What If We Killed All the Mosquitoes?

With the Zika virus in the news, some people have wondered why we don't just kill them ALL.Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowDooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Fatima Iqbal, Linnea Boyev, Kathy & Tim Philip, Kevin Bealer, Justin Lentz, Chris Peters, and Philippe von Bergen.----------Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow----------Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishowTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishowTumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.comInstagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow----------Sources:History of War against Mosquitoes/DDThttp://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a/box/1.html http://www.panna.org/resources/ddt-story http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ddt-use-to-combat-malaria/ Ecological Impactshttp://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a.html http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1815/20151549 http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/aedes_communis.shtml Zika Mosquitohttp://www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/index.html http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11605&Itemid=0&lang=en RNA Molecular Pesticide (killing)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18533434?dopt=Abstract&holding=npg Transgenic Male Mosquitoes -- self-limiting gene, kills offspring (killing) http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003864 http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003999http://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-insects-gmo-idUSKBN0U000820151217http://www.oxitec.com/faqs/ Transgenic Mosquitoes -- gene drive, Anopheles (resistance to parasite) http://www.pnas.org/content/112/49/E6736http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-malaria-20151121-story.html http://www.nature.com/news/gene-drive-mosquitoes-engineered-to-fight-malaria-1.18858#/b2http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/11/gene-drive-turns-insects-malaria-fighters Wolbachia -- bacteria infection, Aedes (resistance to virus) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-tiny-bacterium-called-wolbachia-could-defeat-dengue/http://www.eliminatedengue.com/our-research/wolbachia http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23133693 Wolbachia Parasite Superinfection -- preventing potential viral resistance http://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2016-02/p-wps021116.phphttps://www.plos.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ppat-12-2-Joubert.pdf Images:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aedes_aegypti_CDC-Gathany.jpghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anopheles_stephensi.jpeghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolbachia.pnghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeetlrg.gifhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DDT_Powder.jpg