Question

Has Oxitec done enough to reassure the residents of Key West that it would be safe to release OX513A into their community? Identify the evidence and inferences you used to draw this conclusion

Answer 1

Oxitec developed a genetically modified version of the yellow fever mosquito to help control the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases.

How do the reactions of the Juazeiro residents to the use of OX513A?

• The question concerns dengue viruses infected by mosquitoes and how it was treated differently in two different places.

• In Brazilian city, Juazeiro, there is an insect research facility which uses a mosquito against mosquitoes.

• A mosquito named OX513A is an unharmful mosquito which destroys harmful mosquitoes carrying dengue virus. For the same situation, in Key West, Florida people were not okay with the introduction of the new insect.

• The center of the disagreement was actually people's fear.It was fear that was driving them to go against the new methodology. However, the new solution was much better alternative.  

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