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"The radical future unleashed by the genetics and biotechnology revolutions has already begun." - Jamie Metzl, member of the World Health Organization's international advisory committee on human genome editing+++April 9, 2020, World Economic Forum website: "we are conducting arguably the largest psychological experiment ever"July 5 2020, Washington Post: "This is the greatest science experiment in vaccinology that's ever been done"February, 2021, Dr Byram Bridle, Canada: "Those being vaccinated now are, whether they realize it or not - part of the phase 3 experiment. They're part of a vaccination experiment. And the companies have openly acknowledged this in their reports to the regulatory agencies." Interview with Harvard Professor Vikram Patel, March 26, 2021, India: 1.3 billion people on a 21-day lockdown: "This is an experiment that has no precedent in history. In human history. Neither in Indian history, or indeed the history of the world."July 15, 2020, Forbes: "Biotech as a whole — forced into a radical acceleration by the twin catastrophes of human & planetary health — ... Companies that adapt [] will take a bigger share of the next $100 trillion."Jan 14, 2019, Quartz, fertility and artificial wombs: "This could eventually lead to a society where relationships are not functionally necessary to continue the human species.... Transhumanists answer this concern by forecasting there will be artificial wombs within 20 years’ time. This will possibly even eliminate the need for the uterus altogether."[https://qz.com/1515884/transhumanist-science-will-free-women-from-their-biological-clocks/]+++February 12, 2021: Newsweek: "Miraculous mRNA Vaccines are only the Beginning" Excerpts from the opinion piece written by Jamie Metzl. Metzl serves the World Health Organization's international advisory committee on human genome editing. He previously served on the U.S. National Security Council and with the United Nations. "The Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines now being administered across the United States and the globe aren't just providing the first glimmers of hope in our struggle against COVID-19. They are also offering an early look at how the miraculous tools of the genetics revolution will transform our health care and our world over the coming years. But unless we can develop better ways to reap the great benefits while avoiding the potential harms of our Promethean technologies, our moment of triumph could set us on a path to disaster...Of all the species that have ever lived, our single group of hominins now has the capacity to remake all of biology...This approach will soon create a whole new platform for fighting cancers and other diseases, as well as for providing enhancements even more profound than vaccination...If the 19th was the century of chemistry and the 20th that of physics, the 21st is the century of biology, in which we will aggressively reengineer biological systems to meet our needs...This transformation was already well on its way before the pandemic, but COVID-19 supercharged the genetics revolution—just as World War II massively accelerated electronics and space travel. This revolution will soon touch our lives ever more intimately...We'll brew animal proteins from cell cultures to feed ourselves and fertilize crops with engineered bacteria. We'll [] store virtually unlimited amounts of data as genetic code and, ultimately, recast our evolutionary trajectory as a species...The same genetic tools used to fight pathogens can be used to create more dangerous synthetic ones. Genetic information providing insights into how each of us function can be used to discriminate against us. Powerful tools like gene drives that can be used to end Malaria could inadvertently crash entire ecosystems. Genetic manipulations of pre-implanted embryos could cross into dangerous human experimentation. In the face of biological complexity honed over billions of years of evolution, our hubris to manipulate complex systems we hardly understand could as much be our undoing...National governments must invest heavily in laying the foundations for the bioengineering economy of the 21st century while building education systems that foster innovation and ensure a well-informed citizenry.The radical future unleashed by the genetics and biotechnology revolutions has already begun."Read the piece in its entirety here:https://www.newsweek.com/miraculous-mrna-vaccines-are-only-beginning-opinion-1567683