by Rhoda Wilson, Expose News:
A recent paper examined the history of lab leaks and accidents, including 70 documented cases of laboratory-associated leaks that led to disease outbreaks.
From historical incidents, the researchers identify the characteristics of a disease outbreak that indicate the virus was leaked from a laboratory. The researchers found that the covid-19 virus outbreak shares characteristics with earlier lab leak incidents.
All these previous incidents of lab leaks demonstrate the risk of future accidental escapes of novel genetically engineered pathogens. Yet the New Zealand government assures the public that biotechnology is safe.
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Worse still, the regulatory bodies in the EU and the UK have approved the use of self-replicating mRNA vaccines, despite demonstrable concerns about its safety.
Government Assurances of Biotech Safety Are Worthless. Here is the Evidence
By Dr. Guy Hatchard, 9 January 2025
The supposed ability to alter the genes of whole populations is the ultimate dream of power. In this mad dream, leaders will no longer have to put up with the deficiencies of employees or citizens, who might fall sick, fail in their appointed tasks or exercise their free will. Instead, you can aspire to create an army of long-lived, invincible supermen who will keep their noses to the grindstone, obey without question like the unsullied army of Daenerys Targaryen, whilst no longer needing to burden the health system.
Governments are keeping faith with this dream. They believe. The biotechnology failures and catastrophes of the pandemic have taught them no lessons. So, with a firm will to power, governments all over the world, including ours, are deregulating biotechnology experimentation in the hope that some wannabe Frankenstein or Rasputin will fulfil their wildest dreams.
The Truth of Biotechnology is Rather Different From the Dream
If you are wondering whether to trust government assurances of safety if the New Zealand Gene Technology Bill gets the go-ahead, you might take a look at the history of biolab security. A paper accepted for publication by the Cambridge Press journal Epidemiology & Infection last week, entitled ‘Epidemiological indicators of accidental laboratory-origin outbreaks’, has identified and listed 70 historical cases of laboratory-associated leaks that led to disease outbreaks affecting the wider public. The paper examines 7 of these in great detail, analysing the data and evidence trail:
- 1955 Polio vaccine incident in the USA.
- 1977 H1N1 influenza outbreak in China and the Soviet Union.
- 1979 Anthrax release in the Soviet Union.
- 1995 Equine Encephalitis epidemics in Venezuela and Colombia.
- 2003-4 Sars-Cov-1 escapes from Singapore, Taiwan and China.
- 2007 Foot and Mouth virus outbreak in the UK.
- 2019 Brucella outbreak in China.
Thematic analysis of the lines of evidence revealed seven key insights:
- Unusual strain characteristics.
- Peculiar clinical manifestations or affected demographics.
- Unusual geographical features.
- Atypical epidemiological patterns.
- Delayed government action and communication to the public.
- Misinformation and disinformation spread to the public.
- Biosafety concerns and/or incidents predating the event.
The paper concludes that the covid-19 virus outbreak shares a majority of the characteristics present in earlier lab leak incidents. This points to the inevitable occurrence of accidental escapes of novel genetically engineered pathogens from biolaboratories in the future, which will continue to cause disease outbreaks in the community, posing significant risks to the general public, animal populations and the environment.
Genetically Engineered Virus Escapes in Spain
The latest reported laboratory escape incident occurred during November 2025 in Spain. The highly pathogenic African swine fever virus (“ASFV”) escaped from a lab that was injecting a genetically modified virus into a wild boar to test the efficacy of a vaccine (sound familiar?). The outbreak is affecting pork production in the Catalonia region, where the experiment was being conducted. The first dead boar was found within 150 metres of the laboratory and the carcass tested positive for a genetically modified strain not found in the wild.
Perhaps not surprisingly, in the rapidly expanding and wildly adventurous biotechnology world, there are a total of five labs in the small Catalonia region alone conducting exotic biotechnology experiments on ASFV. Let that sink in for a moment – five labs. You cannot separate the risks of covid and the covid vaccines from the dangers of biotechnology experimentation.
The Catalonia labs operate under a BSL-3 safety protocol, the second strictest classification, but still, the genetically engineered virus leaked out into the environment. The paper published last week points to a worrying conclusion – such leaks are not highly unusual; they appear to be routine. As we know, “to err is human.” Mistakes, even in the highest biosecurity environments, are inevitable.
