture vague bullshit fears skepticscott Jul 2016 #1

Surprisingly, or perhaps not, it is posted in the science group. HuckleB Jul 2016 #2

I'm waiting to hear about the effectiveness of the vaccine Warpy Jul 2016 #3

Yeah, I wondered about that too. progressoid Jul 2016 #4