Gene therapy and the trans-human agenda
by Jon Rappoport
"Researchers say they're well on the way to curing thousands
of diseases by tinkering with human genes. But is that true? Or is their
effort really part of a long-range agenda to keep experimenting in the
dark, through grotesque trial and error, to alter humans and make them
into a new species?" (The Underground, Jon Rappoport)
With the onrush of new gene-editing techniques, the medical
research establishment is beating an old drum: they will cure many human
diseases by making genetic changes.
First of all, the new editing techniques have unknown
consequences. A simple snip of a gene can bring on ripples in the
patient's overall genetic structure. This fact spells danger.
Second, and here is the old drum: there are a number of
diseases caused by a problem with a single gene---one gene, one disease.
Therefore, a precise edit of the offending gene will cure the disease.
But is this one-gene one-disease hypothesis actually true?
If so, we should already have seen these cures. But we haven't.
I'm not talking about the occasional claim of a single cure
in a single patient. I'm talking about curing a specific disease across
the board in many, many patients.
It hasn't happened.
Here is a very interesting quote from the book, "Understanding Genetics: A District of Columbia Guide for Patients and Health Professionals," published by the District of Columbia Department of Health:
"Some of the more common single-gene disorders include cystic
fibrosis, hemochromatosis, Tay-Sachs, and sickle cell anemia...However,
despite advancements in the understanding of genetic etiology and
improved diagnostic capabilities, no treatments are available to prevent
disease onset or slow disease progression for a number of these
disorders."
Is it "a number of these disorders," or "all these disorders?"
Let's see the evidence that single-gene therapy has cured ANY disease across the board.
It isn't forthcoming.
And since it isn't, the hypothesis that there are single-gene disorders is at best unproven. Speculative.
Let's say that for Disease X, researchers have found that, in
every case, there is a particular gene that is malfunctioning. The
researchers claim, "Well, that's it, we've found the cause of X." But
have they? HOW DO THEY KNOW THERE AREN'T OTHER ESSENTIAL CAUSATIVE
FACTORS INVOLVED?
There is a simple test. Correct the malfunctioning gene and watch thousands of cures for X.
Until that occurs, the hypothesis is up in the air. It's
interesting, it's suggestive, but it isn't verified. Not by a long shot.
Consider this typically absurd claim from medicine.net:
"There are more than 6,000 known single-gene disorders, which occur in
about 1 out of every 200 births. These disorders are known as
monogenetic disorders (disorders of a single gene)."
Again, how would the authors show that even one of these
supposedly 6000 disorders is caused by the malfunctioning of a single
gene?
Cure the disease by correcting the gene.
"Well, ahem, we don't have the technology to do that yet,
because we aren't sure our therapy would be entirely safe. We might
bring about dangerous unintended consequences in the patient..."
Fine. Then don't make the claim that you know a single gene is the cause.
Ah, but you see, the medical research establishment wants to
jump the gun. Making bold claims makes them look good. It brings them a
great deal of funding.
And it also deflects and stops research that would discover
other causes of disease---for example, environmental causes connected to
gross corporate pollution. Chemical pollution. The harmful effects of
pesticides. And the harmful effects of toxic medical drugs. And
vaccines.
"No, no, no. Let's just say disease is, at bottom, genetic. It doesn't matter what else is happening."
The Holy Grail for genetic research would be: "We can cure
any harmful impact brought on by environmental toxicity. It's all in the
genes. Major corporations can do whatever they want to, and there will
be no danger. There never was any danger. We just needed to advance to
the stage where we could correct damage to the genes. And now we're
there."
They're not there. They're not even close. Whether they will ever get close is a matter of sheer speculation.
Here is an extreme but instructive analogy: Imagine that when
it rains, an acutely toxic compound falls to Earth. A man stands out in
the rain as the poison descends. Researchers assert that the rain isn't
the problem. It's the man's body. His body is built to "react
negatively" to the poison. Rebuilding his body will make him immune to
the poison. Who knows how much sheer trial-and-error rebuilding is
necessary? Perhaps he will need to become non-human to survive. So be
it.
This approach is part and parcel of the trans-human agenda. Don't stop the poison. Make the human impervious.
If, in the process, he loses everything that makes him unique and free, that is just collateral damage.
But no matter how many changes are wrought in the human, the
poison is still poison. Until, finally, the human is a machine---and
then the poison has no effect.
Neither does life. Life has no effect. The machine is adjusted. It survives. It is no longer alive, and that is called victory.
If you think I'm exaggerating transhumanism beyond all
possibility, contemplate this statement made by Gregory Stock, former
director of the prestigious program in Medicine, Technology, and Society
at the UCLA School of Medicine:
"Even if half the world's species were lost [during genetic
experiments], enormous diversity would still remain. When those in the
distant future look back on this period of history, they will likely see
it not as the era when the natural environment was impoverished, but as
the age when a plethora of new forms---some biological, some
technological, some a combination of the two---burst onto the scene. We
best serve ourselves, as well as future generations, by focusing on the
short-term consequences of our actions rather than our vague notions
about the needs of the distant future."
The basis for such lunacy is the presumption that The Individual isn't important, and never was.
Whereas, The Individual is all-important.
A sane society would exist and operate on behalf of The Individual.
It isn't the other way around.
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