wearechange--2020-05-16--Coronavirus Gives a Dangerous Boost to DARPA’s Darkest Agenda

In January , well before the coronavirus ( Covid-19 ) crisis would result in lockdowns , quarantines and economic devastation in the United States and beyond , the U.S. intelligence community and the Pentagon were working with the National Security Council to create still-classified plans to respond to an imminent pandemic .
It has since been alleged that the intelligence and military intelligence communities knew about a likely pandemic in the United States as early as last November , and potentially even before then .
Given this foreknowledge and the numerous simulations conducted in the United States last year regarding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ six of varying scope and size , it has often been asked – Why did the government not act or prepare if an imminent global pandemic and the shortcomings of any response to such an event were known ?
Though the answer to this question has frequently been written off as mere “ incompetence ” in mainstream media circles , it is worth entertaining the possibility that a crisis was allowed to unfold .
Why would the intelligence community or another faction of the U.S. government knowingly allow a crisis such as this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if one looks at history , as times of crisis have often been used by the U.S. government to implement policies that would normally be rejected by the American public , ranging from censorship of the press to mass surveillance networks .
Though the government response to the September 11 attacks , like the Patriot Act , may be the most accessible example to many Americans , U.S. government efforts to limit the flow of “ dangerous ” journalism and surveil the population go back to as early as the First World War @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Patriot Act after 9/11 or WWI-era civilian “ spy ” networks , did little if anything to protect the homeland , but instead led to increased surveillance and control that persisted long after the crisis that spurred them had ended .
Using this history as a lens , it is possible to look at the current coronavirus crisis to see how the long-standing agendas of ever-expanding mass surveillance and media censorship are again getting a dramatic boost thanks to the chaos unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic .
Yet , this crisis is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boost to a newer yet complimentary agenda that — if fulfilled – would render most , if not all , other government efforts at controlling and subduing their populations obsolete .
For years , the Pentagon ’ s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) has remained largely out of sight and out of mind for most Americans , as their research projects are rarely covered by the mainstream media and , when they are , their projects are often praised as “ bringing science fiction movies to life.
” However , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ marred DARPA ’ s often positive portrayal by media outlets , which paint the agency as a beacon of scientific “ progress ” that has “ changed the world ” for the better .
For instance , in 2018 , a group of European scientists accused the DARPA ’ s “ Insect Allies ” program of actually being a dystopian bioweapons program that would see insects introduce genetically modified viruses into plants to attack and devastate a targeted nation ’ s food supply .
DARPA , of course , maintained that its intent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plants was instead about “ protecting ” the food supply .
Regardless of DARPA ’ s assertions that it is merely a “ defensive ” program , it should be clear to readers that such a technology could easily be used either way , depending on the wielder .
Though DARPA ’ s futuristic weapons of war often get the most attention from media , the agency has long standing interests in tinkering with , not just the biology of plants , but of humans .
DARPA , which is funded to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year , has various avenues through which it pursues these ambitions , with many of those now under the purview of the agency ’ s “ Biological Technologies Office ” ( BTO ) , created in 2014 .
As of late , some of DARPA ’ s human biology and biotech projects at its BTO have been getting a massive PR boost thanks to the current coronavirus crisis , with recent reports even claiming that the agency “ might have created the best hopes for stopping Covid-19.
” Most of these technologies garnering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ developed several years ago .
They include the DARPA-funded platforms used to produce DNA and RNA vaccines , classes of vaccine that has never been approved for human use in the U.S. and involve injecting foreign genetic material into the human body .
Notably , it is this very class of vaccine , now being produced by DARPA-partnered companies , that billionaire and global health “ philanthropist ” Bill Gates recently asserted has him “ most excited ” relative to other Covid-19 vaccine candidates .
Yet , key aspects regarding these vaccines and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been left out of these recent positive reports , likely because they provide a window into what is arguably the agency ’ s darkest agenda .
In 2006 , DARPA announced its Predicting Health and Disease ( PHD ) program , which sought to determine “ whether an individual will develop an infectious disease prior to the onset of symptoms.
” The PHD program planned to accomplish this by “ identifying changes in the baseline state of human health through frequent surveillance ” with a specific focus on “ viral , upper respiratory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2010 , DARPA-funded researchers at Duke University created the foundation for this tool , which would use the genetic analysis of blood samples to determine if someone is infected with a virus before they show symptoms .
Reports at the time claimed that these “ preemptive diagnoses ” would be transmitted to “ a national , web-based influenza map ” available via smartphone .
Following the creation of DARPA ’ s BTO in 2014 , this particular program gave rise to the “ In Vivo Nanoplatforms ( IVN ) ” program .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as IVN : Dx , “ investigates technologies that incorporate implantable nanoplatforms composed of bio-compatible , nontoxic materials ; in vivo sensing of small and large molecules of biological interest ; multiplexed detection of analytes at clinically relevant concentrations ; and external interrogation of the nanoplatforms without using implanted electronics for communication.
” Past reports on the program describe it as developing “ classes of nanoparticles to sense and treat illness , disease , and infection on the inside .
The tech involves implantable nanoparticles which sense specific molecules of biological interest.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ helped to finance and produce “ soft , flexible hydrogels that are injected just beneath the skin to perform [ health ] monitoring and that sync to a smartphone app to give the use immediate health insights , ” a product currently marketed and created by the DARPA-funded and National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) -funded company Profusa .
Profusa , which has received millions upon millions from DARPA in recent years , asserts that the information generated by their injectable biosensor would be “ securely shared ” and accessible to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” However , the current push for a national “ contact tracing ” system based on citizens ’ private health data is likely to expand that data sharing , conveniently fitting with DARPA ’ s years-old goal of creating a national , web-based database of preemptive diagnoses .
Profusa is also backed by Google , which is intimately involved in these new mass surveillance “ contact tracing ” initiatives , and counts former Senate majority leader William Frist among its board members .
They are also partnered with the National Institutes of Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ considerable overlap with the diagnostic company Cepheid , which recently won FDA approval for its rapid coronavirus test and was previously awarded lucrative government contracts to detect anthrax in the U.S. postal system .
As of this past March , Profusa again won DARPA funding to determine if their injectable biosensors can predict future pandemics , including the now widely predicted “ second wave ” of Covid-19 , and detect those infected up to three weeks before they would otherwise show symptoms .
The company expects to have its biosensors FDA licensed for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the same time a coronavirus vaccine is expected to be available to the general public .
Another long-standing DARPA program , now overseen by BTO , is known as “ Living Foundries.
” According to DARPA ’ s website , Living Foundries “ aims to enable adaptable , scalable , and on-demand production of [ synthetic ] molecules by programming the fundamental metabolic processes of biological systems to generate a vast number of complex molecules that are not otherwise accessible .
Through Living Foundries , DARPA is transforming synthetic biomanufacturing into a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ range of national security objectives.
” The types of research this “ Living Foundries ” program supports involves the creation of “ artificial life ” including the creation of artificial genetic material , including artificial chromosomes , the creation of “ entirely new organisms , ” and using artificial genetic material to “ add new capacities ” to human beings ( i.e .
genetically modifying humans through the insertion of synthetically-created genetic material ) .
The latter is of particular concern ( though all are honestly concerning ) , as DARPA also has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mammalian Genome Engineering , ” which – despite having “ mammalian ” in the name – is focused specifically on improving “ the utility of Human Artificial Chromosomes ( HACs ) , ” which DARPA describes as a “ fundamental tool in the development of advanced therapeutics , vaccines , and cellular diagnostics.
” Though research papers often focus on HACs as a revolutionary medical advancement , they are also frequently promoted as a means of “ enhancing ” humans by imbuing them with non-natural characteristics , including halting aging or improving cognition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in research where these methods are used to create “ super soldiers ” that no longer require sleep or regular meals , among other augmented “ features , ” and has another program about creating “ metabolically dominant ” fighters .
Reports on these programs also discuss the other , very disconcerting use of these same technologies , “ genetic weapons ” that would “ subvert DNA ” and “ undermine people ’ s minds and bodies.
” Another potential application being actively investigated by DARPA is its BioDesign program , which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are created to be immortal and programmed with a “ kill switch ” allowing a synthetic , yet organic organism to be “ turned off ” at any time .
This has led some to speculate such research could open the doors to the creation of “ human replicants ” used for fighting wars and other tasks , such as those that appear in the science fiction film Bladerunner .
However , these genetic “ kill switches ” could also be inserted into actual humans through artificial chromosomes , which – just as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – also have the potential to cut it short .
Notably , it was revealed in 2017 that DARPA had invested $ 100 million in “ gene drive ” research , which is involves the use of genetic modification to wipe out entire populations , explaining why it it often referred to as a “ genetic extinction ” technology .
In addition , other DARPA experiments involve the use of genetically modified viruses that insert genetic material into human cells , specifically neurons in the brain , in order to “ tweak ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , DARPA-funded research has altered human brain cells to produce two new proteins , the first allowing neural activity to be easily detected by external devices and the second allowing “ magnetic nanoparticles ” to “ induce an image or sound in the patient ’ s mind.
” Changing human brain chemistry and functionality at the cellular level is only one of numerous DARPA initiatives aimed at changing how human beings think and perceive reality .
Since 2002 , DARPA has acknowledged its efforts to create a “ Brain-Machine Interface ( BMI ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ a wireless brain modem for a freely moving rat , ” which would allow the animal ’ s movements to be remotely controlled , DARPA wasn ’ t shy about the eventual goal of applying such brain “ enhancement ” to humans in order to enable soldiers to “ communicate by thought alone ” or remotely control human beings ( on the enemy side only , so they say ) for the purposes of war .
The project , which has advanced greatly in recent years , has long raised major concerns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whom warned in a 2008 report that “ remote guidance or control of a human being ” could quickly backfire were an adversary to gain access to the implanted technology ( opening up the possibility of “ hacking ” a person ’ s brain ) , and they also raised concerns about the general ethical perils of such technologies .
Work began in 2011 on developing “ brain implants ” for use in human soldiers , officially with the goal of treating neurological damage in veterans , and such implants have been tested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at least 2015 .
Concerns , like those raised by those defense scientists in 2008 , have been regularly dismissed by DARPA , which has consistently claimed that its controversial research projects are tempered by their in-house “ ethical experts.
” However , it worth noting how DARPA ’ s leadership views these ethical conundrums , since they ultimately have the last word .
For example , in 2015 , Michael Goldblatt , then-director of DARPA ’ s Defense Sciences Office ( DSO ) , which oversees most aspects of the agency ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told journalist Annie Jacobsen that he saw no difference between “ having a chip in your brain that could help control your thoughts ” and “ a cochlear implant that helps the deaf hear.
” When pressed about the unintended consequences of such technology , Goldblatt stated that “ there are unintended consequences for everything.
” Thus , it is worth pointing out that , while DARPA-developed technologies – from human genetic engineering to the brain-machine interfaces – are often first promoted as something that will revolutionize and improve human health , DARPA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such ends as being on the same footing as other dystopian and frankly nightmarish applications , like thought control .
BMIs are no exception , having first been promoted as a way to “ boost bodily functions of veterans with neural damage or post-traumatic stress disorder ” and to allow amputees to control advanced prosthetics .
While these do indeed represent major medical advances , DARPA ’ s leadership has made it clear that they see no distinction between the medical use of BMIs and using them to exert near total control over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their thoughts and even their movements .
Such stark admission from DARPA ’ s leadership makes it worth exploring the state of these current “ brain-machine ” interface programs as well as their explicit goals .
For instance , one of the goals of DARPA ’ s Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology ( N3 ) program involves using “ noninvasive or minimally invasive brain-computer interfaces ” to “ read and write ” directly onto the brain .
According to one recent report on DARPA ’ s N3 program , one example of “ minimally invasive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purported goal of N3 is related to creating “ thought-controlled ” weapons that react and fire based on a soldier ’ s thoughts , the fact that the technology is also bidirectional , opens up the disturbing possibility that efforts will be made to control and program a soldier ’ s thoughts and perceptions as opposed to the other way around .
This may be more of the plan than DARPA has publicly let on , since official military documents have openly stated that the Pentagon ’ s ultimate goal is to essentially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interconnected robots “ who ” will both design and conduct operations against targets chosen by artificial-intelligence systems .
This weapons system of the not-so-distant future seems to have little room for human beings , even those capable of “ controlling ” weapons with their minds , suggesting that futurist military planners see soldiers with BMIs as a “ weapon ” that would also become connected to this same AI-driven system .
It is also worth pointing out that DARPA has been attempting to create an “ artificial human brain ” since 2013 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ s BMI efforts have suggested that this bidirectional technology will be used to “ cloud the perception of soldiers ” by “ distancing them from the emotional guilt of warfare , ” a move that would set a dangerous precedent and one that would surely result in a marked jump in war crimes .
