Bill Gates-Funded Company Releases Genetically Modified Mosquitoes in US
BY ISABEL VAN BRUGEN
May 7, 2021 Updated: May 7, 2021
https://www.lucianne.com/2021/05/08/bill...n_us_59695.html

Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released for the first time in the United States as part of an experiment to combat insect-borne diseases such as Dengue fever, yellow fever, and the Zika virus.

UK-based biotechnology firm Oxitec, which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said it released the mosquitoes in six locations in Monroe County’s Florida Keys: two on Cudjoe Key, one on Ramrod Key, and three on Vaca Key.

It’s part of an effort to help tackle a disease-transmitting invasive mosquito population—the Aedes aegypti mosquito species—that’s responsible for “virtually all mosquito-borne diseases transmitted to humans,” according to the company.

These mosquitoes make up about 4 percent of the mosquito population in the Keys, and transmit dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and other human diseases, as well as heartworm and other potentially deadly diseases to pets and other animals.[...]

The project has faced backlash from residents, who say their consent was not sought for the experiment.-- excerpt, rest at link above --