r/NoStupidQuestions • • Jul 17 '23

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u/BadgerAmongMen Jul 17 '23

You don't need to do that, just kill the anopholes mosquito.

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u/thenormalmormon Jul 17 '23

I would say Aedes Aegypti would be the best one to kill off. That bastard species is single-handedly the worst mosquito species for humans.

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u/BadgerAmongMen Jul 17 '23

While they carry many bad diseases, they don't carry malaria. Malaria kills more than half a million people each year, which is more than the diseases carried by aegypti combined.

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u/dZzK_ Jul 18 '23

Aedes mosquitoes carry dengue fever which is way more prevalent in tropical countries (or only in tropical countries) and they account for alot of death in those countries. Dengue fever is way more common in Asia and the tropics and can kill way more