Of course , these are just the admitted , potential “ military ” applications of such technology .
Once this technology moves from the military to the civilian sphere , as several DARPA inventions have in the past , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ thought control ” and/or the programming of thoughts and experiences is more than likely to be misused by governments , corporations and other power-brokers in the U.S. and beyond for the purposes of control .
The entrance of BMIs into the civilian sphere isn ’ t very far away , as DARPA executives and researchers who have worked on the N3 and other DARPA-backed BMI programs have since been “ scooped up ” by Verily ( a Google-GlaxoSmithKline partnership ) , Elon Musk ’ s Neuralink and Facebook ’ s Building @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working to bring “ neuro-modulation ” devices and BMIs to market .
As detailed above , DARPA often frames the controversial technologies it develops as being developed to mainly advance medicine and healthcare .
Aside from the technologies already discussed , it is important to note that DARPA has been very interested in healthcare , specifically vaccines , for sometime .
For instance , in 2010 , DARPA began developing a class of vaccine that could “ inoculate against unknown pathogens , ” a component of its Accelerated Manufacture of Pharmaceuticals program .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ antibodies , such as those developed through DARPA ’ s “ Living Foundries ” program , into the human body .
These synthetic antibodies or “ synbodies ” would then “ create an immunity toolkit that can be combined in myriad ways to tackle virtually any pathogen.
” That same year , DARPA began funding efforts to create “ multiagent synthetic DNA vaccines ” that would be delivered into the human body via “ noninvasive electroporation ” and was quickly promoted in media reports as a way to quickly produce vaccines compared to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of vaccine would involve the same type of synthetic DNA that DARPA was also simultaneously researching for the purposes of both “ enhancing ” and “ subverting ” human beings at the genetic level .
It was also this year , 2010 , that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation also began heavily funding DNA and RNA vaccines .
DNA vaccines , which were first created in 2005 , have never been approved for human use in the United States and past studies have warned that they “ possess significant unpredictability and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and that “ there is inadequate knowledge to define either the probability of unintended events or the consequences of genetic modifications.
” Another long-standing issue with such vaccines is mitigating “ unwanted immune reactions ” that result from natural immune response to the foreign genetic material they contain .
In 2011 , DARPA announced its “ Rapidly Adaptable Nanotherapeutics ” program , which seeks to create a “ platform capable of rapidly synthesizing therapeutic nanoparticles ” aimed at combatting “ evolving and even genetically engineered bioweapons.
” DARPA ’ s plan for these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as “ tiny , autonomous drug delivery systems , ” was to combine them with “ small interfering RNA ( siRNA ) , ” which are snippets of RNA that can target and shut down specific genes .
As Wired wrote at the time : “ siRNA could be reprogrammed ‘ on-the-fly ’ and applied to different pathogens , ” allowing nanoparticles to “ be loaded up with the right siRNA molecules and sent directly to cells responsible for the infection.
” The creation of this program was shortly followed by DARPA ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Therapeutics to the tune of $ 25 million to develop their synthetic RNA vaccine production platform .
DARPA funded the project to “ develop platform technologies that can be deployed safely and rapidly to provide the U.S. population with near-immediate protection against emerging infectious diseases and engineered biological weapons.
” Then , in 2015 , DARPA ’ s research into vaccines involving synthetic antibodies and synthetic genetic material expanded , with them giving $ 45 million to the DNA vaccine company , Inovio Pharmaceuticals .
This same year , DARPA-funded RNA and DNA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both DARPA researchers and the media – who described the technology as transforming the human body into a “ bio-reactor.
” In the years since , DARPA-backed DNA and RNA vaccine companies , including Moderna , Inovio as well as Germany ’ s CureVac , have been unable to get their products licensed for human use , largely due to the fact that their vaccines have failed to provide sufficient immunity in human trials .
Examples of these ineffective vaccines include CureVac ’ s attempt at a rabies vaccine and Moderna ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Zika virus ( which was funded by the U.S. government ) .
Several workarounds for this issue have been proposed , including vaccines where the genetic material ( RNA or DNA ) “ self-amplifies.
” However , the workaround of choice to this lack of immune response and other obstacles for DNA/RNA vaccines is the incorporation of nanotechnology into these vaccines .
As a result , the use of nanoparticles as the carriers for the genetic material in these vaccines has been widely promoted and studied , as well as touted as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increase their targeted delivery ability and enhance the immune response they provoke .
The combination of DNA or RNA vaccines with nanotechnology has already become reality thanks to the companies leading that field .
For instance , the DARPA-backed DNA vaccine company Inovio Pharmaceuticals utilizes what reports refer to as “ DNA nanotechnology ” in their line of synthetic vaccines branded as “ SynCon ” by the company , which uses an undisclosed computer algorithm to design its vaccines .
It is an interesting coincidence , then , that the Inovio “ SynCon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be ahead of the rest of the pack , with backing from Bill Gates , DARPA , the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID ) and other government agencies .
In January , the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations ( CEPI ) announced it would begin funding vaccine candidates for the coronavirus outbreak , long before it became a major global issue .
CEPI describes itself as “ a partnership of public , private , philanthropic and civil organizations that will finance and co-ordinate the development of vaccines against high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ founded in 2017 by the governments of Norway and India along with the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation .
That month , CEPI only chose two pharmaceutical companies to receive funding for their efforts to develop a vaccine for Covid-19 – Moderna and Inovio Pharmaceuticals .
As previously mentioned , these two companies are DARPA-backed firms that frequently tout their “ strategic alliance ” with DARPA in press releases and on their websites .
DARPA has also provided these companies with significant amounts of funding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behind Inovio Pharmaceuticals include both DARPA and the Pentagon ’ s Defense Threat Reduction Agency ( DTRA ) and the company has received millions in dollars in grants from DARPA , including a $ 45 million grant to develop a vaccine for Ebola .
They were also recently awarded over $ 8 million from the U.S. military to develop a small , portable intradermal device for delivering DNA vaccines , which was jointly developed by Inovio and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases ( USAMRIID ) , which also manages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Detrick .
In addition , the German company CureVac , which is also developing a CEPI-backed RNA vaccine for Covid-19 , is another long-time recipient of DARPA funding .
They were one of DARPA ’ s earliest investments in the technology , winning a $ 33.1 million DARPA contract to develop their “ RNActive ” vaccine platform in 2011 .
In Moderna ’ s case , DARPA financed the production and development of their RNA vaccine production platform and their RNA therapy candidate for Chikungunya virus ( their first for an infectious disease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the agency .
Since 2016 , Moderna ’ s RNA vaccine program has received $ 100 million in funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation .
The Gates Foundation has since poured millions directly into both Moderna ’ s and Inovio ’ s Covid-19 vaccine efforts .
Gates ’ backing of DNA and RNA vaccines is significant , given that Gates – a billionaire with unparalleled influence and control over global healthcare policy – recently asserted that the best options for a Covid-19 vaccine are these same vaccines , despite the fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for use in humans .
Yet , thanks to the emergency authorizations activated due to the current crisis , both Moderna ’ s and Inovio ’ s testing for these vaccines has skipped animal trials and gone straight to human testing .
They are also set to be fast-tracked for widespread use in a matter of months .
Moderna ’ s clinical trial in humans began in mid-March , followed by Inovio ’ s in the beginning of April .
Thus , they are not only Gates ’ favorites to be the new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the first to complete clinical trials and garner emergency U.S. government approval , especially Moderna ’ s vaccine which is being jointly developed with the government ’ s NIH .
The rapid rise to prominence of Moderna ’ s and Inovio ’ s Covid-19 vaccines has resulted in several media articles praising DARPA as having provided our “ best hope ” for thwarting the coronavirus crisis .
In addition to its backing of Moderna ’ s and Inovio ’ s own efforts , DARPA itself , specifically DARPA ’ s BTO , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” vaccine for Covid-19 available in a matter of weeks that will involve the production of synthetic antibodies that would ostensibly provide immunity for a few months until a longer-lasting vaccine ( such as those produced by Moderna and Inovio ) is available .
DARPA ’ s antibody treatment for Covid-19 is pursuing two routes , including the “ human body as bio-reactor ” approach that would involve synthetic DNA or RNA being injected in order to prompt the body to produce the necessary antibodies .
Defense One notes that DARPA ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resulted from the agency ’ s investments in microfluidics ( the manipulation of liquids at the sub-millimeter range ) , nanotechnology fabrication and “ new approaches to gene sequencing.
” While most media reports have painted these DARPA-led efforts as entirely positive , it is worth noting that concerns have been raised , though these concerns have hardly gotten the coverage they warrant .
For instance , Nature recently noted some key points regarding safety issues related to the race for a Covid-19 vaccine , including the fact that all “ previous coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even safe , ” with some past attempts at coronavirus vaccines having resulted in antibody dependent enhancement ( ADE ) .
ADE results in cells more rapidly taking up the virus and speeding up the virus ’ replication , increasing its infectiousness and virulence .
Nature also noted that the two coronavirus vaccines for SARS that managed to pass phase 1 trials ended up , in subsequent studies , causing immune hypersensitivity in mice “ resulting in severe immunopathology , ” i.e .
permanent defects or malfunctions in the immune system .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is unknown how strong an immune response is needed to confer immunity for Covid-19 and coronaviruses in general , making it incredibly difficult to gauge if a vaccine is even effective .
Another issue worth noting involves concerns raised about Inovio Pharmaceuticals by investment research firm Citron Research , which compared Inovio to Theranos , the disgraced medical technology company that had initially promised to offer diagnoses for numerous diseases via a simple blood test , but was later revealed to be a sham .
Citron asserted that “ It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ founded , yet the company has NEVER [ sic ] brought a product to market , and all the while insiders have enriched themselves with hefty salaries and large stock sales.
” Citron Research went on to say that the company ’ s claim to have designed their Covid-19 vaccine in only 3 hours based on a computer algorithm was hard to believe , stating that “ Inovio has a ‘ computer algorithm ’ that no one else in the world has and is arguably one of the greatest breakthroughs in vaccine discovery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yet this ‘ computer algorithm ’ is not mentioned once in any of its 10-K ’ s or 10-Q ’ s ?
Sounds like Theranos to us.
” It also noted that Inovio ’ s partnerships with pharmaceutical companies Roche and AstraZeneca ended up failing with those two companies canceling the partnership despite claims from Inovio ’ s CEO that whey would “ continue to thrive.
” Of course , these are just concerns focused on corporate behavior and obstacles towards making a Covid-19 vaccine in general .
As this report has already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other experiments with the same technologies ( particularly genetic engineering , synthetic chromosomes , and nanotechnology ) that are being used to produce RNA and DNA vaccines for Covid-19 are arguably more concerning .
This is especially true given that DARPA-backed companies that describe themselves as “ strategic partners ” of the agency are those manufacturing these vaccines .
In addition , thanks to backing from the U.S. government and Bill Gates , among others , they are are also slated to be among the first vaccines ( if not the first ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certainly troubling that media coverage of DARPA ’ s efforts and the efforts of Moderna and Inovio have thus far not included critical reporting regarding the different branches of DARPA ’ s research that has produced the technology involved in creating these vaccines , leaving little room for public scrutiny of their safety , efficacy and their potential for unintended effects on human genetics .
This is particularly alarming given that , over the past several weeks , efforts have been taking shape in many countries to enforce mandatory vaccinations once a Covid-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it appears likely that the Covid-19 vaccine will not be made mandatory per say , but will be required for those who wish to return to any semblance of “ normalcy ” in terms of public gatherings , working certain jobs , leaving one ’ s home for longer periods of time and so on .
Would those involved in creating such a mandatory vaccine , e.g .
DARPA , pass up the opportunity to utilize the same technologies involved in producing the vaccine for some of their other admitted goals ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ no obvious answer , but the fact that the arc of DARPA ’ s research is aimed at the weaponization of human biology and genetics in a way that is ripe for misuse , suggests very worrying possibilities that warrant scrutiny .
Indeed , if one merely looks at how the crisis has been a boon for the Orwellian plans of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence ( NSCAI ) and the federal government ’ s current efforts to dramatically increase its powers amid the current crisis , it becomes increasingly difficult @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their corporate partners like Moderna and Inovio the benefit of the doubt .
This is especially true given that – without a major crisis such as that currently dominating world events – people would likely be unreceptive to the widespread introduction of many of the technologies DARPA has been developing , whether their push to create cyborg “ super soldiers ” or injectable BMIs with the capability to control one ’ s thoughts .
Yet , amid the current crisis , many of these same technologies are being sold to the public as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often uses .
As the panic and fear regarding the virus continues to build and as people become increasingly desperate to return to any semblance of normalcy , millions will willingly take a vaccine , regardless of any government-mandated vaccination program .
Those who are fearful and desperate will not care that the vaccine may include nanotechnology or have the potential to genetically modify and re-program their very being , as they will only want the current crisis that has upended the world to stop .
In this context , the current coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that will allow DARPA ’ s dystopian vision to take hold and burst forth from the darkest recesses of the Pentagon into full public view .
However , DARPA ’ s transhumanist vision for the military and for humanity presents an unprecedented threat , not just to human freedom , but an existential threat to human existence and the building blocks of biology itself .

