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2023-06-11 21:58:44 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The World Mosquito Program is run by Monash University https://www.monash.edu/industry/why-work-with-us/success-stories/dengue and has multiple funding sources https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/monash-at-the-frontier-of-health-innovation https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/change-it.-for-good.-new-campaign-council-chair-extends-commitment-in-support-of-world-mosquito-program https://gillespie.foundation/about-the-foundation/ https://www.gatesnotes.com/Mosquito-Factory https://www.gatesnotes.com/Why-I-Gave-Blood-to-Defeat-Dengue-Mosquito-Week The mosquitoes are not genetically modified. https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/learn/faqs https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-mosquitos-idUSL1N2LM0WT The mosquitos carry Wolbachia bacteria, a natural insect pathogen. Only male mosquitos (which do not bite) are released. https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/work/wolbachia-method https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/mosquito-control/community/emerging-methods/wolbachia.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6944334/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2030243

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• The World Mosquito Program is run by Monash University https://www.monash.edu/industry/why-work-with-us/success-stories/dengue and has multiple funding sources https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/monash-at-the-frontier-of-health-innovation https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/change-it.-for-good.-new-campaign-council-chair-extends-commitment-in-support-of-world-mosquito-program https://gillespie.foundation/about-the-foundation/ https://www.gatesnotes.com/Mosquito-Factory https://www.gatesnotes.com/Why-I-Gave-Blood-to-Defeat-Dengue-Mosquito-Week The mosquitoes are not genetically modified. https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/learn/faqs https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-mosquitos-idUSL1N2LM0WT The mosquitos carry Wolbachia bacteria, a natural insect pathogen. Only male mosquitos (which do not bite) are released. https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/work/wolbachia-method https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/mosquito-control/community/emerging-methods/wolbachia.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6944334/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2030243