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I did not trust ancestry.com but many friends and family have. They thought my concerns were ludicrous - though some of them now, are questioning.

Where did all that PCR data go?

It's astounding how easily duped we are under the right amount of fear.

Thank you.

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Thanks for untangling the complex web of toxic corporate codependency. I also had this genome-related assumption back in 2020. After all, we have been duped many times to get freebies in exchange of data, so why not by scare with PCR testing or by pride with status small talk topics? I never thought that I would become so interested in genomics and all new interdisciplinary terminology but 2020 brought a whole new level of eye-opening words for me: magnetofection, transfection, nanogenomics, bioinformatics, all falling under the cap of future medicine, probably? I guess the "dark triad" 10 or so percent of population are always on the lookout for weaponizing anything that can be weaponized.

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I was duped. I did the $99 23 and Me about 10 years ago, long before I could conceive of the harm. I filled out a form that instructed that they couldn't keep my data or use it in research. Well of course that just wasn't binding. They still send me emails about new traits I supposedly have or don't have. And now supposed "relatives" are trying to connect with me. Further, I've been so tempted to do Ancestry because I recently found out that the man who was supposed to be my grandfather died in 1927, 4 years before my dad (deceased) was born. I am so very curious now who my dad's parents were but there is no one left to ask. I have to let it go...

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I found my family through the DNA database and yes i gave up all worries about what they would do with the information.

Being reunited with my family has been priceless and one of the biggest miracles in my life and theirs.

I am being continuously fucked with because of the agreements that i am in with the oligarchy, on the daily. if anyone needs a quick reminder of how that feels, go hop on a plane or call the fedex automated phone system.

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What I’m wondering is what happened to the data from my weekly nasal swab that the feds said I must perform in order to keep my job.

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I’ve tried telling folks you never know what they will do with your information. Why would you give them your identity?

I’m sure the PCR tests of 2020 made a nice bank of people’s dna as well.

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Jun 15, 2023Liked by Mathew Crawford

Not to be outdone, Amazon purchased One Medical, a large concierge type medical provider this winter. I had it in Boston when I was worked there as it was a way to get a primary care physician and now my medical history can be data mined. Delightful.

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I did test before they had the data sharing clause. But then they sold.

I am no longer encouraging others to test.

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Although I am the “ genealogist “ in my large family, I have never had my DNA tested for those purposes. So many of my cousins have, however, that it doesn’t matter. All of our gooses are cooked, so to speak. I did have a bout with a cancer a few years ago which I was told was unusual and possibly genetic. I was pushed to have my DNA tested to inform children, nieces, nephews, etc. I complied hesitantly. Recently a friend had the same experience with unusual, possibly genetic, etc.

Since Covid, medical behavior has been revealed to be suspect. I now think that I stupidly participated in the giant DNA collection going on for purposes both good and nefarious. Led to this by a revered doctor whom I used to trust.

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It wouldn't be a conspiracy theory to predict that "Born in a hospital?" You're sequenced. "Served in the military?" You're sequenced. "Been to the dentist?" You're sequenced.

Vaccinated? Now, you're probably altered to be a part of the "Family of Man." We're all in this together, don't ya' know, lol!

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Me? Never. My stupid damned family members did, though. My sister and aunt both used Ancestry or 23 & Me or something.

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PCR tests were a way to circumvent bio ethical laws all over the world to collect analyze and store people’s DNA.

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I'm not particularly prescient, but many years ago on a now defunct Leftist website removed prior to the 2020 election when a massive purge was underway, the topic of all these "23andMe" ancestry websites came up and I remember being attacked for suggesting it was just a clever way of establishing a national security state DNA depository. Sort of like getting customers to pay for allowing the government to violate their Fourth Amendment rights. 😁

Btw, don't you got to wonder how much DNA was collected with those phony PCR tests and a ton of that DNA went to labs in China. Btw, China is all-in on the WHO "Pandemic Treaty" and so is Russia.

So you also got to imagine, there's an insidious rationale behind why techno/fascists want to accumulate a massive cataloged DNA library of the Earth's population.

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Schwarzman? Black-man? Does he come from a line of African slave brokers?

Peter Peterson may be following the example of Erik Erikson, a psychoanalyst whose father did not recognize him, so he invented his own family name, as if proudly saying "the bucket starts with me!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Erikson

I wonder what kind of childhood traumas, if any, do these people have.

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