Bill Gates' Unchecked Power: Decisions with Global Impact and the Looming Threat to Humanity's Future
Conspiracy Theory? Read on and discover the truth!
In Medellin, Colombia, a "production facility" is producing mosquitoes—millions of mosquitoes, 30 million per week. These mosquitoes are released not only in Colombia but also in Sri Lanka, Australia, Vietnam, Mexico, Indonesia, Fiji, or Vanuatu for the benefit of the local populations, of course.
The release of millions of mosquitoes, decided upon by whoever without proper consultation, is once again an example of people feeling entitled to create externalities for everyone, bringing costs and dangers to all, just so they can feel good about themselves and pat each other on the back. Organized, of course, in the World Mosquito Program, a program similar to GAVI, the "vaccine manufacturers'" sales department, with the mission of “doing good for people”, packaged here as a fight against Dengue fever or the Zika virus, both endemic in the countries mentioned above, causing a large number of people to get sick and die from them annually.
And Bill Gates wants to ‘save’ them all.
If you're wondering who funds the World Mosquito Program, well, first and foremost, the World Mosquito Program and the companies it encompasses, such as the production facility in Colombia shown in the video above, belong to Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. A project group focused on Wolbachia bacteria has been established there, and we'll get to that in a moment. Typically, universities don't have the funds to launch a global production of mosquitoes and distribute millions of mosquitoes and mosquito eggs. This requires money, and this is where, among others, Bill Gates and his enthusiasm for mosquitoes come into play.
In any case, he finances, through his Gates Foundation, the World Mosquito Program is a profit driven company and its CEO Scott O’Neill holds the patent for the gene-drive mosquito bio-technology and thus the release of millions of mosquitoes that have been specifically bred to be released. They are bred from a strain of mosquitoes that are infected with the Wolbachia bacterium, which is intended to render the mosquitoes incapable of transmitting the virus for dengue fever, yellow fever, or the Zika virus. The fascinating fairy-tale of Wolbachia can be read here:
Murphy, B., C. Jansen, J. Murray, and P. De Barro (2010). Risk analysis on the Australian release of Aedes aegypti (L.)(Diptera: Culicidae) containing Wolbachia. Austrália: CSIRO Entomology.
The purpose of this report was to assess the risks associated with the release of millions of mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria in Australia. The authors accomplished this task by dismissing it through various forms of groupthink and echo chamber talk, largely excluding empirical data. In the end, the conclusion drawn was that the release is completely safe for humans.
Hence, millions of Wolbachia mosquitoes were released to incubate wild mosquito colonies in Australia, preventing their reproduction and reducing the life expectancy of the biting insects. This extensive genetic program oddly did not spark any protests from those who otherwise never miss an opportunity to demonstrate against genetically modified corn. Anyway, the mosquitoes were released, and what ensued will be reported another time. For now, in this article, we only aim to provide a framework, a framework once again encompassing a subject whose main theme is the presumption of a few individuals. These individuals, under the pretext of promoting the health of populations, create externalities for others without being able to comprehend the consequences of their actions.
Early warnings against the uncritical use of Wolbachia bacteria in mosquitoes
In the year 2016, Elgion Lucio Silva Loreto and Gabriel Luz Wallau warned in a letter to the editors of Science against the uncritical use of Wolbachia bacteria in mosquitoes. They pointed out the existence of numerous scientific studies demonstrating that these bacteria could jump to distant relatives of mosquitoes and other arthropods. If you're unsure about what falls under the category of arthropods—creatures that crawl, buzz, and spin—here is a small selection.
According to the authors, the question of how this transfer might affect related species, what consequences it might have for these related species and the environment, remains entirely unanswered. They emphasized that since Wolbachia mosquitoes are ultimately genetically modified insects, this knowledge gap is all the more significant.
Loreto, Elgion Lucio Silva, and Gabriel Luz Wallau (2016). “Risks of Wolbachia mosquito control.” Science 351(6279): 1273-1273.
Further dampers for Gates' enthusiasm are spread in a contribution by Yen and Failloux:
Yen, Pei-Shi, and Anna-Bella Failloux. (2020). A review: Wolbachia-based population replacement for mosquito control shares common points with genetically modified control approaches. Pathogens 9(5): 404.
The perhaps most important passages in Yen and Failloux's article deal with three incursions of reality into the dream world of those who cause so much devastation because they want to help "the people."
Arboviruses, also known as arthropod-borne viruses, transmitted by insects, are typically RNA viruses [e.g., Flaviviridae like the Dengue virus], which exhibit a high mutation rate. Consequently, they can quickly overcome the blockade provided by Wolbachia bacteria against their spread. This somehow brings to mind the genetically modified pesticides, with efficacy ranging from 0% to 100%, deployed against SARS-CoV-2, which rapidly mutated in a short period. More information can be found at:
Martinez, Julien, Gaspar Bruner-Montero, Ramesh Arunkumar, Sophia CL Smith, Jonathan P. Day, Ben Longdon, and Francis M. Jiggins (2019). Virus evolution in Wolbachia-infected Drosophila. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286(1914): 20192117.
