• Vandals_handle@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Mosquitos are a vector for pathogens such as parasites or diseases. The parasites or diseases do the killing, not the mosquitos.

    Edit: pluralize

    • FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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      Being afflicted with venom is also a disease. Disease is a very broad word. Viruses are also not alive.