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Why does the author call OX513A an elegant approach to the health crisis

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Because he is approaching a "health crisis" and it needs to be approached by someone already so why not approach now rather than later


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The author is explaining the relevance of advanced medicine in a near future and he calls this as an elegant approach.

Step-by-step explanation:

OX513A is a laboratory designed male mosquito (Aedes Aegypti). This insect is designed to pass to the female mosquito a lethal gene that makes their offsprings die, this special insect was tested in Florida to fight againts Zika infected mosquitoes. The author is seeing this solution as an elegant approach to heath crisis.

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