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Mosquitoes: Should We Just Wipe Them Out?
ResumeThe diseases carried by mosquitoes kill hundreds of thousands of people a year, and now there are new concerns about the Zika virus, for which there is no vaccine. So it seems like a simple question: Why not just eradicate all mosquitoes? Scientists say it's not that simple. Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with British researcher Dr. Philip McCall.
- The Guardian: Should we wipe mosquitoes off the face of the Earth?
Guest
- Dr. Philip McCall, Everett-Dutton Reader in Medical Entomology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
This segment aired on February 29, 2016.