advertisementadvertisementBy Judith Lewis Mernit  is an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political, and social issues.advertisementadvertisementThe Aedes aegypti mosquito, a black and white-spotted insect no longer than the width of a human fingernail, sickens more people every year than the novel coronavirus, influenza and cancer combined. It lands lightly on an infected host and carries its potentially deadly payload – in the form of any number of viruses – to its next victim without a sound. Unlike other, less lethal...…advertisementadvertisementBy Judith Lewis Mernit  is an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political, and social issues.advertisementadvertisementThe Aedes aegypti mosquito, a black and white-spotted insect no longer than the width of a human fingernail, sickens more people every year than the novel coronavirus, influenza and cancer combined. It lands lightly on an infected host and carries its potentially deadly payload – in the form of any number of viruses – to its next victim without a sound. Unlike other, less lethal...WW…