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 ======  Nuclear Threat Initiative ====== ======  Nuclear Threat Initiative ======
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 +The **Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)** is an American non-profit organization based in [[united_states:Washington, D.C.]] It was founded in January 2001 by Senator [[Sam Nunn]] and media mogul [[Ted Turner]].((Nunn, S., & Turner, R. E. //2001 Annual Report.// Nuclear Threat Initiative. Retrieved June 8, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220608155129/https://media.nti.org/pdfs/annual_report_2001.pdf)) 
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 The current CEO is [[:Ernest Moniz]], whose previous positions include US Secretary of Energy and Professor of Physics and Engineering at [[:MIT]]. Among NTI’s advisors and directors are many prominent philanthropists, former politicians and experts.17 Connections to influential policymakers do not guarantee that NTI will influence policy in this space, but speaks to the organisation’s strong reputation. The current CEO is [[:Ernest Moniz]], whose previous positions include US Secretary of Energy and Professor of Physics and Engineering at [[:MIT]]. Among NTI’s advisors and directors are many prominent philanthropists, former politicians and experts.17 Connections to influential policymakers do not guarantee that NTI will influence policy in this space, but speaks to the organisation’s strong reputation.
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 Strengthening Global Systems to Prevent and Respond to High-Consequence Biological Threats Strengthening Global Systems to Prevent and Respond to High-Consequence Biological Threats
  
-On March 2021, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) partnered with the Munich Security Conference (MSC)+On March 2021, the [[:Nuclear Threat Initiative]] (NTI) partnered with the [[:Munich Security Conference]] (MSC)
 to conduct a tabletop exercise on reducing high-consequence biological threats. Conducted virtually, the to conduct a tabletop exercise on reducing high-consequence biological threats. Conducted virtually, the
 exercise examined gaps in national and international biosecurity and pandemic preparedness architectures exercise examined gaps in national and international biosecurity and pandemic preparedness architectures
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 security, and philanthropy. security, and philanthropy.
  
-The exercise scenario portrayed a deadly, global pandemic involving an unusual strain of monkeypox virus+The exercise scenario portrayed a deadly, global pandemic involving an unusual strain of [[:monkeypox]] virus
 that emerged in the fictional nation of Brinia and spread globally over 18 months. Ultimately, the exercise that emerged in the fictional nation of Brinia and spread globally over 18 months. Ultimately, the exercise
 scenario revealed that the initial outbreak was caused by a terrorist attack using a pathogen engineered scenario revealed that the initial outbreak was caused by a terrorist attack using a pathogen engineered
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 Sep 25, 2019 07:35am Sep 25, 2019 07:35am
  
-Bavarian Nordic and the U.S. government have been working for years to advance a next-gen smallpox vaccine, and now the company has scored its much-anticipated approval. The vaccine, Jynneos, represents the first non-replicating smallpox vaccine in the U.S. and the first monkeypox vaccine worldwide. +Bavarian Nordic and the U.S. government have been working for years to advance a next-gen smallpox vaccine, and now the company has scored its much-anticipated approval. The vaccine, [[:Jynneos]], represents the first non-replicating smallpox vaccine in the U.S. and the first monkeypox vaccine worldwide. 
  
 Importantly, Jynneos is also the first [[:smallpox vaccine]] for people with compromised immune systems, such as people with eczema, and addresses a long-running U.S. goal to be able to provide the full population with protection. Bavarian Nordic CEO Paul Chaplin said on a Wednesday conference call the vaccine is the “result of a fifteen-year partnership” between the U.S. government and the company. Importantly, Jynneos is also the first [[:smallpox vaccine]] for people with compromised immune systems, such as people with eczema, and addresses a long-running U.S. goal to be able to provide the full population with protection. Bavarian Nordic CEO Paul Chaplin said on a Wednesday conference call the vaccine is the “result of a fifteen-year partnership” between the U.S. government and the company.
  
-The ACAM2000 made by [[:Emergent BioSolutions]] The same Emergent BioSolutions that received preferential contracts for COVID-19 vaccines from Robert Kadlec because of the enduring partnership between [[:Robert Kadlec]] and the late [[:Fuad El-Hibri]], in spite of Emergent BioSolutions' poor quality control..+The ACAM2000 made by [[:Emergent BioSolutions]] The same Emergent BioSolutions that received preferential contracts for COVID-19 vaccines from [[:Robert Kadlec]] because of the enduring partnership between [[:Robert Kadlec]] and the late [[:Fuad El-Hibri]], in spite of Emergent BioSolutions' poor quality control..
  
