GM Mosquitoes to deliver vaccines.
What if you don't consent?
For several years, the gov has threatened the release of 750M Genetically Modified (GM) mosquitoes in the FL keys to combat dengue. Hal and I lived there 25 years, never a case of dengue. Then in the late 2000s, there were a few (conveeeeenient) cases in one year. That’s enough justification to release the franken-squitoes in the US.
It took years to be able to accomplish, but in 2021, the GM mosquitoes were finally released in the keys.
They’ve been released in other countries since at least 2009, all releases deemed a failure at stopping dengue (see links below). But apparently that’s of little concern. Possibly because stopping dengue was never the endgame.
Trial testing GM mosquitoes to deliver vaccines is equivalent to gain of function research. Unnecessary, unethical and breaks the Nuremberg Code.
What else could you deliver with this technology?
Oxitec is the company that created these little creatures. It gets funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill Gates on CNBC in 2019: My ‘best investment’ turned $10 billion into $200 billion worth of economic benefit
ARTICLES
Excellent resources:
Responsible Technology, Jeffrey Smith founder https://responsibletechnology.org/?s=mosquito
GM Watch: https://www.gmwatch.org/en/search?searchword=mosquito&searchphrase=all
2022 Oct 2: SCIENTISTS TRICKED MOSQUITOES INTO DELIVERING VACCINES TO HUMANS https://responsibletechnology.org/scientists-tricked-mosquitoes-into-delivering-vaccines-to-humans/
2021 Oct 13 WHAT DO GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES, APPLES AND SALMON HAVE IN COMMON? https://responsibletechnology.org/what-do-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-apples-and-salmon-have-in-common/
2021 Jan 11: RESEARCH EXPOSES NEW HEALTH RISKS OF GENETICALLY EDITED MOSQUITOS AND SALMON https://responsibletechnology.org/research-exposes-new-health-risks-of-genetically-edited-mosquitos-and-salmon/
2020 Aug 19: RESEARCH EXPOSES NEW HEALTH RISKS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES AND SALMON https://responsibletechnology.org/research-exposes-new-health-risks-of-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-and-salmon/
2019 Nov 18: CAYMANS RESEARCH UNIT TO STOP RELEASING GM MOSQUITOES https://responsibletechnology.org/caymans-research-unit-to-stop-releasing-gm-mosquitoes/
2009: GM mosquitoes released in Cayman Islands, experiment deemed a failure. https://www.gmwatch.org/en/main-menu/news-menu-title/archive/99-2019/18918-oxitec-s-failed-gm-mosquito-releases-worldwide
2013: Brazil: Transgenic Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Transfer Genes into a Natural Population https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-49660-6 Approximately 450 thousand OX513A males were released each week June 2013 through September 2015. That’s about 18 weeks so over 8M mosquitoes.
2016: A new mosquito-borne illness has been detected in Haiti https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article102113052.html (I figure Haiti’s gotta be on the release list)
2017: New documents show Oxitec’s GM mosquitoes ineffective and risky https://www.gmwatch.org/en/main-menu/news-menu-title/archive/91-2017/17828-new-documents-show-oxitec-s-gm-mosquitoes-ineffective-and-risky
2018 Jan: Oxitec hopeful for GM mosquito release this year https://www.flkeysnews.com/news/local/article195745094.html
2018 April: A dear Key West friend was gathering signatures to stop it. She got 250k, sent them to the FDA, they lost them. She did it again and took these to DC to turn them in and she was found dead in a pool:
Miami Herald: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article208567304.html
Derrick Broze: https://www.activistpost.com/2018/04/florida-activist-who-fought-release-of-gm-mosquitoes-found-dead-in-hotel-pool.html
2018 May: New evidence of failure of Oxitec's GM mosquito trials https://www.gmwatch.org/en/main-menu/news-menu-title/archive/96-2018/18275-new-evidence-of-failure-of-oxitec-s-gm-mosquito-trials “GeneWatch UK today published a new briefing on Oxitec's GM mosquitoes(1), which have been released in open air experiments in the Cayman Islands, Panama, and Brazil. The briefing includes new evidence recently released as a result of Freedom of Information requests, which shows that scientists at the Mosquito Control and Research Unit (MRCU) in the Cayman Islands who have access to the experimental data believe there has been "no significant reduction in the abundance of Aedes aegypti in the release area".”
2018 Nov 16: Africa doesn't need GMO mosquitoes, says African scientist https://www.gmwatch.org/en/main-menu/news-menu-title/archive/96-2018/18589-africa-doesn-t-need-gmo-mosquitoes-says-african-scientist
2018 Nov 23: Cayman Islands: Minister claims GM mosquitoes didn’t work https://caymannewsservice.com/2018/11/gm-mosquitoes-didnt-work/
2018 Nov 25: Africa GM mosquito trial sparks ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ lab fears https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/25/gm-mosquitoes-released-burkina-faso-malaria-gene-drive
2018 Nov 25: GM mosquito pilot abandoned as officials admit it did not work https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/11/25/gm-mosquito-pilot-abandoned-officials-admit-did-not-work/
2019 Feb: NPR reports on the mosquito: https://www.npr.org/2019/02/20/696172467/morning-news-brief — scroll down to the mosquito section: “And these mosquitoes carry something called a gene drive. And the gene drive is what makes them spread their mutation so fast. And what this mutation does is it turns all the female mosquitoes into kind of mutants. They're kind of half female, half male. So they can't bite. Their mouths are like male mosquitoes, and that means they can't spread malaria. And they're also sterile, so they can't lay eggs. So the idea is that, you know, if you release them in Africa, they can sterilize the local population of mosquitoes and spread this mutation. And hopefully, you know, help eradicate malaria.”
2019 July 3: Africa: Civil society groups denounce release of GM mosquitoes in Burkina Faso https://www.gmwatch.org/en/main-menu/news-menu-title/archive/99-2019/19022-civil-society-groups-denounce-release-of-gm-mosquitoes-in-burkina-faso A group of 43 civil society organisations from Africa and around the world has denounced the release of genetically modified (GM) “male-sterile” mosquitoes in Burkina Faso. The GM mosquitoes were released in the village of Bana on 1 July 2019 by the Target Malaria research consortium, which is funded by the Gates Foundation.[1]
2019 Sep 11: Genetically engineered mosquitoes out of control in Brazil https://www.gmwatch.org/en/main-menu/news-menu-title/archive/99-2019/19127-genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-out-of-control
2020 Aug 20: 750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes approved for release in Florida Keys https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/health/gmo-mosquitoes-approved-florida-scn-wellness/index.html
2020 Aug 21: 750 Million GM Mosquitoes Will Be Released in the Florida Keys https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/750-million-gm-mosquitoes-will-be-released-in-the-florida-keys-67855
2021 Feb 25: When and where will millions of mosquitoes be released? Here are details for Florida Keys https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article249461700.html
2021 Apr 29: They were eventually released: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/04/29/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-released-florida-keys-first-us/4876624001/
2023 Jul 31: Now we know why: https://principia-scientific.com/nih-funded-study-just-vaccinated-a-human-using-genetically-modified-mosquitoes/
Anybody remember the episode on “FRINGE” when Dr. Walter B said he experimented with mosquitoes ? I believe was the 70s era. (Great Show) 😉