Avi Norowitz comments on Transgenic mosquitoes, update Effective Altruism Policy Analytics

[Avi Norowitz]

Ashwin,

Oxitec takes the following strategy:

1. Issue repeated releases of large numbers of male transgenic mosquitoes over 4-6 months to suppress the mosquito population to very low levels.

2. Issue repeated releases of lower numbers of male mosquitoes after that to prevent resurgence of the mosquito population.

See this video, starting from 4:50:

https://​​www.youtube.com/​​watch?v=5XGcYoeHMMY#t=4m50s

Avi