The more I research the cover-up of what Wolbachia is doing to vertebrates, the more convinced I become that this is "it". This is the silent pandemic that the U.S. gov't, three other gov'ts, two family foundations, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation do NOT want you to know about. Wolbachia (a bacteria and reproductive parasite) competes with our mitochondria. Mitochondrial diseases tend to affect cells with high-energy demands (brain, nerves, muscles, kidneys, heart, liver, eyes, ears, and pancreas). The gonads, especially in males, are also affected. Quotes and Facts: "But this year, only three whales have been spotted, and none of them are calves." Source: http://gpbnews.org/post/right-whales-have-gone-missing-georgias-coast According to Estimated calf and perinatal mortality in western North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) by Browning et al., 2009 (15-page PDF), between 2001 - 2003, 19 to 27 North Atlantic right whale calves (born live) were recorded per year. Source: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8e4e/31c8c47c53b97c58a7459e31433fb016db48.pdf "About 99 in 100 newly hatched turtle babies are female" [Northern Great Barrier Reef, near Australia, where Wolbachia-infected Aedes have been worked on for over 20 years]. Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/sea-turtles-climate-change-1.4479547 The high female count jumped drastically (which points to an infectious cause, rather than some gradual evolutionary or climate change-type cause). Notably, Kathleen Martin, executive director of the Canadian Sea Turtle Network, stated: "But I'm surprised it's happening so quickly." My thoughts: That's what happens when you put Wolbachia into a species that never had it (and so high up in our food chain). Climate change can only go so far and it doesn't cause such rapid changes in vertebrates. WWF-Canada 2017 report: Fish: Populations declined by 20 per cent. [I expected fish to fare the worst]. Birds: Grassland birds dropped 69 per cent, aerial insectivores fell 51 per cent, and shorebird populations declined by 43 per cent. Source: http://www.wwf.ca/?25881/Significant-Canadian-wildlife-declines-revealed-in-new-WWF-Canada-study "Total sperm count decreased by almost 60 per cent among men from North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand." Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/sperm-count-declining-north-america-europe-australia-1.4220661 I wrote to Dr. Levine and told him about my Wolbachia-infected-vertebrates theory. His response: "Many thanks Rose for your email." Big Bucks . . . It's a 15-billion dollar industry in China to provide couples with fertility treatments: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-12/as-sperm-counts-drop-in-china-the-fertility-market-cashes-in A study in central China showed that only about 18 percent of those tested had healthy enough semen to be sperm donors in 2015. That number had been much higher at 56 percent in 2001. Source: http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(16)62866-2/pdf So, there's an incentive, isn't there, to keep releasing Wolbachia into the environment? Most Disturbing Finding . . . The 2003 study called Culture and Phenotypic Characterization of a Wolbachia pipientis Isolate by Fenollar F, La Scola B, Inokuma H, Dumler JS, Taylor MJ, and Raoult D. clearly states: "The recent isolation of Wolbachia pipientis in the continuous cell line Aa23, established from eggs of a strain of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus, allowed us to perform extensive characterization of the isolate. Bacterial growth could be obtained in C6/36, another A. albopictus cell line, at 28 degrees C and in a human embryonic lung fibroblast monolayer at 28 and 37 degrees C, confirming that its host cell range is broader than was initially thought." In simpler terms: Wolbachia pipientis (the type MosquitoMate is using in 20 U.S. states) can grow in human lung cells at 37 degrees C / 98.6 degrees F [normal body temperature]. Oh and did you know? MosquitoMate is applying for nationwide release. Source: https://www.nature.com/news/us-government-approves-killer-mosquitoes-to-fight-disease-1.22959 I notice commenting is never allowed on any of these pieces, either. Wolbachia pipientis can survive outside of a cell for (at least) a week with no decrease in viability. Source: http://aem.asm.org/content/72/11/6934.full So, do we NOW need to worry about inhaling this bacteria? Will newborns be at risk? Is this how Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) might be caused? I'll be in touch, Rose Authors note: I cannot use italics or hyperlink on petition updates. Ergo, links are not hidden and I used CAPS for emphasis. How your signature helps: each time a supporter signs our petition, an email is automatically sent directly to those being petitioned (governments, companies and individuals). When hundreds or even thousands of emails arrive in their inboxes, our message is impossible to ignore.