DanielLC comments on Fighting Mosquitos - Less Wrong

17 Post author: ChristianKl 16 October 2014 11:53AM

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Comment author: Emile 16 October 2014 08:56:44PM 4 points [-]

Let's find out! Who deserves to die?

Human-biting mosquitoes?

Bed bugs?

Headlice?

Fleas?

Ticks?

Cockroaches?

Tapeworms?

Colorado potato beetles?

Boll Weevils?

Rats?

Submitting...

Comment author: DanielLC 17 October 2014 03:03:15AM 2 points [-]

I'm thinking schistosoma haematobium, schistosoma mansoni, or hookworm. Those are what SCI is working against, which is one of GiveWell's top-rated charities. They're the only animals besides mosquitoes that I've been told harm humans in an Effective Altruism context.