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Google’s life sciences unit is releasing 20 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes in Fresno

Verily, the life science’s arm of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has hatched a plan to release about 20 million lab-made, bacteria-infected mosquitos upon Fresno, California — and that’s a good thing!

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    Wolbachia bacteria is harmless to humans. And they only infect male mosquitoes which don’t bite. I am very optimistic about this plan.

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