In January, well before the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis would result in lockdowns, quarantines and economic devastation in the United States and beyond, the U.S. intelligence community and the Pentagon were working with the National Security Council to create still-classified plans to respond to an imminent pandemic. It has since been alleged that the intelligence and military intelligence communities knew about a likely pandemic in the United States as early as last November, and potentially even before then.
Given this foreknowledge and the numerous simulations conducted in the United States last year regarding global viral pandemic outbreaks, at least six of varying scope and size, it has often been asked – Why did the government not act or prepare if an imminent global pandemic and the shortcomings of any response to such an event were known? Though the answer to this question has frequently been written off as mere “incompetence” in mainstream media circles, it is worth entertaining the possibility that a crisis was allowed to unfold.
Why would the intelligence community or another faction of the U.S. government knowingly allow a crisis such as this to occur? The answer is clear if one looks at history, as times of crisis have often been used by the U.S. government to implement policies that would normally be rejected by the American public, ranging from censorship of the press to mass surveillance networks. Though the government response to the September 11 attacks, like the Patriot Act, may be the most accessible example to many Americans, U.S. government efforts to limit the flow of “dangerous” journalism and surveil the population go back to as early as the First World War. Many of these policies, whether the Patriot Act after 9/11 or WWI-era civilian “spy” networks, did little if anything to protect the homeland, but instead led to increased surveillance and control that persisted long after the crisis that spurred them had ended.
Using this history as a lens, it is possible to look at the current coronavirus crisis to see how the long-standing agendas of ever-expanding mass surveillance and media censorship are again getting a dramatic boost thanks to the chaos unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic. Yet, this crisis is unique because it also has given a boost to a newer yet complimentary agenda that — if fulfilled – would render most, if not all, other government efforts at controlling and subduing their populations obsolete.
DARPA DYSTOPIA
For years, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has remained largely out of sight and out of mind for most Americans, as their research projects are rarely covered by the mainstream media and, when they are, their projects are often praised as “bringing science fiction movies to life.” However, there have been recent events that have marred DARPA’s often positive portrayal by media outlets, which paint the agency as a beacon of scientific “progress” that has “changed the world” for the better.
For instance, in 2018, a group of European scientists accused the DARPA’s “Insect Allies” program of actually being a dystopian bioweapons program that would see insects introduce genetically modified viruses into plants to attack and devastate a targeted nation’s food supply. DARPA, of course, maintained that its intent to use these insects to genetically modify plants was instead about “protecting” the food supply. Regardless of DARPA’s assertions that it is merely a “defensive” program, it should be clear to readers that such a technology could easily be used either way, depending on the wielder.
Though DARPA’s futuristic weapons of war often get the most attention from media, the agency has long standing interests in tinkering with, not just the biology of plants, but of humans. DARPA, which is funded to the tune of approximately $3 billion a year, has various avenues through which it pursues these ambitions, with many of those now under the purview of the agency’s “Biological Technologies Office” (BTO), created in 2014. As of late, some of DARPA’s human biology and biotech projects at its BTO have been getting a massive PR boost thanks to the current coronavirus crisis, with recent reports even claiming that the agency “might have created the best hopes for stopping Covid-19.”
Most of these technologies garnering positive media coverage thanks to Covid-19 were developed several years ago. They include the DARPA-funded platforms used to produce DNA and RNA vaccines, classes of vaccine that has never been approved for human use in the U.S. and involve injecting foreign genetic material into the human body. Notably, it is this very class of vaccine, now being produced by DARPA-partnered companies, that billionaire and global health “philanthropist” Bill Gates recently asserted has him “most excited” relative to other Covid-19 vaccine candidates. Yet, key aspects regarding these vaccines and other DARPA “healthcare” initiatives have been left out of these recent positive reports, likely because they provide a window into what is arguably the agency’s darkest agenda.
“IN VIVO NANOPLATFORMS”
In 2006, DARPA announced its Predicting Health and Disease (PHD) program, which sought to determine “whether an individual will develop an infectious disease prior to the onset of symptoms.” The PHD program planned to accomplish this by “identifying changes in the baseline state of human health through frequent surveillance” with a specific focus on “viral, upper respiratory pathogens.”
Three years later, in 2010, DARPA-funded researchers at Duke University created the foundation for this tool, which would use the genetic analysis of blood samples to determine if someone is infected with a virus before they show symptoms. Reports at the time claimed that these “preemptive diagnoses” would be transmitted to “a national, web-based influenza map” available via smartphone.
Following the creation of DARPA’s BTO in 2014, this particular program gave rise to the “In Vivo Nanoplatforms (IVN)” program. The diagnostics branch of that program, abbreviated as IVN:Dx, “investigates technologies that incorporate implantable nanoplatforms composed of bio-compatible, nontoxic materials; in vivo sensing of small and large molecules of biological interest; multiplexed detection of analytes at clinically relevant concentrations; and external interrogation of the nanoplatforms without using implanted electronics for communication.” Past reports on the program describe it as developing “classes of nanoparticles to sense and treat illness, disease, and infection on the inside. The tech involves implantable nanoparticles which sense specific molecules of biological interest.”
DARPA’s IVN program has since helped to finance and produce “soft, flexible hydrogels that are injected just beneath the skin to perform [health] monitoring and that sync to a smartphone app to give the use immediate health insights,” a product currently marketed and created by the DARPA-funded and National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded company Profusa. Profusa, which has received millions upon millions from DARPA in recent years, asserts that the information generated by their injectable biosensor would be “securely shared” and accessible to “individuals, physicians and public health practitioners.” However, the current push for a national “contact tracing” system based on citizens’ private health data is likely to expand that data sharing, conveniently fitting with DARPA’s years-old goal of creating a national, web-based database of preemptive diagnoses.
Profusa is also backed by Google, which is intimately involved in these new mass surveillance “contact tracing” initiatives, and counts former Senate majority leader William Frist among its board members. They are also partnered with the National Institutes of Health (NIH)The company also has considerable overlap with the diagnostic company Cepheid, which recently won FDA approval for its rapid coronavirus test and was previously awarded lucrative government contracts to detect anthrax in the U.S. postal system. As of this past March, Profusa again won DARPA funding to determine if their injectable biosensors can predict future pandemics, including the now widely predicted “second wave” of Covid-19, and detect those infected up to three weeks before they would otherwise show symptoms. The company expects to have its biosensors FDA licensed for this purpose by early next year, about the same time a coronavirus vaccine is expected to be available to the general public.
“LIVING FOUNDRIES”
Another long-standing DARPA program, now overseen by BTO, is known as “Living Foundries.” According to DARPA’s website, Living Foundries “aims to enable adaptable, scalable, and on-demand production of [synthetic] molecules by programming the fundamental metabolic processes of biological systems to generate a vast number of complex molecules that are not otherwise accessible. Through Living Foundries, DARPA is transforming synthetic biomanufacturing into a predictable engineering practice supportive of a broad range of national security objectives.”
The types of research this “Living Foundries” program supports involves the creation of “artificial life” including the creation of artificial genetic material, including artificial chromosomes, the creation of “entirely new organisms,” and using artificial genetic material to “add new capacities” to human beings (i.e. genetically modifying humans through the insertion of synthetically-created genetic material).
The latter is of particular concern (though all are honestly concerning), as DARPA also has a project called “Advanced Tools for Mammalian Genome Engineering,” which – despite having “mammalian” in the name – is focused specifically on improving “the utility of Human Artificial Chromosomes (HACs),” which DARPA describes as a “fundamental tool in the development of advanced therapeutics, vaccines, and cellular diagnostics.” Though research papers often focus on HACs as a revolutionary medical advancement, they are also frequently promoted as a means of “enhancing” humans by imbuing them with non-natural characteristics, including halting aging or improving cognition.
DARPA is known to be involved in research where these methods are used to create “super soldiers” that no longer require sleep or regular meals, among other augmented “features,” and has another program about creating “metabolically dominant” fighters. Reports on these programs also discuss the other, very disconcerting use of these same technologies, “genetic weapons” that would “subvert DNA” and “undermine people’s minds and bodies.”
Another potential application being actively investigated by DARPA is its BioDesign program, which is examining the creation of synthetic organisms that are created to be immortal and programmed with a “kill switch” allowing a synthetic, yet organic organism to be “turned off” at any time. This has led some to speculate such research could open the doors to the creation of “human replicants” used for fighting wars and other tasks, such as those that appear in the science fiction film Bladerunner.
However, these genetic “kill switches” could also be inserted into actual humans through artificial chromosomes, which – just as they have the potential to extend life – also have the potential to cut it short. Notably, it was revealed in 2017 that DARPA had invested $100 million in “gene drive” research, which is involves the use of genetic modification to wipe out entire populations, explaining why it it often referred to as a “genetic extinction” technology.
In addition, other DARPA experiments involve the use of genetically modified viruses that insert genetic material into human cells, specifically neurons in the brain, in order to “tweak” human brain chemistry. In one example, DARPA-funded research has altered human brain cells to produce two new proteins, the first allowing neural activity to be easily detected by external devices and the second allowing “magnetic nanoparticles” to “induce an image or sound in the patient’s mind.”
“NEXT-GENERATION NONSURGICAL NEUROTECHNOLOGY”
Changing human brain chemistry and functionality at the cellular level is only one of numerous DARPA initiatives aimed at changing how human beings think and perceive reality. Since 2002, DARPA has acknowledged its efforts to create a “Brain-Machine Interface (BMI).” Though first aimed at creating “a wireless brain modem for a freely moving rat,” which would allow the animal’s movements to be remotely controlled, DARPA wasn’t shy about the eventual goal of applying such brain “enhancement” to humans in order to enable soldiers to “communicate by thought alone” or remotely control human beings (on the enemy side only, so they say) for the purposes of war.
The project, which has advanced greatly in recent years, has long raised major concerns among prominent defense scientists, some of whom warned in a 2008 report that “remote guidance or control of a human being” could quickly backfire were an adversary to gain access to the implanted technology (opening up the possibility of “hacking” a person’s brain), and they also raised concerns about the general ethical perils of such technologies. Work began in 2011 on developing “brain implants” for use in human soldiers, officially with the goal of treating neurological damage in veterans, and such implants have been tested on human volunteers in DARPA-funded experiments since at least 2015.
Concerns, like those raised by those defense scientists in 2008, have been regularly dismissed by DARPA, which has consistently claimed that its controversial research projects are tempered by their in-house “ethical experts.” However, it worth noting how DARPA’s leadership views these ethical conundrums, since they ultimately have the last word. For example, in 2015, Michael Goldblatt, then-director of DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office (DSO), which oversees most aspects of the agency’s “super soldier” program, told journalist Annie Jacobsen that he saw no difference between “having a chip in your brain that could help control your thoughts” and “a cochlear implant that helps the deaf hear.” When pressed about the unintended consequences of such technology, Goldblatt stated that “there are unintended consequences for everything.”
Thus, it is worth pointing out that, while DARPA-developed technologies – from human genetic engineering to the brain-machine interfaces – are often first promoted as something that will revolutionize and improve human health, DARPA sees the use of these technologies for such ends as being on the same footing as other dystopian and frankly nightmarish applications, like thought control. BMIs are no exception, having first been promoted as a way to “boost bodily functions of veterans with neural damage or post-traumatic stress disorder” and to allow amputees to control advanced prosthetics. While these do indeed represent major medical advances, DARPA’s leadership has made it clear that they see no distinction between the medical use of BMIs and using them to exert near total control over a human being by “guiding” their thoughts and even their movements.
Such stark admission from DARPA’s leadership makes it worth exploring the state of these current “brain-machine” interface programs as well as their explicit goals. For instance, one of the goals of DARPA’s Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) program involves using “noninvasive or minimally invasive brain-computer interfaces” to “read and write” directly onto the brain.
According to one recent report on DARPA’s N3 program, one example of “minimally invasive” technologies would involve:
“an injection of a virus carrying light-sensitive sensors, or other chemical, biotech, or self-assembled nanobots that can reach individual neurons and control their activity independently without damaging sensitive tissue. The proposed use for these technologies isn’t yet well-specified, but as animal experiments have shown, controlling the activity of single neurons at multiple points is sufficient to program artificial memories of fear, desire, and experiences directly into the brain.”
Though the purported goal of N3 is related to creating “thought-controlled” weapons that react and fire based on a soldier’s thoughts, the fact that the technology is also bidirectional, opens up the disturbing possibility that efforts will be made to control and program a soldier’s thoughts and perceptions as opposed to the other way around. This may be more of the plan than DARPA has publicly let on, since official military documents have openly stated that the Pentagon’s ultimate goal is to essentially replace human fighters with “self-aware” interconnected robots “who” will both design and conduct operations against targets chosen by artificial-intelligence systems. This weapons system of the not-so-distant future seems to have little room for human beings, even those capable of “controlling” weapons with their minds, suggesting that futurist military planners see soldiers with BMIs as a “weapon” that would also become connected to this same AI-driven system. It is also worth pointing out that DARPA has been attempting to create an “artificial human brain” since 2013.
