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		throwaway290 on Sept 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bedbug crisis sparks political row in Paris as ins... This is awesome. Now I wonder if I'm similarly wrong about mosquitoes... (edit: those suckers do of course transmit, malaria and so on, but not sure about other diseases like hiv or hepatitis, haven't heard of mosquitoes as vector?)

Cockbrand on Sept 30, 2023 [–]

Unfortunately not, they're considered "the world's deadliest animal"

https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/2019/world-deadlies...

[Edit: posted before your edit. Bonus points for the "suckers" pun :) ]

throwaway290 on Sept 30, 2023 | [–]

Yeah I realized after posting that "do mosquitoes transmit?" is a silly question:)

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