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		dubcanada on May 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mosquitoes kill more than 700k people every year (... Not it's not. They're saying that 1,000,000 is the number for mosquitos, not because they kill people but their a carrier of disease. What they are asking is do we consider other animals in the same capacity, such as, does the number beside humans include human transmittable diseases (HIV for example). Seems like a reasonable question.

ravenstine on May 29, 2020 [–]

> Seems like a reasonable question.

Just to be clear, I think it's a perfectly reasonable question. A rational question can still contain a potential flaw.

But I did misunderstand what they were asking.

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