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Not certain if the quantity of fluid would be adequate, but why couldn't we use mosquitos to spread vaccines for common 3rd world ailments like yellow fever, mumps, etc in places where needles and doctors are rare?
Mosquito: A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe
http://thedailychan.../books/mosquito.htm
This is a great book. I bought it because I heard the author interviewed last summer on NPR. He considers the mosquito to be a pretty bad critter, indeed. [bristolz, Jan 03 2002, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Looks like they're trying something like this..
https://www.nih.gov...uito-vaccine-tested
Hmm... [RayfordSteele, May 22 2021]
BAKED!!!
https://www.npr.org...rial-thats-not-a-jo
Woohoo! [RayfordSteele, Sep 22 2022]
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It sounds familiar to me, too. |
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Mosquitos don't put fluid in, they take fluid out. In the process, some leaks sometimes, but not even as much as a small shot would be. |
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Besides, it would be impossible to train them to land at 'refill' stations to reload. |
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What's with all the newbies? |
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hypothetically speaking....what if the skeeter carrying West Nile Virus got to the horse before the skeeter carrying the vaccine? |
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PeterSealy, I've seen HB mentioned in the links section in this months PCformat (UK edition). May account for some. |
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UnaBubba: As I said, some backwash occurrs. It's not enough to be a vaccination, even though it's enough to infect someone with a disease. <I doubt it's one bite that does it anyway...> |
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When I sit basking
On this flat stone resting
The mosquitoes are biting
And biting, and biting
And vaccinating. |
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Most excellent research... |
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