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by thret 5194 days ago
Species die out every day, and they will continue to do so with our without our help. That's natural selection. Deliberate genocide is an irrevocable step in theory, but with something as ubiquitous as the mosquito it's unlikely to ever be completely successful.

That said, it's doubtful their extinction would cause any other species immediate trouble. What it will do is save hundreds of millions of human lives.