A terrible discovery in Fresno, California…
According to exclusive reporting from The Daily Caller, an unlicensed biolab in Fresno, California was housing more than 20 infectious agents including HIV, Malaria, and COVID-19—scary enough until you discover the lab is tied to Chinese interests.
The DCNF reports the lab had connections to “multiple Chinese pharmaceutical firms.”
From The Daily Caller:
“In mid-June, officials from Fresno County began removing medical waste from an ‘unlicensed’ laboratory in Reedley, California, operated by Prestige Biotech Inc. (PBI), the successor of defunct Universal Meditech Inc. (UMI), Fresno County court records show. Inspectors at the site discovered at least 20 potentially infectious agents, such as Malaria and Dengue virus, on the property, according to the documents.
Business filings show that some PBI and UMI executives appear to share the same names and addresses with one of the lab’s Chinese pharmaceutical suppliers.
“The potential danger is that this is part of a larger nexus of illegal and poorly-maintained biolabs,” Brandon Weichert, author of “Biohacked: China’s Race to Control Life,” told the DCNF. “I suspect there could be dozens — maybe even hundreds — of these labs that we don’t even know about.”
Hundreds of these labs we don’t know about.
According to DCNF, lab reps failed to provide “legally sufficient documentation” to inspectors and the “addresses provided for identified authorized agents were either empty offices or addresses in China that could not be verified,” Joe Prado, Fresno County Public Health Department assistant director, wrote in his court declaration.
It gets shadier: PBI and UMI representative David He stonewalled Prado when he asked for information about the locations of these businesses in China.
“First you responded with the addresses of empty offices, and when we asked for clarification you provided addresses in China that do not appear to correlate with any maps of the area,” Prado wrote. “The Department is trying to work with you, but it is increasingly difficult when it appears that you are not wanting to provide real information.”
Officials began contacting the unlicensed lab and dropping in for onsite visits where they found “unsafe and unsanitary conditions” as well as mice genetically-engineered to catch and carry COVID-19, court records state.
Yep, this is real.
