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2023-06-30 13:19:28 UTC - HELPFUL
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&hyphen-minus;The mosquitos carry Wolbachia, a bacteria https://www.gatesnotes.com/Mosquito-Factory -They've been releasing regularly since 2011 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6944334/ -According to the CDC, the mosquitos themselves are not genetically modified and only male mosquitos are released. Male mosquitos don't bite, they feed off nectar from flowers https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/mosquito-control/community/emerging-methods/wolbachia.html https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2030243 https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/work/wolbachia-method
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