Dengue will 'take off' in southern Europe, US, Africa this decade, WHO scientist says

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Dengue will 'take off' in southern Europe, US, Africa this decade, WHO scientist says
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Can we genophage the mosquitoes now?

For too long humanity has suffered at the hands of these creatures. Its time for us to fight back and mess with their reproduction.

There's work being done on something better still.

https://iepi.mcmaster.ca/research/pillars-of-research/innovation-emerging-technologies/research-syntheses/transmissible-vaccines/

"Transmissible vaccination is a type of inoculation that targets wild animals and can spread between hosts autonomously, with the goal of preventing transmission of animal pathogens to human populations."

Do you want zombie apocalypse? Because that's how you get zombie apocalypse.