Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times
If you’ve had a
COVID-19 test, there’s a good possibility that the folks in the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have your DNA.
If so, they probably
know more about your health and DNA vulnerabilities than you do. The implications
of that are disturbing, to say the least.
The company contracted
to conduct the COVID-19 tests is Fulgent Genetics, a nationwide DNA sequencing
and disease testing firm. According to the firm’s website, its stated mission
is, “developing flexible and affordable genetic testing that improves the everyday
lives of those around us.”
Apparently, we are to
believe that Fulgent Genetics is here to improve all of our lives.
Deep Ties to China
On Nov. 29, the Office
of the Sheriff of Los Angeles County posted a letter to the Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors. That letter stated that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department would not be participating in the COVID-19 testing with Fulgent
Genetics.
The letter explained
that the Federal Bureau of Investigations’ (FBI) Weapons of Mass Destruction
Directorate had warned Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s office of the risk that DNA
samples, from the COVID-19 tests that Fulgent Genetics was to provide, would
“likely be shared with the Republic of China.”
Villanueva also said
at a press briefing that “Fulgent had strong ties with BGI, WuXP, and Huawei
Technology, all of which are linked to the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,
the People’s Republic of China State Council and are under the control of the PRC.”
Questions Abound
Several questions come
to mind. Who or what is the Fulgent Genetics corporation ?
Why would an American
company wish to provide American DNA samples ?
Why on Earth would
China even want DNA samples from Americans ?
For what purpose ?
How many American DNA
samples do they have already ?
And most importantly,
what does our DNA have to do with the FBI’s concern with weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) from China ?
The answers to these
and other questions on the stuff of dystopian worst-case scenarios are
discussed below. But first, some background on Fulgent Genetics.
Who Is Fulgent
Genetics ?
The firm was founded
in 2011 by Ming Hsieh, chairman of the board of directors, president, and chief
executive officer, and James Xie, chief operating officer. Hsieh has served as
a trustee at Fudan University in China since 2011. Xie received his Bachelor’s
degree in engineering from Chongqing University in China in 1987. Perhaps not
surprisingly, both men have deep ties to China.
And apparently, Fulgent
has been sharing Americans’ DNA from coast to coast with China. As noted in
Villanueva’s statement, it’s not the only PLA proxy company engaged in
harvesting Americans’ genetic material. There are others as well, and millions
upon millions of people’s DNA from America and many other places in the world
have been sent to China.
This is where things
get very dark in the weapons of mass destruction department. China wants to
create a biowarfare WMD that targets your DNA.
A New, Dark Era of
Biowarfare Is Here
Biowarfare isn’t a new
thing; it has been used throughout history. In the 4th century B.C., Scythian
archers infected their arrows by dipping them in decomposed bodies. In the 14th
century, the Tartars catapulted plague-infected dead bodies into the lines of
their enemies at the siege of Kaffa. And in World War II, the Imperial Japanese
Army bombed Chinese cities with plague-laden fleas.
But these “old school”
forms of biowarfare are child’s play compared to the latest DNA-based
bioweapons technology that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and genomics.
We are entering a new and very risky era.
Biowarfare and DNA
Manipulation
Just as AI and
genomics enable DNA manipulation to help the human body fight all kinds of
diseases, this same technology can also be used to create unique pathogens that
only impact specific people. DNA-specific weapons can target a race, a gender,
or even a family or individual with a specific DNA structure.
This isn’t just a
possibility—it’s a probability, if not already a reality. What’s more, at least
in theory, there’s no blowback to DNA-specific bioweapons because they harm
only people with specified DNA characteristics. China’s access to Americans’
DNA is unquestionably a national security concern.
US Versus China in ‘Death
Race 2035’
Some estimates say
that the winner(s) of the bioweapon arms race will be determined by the year
2035. It may well be much sooner. In the race to create highly effective,
targetable, and lethal biological weapons, the United States and China are neck
and neck. Both nations have invested big money in AI and genomics. Each wants
to take the lead in creating these super DNA-based bioweapons.
Like all arms races,
whichever nation develops the ability to launch a biological attack without
fear of blowback will be in the power position. Not a happy picture, but it’s
reality.
But just being able to
launch a deadly, highly targeted or even WMD bio attack isn’t enough. The
survival of a nation also depends on its ability to defend against one. Like nuclear
retaliation strategy (second strike capability) is meant to deter a first
strike, a nation’s biowarfare retaliation ability may be a critical factor in
deterring such attacks.
Unfortunately, AI and
genomics make creating potentially thousands of genetically-modified lethal
pathogens easy. On the flip side, immunizing whole populations, or even a small
number of people, against thousands of newly-created pathogens is impossible;
at least at this moment.
Biowarfare Technology
Goes Viral
Predictably, the rapid
spread of information itself is a problem. The internet has made it impossible
to contain most secrets. If a technology exists, for the right price, it will
be made available to the bad guys. Or, in the case of the PLA and Chinese
scientific community, it will be developed and—if current experience with the
CCP virus is an indicator—deployed in full.
This reality does not
bode well for limiting the access and use of a new and dangerous bioweapon by
China, or any other adversaries of the United States. If Fulgent and others are
helping China develop DNA-targeted pathogens against Americans, there are no
easy answers to such a threat, nor are there any good ones. But seizing all
materials, data, and assets, and prosecuting such firms would be a start.
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