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A new front is opening in the intensifying economic and diplomatic competition between the United States and China: human DNA.
“I think we're just seeing the leading edge of it,” retired Lt. Gen. Thomas Spoehr, director of the Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense, told the Washington Examiner. "Everybody knows that we ought not to be sharing technical data on hypersonics, directed energy, things like that. This is one of those things that people haven't thought of.”
They’re thinking about it now. FBI officials are wary of letting scientists with ties to the Chinese government study the DNA data that American researchers use to develop cutting-edge medicines
China's Communist authorities are already collecting DNA data on a massive scale, using genetic information to tighten surveillance on Uighur Muslims, a repressed ethnic and religious minority. And last year, a Chinese doctor aided the birth of “the world’s first known gene-edited babies," an operation that drew international condemnation because he had modified the DNA in their embryos “to try making them resistant to their father’s HIV infection,” as the Wall Street Journal explained.
It’s theoretically possible to combine those concepts “to make people super-soldiers,” according to Spoehr, a former commandant at the Army’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School. If researchers can identify parts of DNA that make some people better athletes than others, for example, and it's possible — though widely condemned as unethical — to edit DNA to encourage or suppress certain qualities, governments around the world might consider "engineering biological weapons" and soldiers to resist their effects.
China wants to make the country’s Uighurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group, more subservient to the Communist Party. It has detained up to one million people in what China calls “re-education” camps, drawing condemnation from human rights groups and a threat of sanctions from the Trump administration.
Collecting genetic material is a key part of China’s campaign, according to human rights groups and Uighur activists. They say a comprehensive DNA database could be used to chase down any Uighurs who resist conforming to the campaign.
To bolster their DNA capabilities, scientists affiliated with China’s police used equipment made by Thermo Fisher, a Massachusetts company. For comparison with Uighur DNA, they also relied on genetic material from people around the world that was provided by Kenneth Kidd, a prominent Yale University geneticist
BGI Genomics—the Chinese Communist Party-linked genomics firm flagged by U.S. officials as “mining” the DNA of Americans—has collaborated extensively with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
In addition to the Obama administration enabling the firm to gain a foothold in the U.S., the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation played a critical role in BGI’s American expansion.
Having contributed to the Human Genome Project as well as sequencing the genomes of many critical plant and animal species and human diseases, including the initial sequencing of the rice genome as well as our involvement in the Rice 10,000 Genome Project, the 1,000 Plants and Animals Genome Project, the International 1,000 genomes project, the 1,000 Rare Diseases Project, the International Cancer Genome Project, Autism Genome 10K, among others, BGI looks forward to partnering with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in this significant collaboration to apply genomics research to benefit global human health.”
It would appear the COVID-19 crisis has helped BGI and the Gates Foundation step into the role of influencing and transforming international health policy.
the Gates Foundation has also funded BGI projects relating to genome sequencing alongside Chinese Communist Party bodies such as the Ministry of Science and Technology and Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Similarly, Dr. Tadataka Yamada, the former president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s global health program, serves as the Chairman of BGI’s Scientific Advisory Board.”
The company has regularly partnered with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. BGI and the PLA’s Academy of Military Medical Science share a dozen patents for DNA tests. Coincidentally, Reuters notes that one patent from 2015 is for a “low-cost test kit to detect respiratory pathogens, including SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and coronaviruses.”
The danger of COVID-19 tests being used as a method for gathering genomic data on the unsuspecting public is part of a larger conversation about the dangers posed by genealogy companies generally. Millions of people around the world have voluntarily submitted their DNA in exchange for information about their ancestry. The vast majority of the users of these companies, such as Ancestry and 23andMe, do not read the Terms of Service which outline how the genealogy firms can use the data.