In addition, reports on DARPA’s BMI efforts have suggested that this bidirectional technology will be used to “cloud the perception of soldiers” by “distancing them from the emotional guilt of warfare,” a move that would set a dangerous precedent and one that would surely result in a marked jump in war crimes.
Of course, these are just the admitted, potential “military” applications of such technology. Once this technology moves from the military to the civilian sphere, as several DARPA inventions have in the past, their use for “remote guidance”, “thought control” and/or the programming of thoughts and experiences is more than likely to be misused by governments, corporations and other power-brokers in the U.S. and beyond for the purposes of control.
The entrance of BMIs into the civilian sphere isn’t very far away, as DARPA executives and researchers who have worked on the N3 and other DARPA-backed BMI programs have since been “scooped up” by Verily (a Google-GlaxoSmithKline partnership), Elon Musk’s Neuralink and Facebook’s Building 8 – all of which have been working to bring “neuro-modulation” devices and BMIs to market.
“HUMAN BIO-REACTORS”, “NANOTHERAPEUTICS” AND DARPA-FUNDED GENE VACCINES
As detailed above, DARPA often frames the controversial technologies it develops as being developed to mainly advance medicine and healthcare. Aside from the technologies already discussed, it is important to note that DARPA has been very interested in healthcare, specifically vaccines, for sometime.
For instance, in 2010, DARPA began developing a class of vaccine that could “inoculate against unknown pathogens,” a component of its Accelerated Manufacture of Pharmaceuticals program. The vaccine would inject thousands of synthetic antibodies, such as those developed through DARPA’s “Living Foundries” program, into the human body. These synthetic antibodies or “synbodies” would then “create an immunity toolkit that can be combined in myriad ways to tackle virtually any pathogen.”
That same year, DARPA began funding efforts to create “multiagent synthetic DNA vaccines” that would be delivered into the human body via “noninvasive electroporation” and was quickly promoted in media reports as a way to quickly produce vaccines compared to traditional vaccine production methods. This category of vaccine would involve the same type of synthetic DNA that DARPA was also simultaneously researching for the purposes of both “enhancing” and “subverting” human beings at the genetic level. It was also this year, 2010, that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation also began heavily funding DNA and RNA vaccines.
DNA vaccines, which were first created in 2005, have never been approved for human use in the United States and past studies have warned that they “possess significant unpredictability and a number of inherent harmful potential hazards” and that “there is inadequate knowledge to define either the probability of unintended events or the consequences of genetic modifications.” Another long-standing issue with such vaccines is mitigating “unwanted immune reactions” that result from natural immune response to the foreign genetic material they contain.
In 2011, DARPA announced its “Rapidly Adaptable Nanotherapeutics” program, which seeks to create a “platform capable of rapidly synthesizing therapeutic nanoparticles” aimed at combatting “evolving and even genetically engineered bioweapons.” DARPA’s plan for these nanoparticles, which media reports described merely as “tiny, autonomous drug delivery systems,” was to combine them with “small interfering RNA (siRNA),” which are snippets of RNA that can target and shut down specific genes. As Wired wrote at the time: “siRNA could be reprogrammed ‘on-the-fly’ and applied to different pathogens,” allowing nanoparticles to “be loaded up with the right siRNA molecules and sent directly to cells responsible for the infection.”
The creation of this program was shortly followed by DARPA’s decision in 2013 to fund Moderna Therapeutics to the tune of $25 million to develop their synthetic RNA vaccine production platform. DARPA funded the project to “develop platform technologies that can be deployed safely and rapidly to provide the U.S. population with near-immediate protection against emerging infectious diseases and engineered biological weapons.”
Then, in 2015, DARPA’s research into vaccines involving synthetic antibodies and synthetic genetic material expanded, with them giving $45 million to the DNA vaccine company, Inovio Pharmaceuticals. This same year, DARPA-funded RNA and DNA vaccines began to be framed differently by both DARPA researchers and the media – who described the technology as transforming the human body into a “bio-reactor.”
In the years since, DARPA-backed DNA and RNA vaccine companies, including Moderna, Inovio as well as Germany’s CureVac, have been unable to get their products licensed for human use, largely due to the fact that their vaccines have failed to provide sufficient immunity in human trials. Examples of these ineffective vaccines include CureVac’s attempt at a rabies vaccine and Moderna’s efforts to create a vaccine for the Zika virus (which was funded by the U.S. government).
Several workarounds for this issue have been proposed, including vaccines where the genetic material (RNA or DNA) “self-amplifies.” However, the workaround of choice to this lack of immune response and other obstacles for DNA/RNA vaccines is the incorporation of nanotechnology into these vaccines. As a result, the use of nanoparticles as the carriers for the genetic material in these vaccines has been widely promoted and studied, as well as touted as the best way to improve their stability, increase their targeted delivery ability and enhance the immune response they provoke.
The combination of DNA or RNA vaccines with nanotechnology has already become reality thanks to the companies leading that field. For instance, the DARPA-backed DNA vaccine company Inovio Pharmaceuticals utilizes what reports refer to as “DNA nanotechnology” in their line of synthetic vaccines branded as “SynCon” by the company, which uses an undisclosed computer algorithm to design its vaccines. It is an interesting coincidence, then, that the Inovio “SynCon” vaccine for Covid-19 now appears to be ahead of the rest of the pack, with backing from Bill Gates, DARPA, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and other government agencies.
DARPA – SAVING US FROM COVID-19?
In January, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced it would begin funding vaccine candidates for the coronavirus outbreak, long before it became a major global issue. CEPI describes itself as “a partnership of public, private, philanthropic and civil organizations that will finance and co-ordinate the development of vaccines against high priority public health threats” and was founded in 2017 by the governments of Norway and India along with the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. That month, CEPI only chose two pharmaceutical companies to receive funding for their efforts to develop a vaccine for Covid-19 – Moderna and Inovio Pharmaceuticals.
As previously mentioned, these two companies are DARPA-backed firms that frequently tout their “strategic alliance” with DARPA in press releases and on their websites. DARPA has also provided these companies with significant amounts of funding. For instance, the top funders behind Inovio Pharmaceuticals include both DARPA and the Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the company has received millions in dollars in grants from DARPA, including a $45 million grant to develop a vaccine for Ebola. They were also recently awarded over $8 million from the U.S. military to develop a small, portable intradermal device for delivering DNA vaccines, which was jointly developed by Inovio and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), which also manages the “biodefense” lab at Fort Detrick.
In addition, the German company CureVac, which is also developing a CEPI-backed RNA vaccine for Covid-19, is another long-time recipient of DARPA funding. They were one of DARPA’s earliest investments in the technology, winning a $33.1 million DARPA contract to develop their “RNActive” vaccine platform in 2011.
In Moderna’s case, DARPA financed the production and development of their RNA vaccine production platform and their RNA therapy candidate for Chikungunya virus (their first for an infectious disease) was developed in direct collaboration with the agency. Since 2016, Moderna’s RNA vaccine program has received $100 million in funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Gates Foundation has since poured millions directly into both Moderna’s and Inovio’s Covid-19 vaccine efforts.
Gates’ backing of DNA and RNA vaccines is significant, given that Gates – a billionaire with unparalleled influence and control over global healthcare policy – recently asserted that the best options for a Covid-19 vaccine are these same vaccines, despite the fact that they have never before been approved for use in humans. Yet, thanks to the emergency authorizations activated due to the current crisis, both Moderna’s and Inovio’s testing for these vaccines has skipped animal trials and gone straight to human testing. They are also set to be fast-tracked for widespread use in a matter of months. Moderna’s clinical trial in humans began in mid-March, followed by Inovio’s in the beginning of April. Thus, they are not only Gates’ favorites to be the new vaccine, but are also slated to be the first to complete clinical trials and garner emergency U.S. government approval, especially Moderna’s vaccine which is being jointly developed with the government’s NIH.
The rapid rise to prominence of Moderna’s and Inovio’s Covid-19 vaccines has resulted in several media articles praising DARPA as having provided our “best hope” for thwarting the coronavirus crisis. In addition to its backing of Moderna’s and Inovio’s own efforts, DARPA itself, specifically DARPA’s BTO, is set to have a “temporary” vaccine for Covid-19 available in a matter of weeks that will involve the production of synthetic antibodies that would ostensibly provide immunity for a few months until a longer-lasting vaccine (such as those produced by Moderna and Inovio) is available.
DARPA’s antibody treatment for Covid-19 is pursuing two routes, including the “human body as bio-reactor” approach that would involve synthetic DNA or RNA being injected in order to prompt the body to produce the necessary antibodies. Defense One notes that DARPA’s Covid-19 treatment would utilize techniques that had resulted from the agency’s investments in microfluidics (the manipulation of liquids at the sub-millimeter range), nanotechnology fabrication and “new approaches to gene sequencing.”
PERSISTENT CONCERNS
While most media reports have painted these DARPA-led efforts as entirely positive, it is worth noting that concerns have been raised, though these concerns have hardly gotten the coverage they warrant. For instance, Nature recently noted some key points regarding safety issues related to the race for a Covid-19 vaccine, including the fact that all “previous coronavirus vaccines have not all proven appropriate or even safe,” with some past attempts at coronavirus vaccines having resulted in antibody dependent enhancement (ADE). ADE results in cells more rapidly taking up the virus and speeding up the virus’ replication, increasing its infectiousness and virulence.
Nature also noted that the two coronavirus vaccines for SARS that managed to pass phase 1 trials ended up, in subsequent studies, causing immune hypersensitivity in mice “resulting in severe immunopathology,” i.e. permanent defects or malfunctions in the immune system. In addition, Nature also pointed out that it is unknown how strong an immune response is needed to confer immunity for Covid-19 and coronaviruses in general, making it incredibly difficult to gauge if a vaccine is even effective.
Another issue worth noting involves concerns raised about Inovio Pharmaceuticals by investment research firm Citron Research, which compared Inovio to Theranos, the disgraced medical technology company that had initially promised to offer diagnoses for numerous diseases via a simple blood test, but was later revealed to be a sham. Citron asserted that “It’s been over 40 years since Inovio was founded, yet the company has NEVER [sic] brought a product to market, and all the while insiders have enriched themselves with hefty salaries and large stock sales.”
Citron Research went on to say that the company’s claim to have designed their Covid-19 vaccine in only 3 hours based on a computer algorithm was hard to believe, stating that “Inovio has a ‘computer algorithm’ that no one else in the world has and is arguably one of the greatest breakthroughs in vaccine discovery in the past 100 years, and yet this ‘computer algorithm’ is not mentioned once in any of its 10-K’s or 10-Q’s? Sounds like Theranos to us.” It also noted that Inovio’s partnerships with pharmaceutical companies Roche and AstraZeneca ended up failing with those two companies canceling the partnership despite claims from Inovio’s CEO that whey would “continue to thrive.”
A NOT-SO-HIDDEN AGENDA
Of course, these are just concerns focused on corporate behavior and obstacles towards making a Covid-19 vaccine in general. As this report has already shown in detail, DARPA’s other experiments with the same technologies (particularly genetic engineering, synthetic chromosomes, and nanotechnology) that are being used to produce RNA and DNA vaccines for Covid-19 are arguably more concerning. This is especially true given that DARPA-backed companies that describe themselves as “strategic partners” of the agency are those manufacturing these vaccines. In addition, thanks to backing from the U.S. government and Bill Gates, among others, they are are also slated to be among the first vaccines (if not the first) approved for widespread use.
It is certainly troubling that media coverage of DARPA’s efforts and the efforts of Moderna and Inovio have thus far not included critical reporting regarding the different branches of DARPA’s research that has produced the technology involved in creating these vaccines, leaving little room for public scrutiny of their safety, efficacy and their potential for unintended effects on human genetics.
This is particularly alarming given that, over the past several weeks, efforts have been taking shape in many countries to enforce mandatory vaccinations once a Covid-19 vaccine becomes available. In some countries, it appears likely that the Covid-19 vaccine will not be made mandatory per say, but will be required for those who wish to return to any semblance of “normalcy” in terms of public gatherings, working certain jobs, leaving one’s home for longer periods of time and so on.
Would those involved in creating such a mandatory vaccine, e.g. DARPA, pass up the opportunity to utilize the same technologies involved in producing the vaccine for some of their other admitted goals? This question, of course, has no obvious answer, but the fact that the arc of DARPA’s research is aimed at the weaponization of human biology and genetics in a way that is ripe for misuse, suggests very worrying possibilities that warrant scrutiny. Indeed, if one merely looks at how the crisis has been a boon for the Orwellian plans of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) and the federal government’s current efforts to dramatically increase its powers amid the current crisis, it becomes increasingly difficult to give government agencies like DARPA and their corporate partners like Moderna and Inovio the benefit of the doubt.
This is especially true given that – without a major crisis such as that currently dominating world events – people would likely be unreceptive to the widespread introduction of many of the technologies DARPA has been developing, whether their push to create cyborg “super soldiers” or injectable BMIs with the capability to control one’s thoughts. Yet, amid the current crisis, many of these same technologies are being sold to the public as “healthcare,” a tactic DARPA often uses. As the panic and fear regarding the virus continues to build and as people become increasingly desperate to return to any semblance of normalcy, millions will willingly take a vaccine, regardless of any government-mandated vaccination program. Those who are fearful and desperate will not care that the vaccine may include nanotechnology or have the potential to genetically modify and re-program their very being, as they will only want the current crisis that has upended the world to stop.
In this context, the current coronavirus crisis appears to be the perfect storm that will allow DARPA’s dystopian vision to take hold and burst forth from the darkest recesses of the Pentagon into full public view. However, DARPA’s transhumanist vision for the military and for humanity presents an unprecedented threat, not just to human freedom, but an existential threat to human existence and the building blocks of biology itself.
Republished from TheLastAmericanVagabond.com under Creative Commons
Written by Whitney Webb


