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Are there any elements of human progress that don't carry this risk?



No, I suppose not. But it just sets off warning bells when someone says there's "no risk" in an endeavor that hasn't been tried before.

The only way to "undo" this I can think of is to introduce large enough swarms of natural mosquitos to overwhelm the population of GMO mosquitos. Now, you're worse off than before. So fingers crossed that it works. It'll be a great achievement though if it does.




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