Mosquitoes are CDC's top story of the year
On Monday, the mosquito replaced COVID-19.
As the CDC’s top story of the year.
The Center for Disease Control called the mosquito:
“The world’s deadliest animal.”
Rather than an insect.
Half the world’s population is at risk of getting a fatal disease transmitted by mosquitoes.
According to a press release dated Nov. 30th from the World Health Organization (WHO).
https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/2020/wmd2020.html
Mosquitoes.
Source of next year’s pandemic.
Zika is back?
The CDC’s story in their weekly newsletter:
https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/newsletter/2020/december-21-2020.html
The EPA released billions of mosquitoes in Florida and Texas on June 9th.
The details are here:
Using mosquitoes to kill mosquitoes.
To reduce chemical use of pesticides.
The bad?
The genetically modified mosquitoes failed to work.
Whoops!
It increased rather than decreased their population.
Spreading diseases like Zika even faster.
To wider areas throughout the country.
Get ready for the vaccine commercials during football games.
Other sources
https://www.theverge.com/22197008/cdc-mosquitoes-top-story-global-health
Associated Press:
“CDC director says eradicating Zika-carrying mosquitoes in Miami difficult”:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-zika-miami-florida-20160802-story.html
Updated April 17th