wearechange--2020-05-16--Armed Militia Successfully Blocking Cops From Arresting Barber for Defying Lockdown

Last month , TFTP reported how some folks are beginning to question the closures stemming from COVID-19 and the subsequent impending economic chaos .
Business owners who are unable to obtain government backed SBC loans are taking matters into their own hands and they are opening up — despite threats of arrest and fines .
Some of these businesses are willingly facing permanent closure and arrest for opening which has earned them the support of many gun owners and in Michigan , the militia .
In April , we reported on the case of Shelley Luther who made headlines for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ la Mode in Dallas , Texas .
When she opened , Luther ’ s salon was guarded by armed citizens and private security guards .
However , this wasn ’ t enough and earlier this month , she was arrested .
In Owossa , Michigan , however , barbershop owner Karl Manke , doesn ’ t just have the support of a few gun owners — he has a militia — who is in place to deliberately block the police if they show up to kidnap the man for cutting the hair of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ militia ’ s presence has been enough to deter police , and not just one or two cops either .
“ Yesterday six troopers came in to enforce the governor ’ s order or to issue a cease or desist order so we are here to make sure he doesn ’ t get arrested .
We ’ re willing to stand in front of that door and block the entrance so the police will have no entry there today , ” said Owosso resident and militia member , Daniel Brewer .
As the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Manke ’ s right as well as the rest of the state ’ s right to work .
“ I think everyone that comes out and supports Karl should protest , because I feel like some of Michigan should open up with regulations and if he wants to work , he should be able to work , ” said one protester outside 77-year-old Manke ’ s barbershop .
These folks are not advocating for some wild west policies here , they are simply supporting those who are willing to open their businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Everyone just needs to calm down and have compassion for people who are afraid of the virus and have compassion for people who need to work and put food in their belly , ” the supporter said .
As for the militia , Manke says he appreciates their support and seems thankful things have remained peaceful .
“ As long as they didn ’ t pull a gun on anyone and shoot anyone in the leg , I didn ’ t care , ” Manke said of the organization ’ s potential assistance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much rights as the rest of us do , ” Manke said .
“ They were demonstrating their rights They were behaving themselves .
They weren ’ t doing anything.
” After Manke served long lines of folks who wanted haircuts over the weekend , this week , the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs revoked his license .
But it has not deterred the elderly barber .
Manke received word of his license being suspended with an email , but it is not considered official until formal paperwork arrives from Lansing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day .
After getting the news that his state-issued license was temporarily pulled , it ’ s no surprise the man who has defied the governor ’ s orders for more than a week said he ’ s going to fight it .
Manke defied the government he calls oppressive by opening up his barbershop on May 4 .
Almost immediately , people started lining up to get their hair cut and show support .
First , the Michigan Attorney General ’ s Office ordered him to shut down .
He ignored it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said there must be a hearing to decide what to do next .
He ’ s staying open until that hearing .
Now , the state revoking his license to operate all together .
To sum up the state ’ s attack on his business , Manke told the outlet , “ ‘ I ’ m from the government and I ’ m here to help you.
’ Those are the words I fear more than anything else , ” Manke said .
“ ‘ I ’ m from the government and I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” As TFTP reported this week , though there are police officers out there willing to follow orders and arrest people for doing nails in their home or cutting hair , there are others out there who openly defy violating the rights of citizens .
Unfortunately , however , when they speak out about upholding the constitution and protecting the rights of Americans , they get fired .

