Results: Mosquito Mayhem
A couple months ago, Google released mosquitoes into the state of Florida, stating the reason for doing so as to protect people from mosquito borne diseases. However, there has also been an ongoing debate for many years regarding how invasive species affect the environment.
1.
1.
Do you believe Google's releasing of mosquitoes will have a positive or negative effect on the ecosystem? Mostly positive.
4%
•
42 votes
Somewhat positive.
6%
•
57 votes
Not sure.
56%
•
532 votes
Somewhat negative.
10%
•
98 votes
Mostly negative.
23%
•
223 votes
2.
2.
Do you believe private corporations should have the right to release a mass amount of creatures into the wild? Yes
11%
•
107 votes
No
89%
•
845 votes
3.
3.
Do you believe it is more important to protect the environment, or protect people from mosquito borne diseases? Protecting the environment is more important.
21%
•
204 votes
Protecting people is more important.
47%
•
452 votes
Not sure.
31%
•
296 votes
4.
4.
In the long run, do you believe this move by Google will actually prevent mosquito borne diseases? Yes
8%
•
72 votes
No
38%
•
357 votes
Undecided
40%
•
383 votes
Not Applicable
15%
•
140 votes
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