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HAPPENING NOW - Senate Intelligence Committee holds open hearing on Worldwide Threats
Testimony coming from:
@ODNIgov Dir Avril Haines
@CIA Dir Bill Burns
@DefenseIntel Dir LtGen Scott Berrier
@NSAGov Dir Gen Paul Nakasone
@FBI Dir Christopher Wray
Testimony coming from:
@ODNIgov Dir Avril Haines
@CIA Dir Bill Burns
@DefenseIntel Dir LtGen Scott Berrier
@NSAGov Dir Gen Paul Nakasone
@FBI Dir Christopher Wray
Senate Intel Comm Chair @MarkWarner starts w/praise for the US intelligence community for being candid w/intel on #Russia, #Putin's plans for #Ukraine & "throwing Putin off-guard"
"Democracy is sometimes messy" per @MarkWarner "I believe with all my heart the ppl of #Ukraine are voting with their lives, embracing the values that we take for granted every day"
"With all our flaws, our system is still the best in the world"
"With all our flaws, our system is still the best in the world"
I'm deeply worried about future pandemics & nastier agents. Nature doesn’t try to kill us; humans will. This e-print details a universal early-warning system: a “Nucleic Acid Observatory” (#NAO).
arxiv.org/abs/2108.0267
1/20
arxiv.org/abs/2108.0267
1/20
All catastrophic bio-threats grow exponentially
All bio is made of nucleic acids
To detect all threats, deep sequence wastewater + rivers & look for exponentially growing fragments (k-mers)
arxiv.org/abs/2108.02678
#NAO
2/20
All bio is made of nucleic acids
To detect all threats, deep sequence wastewater + rivers & look for exponentially growing fragments (k-mers)
arxiv.org/abs/2108.02678
#NAO
2/20
Why a Nucleic Acid Observatory? @EricLander46: “to keep future viruses from becoming pandemics… (we need) early-warning systems to spot new biological threats anywhere in the world soon after they emerge” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
3/20
3/20
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: 🇺🇸 Mobilizing the World to Address Transnational Challenges
Global Health and Pandemics
🇺🇸Only one party understands the urgency of strengthening the global public health system. 1/12
Global Health and Pandemics
🇺🇸Only one party understands the urgency of strengthening the global public health system. 1/12
The human and economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the urgency of strengthening the global public health system—and the consequences of America’s disengagement from the world. 2/12 #globalhealth #pandemic
The Trump Administration was warned about the clear and present danger of a global pandemic. The Administration not only ignored the threat but dismantled our early warning and response mechanisms and failed to act when the pandemic began. 3/12 #globalhealth #pandemic
#donotbelievetheexperts #globalbangainoffunction #SIGNTHEPETITION
"Fauci, ... has been a strong advocate for U.S. government funding of #gainoffunction experimentation. Fauci claims, ...that risky #GOF can help develop new vaccines for pandemics, ...organicconsumers.org/blog/covid-19-…
"Fauci, ... has been a strong advocate for U.S. government funding of #gainoffunction experimentation. Fauci claims, ...that risky #GOF can help develop new vaccines for pandemics, ...organicconsumers.org/blog/covid-19-…
"despite the fact that 30 years of these dangerous experiments have not delivered any tangible benefits, such as cures or safe vaccines."
"Unbeknownst to the public, a shadowy international network of thousands of virologists, gene engineers, military scientists and biotech entrepreneurs are #weaponizing #viruses and microorganisms in civilian and military labs under the euphemism of #gainoffunction research.
QUESTION: NEW #COVID19 Lockdown Imposed in China's Henan Province After Fresh Cases Emerge. This serious development, will likely impact the rest of the world. We asked #Biodefense expert @gregkoblentz what this means. Follow this thread for the answer.
ANSWER: “Sounds like China doesn't have #COVID19 under control after all. Not surprising that the vectors in this case are doctors who were treating patients in Wuhan.
This is an important demonstration of the risks of declaring victory and lifting or relaxing #socialdistancing measures prematurely. On the plus side, good that the authorities are imposing a lockdown on the province before it gets worse.