Last month, TFTP reported how some folks are beginning to question the closures stemming from COVID-19 and the subsequent impending economic chaos. Business owners who are unable to obtain government backed SBC loans are taking matters into their own hands and they are opening up — despite threats of arrest and fines. Some of these businesses are willingly facing permanent closure and arrest for opening which has earned them the support of many gun owners and in Michigan, the militia.
In April, we reported on the case of Shelley Luther who made headlines for opening up her business, Salon A la Mode in Dallas, Texas. When she opened, Luther’s salon was guarded by armed citizens and private security guards. However, this wasn’t enough and earlier this month, she was arrested.
In Owossa, Michigan, however, barbershop owner Karl Manke, doesn’t just have the support of a few gun owners — he has a militia — who is in place to deliberately block the police if they show up to kidnap the man for cutting the hair of willing customers.
So far, the militia’s presence has been enough to deter police, and not just one or two cops either.
“Yesterday six troopers came in to enforce the governor’s order or to issue a cease or desist order so we are here to make sure he doesn’t get arrested. We’re willing to stand in front of that door and block the entrance so the police will have no entry there today,” said Owosso resident and militia member, Daniel Brewer.
As the militia guards the shop, others protest for Manke’s right as well as the rest of the state’s right to work.
“I think everyone that comes out and supports Karl should protest, because I feel like some of Michigan should open up with regulations and if he wants to work, he should be able to work,” said one protester outside 77-year-old Manke’s barbershop.
These folks are not advocating for some wild west policies here, they are simply supporting those who are willing to open their businesses or return to their jobs.
“Everyone just needs to calm down and have compassion for people who are afraid of the virus and have compassion for people who need to work and put food in their belly,” the supporter said.
DAY SIX: Supporters continue to gather in front of Karl Manke’s barbershop in Owosso Posted by Mid-Michigan NOW on Saturday, May 9, 2020
As for the militia, Manke says he appreciates their support and seems thankful things have remained peaceful.
“As long as they didn’t pull a gun on anyone and shoot anyone in the leg, I didn’t care,” Manke said of the organization’s potential assistance.
“Those guys have just as much rights as the rest of us do,” Manke said. “They were demonstrating their rights They were behaving themselves. They weren’t doing anything.”
After Manke served long lines of folks who wanted haircuts over the weekend, this week, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs revoked his license. But it has not deterred the elderly barber.
According to ABC 12:
Manke received word of his license being suspended with an email, but it is not considered official until formal paperwork arrives from Lansing. That could happen within the next day. After getting the news that his state-issued license was temporarily pulled, it’s no surprise the man who has defied the governor’s orders for more than a week said he’s going to fight it. Manke defied the government he calls oppressive by opening up his barbershop on May 4. Almost immediately, people started lining up to get their hair cut and show support. First, the Michigan Attorney General’s Office ordered him to shut down. He ignored it and stayed open. Then a court said there must be a hearing to decide what to do next. He’s staying open until that hearing. Now, the state revoking his license to operate all together.
To sum up the state’s attack on his business, Manke told the outlet, “‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.’ Those are the words I fear more than anything else,” Manke said. “‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.’”
We agree.
As TFTP reported this week, though there are police officers out there willing to follow orders and arrest people for doing nails in their home or cutting hair, there are others out there who openly defy violating the rights of citizens. Unfortunately, however, when they speak out about upholding the constitution and protecting the rights of Americans, they get fired.
Republished from TheFreeThoughtProject.com with permission


