Jahnai L. Caul blasts GM mosquito programme on VG
“I choose not to say one word for how my spirit was so off; this thing is extremely upsetting, and I think they are taking the public’s reaction for a joke,” Virgin Gorda resident Jahnai L. Caul said in a Facebook post on the mosquito issue after a recent community meeting.
BugOut ‘Wolbachia’ - Mosquito Reduction Programme
Caul was one of a handful of residents who showed up to a meeting held on October 17, 2023, at the Old Yard Inn Conference Room concerning the mosquito reduction programme.
Mr Caul, who is regarded as a community advocate, noted that upon the meeting’s conclusion, he voiced his disappointments, with a willingness to remain ‘respectful’ on the scene.
The BugOut ‘Wolbachia’ - Mosquito Reduction Programme is said to have been started in January 2023 and is scheduled to be completed in June 2024. Based on calculations, some 16.5M mosquitos are expected to be released between now and the conclusion of the programme in 2024.
Residents affected by the mosquitos said they have become alarmed over the high presence of mosquitos across Virgin Gorda over the past few months.
A statement from ‘Representing the 9th’, an a-political platform, said Green VI’s Mosquito Scientists noted during the meeting that approximately half a million “male” mosquitos (500,000) containing the Wolbachia bacteria are released weekly on the island.
Mosquitos an 'annoyance' - Mr Caul
Caul, a resident within the pilot community of Handsome Bay, noted a significant increase in the presence of mosquitos in homes. “It has become an annoyance,” he reflected.
Meanwhile, Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) has said some critics of the mosquito reduction programme are ill-informed about the project and not knowing the full details. “Persons don’t attend meetings when meetings are called to get the required information to understand," he stated.
Hon Wheatley explained that the project was initiated following an outbreak of Chikungunya in the territory between 2012 and 2013, then Zika, “Everybody was panicking helter-skelter,” he said while adding that the move now is to combat the spread of those and other diseases caused by mosquitos, including dengue fever.
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41 Responses to “Jahnai L. Caul blasts GM mosquito programme on VG”
So when the so called out break happened in 2012 2013 was it VG alone or the entire country? Why is it only VG that this BS is taking place and not the rest of the country?
People wake up !
You say the science is clear, what is scientific about choosing to genetically modify an organism that has been around for thousands of years? Rather than proven reduction strategies such as bird baths aka mosquito trapsplaced up high that tip over automatically every few days. No frogs harmed.
This is crazy. let me do a quick search
"when Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carry Wolbachia, the bacteria compete with viruses like dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever. This makes it harder for viruses to reproduce"
"Outside of insects, Wolbachia infects a variety of isopod species, spiders, mites, and many species of filarial nematodes"
Consider they are sending out the male insects with one bacteria. Mosquitoes prey on humans, how long until this bacteria mutates into one that affects humans? Far fetched? They said covid came from a bat or a lab.
500,000 mosquitoes a week... released to "reduce" them, than choosing a non GMO option?
People are sick of "scientist" that appeal to authority is over after the vaccine. All the doctors were trained yet they sang the song & sold the same snake oil.
For this project to work you need to kill all the natural mosquitoes and them flood the place with the GMO mosquitoes.
What they are doing is just getting paid to be fancy & potentially harm the ecosystem or humans. Its said Covid was escaped.
who knows but it killed a lot of people.
I said for this project to work, but what then will the bats and spiders do?
Something will be out of balance. This is foolishness the height of human hubris to mess with nature in an unnatural manner.
I believe whoever is doing this reach need to go from here. In all wisdom why would someone kill the very thing that is natural to replace it with the foolishness of GMO?
Wah sweeten goat mouth does poison he tail.
The young man needs to find something meaningful to do. The real concern among us should be the groceries labelled EXPORT ONLY that we continue to purchase from these Supermarkets. Who is monitoring the products that we continue to consume here in the islands? He is here bitching about &^%$ mosquitos when we are consuming poison on a daily basis.
Unfortunately, "export" simply adds more processing chemicals to already ultra-processed foods that return next to no nutritional value to those who eat them.
Hard to kill
Persistent even in strong winds they coming at u
Imagine ppl complaining they have to open their doors n run inside and they coming in behind u
Why not kill the mosquitoes ?
Why preserve such pest ?
Why stop them from jus breeding ?
What efffects they have on animals
How can a group decide what’s best for us ?
Who’s funding this group ?
Also the ferry does be moving back and forth they already in Tortola
Seeing some unusually looking mosquitoes lately behaving strange
Oh well lookout for that particular type of ppl to come at the comments same behavior as the vaccines pushing science
Don’t believe in bush medicine
And wants to bully us into what they believe as they always thinks they are superior to us .....
Are We not in 2023 ?
There’s more in d mortar
You people are from Medieval times, no wonder we can't move forward from being a Third World country!
I grew up with mosquitoes and my hands aren't tired of killing them. Let us remove receptacles that can collect water, cut the bushes in our yards. Government stop playing with your most valuable resources - humans. Environmental health please fog the place! In the past you have advertised dates and times and did nothing.
A native Virgin Islander to the Nth generation
Gene drives are genetic systems that increase the likelihood of a particular trait being passed down through generations. When applied to mosquitoes, this technology has largely been investigated for its potential to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, like malaria. For instance, a gene drive might spread a gene that makes mosquitoes resistant to the malaria parasite, thereby reducing disease transmission.
