I would take a drug that makes my blood poison to mosquitos, even if it doesn’t work fast enough to protect me personally.

In fact, I would pay out-of-pocket for such a drug. I am proof that a consumer biotech market exists for pure mosquito spite

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Malaria control and elimination is threatened by the spread of insecticide resistance
and behavioral adaptation of vectors. Whether mass administration of ivermectin, a
broad-spectrum antiparasitic...

Ivermectin to Control Malaria — A Cluster-Randomized Trial | NEJM

Malaria control and elimination is threatened by the spread of insecticide resistance and behavioral adaptation of vectors. Whether mass administration of ivermectin, a broad-spectrum antiparasitic...

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