The Scio-security Tumble-drier

David Franz , ex-Commander USAMRIID:  There was a sense that we, the military and civilian employees, were in this together; we were a team, a family. We not only survived, but also prospered. 

 Sure did. All of our Celebrity Scientists are cases-in-point. They: 

 Rose to wealth/fame/power on bio-security events   

 Are calling the shots today  

 That’s clear. The tricky part is working out: 

  Which side are you on exactly? 

 You’d think it’d be straight-forward - western scientists working with western intelligence - Chinese with Chinese security.  

 But here’s the thing about Covid - somehow 

 

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 it all got mixed up   -  

 My argument is that the leaders of the science community came to realize they were all on the same page as the leaders of security organizations - regardless of their nationality. The glue, is centralized power wielded from a position of non-accountability. 

 We've already covered the Wellcome Trust leadership: 

 Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller 

 Paul Schreier 

 Gabriel Leung 

 They are all dual-purpose Science/Secret Security functionaries running a major Research Foundation. But there's plenty more where they came from. This chapter reviews several more Celebrity Scientists who fit the bill.