Malaria-carrying mosquitoes are expected to breed faster and bite more often as temperatures increase. (Photo: Pixnio)
By Shüné Oliver – 22 Apr 2025
Wouldn’t it be better for us all if mosquitoes disappeared. One answer is that it would save about 500,000 lives per year, but that’s not the whole story.
Most people in the world absolutely hate mosquitoes. Personally, I don’t mind them – they don’t really bite me, so they do not bother me that much. This is not the case for most people, who cannot stand the itchy bites and annoying noise mosquitoes make…