wearechange--2020-05-16--Pathologist Explains How The U.S. Medical System Screwed It All Up!

The video above is a very important interview with Dr. Chris Martenson of Peak Prosperity .
He has been right on with his virus coverage dating back months .
I ask Chris to explain what ’ s wrong with the US medical system and how it ’ s screwed up our virus response .
Chris explains that Dr. Fauci and others have manipulated studies and demonized research that has been used very effectively in other countries .
Like research on effective treatments like Hydroxychloroquine .
At the same time , the US medical system has chosen to promote a much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chris also reveals the countries that have done very well in stopping the spread of the virus .
You know what these countries have been doing ?
They did immediate border closures and told everyone to wear a mask .
Now I know some of you may still think that wearing a mask is a symbol of oppression .
But don ’ t take it from me… Watch the whole video to hear Chris explain how wearing masks slows the spread of the virus , protects those around you and makes it so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you won ’ t get nearly as sick .
Speaking of stopping the spread and using protective gear… I ’ m very glad to be teaming up with my good friend ’ s business CleanHealthyHappy They ’ ve got immune support supplements that I like and use as well as water filters , protective gear and hand sanitizer .
They ’ ve even got masks !
One thing Chris Martenson mentions in our interview is that disinfecting surfaces is very important .
The CleanHealthyHappy hand sanitizer can be sprayed on door handles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all kinds of surfaces .
And its made with colloidal silver , not with a bunch of harmful chemicals .
So get what you need now to keep yourself and those around you clean , healthy and happy for the months to come .

The video above is a very important interview with Dr. Chris Martenson of Peak Prosperity.
He has been right on with his virus coverage dating back months.
I ask Chris to explain what’s wrong with the US medical system and how it’s screwed up our virus response.
Chris explains that Dr. Fauci and others have manipulated studies and demonized research that has been used very effectively in other countries.
Like research on effective treatments like Hydroxychloroquine.
At the same time, the US medical system has chosen to promote a much more expensive and less effective treatment.
Chris also reveals the countries that have done very well in stopping the spread of the virus.
They include Taiwan, Kuwait, Bahrain and Singapore.
You know what these countries have been doing?
They did immediate border closures and told everyone to wear a mask.
Now I know some of you may still think that wearing a mask is a symbol of oppression.
But don’t take it from me…
Watch the whole video to hear Chris explain how wearing masks slows the spread of the virus, protects those around you and makes it so that if you do get the virus, you won’t get nearly as sick.
Clean Healthy Happy
Speaking of stopping the spread and using protective gear…
I’m very glad to be teaming up with my good friend’s business CleanHealthyHappy
They’ve got immune support supplements that I like and use as well as water filters, protective gear and hand sanitizer. They’ve even got masks!
One thing Chris Martenson mentions in our interview is that disinfecting surfaces is very important.
The CleanHealthyHappy hand sanitizer can be sprayed on door handles, faucets, tables, masks and all kinds of surfaces.
And its made with colloidal silver, not with a bunch of harmful chemicals.
So get what you need now to keep yourself and those around you clean, healthy and happy for the months to come.


wearechange--2020-05-17--Man Spends Three Months at Sea and Returns to a World Changed by Coronavirus

The world has changed a lot in the past few months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic , but most of us have had a bit of time to familiarize ourselves with the changes .
However , there are a small number of people around the world who were coincidentally off the grid when the pandemic began , and for these people , it would be very strange and jarring to suddenly return to the world as it is today .
That ’ s what happened to 67-year Bill Norrie , a Canadian sailor who recently arrived in Christchurch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ past three months alone at sea .
Norrie said that he got bits and pieces of information from his wife through a satellite connection , but he couldn ’ t imagine what was in store for him when he reached the shore .
“ My wife said , ‘ The jargon is rounding of the curve , ’ so now we ’ re six feet away [ due to social distancing ] .
So it ’ s still sorta strange to me , ” Norrie told New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ .
Norrie has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , sailing around South America , Africa and Australia .
When he finally arrived in Christchurch , he was surprised to have officials ask him to self-isolate .
“ Initially they said , ‘ You can ’ t come here , ’ so I was like , ‘ Where am I gon na go , right .
I was the most isolated person on the planet , they didn ’ t want to let me in .
It was too funny !
” Norrie told reporters .
However , because of the fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of months , they ended up letting him go without the typical quarantine process .
Jim Dilley , the local harbormaster , told TVNZ that Norrie was deemed safe to re-enter society .
“ He ’ s been at sea for three months , by himself , socially distancing , washing his hands , doing all the right things .
We do have such a good network and a very good health system here , so we can afford that , in an individual case , ” Dilley said .
Norrie doesn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Zealand long .
After a few days of resting and re-supplying , Norrie will leave to finish his journey and head back home to Canada .
New Zealand has seen a drastic decrease in their mortality rate in recent weeks , and authorities have recently decided to lift most of the restrictions in the region .
The country has done relatively well in comparison to many of its neighbors .
Officials believe that the virus has taken the lives of at least 21 people in the country and it is believed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s new stage is ‘ Alert Level 2 , ’ which means that “ all businesses can open to customers if they can do it safely.
” Schools are allowed to reopen and short-distance travel is now approved , but all events over 10 people are still banned .
According to reports this week published in NewsWeek , China attempted to talk New Zealand officials out of their lockdown strategy .
New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters said that Chinese officials called the country ’ s plan to battle the @ @ @ @ @ @ @

