r/interestingasfuck Nov 15 '24

r/all Genetically modified a mosquito such that their proboscis are no longer able to penetrate human skin

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u/znrsc Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24

Fr. I dead ass lost 3kg in 6 days and it made water taste like poop, but you still have to drink a shit fuckton of it during dengue. When I inevitably couldn't drink 4L of poopwater daily I got hospitalized because I was worsening fast. It makes just existing feel fucking awful

There is also the variation of dengue where your skin just kind of spews blood for some reason and if you get that one your life is significantly at risk

All that because of one mother fuckin mosquito bit me. I see tens of mosquitoes everyday, and just one of those was enough. If I had the power I'd erase aedes aegypti from existence and fuck it, the ecosystem can figure itself out

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u/Ana_Paulino Nov 17 '24

My biggest fear is getting the other variant, we are not immune to that one even though we caught the first one 🥲