Just some epistemic hygiene: Janet Fang is a journalist, this quote is from a (good) non-scientific article, and the basis for this statement is a collection of (mostly expert) opinions.
I happen to share this opinion, but I don’t think this quote should be given very much weight in anyone’s risk evaluation.
— “A world without mosquitoes”
(Louie links that in his post, but it’s only one link out of 14, so I am rescuing it.)
Just some epistemic hygiene: Janet Fang is a journalist, this quote is from a (good) non-scientific article, and the basis for this statement is a collection of (mostly expert) opinions.
I happen to share this opinion, but I don’t think this quote should be given very much weight in anyone’s risk evaluation.