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Date: October 19, 2018 at 18:20:56
From: Logan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: DARPA to weaponize insects to spread viruses across the population |
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
is working on an agricultural bio-weapon, and a team
of scientists are speaking out about it.
For many years, agricultural firms have experimented
with plant life, genetically modifying crops to
confer desired, profitable traits. This
experimentation has largely been conducted in labs,
whereas genetic modification is directly applied into
the chromosomes of a particular crop. Subsidized and
introduced with lofty promise, these genetically
altered crops have overtaken agricultural practices
over the years. Who wouldn’t want to plant a seed
type that has been genetically altered to survive
mass herbicide spraying, allowing for easy weed
control on a mass scale? While genetic modification
shows promise for efficiency, the limitations of this
experimentation have showed up across the agriculture
industry, worldwide. For one, modified chromosomes
are not always vertically inherited from one
generation to the next. Two, the weeds that once died
quickly begin to take on resistant traits. More
chemicals, new formulations, and more genetic changes
are needed in order to maintain profit margins.
Moreover, as agriculture becomes dependent on a
select breed of genetically altered seeds,
agricultural systems become vulnerable.
Plants will naturally adapt to the diseases and pests
in their regional ecosystem and produce seeds that
are more genetically adapted to these threats.
Heirloom seeds possess various traits from year to
year. A diverse selection of heirloom seeds protects
agriculture systems. This is why the governments of
the world save seeds at the Svalbard Global Seed
Vault, an underground facility near the North Pole
which protects against accidental loss of diversity
in traditional gene banks.
DARPA to unleash genetically altered viruses via
insects
Understanding the limitations of genetically modified
crops, DARPA researchers insist that the problems be
solved by circumventing the genetic modification of
the plant; instead DARPA wishes to disperse
infectious genetically modified viruses into insects
so the bugs can edit crop chromosomes directly in the
fields, non-stop. In this way, farmers wouldn’t have
to rely on waning vertical inheritance of genetically
modified traits. This strategy would allow for
horizontal transfer of genetic modification, allowing
insects to infect crops with viruses that can change
the plant’s chromosomes after they are attacked. To
do this, DARPA would have to colonize crop pests,
infect them with viruses, and unleash them into the
environment. This would have a profound impact on
ecosystems, crop health, and eventually human health.
Infected insects would eventually come in contact
with humans; the consequences are inescapable.
Scientists blow the whistle on DARPA’s research
Richard Reeves and D. Caetano-Anollés of the
Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck
Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany; C.
Boëte of ISEM, University Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE,
IRD, Montpellier, France; and S. Voeneky and F. Beck
from the Institute of International Law and Ethics of
Law, University of Freiburg, Germany have exposed
DARPA’s sinister plan. They purport that, “The
regulatory, biological, economic, and societal
implications of dispersing such horizontal
environmental genetic alteration agents (HEGAAs) into
ecosystems” does nothing to enhance U.S. agriculture
or advance national defense. The scientists say the
program could be viewed as a way to develop
biological agents for hostile purposes. They decry
that this program could “constitute a breach of the
Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).”
With DARPA researching ways to weaponize insects with
viruses, the U.S. could indeed be violating the BWC,
a treaty that banned countries from developing,
producing, and stockpiling biological weapons. DARPA
began the project in 2017, not with the intent to
build a weapon that spreads disease, but to help
farmers with problems in the field, including
drought, disease, floods, and frost.
Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute in New
York, Pennsylvania State University, Ohio State
University and the University of Texas at Austin have
received $27 million in funding to help DARPA develop
Horizontal Environmental Genetic Alteration Agents
(HEGAA). These agents are viruses that will be
introduced into the insect population to directly
influence the genetic makeup of crops. DARPA intends
to use leaf hoppers, white flies, and aphids to
introduce the viruses in to the crops. DARPA is
calling this the “Insect Allies” program and promises
to help farmers combat “climate change.”
Viruses that affect crops, insects, and rodents may
impact humans in different ways. For example, reverse
transcriptase occurs after injection of the MMR
vaccine, whereas an enzyme takes genetic information
from the diseased animal cells in the vaccine and
reverse transcribes cancer causing retroviruses into
human DNA for life. So, how will these genetic
changes impact the human genome? How will plants
evolve? Will plant nutrients continue to be
assimilated by the human microbiome? Furthermore, how
will the genetically engineered viruses in the
insects interact with other microorganisms in the
environment? If crops are constantly being inundated
by modified viruses, this technology could alter the
genetics and immune systems of humans who depend on
the crops.
Notwithstanding, as a U.S. defense project, this
technology could be used to introduce debilitating
viruses into enemy farmlands, crippling their
agriculture. Because of this possibility, DARPA could
be engaging in dual-research, developing a bio-weapon
under the guise of agricultural advancement. This
could spur rival nations to develop their own brand
of agricultural, insect-deployed weapons.
DARPA is currently conducting the experiments on
insects in closed greenhouses and laboratories. To
succeed, they will have to prove that their virus
treatments produce a beneficial gain to agriculture.
They will have to prove that the viruses can be
precision guided to the “right plants” and the “right
tissue.” Once completed, DARPA will have invented the
means to unleash either unintended genetic
consequences into the environment or an advanced
insect-driven bio-weapon.
