[alwaysdoit]

Why do some people believe that deliberately and carefully trying to fix a problem and inadvertently introducing an unforeseen side-effect is worse than deliberately choosing not to do nothing about a disease that leads to sickness and death?

[chasil]

The introduction of an invasive species can have an overall beneficial effect if carefully evaluated, and there is a lot that can go wrong.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_species#Favorable_e...

It appears that a "gene drive" was introduced into the Florida Keys in this case, and that is much more targeted and specific to a species that it is intended to destroy.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TnzcwTyr6cE