 The same Emergent BioSolutions that renamed themselves from [[:BioPort]], after the [[:Anthrax vaccine]] fiasco that occurred right after Amerithrax. There is some evidence that Gulf War Syndrome is linked to anthrax vaccines; ((https://iceni.substack.com/p/monkeypox-is-the-new-covid?s=r)) The same Emergent BioSolutions that renamed themselves from [[:BioPort]], after the [[:Anthrax vaccine]] fiasco that occurred right after Amerithrax. There is some evidence that Gulf War Syndrome is linked to anthrax vaccines; ((https://iceni.substack.com/p/monkeypox-is-the-new-covid?s=r))
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 I keep getting asked the same question again and again; is this outbreak of monkey pox a real threat, or is this another case of overstated and weaponized public health messaging? I am going to save my answer to this question for the end of this article and instead focus on what monkey pox is, the nature and characteristics of the associated disease, what we know and don’t know. I keep getting asked the same question again and again; is this outbreak of monkey pox a real threat, or is this another case of overstated and weaponized public health messaging? I am going to save my answer to this question for the end of this article and instead focus on what monkey pox is, the nature and characteristics of the associated disease, what we know and don’t know.
  
-The monkeypox virus, which originates in various regions of Africa, is related to SmallPox (Variola), which are both members of the genus Orthopoxvirus. However, it is important to understand that Variola (major or minor) is the species of virus which is responsible for the worst human disease caused by the Orthopox viruses. For example, Cowpox, Horsepox, and Camelpox are also members of this genus, none of which are a major health threat to humans, and one of which (Cowpox) has even been (historically) used as a Smallpox vaccine. My point is that just because Monkeypox is related to Smallpox, this does not in any way mean that it represents a similar public health threat. Anyone who implies otherwise is basically engaged in or otherwise supporting weaponized public health-related propaganda. In other words, spreading public health fearporn.+The [[:monkeypox]] virus, which originates in various regions of Africa, is related to SmallPox (Variola), which are both members of the genus Orthopoxvirus. However, it is important to understand that Variola (major or minor) is the species of virus which is responsible for the worst human disease caused by the Orthopox viruses. For example, Cowpox, Horsepox, and Camelpox are also members of this genus, none of which are a major health threat to humans, and one of which (Cowpox) has even been (historically) used as a Smallpox vaccine. My point is that just because Monkeypox is related to Smallpox, this does not in any way mean that it represents a similar public health threat. Anyone who implies otherwise is basically engaged in or otherwise supporting weaponized public health-related propaganda. In other words, spreading public health fearporn.
  
 Monkeypox was first identified in 1958 in colonies of monkeys, and the first human case of the virus was identified in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Most likely this was just the first case identified, as people living in Africa have been in contact with monkeys and the other Monkeypox animal hosts for millennia. The “West African” monkeypox clade (clade = variant) circulating outside of Africa at this time causes a milder disease compared to the closely related virus found found in other regions of Africa (Congo clade).    Monkeypox was first identified in 1958 in colonies of monkeys, and the first human case of the virus was identified in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Most likely this was just the first case identified, as people living in Africa have been in contact with monkeys and the other Monkeypox animal hosts for millennia. The “West African” monkeypox clade (clade = variant) circulating outside of Africa at this time causes a milder disease compared to the closely related virus found found in other regions of Africa (Congo clade).   
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 There are two distinct genetic lines of monkeypox. The less severe West African strain entered the United States in 2003 in the body of an infected Gambian pouched rat. It spread in a pet store to dormice and to caged prairie dogs, and eventually caused 81 human infections, none of them serious and none of which spread. The far deadlier Congo basin strain causes a disease that is “virtually indistinguishable” from typical smallpox, says virologist Mark Buller of St. Louis University.((https://web.archive.org/web/20161216110208/https://www.denverpost.com/2010/09/28/the-dangers-of-monkeypox-to-humans/)) There are two distinct genetic lines of monkeypox. The less severe West African strain entered the United States in 2003 in the body of an infected Gambian pouched rat. It spread in a pet store to dormice and to caged prairie dogs, and eventually caused 81 human infections, none of them serious and none of which spread. The far deadlier Congo basin strain causes a disease that is “virtually indistinguishable” from typical smallpox, says virologist Mark Buller of St. Louis University.((https://web.archive.org/web/20161216110208/https://www.denverpost.com/2010/09/28/the-dangers-of-monkeypox-to-humans/))
  
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