Dr Guy Hatchard: How Biotechnology Threatens to Distort Human Behaviour and Undermine Well Being

We have arrived at the crossroads of our lifetime

There is little doubt in anyone’s mind that we are at a crossroads. New Zealand legislation is in progress to deregulate biotechnology experimentation. If passed, the general public will become guinea pigs in a raft of diverse projects. Unlabelled gene edited foods will fill our plates and affect our gut unannounced.

Dr Guy Hatchard: Waking Up From the Dream of Biotechnology

Deep in a dream, our quiet consciousness suddenly realises that it is no longer a dream but has become a nightmare. The inner voice screams ‘wake up’ which is the only way out.

The dream of biotechnology is a new age of health, happiness and human achievement. James Watson, who discovered the double helix structure of DNA 70 years ago, was full of hope:

Dr Guy Hatchard: The Risks of Biotechnology Deregulation are Unquantifiable

The Gene Technology Bill currently being introduced into the New Zealand parliament and fast tracked will allow for the appointment of a regulator to categorise gene edited products by risk.

The bill has already deemed a wide range of gene editing techniques as ‘low risk’ which will be proceeded, released into the environment, put into food or used in medicine without labelling, warnings or safety monitoring. In effect this will turn New Zealand into a laboratory for largely unfettered gene experimentation leaving the public at the sharp end of risk. So what are the risks and how do you assess them when it comes to gene editing?

Dr Guy Hatchard: The Truth Will Out

For millennia humankind has been plagued by a succession of people and groups who thought they knew the secret of life. Their views have been forced on populations often with the threat or actuality of violence. This is still going on today but with a new twist. The biotechnology paradigm has attained cult status as the secret of immortality, but it is actually killing people.

Dr Guy Hatchard: Coming to the Breakfast Table Unannounced

Governments don’t mind exposing people to health risks as long as it appears they are doing something about climate change (even if they aren’t)

The New Zealand Government is deregulating biotechnology. As we have previously reported, the PR logic (if you can call it that) underpinning their bold (idiotic?) move says:

Dr Guy Hatchard: What Has Become of Our Country?

The University of Auckland has announced that it is joining a research project of national significance co-hosted with Victoria University of Wellington and supported by the University of Otago and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research.

The project is to develop an mRNA vaccine platform. They plan to turn research into drug development, clinical testing and manufacture at an industrial scale. The plan has been signed off, presumably by Judith Collins MP, Science, Innovation and Technology Minister, and the participating universities. It has so far attracted an initial $70 million funding.

Dr Guy Hatchard: How Did the Medicines Regulatory System Fail Us So Badly?

An influential cross-party group of UK MPs has raised concerns that the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) knew of serious cardiac side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, including myo/pericarditis and clotting, but failed to alert the public for several months between February and June 2021. During this time, over 24 million people received the COVID-19 vaccine in the UK alone, unaware of the risks.