I haven’t looked into this at all, but the effect of eradication efforts (whether through gene drive or the traditional sterile insect technique) is that screwworm stop reproducing and cease to exist, not that they die anguishing deaths.
Thanks, Mathias. Just to clarify, my “decrease in welfare” was referring to screwworms with positive lives ceasing to exist, not to their deaths.
I haven’t looked into this at all, but the effect of eradication efforts (whether through gene drive or the traditional sterile insect technique) is that screwworm stop reproducing and cease to exist, not that they die anguishing deaths.
Thanks, Mathias. Just to clarify, my “decrease in welfare” was referring to screwworms with positive lives ceasing to exist, not to their deaths.