then you could spread the pesticide (and not other pesticides) in the region
This would affect other insects in addition to the targeted mosquitoes, right? This seems strictly worse than the original gene drive proposition to me.
You could use a more targeted pesticide. Also, people are already spraying pesticides to kill disease carrying mosquitos. I’m not saying it’s a better option from a scientific/engineering/logic perspective, just that it should be something to do market research on to see if the target populations are less irrationally creeped out by it.
This would affect other insects in addition to the targeted mosquitoes, right? This seems strictly worse than the original gene drive proposition to me.
You could use a more targeted pesticide. Also, people are already spraying pesticides to kill disease carrying mosquitos. I’m not saying it’s a better option from a scientific/engineering/logic perspective, just that it should be something to do market research on to see if the target populations are less irrationally creeped out by it.