Australia, wake up!
Inside a two-story brick building in Medellín, Colombia, scientists work long hours in muggy labs breeding millions and millions of mosquitoes. They tend to the insects’ every need as they grow from larvae to pupae to adults, keeping the temperature just right and feeding them generous helpings of fishmeal, sugar, and, of course, blood.
Then, they release them across the country to breed with wild mosquitoes that can carry dengue and other viruses threatening to sicken and kill the population of Colombia.
This might sound the beginnings of a Hollywood writer’s horror film plot.
But it’s not.
This factory is real, and Bill Gates wants to release Genetically Modified mosquitos in Queensland to curb dengue fever.
But Queensland was declared dengue fever free a few years ago.
Senator Rennie, one of the few politicians in the Parliament who actually works for the good of the people, has written letters to theministers responsible for overseeing this type of project.

We are asking all Australians to help us ensure that this evil project never gets off the ground in our nation.
This is the letter he has written, and we have supplied the text below for you to copy/paste into your word processor to write your own letter. The Senator says that you can use his words, or write your own.
Sample Text:
You can either send this letter by Senator Rennick without any changes, or you can write your own.
Dear Minister,
RE: Oxitec GM Mosquitoes to Curb Dengue Fever, OGTR Licence Number: DIR 207
I write regarding the joint venture between the CSIRO and Oxitec Australia to release genetically modified mosquitoes to curb dengue fever outbreaks in Queensland. This is before the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) under licence application number DIR 207.
This trial and the potential effects it could have on both our ecosystem and on human health and safety are of great concern. Mosquitoes are vectors for many disease-causing microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, and protozoan parasites. Nearly 700 million people acquire a mosquito- borne illness each year, resulting in over 725,000 deaths.
The potential ecological impacts of releasing a new genetically modified mosquito strain are wide- ranging. There is considerable uncertainty about how these mosquitoes will interact with local ecosystems which could lead to unintended consequences that are impossible to control.
Furthermore, how would the trial be able to determine if the new species of mosquito was effective in reducing dengue fever given there is next to no dengue fever in Queensland?
I am also concerned that this has been initiated without any consultation with the Australian public. They deserve to be notified and consulted before anything is approved.
In light of these concerns, I would urge you not to approve this application.
Kind regards,
Dengue Fever Eradicated:
Far North Queensland has been declared free of dengue fever for the first time in more than a century, scientists have announced.
In a research paper made public on Friday, scientists from the World Mosquito Program (WMP) declared that local transmission of the mosquito-borne virus had essentially disappeared from the Cairns population since an eradication program began in 2011.
They said the program was the launch pad for an eradication program they hoped would save 100 million lives worldwide over the next five years.
Far North Queensland has previously been regarded as a high-risk region for dengue.
WMP director Scott O’Neill said they hoped the success of the eradication program would have implications for other diseases such as Zika virus and yellow fever, which are also transmitted via mosquitoes.
“We’ve seen almost the complete collapse of locally acquired dengue in previously high-risk transmission areas in cities and communities across Australia’s far north,” Professor O’Neill said.
“Ongoing long-term monitoring will establish whether these communities have been ‘dengue-proofed’ and whether the protection extends to other mosquito-borne viruses like those that cause Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever.”
WMP Oceania hub director Cameron Simmonds said their experience in Far North Queensland had been “critical”.
“This is really the launch pad for a global program to eliminate these diseases, for which we don’t have good tools to control them,” Professor Simmonds said.
Scientists have nearly eradicated dengue
Scientists say the release of mosquitoes containing the Wolbachia bacteria has practically eliminated dengue fever cases in North Queensland.
Dr Samson Ogunlade is a mathematician with James Cook University’s Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine. He said from October 2014 to February 2019, local authorities in Townsville released Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitos – the type of mosquitoes which are responsible for spreading dengue – around the city.
“The hope was that they would spread the Wolbachia bacteria to other mosquitoes. Wolbachia changes mosquitoes so they are less able to transmit viruses like dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever. This makes it harder for viruses to reproduce. Wolbachia also reduces the reproductive capabilities of the mosquito itself,” said Dr Ogunlade.
He said the new study developed a mathematical modelling framework to estimate the effectiveness of this intervention as well as the relative dengue transmission rates of Wolbachia-infected and wild-type mosquitoes.
“We found the likelihood of a human becoming infected with dengue, if bitten by a Wolbachia-infected mosquito, is about five per cent of the risk if you are bitten by a mosquito from the wild-type population.
“In addition, the Townsville Wolbachia release program led to a 65% reduction in predicted dengue incidence during the release period and over 95% reduction in the 24 months that followed,” said Dr Ogunlade.
He said similar success had previously been reported in Cairns.
“JCU was a big part of this, with the public health entomology team, led by Professor Scott Ritchie, pivotal in the successful program,” said Dr Ogunlade.
He said the success was achieved despite a resurgence of dengue cases from 2015 to 2019 throughout the South-East Asia region – which is the source location of most international importations of dengue into Townsville.
Contacts
Dr Samson Ogunlade
E: samson.ogunlade@jcu.edu.au

The Questions we must all Ask:
Why is Bill Gates pushing his chemical posions on Australians, and why is the government considering allowing him to do so?
What chemicals has Gates used to stop the mosquitos breeding, and how danerous are the mosquites he is breeing to human life?
Why is Bill Gates being allowed into Australia to use his wealth to destroy us?
We urge all Australians who love our country and want it to remain pristine and clear of toxic chemicals to write to the Environment Minister and the Minister for Health and Aged Care to ask them what they are doing about this attempt to kill yet more people by the evil Bill Gates?