One of the ways this data is used is to sell it to biotech companies who are interested in developing new drugs and therapies. Clearly, there are governments and militaries who also have an interest in collecting this data.
originally posted by: PokeyJoe
a reply to: carewemust
It really boggles the mind that these people would rather support bold faced lies and positions the KNOW to be false, all in an effort to own Trump. He has been proven right about so many things that he was denigrated for in the media and by the Dems. Its like almost weekly revelations are coming out proving Trump right once again, and they are just ignored or "fact-checked" and people act like it never happened.
I want off the crazy fugging ride. Its bad for my mental health.
originally posted by: AndyFromMichigan
originally posted by: carewemust
originally posted by: AndyFromMichigan
originally posted by: crankyoldman
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Never interfere with the enemy when Joe is in the leadership position, it is both hilarious and highly effective at creating a Dark To Light scenario.
Consider this. That idiot is likely to get a state funeral.
On the flip side at least Hunter finally gets the recognition he deserves for his fine art skills.
Hunter Biden’s abstract art to sell for $500K to ‘anonymous’ and ‘confidential’ collectors
This horror show was/is needed because some peeps are still asleep. Consider that, we needed THIS fiasco and still folks are just not getting it = Comatose.
Would you believe I saw Oprah Winfrey on TV in the break room today, talking about how Biden is simply not behaving like a president should? It really is becoming obvious to everybody with an ounce of sense that Biden should be in a nursing home, not the White House.
It's overlooked (intentionally), but the New York Times ran an article 3 weeks ago, essentially saying Joe Biden is not mentally well enough to be U.S. President. It was a STUNNER. So much so, even conservative media barely covered it.
Not only does Biden seem to have no real support, but neither does Kamala Harris. Perhaps it's not so strange: She literally slept her way into office, plus she's a former prosecutor, which for your typical leftist these days places her about on part with a cockroach.
originally posted by: EndtheMadnessNow
Dunno if that ^^ is a direct quote but fits with everything else.
twitter.com...
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: Creep Thumper
The New York times says Biden is melting away like a snowman in the Spring.
www.msn.com...
Goodbye and good riddance!
Reuters presented the claims to British Airways, which said they were unfounded and that no such talks were underway with the government.“Our thoughts are with their family and friends,” they said, adding that none of the deaths was linked to vaccines.
The spokesperson, however, confirmed the authenticity of the four condolence books, as four company pilots had recently passed away.
Dianne Marshall, an amateur historian, bible scholar, and author went digging and found that it is actually an Antediluvian term. It means, “In the end we win.” According to Marshall, it was commonly used by the sons of Adam as they fought against the evil and fallen men."
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Chinese-language anti-communist media and Twitter are abuzz this week with rumors that a vice minister of State Security, Dong Jingwei defected in mid-February, flying from Hong Kong to the United States with his daughter, Dong Yang.
Dong Jingwei supposedly gave the U.S. information about the Wuhan Institute of Virology that changed the stance of the Biden Administration concerning the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dong is, or was, a longtime official in China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), also known as the Guoanbu. His publicly available background indicates that he was responsible for the Ministry’s counterintelligence efforts in China, i.e., spy-catching, since being promoted to vice minister in April 2018. If the stories are true, Dong would be the highest-level defector in the history of the People’s Republic of China....
originally posted by: crankyoldman
originally posted by: SideEye2
a reply to: crankyoldman
Well based on another thread here, the Delta variant is coming. So new wave of fear-mongering. Covid's fat lady hasn't sung quite yet.
They will try, it is in their nature, but this is akin to skirmishes after war. The efforts (media driven) will not end, same with terrorism extremists nonsense never ended. The collective has shifted, at least those awake, and they will not tolerate it. The asleep will need more, yes, but habit does not equate to active efforts. Oddly, the Jab creation screwed them, it created a natural choice point AND inhibited the perpetual state of lockdown due to "variants." Too many fires.
Simple test. Those viewing the thread: Are you confused by The Rona variants, fearful? If not, then test is over. Which means, many of you may feel the external fight is over too, no more preaching the perils of jabs and lies, as what is done is done.