The world has changed a lot in the past few months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, but most of us have had a bit of time to familiarize ourselves with the changes. However, there are a small number of people around the world who were coincidentally off the grid when the pandemic began, and for these people, it would be very strange and jarring to suddenly return to the world as it is today.
That’s what happened to 67-year Bill Norrie, a Canadian sailor who recently arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand, after spending the past three months alone at sea. Norrie said that he got bits and pieces of information from his wife through a satellite connection, but he couldn’t imagine what was in store for him when he reached the shore.
“My wife said, ‘The jargon is rounding of the curve,’ so now we’re six feet away [due to social distancing]. So it’s still sorta strange to me,” Norrie told New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ.
Norrie has been out on the water since September, sailing around South America, Africa and Australia.
When he finally arrived in Christchurch, he was surprised to have officials ask him to self-isolate.
“Initially they said, ‘You can’t come here,’ so I was like, ‘Where am I gonna go, right. I was the most isolated person on the planet, they didn’t want to let me in. It was too funny!” Norrie told reporters.
However, because of the fact that he was already self-isolating for a number of months, they ended up letting him go without the typical quarantine process.
Jim Dilley, the local harbormaster, told TVNZ that Norrie was deemed safe to re-enter society.
“He’s been at sea for three months, by himself, socially distancing, washing his hands, doing all the right things. We do have such a good network and a very good health system here, so we can afford that, in an individual case,” Dilley said.
Norrie doesn’t plan to be staying in New Zealand long. After a few days of resting and re-supplying, Norrie will leave to finish his journey and head back home to Canada.
New Zealand has seen a drastic decrease in their mortality rate in recent weeks, and authorities have recently decided to lift most of the restrictions in the region. The country has done relatively well in comparison to many of its neighbors. Officials believe that the virus has taken the lives of at least 21 people in the country and it is believed to have infected about 1,500.
The country’s new stage is ‘Alert Level 2,’ which means that “all businesses can open to customers if they can do it safely.”
Schools are allowed to reopen and short-distance travel is now approved, but all events over 10 people are still banned.
According to reports this week published in NewsWeek, China attempted to talk New Zealand officials out of their lockdown strategy. New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters said that Chinese officials called the country’s plan to battle the coronavirus pandemic an “overreaction.”
Republished from TheMindUnleashed.com under Creative Commons


wearechange--2020-05-17--Massive Explosion in Downtown LA Leaves 10 Buildings on Fire, Multiple Firefighters Down

UPDATE 12:53am EST : The blaze has since been extinguished and there is an active investigation into what may have @ @ @ @ @ least 11 firefighters were injured .
Over 230 firefighters responded to the scene where multiple @ @ @ @ @ An explosion in Los Angeles has led to ten buildings being set on fire , @ @ @ @ @ At least ten firefighters have reportedly been injured .
The cause of the fire was @ @ @ @ @ but reports indicated that at least ten buildings were on fire .

UPDATE 12:53am EST: The blaze has since been extinguished and there is an active investigation into what may have been the cause. At least 11 firefighters were injured.
Over 230 firefighters responded to the scene where multiple buildings had caught fire.
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An explosion in Los Angeles has led to ten buildings being set on fire, according to local media.
At least ten firefighters have reportedly been injured.
BREAKING: At least 10 firefighters "down," multiple buildings on fire after explosion in downtown Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/C23f6ausYq — BNO News (@BNONews) May 17, 2020
Massive explosion in DTLA. 10 firefighters possibly injured. A witness shot this video and said debris was raining from the sky @NBCLA pic.twitter.com/LtzQpEqH37 — Darsha Philips (@DarshaPhilips) May 17, 2020
“Major smoke screen, ash is raining for blocks,” tweeted BuzzFeed reporter Sean Miura.
Major fire in Little Tokyo/downtown Los Angeles at San Pedro and Third. Dangerously close to Skid Row residents, senior and low income housing. Major smoke screen, ash is raining for blocks. pic.twitter.com/s4coh3xbgq — sean miura (@seanmiura) May 17, 2020
The cause of the fire was unknown at press time, but reports indicated that at least ten buildings were on fire.
Breaking: Multiple buildings are now on fire in Downtown Los Angeles, California. The LAFD says that approximately 10 firefighters are ‘down’ and has declared the fire as a major emergency. 230 firefighters are on the scene. pic.twitter.com/0lKsfyC2QD — PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) May 17, 2020
Republished from CommonDreams.org under Creative Commons


wearechange--2020-05-17--FDA Abruptly Halts Bill Gates Coronavirus Testing Program

About a month after Bill Gates criticized President Trump ’ s decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organization ( WHO ) , the federal government has just halted a Seattle-based coronavirus testing program backed by Gates .
“ Please discontinue patient testing and return of diagnostic results to patients until proper authorization is obtained , ” the Food & Drug Administration ( FDA ) wrote in a memo , addressed to the Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network ( SCAN ) , according to The New York Times .
SCAN posted an update on its website on Thursday ( May @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asked it to “ pause ” testing while it receives further guidance on new procedures for its COVID-19 test kits that collect samples at home .
The FDA “ recently clarified its guidance for home-based , self-collected samples to test for COVID-19 .
We have been notified that a separate federal emergency use authorization ( EUA ) is required to return results for self-collected tests , ” the post read .
An FDA spokesperson told The Times , the home collection test kits raised some concerns about “ safety and accuracy that required @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issue in the Seattle case appears to be that the test results are being used not only by researchers for surveillance of the virus in the community but that the results are also being returned to patients to inform them .
The two kinds of testing — surveillance and diagnostic — fall under different F.D.A .
standards .
In a pure surveillance study , the researchers may keep the results just for themselves .
But coronavirus testing has largely revolved around getting results returned to doctors who can share the results with patients @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SCAN was being conducted as a surveillance study , ” the spokesperson said .
SCAN is backed by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the University of Washington Medicine .
The testing program was sending free test kits to participants ’ homes in the Seattle Metropolitan Area , with the goal of testing people in the region to get a sense of how the virus was spreading through the community .
“ As SCAN gathers more test results in the weeks ahead , researchers expect the new data to provide a better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serve as one source to help answer other questions , like when physical distancing measures can be relaxed , ” Gates wrote on his blog , several days before the FDA halted the testing program .
New concerns emerged last week when the accuracy of Abbott Laboratories ’ COVID-19 antibody test was questioned by the FDA .
SCAN tests do not use antibodies for testing , and SCAN said it is working with health officials to restore the program .
Abbott ’ s COVID-19 test has been widely pumped by the Trump administration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fight against the virus , along with its use for daily testing in the White House .
Is it just a coincidence that after Gates bashed President Trump on WHO defunding and the president ’ s favorite COVID-19 test now has accuracy issues — that the federal government would , out of the blue , halt Gates ’ SCAN test ?
These are things that make you go hmmm..

About a month after Bill Gates criticized President Trump’s decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), the federal government has just halted a Seattle-based coronavirus testing program backed by Gates.
“Please discontinue patient testing and return of diagnostic results to patients until proper authorization is obtained,” the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) wrote in a memo, addressed to the Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network (SCAN), according to The New York Times.
SCAN posted an update on its website on Thursday (May 14) describing how the FDA had asked it to “pause” testing while it receives further guidance on new procedures for its COVID-19 test kits that collect samples at home.
The FDA “recently clarified its guidance for home-based, self-collected samples to test for COVID-19. We have been notified that a separate federal emergency use authorization (EUA) is required to return results for self-collected tests,” the post read.
“The FDA has not raised any concerns regarding the safety and accuracy of SCAN’s test, but we have been asked to pause testing until we receive that additional authorization.”
An FDA spokesperson told The Times, the home collection test kits raised some concerns about “safety and accuracy that required the agency’s review.”
The issue in the Seattle case appears to be that the test results are being used not only by researchers for surveillance of the virus in the community but that the results are also being returned to patients to inform them. The two kinds of testing — surveillance and diagnostic — fall under different F.D.A. standards. In a pure surveillance study, the researchers may keep the results just for themselves. But coronavirus testing has largely revolved around getting results returned to doctors who can share the results with patients. “We had previously understood that SCAN was being conducted as a surveillance study,” the spokesperson said.
SCAN is backed by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the University of Washington Medicine. The testing program was sending free test kits to participants’ homes in the Seattle Metropolitan Area, with the goal of testing people in the region to get a sense of how the virus was spreading through the community.
“As SCAN gathers more test results in the weeks ahead, researchers expect the new data to provide a better sense of the number of infections and serve as one source to help answer other questions, like when physical distancing measures can be relaxed,” Gates wrote on his blog, several days before the FDA halted the testing program.
New concerns emerged last week when the accuracy of Abbott Laboratories’ COVID-19 antibody test was questioned by the FDA. SCAN tests do not use antibodies for testing, and SCAN said it is working with health officials to restore the program.
Abbott’s COVID-19 test has been widely pumped by the Trump administration as a key factor in winning the fight against the virus, along with its use for daily testing in the White House.
Is it just a coincidence that after Gates bashed President Trump on WHO defunding and the president’s favorite COVID-19 test now has accuracy issues — that the federal government would, out of the blue, halt Gates’ SCAN test?
These are things that make you go hmmm..
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission