Re: Having had Dengue Fever,
"It’s an invasive species originating in Africa" so getting rid of it from there just puts things back the way they were.
But this could be (and has been) used elsewhere. It may have side effects, but it's far easier to do than trying to replace with an engineered species. For a start it would take huge amounts of money and time to create such a species and then get approval for its release into the wild. And there would be massive protests at the release (from people who don't live in areas those diseases affect).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
