Surprisingly, we can agreed with the headline of a blog post published in MalariaWorld this week, but for a different reason. The post with the same name was written by Fredros Okumu for Devex. Devex is described thus by Editor in chief Raj Kumar – ‘Devex is the platform for insider journalism on global development — independent, trusted, essential’. It is funded by globalist organisations including Gates Foundation, World Bank, UN, European Commission and WEF.
In earlier posts we have discussed this issue including Burkina Faso’s ending of gene-drive mosquito trials, possible releases of GM mosquitos in Nairobi by Gates Foundation, and a general dismissal of possible dangers of the effectiveness of this bizarre idea.
Unsurprisingly, Okumu is making the case that the dangers of ‘Frankenstein’ mosquitos are insignificant compared to the 610,000 annual worldwide deaths from malaria. He says conversations start with the technology and that they should start with the disease. Again, we agree. And the first question he should answer is how does he know for sure that malaria is spread by mosquitos, or is it a disease of malnutrition?
He states if gene drives work as intended, engineered mosquitos could spread genetic traits that selectively suppress populations of the most dangerous malaria mosquitos or make them unable to transmit the parasite. This argument runs counter to basic Darwinian evolution theory. There is no way that Gates’ freak mosquitos will outcompete well evolved natural mosquitos. If natural mosquitos can survive insecticides they can survive these freaks.
He says another thing we agree with ‘But what succeeds in a laboratory does not automatically succeed in the world’. He uses this as an argument for field trials rather than as a cue to forget about the idea.
Comically he states ‘When COVID-19 arrived, the world understood speed as a moral obligation. In the U.S., Operation Warp Speed accelerated the development, testing, and manufacturing of multiple vaccine candidates without abandoning safety. It meant that delay itself was recognized as a risk. Malaria deserves the same seriousness’. Clearly, he does not understand that COVID19 vaccines caused immeasurably more harm than the supposed virus, a fact we know too well because of the premature demise of a close relative.
On the plus side the gene drive mosquitos are at worst a costly folly, unlike the real dangers caused to babies by vaccines including those for malaria tested against vaccines for rabies.