Guest Post by Tessa Lena
Story at-a-glance
- The World Economic Forum claims that genetic modification is the way of the future
- In February 2022, Chile passed a law prohibiting employers from discriminating against genetically impaired employees
- There are studies suggesting that in some cases, COVID injections might lead to changes in human DNA; more research is needed
- Disabled rights attorney Todd Callender looked at a Supreme Court case from 2013, which led him to believe that using mRNA to modify genomes may turn people into legal property of the patent holders (unless this interpretation is explicitly ruled out)
- Making us biologically dependent on the “artificial immunity service” is bad for the people but sadly good for business
This story is about the hubris of conquest and genetic modification. Let’s start with the ugly. The richest people of the world, as well as their loyal servants from the World Economic Forum, are on the Genetic Modification team. According to the World Economic Forum, “the evolution of gene testing and gene editing will drive the future of healthcare.”
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