Mosquito Misery

The idea that anyone might be working on a plan to eradicate an entire species (1:43) is one that would raise some serious concerns.

But what if the species in question were one or more variants of mosquitoes?

Mosquitoes transmit diseases that kill thousands of people around the world every year, so finding a way to address that problem is certainly important.

The video brings forward a number of important ideas around health, technology, poverty, financial opportunity, risk, and the environment.

Try coming up with some basic questions, and then adding to them some follow-up questions. Can you anticipate answers based on information you find online to your questions?

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Google’s Parent Has a Plan to Eliminate Mosquitoes Worldwide by Bloomberg on Bloomberg (1:43)

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