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Scientists develop 'mosquito STD' to combat malaria (phys.org)
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[–] moodymellodrone@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 days ago

"Mosquitoes are the world's deadliest animal. It's believed that they alone, by transmitting disease, have killed half of all human beings who have ever lived,"

That’s a crazy stat, man.