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@Infoseepage<\/a> I suspect you could reduce the mosquito population but not rid the whole island of them -- mosquitos bite a lot of animals so there's a big reservoir of unpoison blood to eat. (Which may be why some of the field trials with people weren't stellar)<\/p>

Not sure it'd be good ecologically, mosquitos are food for a bunch of things, but I admit that's something I think I could live with.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-09:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/weatherishappening.network\/users\/wordshaper\/statuses\/114994817455094787","object":{"id":"https:\/\/weatherishappening.network\/users\/wordshaper\/statuses\/114994817455094787","objectType":"note","content":"

@Infoseepage<\/a> I suspect you could reduce the mosquito population but not rid the whole island of them -- mosquitos bite a lot of animals so there's a big reservoir of unpoison blood to eat. (Which may be why some of the field trials with people weren't stellar)<\/p>

Not sure it'd be good ecologically, mosquitos are food for a bunch of things, but I admit that's something I think I could live with.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/10738200","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Infoseepage"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-08:objectType=thread:nonce=c2288a41bae6b2f9","notice_info":{"local_id":"10738200","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-08T20:33:30+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/10738200"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/weatherishappening.network\/users\/wordshaper","displayName":"Dan Sugalski","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/205809-original-tmp20260330180847.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/205809-96-20260331162455.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/205809-48-20260330231741.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/205809-24-20260331162455.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"205809"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/205809-96-20260331162455.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Guy who bakes, snarks, writes, and codes.Currently at Google (my second search engine employer!), previously at Bloomberg.One time Perl 6 pumpking, lo these many years ago, as well as core perl contributor and part-time VMS perl port maintainer. I have written the occasional article, mostly on perl. (but once upon a time long ago on the Amiga. Those were the days...)Cute little pie avatar commissioned from https:\/\/socel.net\/@heyheymomoCurrently not in France. Dammit.","url":"https:\/\/weatherishappening.network\/@wordshaper","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"wordshaper","displayName":"Dan Sugalski","note":"Guy who bakes, snarks, writes, and codes.Currently at Google (my second search engine employer!), previously at Bloomberg.One time Perl 6 pumpking, lo these many years ago, as well as core perl contributor and part-time VMS perl port maintainer. I have written the occasional article, mostly on perl. (but once upon a time long ago on the Amiga. Those were the days...)Cute little pie avatar commissioned from https:\/\/socel.net\/@heyheymomoCurrently not in France. Dammit."}},"content":"

Holy shit, if this pans out that would be *amazing*.<\/p>

The tldw is that when mosquitos take a blood meal from someone on ivermectin, ~50% of the mosquitoes just... die within 2 days, and none of the mosquitos laid eggs. There's also some (conflicting) indications that it inhibits plasmodium reproduction. (y'know, the parasite that causes malaria) Plus ivermectin's cheap and generally safe.<\/p>

Current modeling says 3 doses over 3 months could reduce new malaria cases by 71%.<\/p>

https:\/\/youtu.be\/tD8cqvlC0BE<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-09:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/weatherishappening.network\/users\/wordshaper\/statuses\/114994421612883987","object":{"id":"https:\/\/weatherishappening.network\/users\/wordshaper\/statuses\/114994421612883987","objectType":"note","content":"

Holy shit, if this pans out that would be *amazing*.<\/p>

The tldw is that when mosquitos take a blood meal from someone on ivermectin, ~50% of the mosquitoes just... die within 2 days, and none of the mosquitos laid eggs. There's also some (conflicting) indications that it inhibits plasmodium reproduction. (y'know, the parasite that causes malaria) Plus ivermectin's cheap and generally safe.<\/p>

Current modeling says 3 doses over 3 months could reduce new malaria cases by 71%.<\/p>

https:\/\/youtu.be\/tD8cqvlC0BE<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/weatherishappening.network\/@wordshaper\/114994421612883987","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-08-08:objectType=thread:nonce=c2288a41bae6b2f9","notice_info":{"local_id":"10737654","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-08-08T19:23:38+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/weatherishappening.network\/@wordshaper\/114994421612883987"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5471501","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}