The predestined failure is also indicated by the fact that Wolbachia bacteria cannot prevent arboviruses from replicating, so it is only a matter of time until the virus can bypass the blockade. Read more at:
Koh, Cassandra, Michelle D. Audsley, Francesca Di Giallonardo, Emily J. Kerton, Paul R. Young, Edward C. Holmes, and Elizabeth A. McGraw (2019). Sustained Wolbachia-mediated blocking of dengue virus isolates following serial passage in Aedes aegypti cell culture. Virus evolution 5(1): vez012.
Teramoto, Tadahisa, Xin Huang, Peter A. Armbruster, and Radhakrishnan Padmanabhan (2019). Infection of Aedes albopictus mosquito C6/36 cells with the w Melpop strain of Wolbachia modulates dengue virus-Induced host cellular transcripts and induces critical sequence alterations in the dengue viral genome. Journal of virology 93(15): e00581-19.
Furthermore, there are numerous studies that show mosquitoes already infected with Wolbachia bacteria, such as Ae. albopictus, cannot be prevented by Wolbachia bacteria from transmitting viruses. Read more about it here:
Blagrove, Marcus SC, Camilo Arias-Goeta, Cristina Di Genua, Anna-Bella Failloux, and Steven P. Sinkins (2013). A Wolbachia w Mel transinfection in Aedes albopictus is not detrimental to host fitness and inhibits Chikungunya virus. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 7(3): e2152.
Mousson, Laurence, Karima Zouache, Camilo Arias-Goeta, Vincent Raquin, Patrick Mavingui, and Anna-Bella Failloux (2012). The native Wolbachia symbionts limit transmission of dengue virus in Aedes albopictus. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 6(12): e1989.
So far, we have only addressed the uncertainties among insects associated with the release of mosquitoes that has captivated Bill Gates. It gets even more intense:
Lymphatic filariasis is a disease also known as elephantiasis. A nasty condition caused by persistent inflammation. Currently, around 120 million people worldwide are infected, with the majority residing in Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
The infection is transmitted by a worm. And at first glance, all of this has nothing to do with Wolbachia bacteria. However, there is the study by Punkosdy et al. from the year 2003, in which the authors show that Wolbachia bacteria, which reside in the same human organism, invade and support the work of Brugia malayi, Brugia timori, and Wuchereria bancrofti, all roundworms that cause lymphatic filariasis. These bacteria, which Bill Gates so enthusiastically distributes worldwide through mosquitoes, likely play a role in the outbreak of the disease, which then manifests itself as depicted below.
“The results of this study demonstrate that anti-WSP [Wolbachia surface protein] antibody responses are associated with the presence of chronic filarial morbidity and not filarial infection status in humans and suggest that WSP should be further studied as a potential trigger for the development of filarial disease.”
Punkosdy, George A., David G. Addiss, and Patrick J. Lammie (2003). Characterization of antibody responses to Wolbachia surface protein in humans with lymphatic filariasis.” Infection and Immunity 71(9): 5104-5114.
The work of Bazzocchi et al. (2007) adds a somewhat sinister aspect, demonstrating that Wolbachia bacteria presented on the surface of cells for their immune defense are capable of preventing the elimination of nonfunctional neutrophils, white blood cells.
Bazzocchi, C., S. Comazzi, R. Santoni, C. Bandi, C. Genchi, and M. Mortarino (2007). Wolbachia surface protein (WSP) inhibits apoptosis in human neutrophils.” Parasite immunology 29(2): 73-79.
The inhibition of apoptosis, identified by Finkelstein et al. (2001), serves as a starting point for lung cancer in smokers. In other words, preventing apoptosis promotes the development of cancer. However, as the contribution from Australia teaches us, all of this is unfounded because the release of millions of mosquitoes carrying genetically modified Wolbachia bacteria, whose effects on related species and the environment are unknown, poses no threat to humans – sounds somewhat familiar, doesn't it?
Finkelstein, Erik I., Mirella Nardini, and Albert van der Vliet (2001). Inhibition of neutrophil apoptosis by acrolein: a mechanism of tobacco-related lung disease?. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 281(3): L732-L739.
Indeed, only those who have information, are interested in acquiring information, and must express themselves with zeal to go down in history as the best person in the world, in order to combat their psychological problems, or as Bill Gates writes:
“The demand for these lifesaving mosquitoes continues to grow and that means the World Mosquito Program needs to produce hundreds of millions of Wolbachia mosquitoes. That brings us back to the factory in Medellín, which is currently the world’s largest mosquito breeding facility in the world, producing more than 30 million mosquitoes per week. Other World Mosquito Program sites around the world are also breeding Wolbachia mosquitoes, but Colombia’s is currently the largest.”
Wow! Whether the people in Colombia (and possibly soon in Bali) are as delighted as Bill Gates?
Conclusion
Once again, we find ourselves confronted with the consequences of decisions made by people like Bill Gates, who seem to make these decisions without even a second thought about whether it might be a bit presumptuous to decide over the heads of billions of people, simply to support the fragile emotional fabric that is their personality. Decisions that are made without foreseeing the consequences, made without regard for the fact that almost always unintended consequences arise, especially when far-reaching decisions are made, the consequences of which no one knows.
These people, who want to overcome their boredom and the emptiness of their lives by using their money to fund the simplest solutions to human problems are slowly becoming a scourge on humanity.
Let's hope that we all escape the horror. At least in Bali, the island of the Gods. And not the island for sinister individuals, playing God!
Disclaimer
This article has been translated into English. Our heartfelt thanks go to the original author Michael Klein from sciencefiles.org!