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Researchers from the nation that likely unleashed COVID-19 unto the world have transformed mosquitoes into flying syringes.Some researchers, including a group at the Bill Gates Foundation-backed Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, have already attempted in recent years to fashion mosquitoes into flying vaccine delivery systems with human targets in mind.'Mosquitoes bite many things other than bats.'Now, scientists at the state-controlled Chinese Academy of Sciences — an institution that has a strategic partnership with the People's Liberation Army Academy of Military Sciences — have targeted bats, purportedly designing mosquitoes to instead deliver recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus-based rabies and Nipah vaccines to the flying mammals.Like rabies, Nipah virus is a potentially deadly virus found in animals. Whereas rabies has nearly a 100% fatality rate in humans once symptoms manifest, the estimated case fatality rate for Nipah virus ranges from 40% to 75%.The Chinese scientists' study, published on March 11 in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, noted that bats, "representing ~22% of all mammalian species, are natural reservoirs for a wide range of zoonotic viruses, including coronaviruses, rhabdoviruses, and paramyxoviruses. Their unique physiological and immunological traits enable them to harbor pathogens without showing clinical symptoms, making them critical players in the emergence of infectious diseases."The scientists claimed that immunizing bats, especially in the wild, could possibly prevent transmission of the rabies and Nipah viruses to humans and other animals but acknowledged that "achieving this goal presents substantial challenges due to the wide geographic distribution, diverse diets, and large colony sizes of bat populations."RELATED: Damning study of over a million kids finds myocarditis only in the vaccinated Photo by Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesRecognizing the impracticality of individually jabbing multitudes of bats and ruling out bat-culling as "counterproductive," the Chinese scientists instead created vaccines using a weakened form of the vesicular stomatitis virus that can infect insects and mammals alike.They fed vaccine-laden blood to lab-adapted Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and subsequently detected the vaccine both in the whole mosquitoes and in their salivary glands for over two weeks. The vaccine-laden mosquitoes reportedly delivered the vaccines as intended and provided test bats and rodents with immune protection.The study claimed that "this innovative approach offers a scalable and efficient solution for immunizing wild bats, addressing critical challenges in disease control and bat conservation."Through this experiment, researchers hope that there will be reduced spillover of the Nipah and rabies viruses from bats to humans or livestock.Aihua Zheng, a Chinese virologist who worked on the study, told NPR, "The advantage is if we immunize the population, the transmission of the virus will be decreased or eventually eliminated."However, that outcome is by no means certain. Plus, there are other problems associated with such vaccine-infused mosquitoes.Daniel Streicker, a professor of viral ecology at the University of Glasgow who was not involved in the study, expressed concern to Chemical and Engineering News over possible risks of such proposed vaccination initiatives."Mosquitoes bite many things other than bats, including humans," Streicker said, adding, "There's still an issue that you're removing individual consent."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!...Read More
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At the Munich Security Conference in February, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) suggested that once Donald Trump leaves office, things can return to normal — back to whatever existed before Trump.While other Democrats eyeing the White House struggled to distinguish themselves, Newsom revealed a different problem. They looked unready to lead. He looked unwilling to lead at all.The question isn’t whether Donald Trump disrupted a prior equilibrium. It’s whether those who seek to lead are prepared to lead amid friction, scarcity, and opposition.Munich isn’t a campaign stop. It’s a security summit. Leaders gather there to talk about cyber warfare, artificial intelligence in military systems, energy instability, supply chain fragility, and the security posture of the West.Threats don’t wait for electoral cycles.Newsom’s implication was simple: Wait this out. Wait for a different administration. Wait for political alignment. Wait for conditions to improve.But what, exactly, are we waiting for?Are adversaries pausing their ambitions until our politics settle? Are supply chains stabilizing on their own? Does instability take a sabbatical while we sort out elections?California sits on enormous capacity that intersects directly with these challenges — from artificial intelligence to aerospace to energy systems. If it were its own nation, its economy would rank among the largest in the world.In that room, Newsom had a chance to say something simple: We can help today.He could have said: We have political frictions, yes — but here’s what California can put on the table right now. Here’s what’s on the showroom floor and what’s in the stockroom.Leadership doesn’t wait for better conditions. It works with the conditions at hand. That isn’t political. It’s true.Trump has faced headwinds since re-entering politics in 2015: media opposition, legal battles, congressional resistance, impeachments, cultural hostility — even a bullet. Whatever one thinks of his tone or policies, he didn’t suspend action until the pressure eased.Resistance didn’t become an excuse.George Washington didn’t wait for favorable conditions before leading a fragile Continental Army. He faced shortages, division, and superior opposition. Conditions were rarely ideal. Resources were rarely sufficient. He acted anyway.Entrepreneurs launch in recessions. Athletes train in bad weather. Reformers work when opposition is loudest.Adversity doesn’t excuse stagnation so much as it reveals character.Years ago, I knew a pastor who believed his preaching would rise once he moved into a larger sanctuary. His pitch to the building committee was brazen and simple: “Frame me better, and my sermons will improve.”They didn’t. His messages were weak before the new building, and they stayed weak afterward. The platform changed. The man did not.Conditions don’t create conviction. They reveal it.RELATED: I walked away from California Democrats to keep my sanity Photo by Julia Beverly/WireImageI see the same instinct in family caregivers walking through chronic impairment: “We just have to hold on.” “Once this season passes.”The assumption stays the same: When hardship lifts, life begins.But for many, this is the life.Waiting for better conditions is surrender, not strategy.The apostle Paul wrote large portions of the New Testament from prison. Confinement didn’t suspend his calling. Chains weren’t an excuse. He didn’t wait for a “new Caesar.” He wrote anyway.That’s the dividing line.One posture says: Once the obstacle is removed, I’ll begin.The other says: I’ll begin here. Now.Newsom’s remarks reveal more than a political calculation. They expose a familiar instinct: the belief that productivity begins once hardship fades. But adversity rarely fades on schedule.History doesn’t pause. Adversaries don’t pause. Life doesn’t pause.The question isn’t whether Trump disrupted a prior equilibrium. It’s whether those who seek to lead are prepared to lead amid friction, scarcity, and opposition — or whether they are waiting for a version of normal that isn’t coming back.Leadership shows up in the arena — or on the battlefield — but rarely in the green room....Read More
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