This is the future of GMOs: corporate control over
agriculture, new diseases, and genetic defects, and
this is the future of warfare on humanity. For more
on this topic, visit GMO.News.
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Date: October 22, 2018 at 12:11:49
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Scientific American |
URL: Zika GM Mosquito |
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And indirectly related to the articles previously
posted: We were already researching virus modification
in insects to stop spread of Zika.
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Date: October 22, 2018 at 12:06:32
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Newsweek, DARPA and Insects(NT) |
URL: Newsweek article |
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Date: October 22, 2018 at 12:05:33
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Chicago Tribune(NT) |
URL: INsect biowarfare |
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Date: October 22, 2018 at 12:04:35
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: LiveScience Article(NT) |
URL: Insects and modified plant viruses |
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Date: October 22, 2018 at 12:02:55
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Washington Post(NT) |
URL: Washington Post INsects |
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Date: October 22, 2018 at 12:01:07
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: And Science Direct Abstract |
URL: Science direct |
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Not sure if this one is accessible to general public.
Doesn't mention DARPA, (NY Times article previously
posted does) but does describe the research.
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Date: October 22, 2018 at 11:58:36
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: This is in the mainstream: NY Times article |
URL: Weaponizing insects |
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Eh, this is one of the times where the gist of the
article is correct.
I've been seeing articles in the mainstream media
and science journals about projects like this for
years. This is very outdated information being
touted as something new.
See, Logan? This is what I've talked about in the
past.
You post true articles from trash sites, you're just
going to prompt people to NOT believe the info even
when it's been in the news for years.
Sad, but true. And here you have evidence of that.
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Date: October 19, 2018 at 20:06:34
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: DARPA to weaponize insects to spread viruses across the population |
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Zerohedge is listed with the "mediabias" website as a
psuedo-conspiracy site.
Please cross check any information from this site with
reputable sources.
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Date: October 22, 2018 at 19:07:06
From: Akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: DARPA to weaponize insects to spread viruses across the population |
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Interesting that your "mediabias" source rates
http://www.propornot.com/p/home.html as conspiracy-pseudoscience.
I completely agree with that, despite what the Washington Post says.
But Greenpeace? Really?
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Date: October 21, 2018 at 14:19:24
From: Logan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Zerohedge??? LOL LOL LOL |
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Like a knee jerk Lib site says anything truthful. LOL
some more.
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Date: October 21, 2018 at 22:58:56
From: Redhart, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Zerohedge??? LOL LOL LOL |
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all you have is insults, but no truth or power.
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Date: October 25, 2018 at 22:36:36
From: Logan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Zerohedge??? LOL LOL LOL |
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Actually I have all three.
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Date: October 20, 2018 at 09:36:51
From: Alan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: DARPA to weaponize insects to spread viruses across the population |
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So the sensational attention headline for woo believers is
"DARPA to weaponize insects to spread viruses across the population"
This stems from a bloke in Germany...
"...claim DARPA is potentially developing insects as a means of delivering
a “new class of biological weapon.”
See the subtle difference - do you understand the words 'claim' &
'potentially'
If you woo believers want to immerse yourself in horror suggest you
research Unit 731.
During World War II Japan “bombed” China with fleas infected with
Bubonic plague. During WWII, the Japanese army had a secret biological
warfare research unit in Manchuria called Unit 731. Unit 731 was
responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by
Japan.
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Date: October 22, 2018 at 12:16:06
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: DARPA to weaponize insects to spread viruses across the population |
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Meh, most mainstream sources have covered it in
ample detail. You can write it off as a conspiracy
but it's being covered by mainstream media and
science journals alike. (as in the sources I posted
above).
Logan's a fool for the sources he chooses, but it
just goes to show how easily valid information is
undermined if the first thing people see is a
traditionally non-credible source covering it.
Congratulations, you fell for it and will now
disregard a legitimate issue.
That is a standard form of manipulation, BTW. I'm
still not sure if Logan actually believes what he
posts, or pretends to, while using woo sources, to
deliberately cultivate automatic dismissal of
relevant issues.
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Date: October 19, 2018 at 20:14:16
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: DARPA to weaponize insects to spread viruses across the population |
URL: https://www.newsweek.com/darpa-biological-weapons-insects-scientists-warn-1152834 |
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I just looked and there are a few sources going back to the first of
October on the story...I have not read them all...but one is
above...
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Date: October 22, 2018 at 12:17:12
From: Awen, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Good catch |
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I hadn't read all the way down in the responses before
repeating Newsweek among mine.
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Date: October 20, 2018 at 18:16:32
From: Johnl, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: DARPA to weaponize insects to spread viruses across the population |
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I read both your (Newsweek) and Logan’s article on the
possibility of DARPA using weaponized insects for
genetically altering agricultural plants to resist
harmful pathogens, etc.
This reminds me of how the bible said that “pestilences”
would be an apocalyptic sign of the last days. It
didn’t occur to me that pestilences might come from
engineered genetic modifications using insects. Even if
DARPA limits their weaponized insect program, -- other
rogue nations might develop their own programs to spread
pestilence.
It also reminds me of the “bride of Chucky” (genetic
inheritance).
In contrast, the christian faithful.
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