If weaponized hypothetically, gene drives in mosquitoes could theoretically be used to cause harm in several ways:
1. Disease Enhancement: Instead of making mosquitoes resistant to pathogens, a gene drive could potentially be designed to enhance their ability to carry and transmit diseases. This could lead to more efficient spread of existing diseases or perhaps even be used to introduce new or modified pathogens to human populations.
2. Ecological Disruption: I want you to take note of this paragraph. Mosquitoes play a role in their ecosystems, such as being a food source for other animals. A gene drive that, for example, causes population crashes or changes in behavior could have cascading effects on biodiversity and ecosystem health, which would indirectly affect human societies.
3. Genetic Contamination: Once released, gene drives can spread through wild populations over generations. A weaponized gene drive could be designed to spread harmful genetic traits in mosquitoes or other species that could not easily be reversed and could spread to non-target areas or species.
A non-profit program such as B.O. BVI could be used to mask a certain agenda, especially from experts in genetics, molecular biology, and entomology, would be extraordinarily difficult. However, hypothetically, it could involve:
1. Conducting Research in Secret: This would require a clandestine operation, likely sponsored by a state actor due to the significant resources needed. Research would need to be conducted in secure facilities, isolated from the outside world, to prevent any accidental release or detection from external monitoring.
2. Obfuscation of Purpose: If some aspects of the research were required to be public, for funding or logistical reasons, the true purpose might be hidden behind legitimate public health research, such as work on preventing the spread of mosquito-borne diseases. The dual-use nature of much of this technology could make it easier to hide a weapons program behind a screen of legitimate research.
3. Controlled Release and Detection Avoidance: The actual deployment would need to be extremely subtle and in a way that mimics natural patterns to avoid detection for as long as possible. This might involve releasing modified mosquitoes in areas where they could spread the gene drive naturally, perhaps in smaller Island states like B.V.I where scientific scrutiny is low.
4. Advanced Counter-detection Techniques: Developing methods to prevent the detection of genetic modifications or the gene drive itself would be critical. This might involve techniques that make the genetic changes appear as natural variations or mutations or employing cutting-edge CRISPR technology that leaves minimal "footprints."
We also must pay close attention to the actors involved in such a program their source of funding and the reasoning behind it. From my recollection Dengue has not been a major issue in the BVI, drink your bush tea and STOP RELEASING these weaponized creatures into the wild. There is more than meets the eye with these programs, do some history research on the atrocities committed across the globe that always seem well intended.
https://youtu.be/SUN-M9E7Jf4?si=TfcPT69GdlMyxvlJ
I have been hearing RUMOURS about this programme in VG, but (maybe because I live in Tortola) never heard any FACTS in a MEETING or PRESS RELEASE, FACTSHEET or any other credible NEWS SOURCE about the programme.
And this is HUGE, let's face it mosquitos doesn't just stay in one place, they fly... can come across in cargo on the barge, hide in corners of the ferry and make the transit, and not to mention how do we (the public) actually know its only male mosquitos, or what this virus is exactly and what long term effects it may have on us if its introduced into the human bloodstream? Are we just being turned into lab rats because our elected representatives are allowing a PRIVATE entity to carry our a programme that affects the GENERAL PUBLIC without meaningful full-scale prior dialogue, discussion and buy-in from the majority? Is this how we are rolling (again)?
I am way past fed up with the callous, willful, selfish, and patronising way these persons that we elected into power conduct "business"... quite frankly am starting to hope that they find a virus that eliminates politicians and their stupidity from this place. This is NOT what we voted for!!! And I am not a racist, but I sincerely doubt that if this cock-a-mammy idea had been presented by anyone else but rich, white people that we would even be having this discussion. Something very fishy is going on!!!
Mosquitoes is a serious annoying pest
What is their purpose ?
U can’t enjoy beach restaurants or anything outdoor and if they enter your home one can’t even sleep
My point is why not kill them ?
Why spend all this resource to inject a bacteria that will stop them
As a matter of fact 2012 2013 had anyone contracted or heard of any Zika or chickungunya ?
If is not one is d next
COVID lockdown vax now modified mosquitoes
And I do don’t believe they don’t bite humans
I believe they darn well biting humans and animals
It’s rather disturbing that a group can sit and decide what’s best for our comfort health and peace of mind
How is this soo ?
Who is funding these ppl ?
How much money they pocketed on this program?
We know ggate does pay millions to get his pathetic ideas out to the world
Who gave these ppl permission ?
R u saying I can hear about something scientific and jus import and let loose ?
Do I need a license ?
When we thought the vax was sinister I think this is
Vax u can
Say no
These flying things u can’t say no can u ?
And one can identify them lately they are bigger more fast and very aggressive
And yes they’ll be in Tortola and all over via ferry barges boats etc not jus tola but other islands
This is very disturbing
Why is the science ignored. Why is it schedule 1 in the US, " no accepted medical use" and class B in the UK
The world we live in is so very crooked that's why slavery was legal and black people were deemed sub-human. Science can be manipulated by whoever is funded to do the research. How many people took the vaccine?
Remember how crazy people acted over it.
Now hear all you “community genius” who don’t know the first thing about this project coming out with all your righteous bull crap.
Learn about what it is before you jump to some stupid conclusion about it.
Same with covid and the vaccine. Same with our politics. We have neglected education for so long that people think that their ignorance is as valid as someone else’s education.
And so, boosted on falsely inflated ego, we spiral downwards.