Good morning steemers
I was reading an article yesterday, about mosquitoes. Two years ago I came upon the subject because spread of Zika was so prevailent and we where pregnant. So yeah scary I guess. In our region there where reported cases, although less then 5.
The journey begins November 3rd 2017. The EPA signaling to a small startup "MosquitoMate," that it can release its modified mosquito's into the wild. These lab created Mosquito's carried a bacterium called Wolbachia pipientis. The intention was that lab generated mosquito's would mate with Asian Tiger Mosquito's. So the EPA greenlights the release in 20 states and D.C.
image source Reuters
The company MosquitoMate sorted the male and female mosquito's by sex because male mosquitos dont bite and where to be used at treatment facilities. Females on the otherhand is a product called ZAP. Since females mosquito's bite they would be used, to thin out the population.
The short answer is no. Although the contagion of Zika has been reduced. No it "did not work." My suspicions are honestly this is used as a biological weapon. This is due to, two very distinct and different corporate bodies.
First, the WHO (World Health Organization), cites that Disease X, will be new and that the organization is not equipped to deal with such a threat. It recognizes interestingly enough that viruses and bacterium mutate. Which could potentially kill millions if not billions of people.
Second, Bill and Melinda Gates dump 3 Million pounds into the manufactoring of lab grown mosquito's. This is in addition to the 3.7 million he dumped into Oxitec in 2010. 馃
Oxitec is the UK variant of MosquitoMate. So while I find these facts interesting Im starting to see some connection here. Oxitec got its start in the Cayman Islands as there is no biological weapon - terrorism laws.
While Bill and Melinda aim to eradicate Malaria in the next generation. They also share their concerns about this very same method being used in biological terrorism.
Humorous considering Ebola transmission method was thought to be from animal body fluid to human in the form of bat droppings. How did that supposed bat get infected? What do bats eat? See even looking at this one begins to wonder. Troubling since Ebola is comprised of five different viruses, four of which are infectious.
We as humans shouldn't participate in this manner at all. The most troubling aspect of this to me is that I can still hear and see Bill sitting in an oversized chair on a stage making his case that the world is too over-populated. He said this as millions where dying of Ebola in Congo and West Africa.
I see a very telling and disturbing picture. Create a virus. Then develope a treatment and profit off both. While taking bigger whacks at the earths population. Which means to them less resources, better stability, better profit.
