>https://twitter.com/dbongino/status/1260383644868382720
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-national-research-council-strikes-deal-with-china-to-develop-test/
National Research Council strikes deal with China to develop COVID-19 vaccine in Canada
Canadian researchers are joining the effort to develop a Chinese vaccine against the deadly coronavirus, with plans to begin human trials in Canada of a potential defence against COVID-19 that employs genetic technology from the National Research Council.
The trials will bring to Canadian soil Ad5-nCoV, a vaccine candidate under joint development by a Chinese company and the country’s military. Backed by a state that has urgently sought a vaccine of global importance, Ad5-nCoV has been among the most rapidly developed of numerous candidates around the world.
Now the NRC has struck an agreement to support its development in Canada by manufacturing doses that can be administered in human tests and for emergency pandemic use.
“We are going to get to evaluate it for safety and efficacy in Canada, as is being done already in China, and Canada will now be part of the front-runner story,” said Roman Szumski, vice-president of life sciences for the NRC.
If the tests succeed, the vaccine candidate could seek Health Canada’s approval for emergency use as early as this fall, Mr. Szumski said. It is already undergoing concurrent first- and second-phase human trials in China.
Ad5-nCoV is backed by Tianjin-based CanSino Biologics Inc. and the Institute of Biotechnology of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences. It is a recombinant vaccine, which uses a different type of virus – in this case an adenovirus – genetically modified to include a spike protein that is a signature of the deadly coronavirus. The adenovirus is itself modified to prevent it from replicating. What it does instead is to introduce the human body to the spike protein, preparing the immune system to identify and destroy the coronavirus.
CanSino and the NRC have a relationship that dates to the Chinese company’s development of an Ebola vaccine, which was approved for use by Beijing in 2017. Both the Ebola vaccine and the coronavirus candidate can be manufactured with HEK293, a cell line derived from an aborted embryo in 1973 but modified by the NRC almost a decade ago to be a more prolific producer of vaccines.
>National Research Council strikes deal with China to develop COVID-19 vaccine in Canada
https://business.financialpost.com/technology/trudeau-says-no-security-risks-in-chinese-takeover-of-canadian-satellite-firm-2
2017
Trudeau says no security risks in Chinese takeover of Canadian satellite firm
Trudeau says an initial government review of the takeover, required under federal law, unearthed no significant national security risk and didn’t require any further reviews, allowing the deal to be allowed to proceed.
He insists his government would never approve any foreign takeover if there is even a hint of concern that it would harm national security.
Hytera Communications Co. Ltd. is set to take over Vancouver-based Norsat International Inc., which supplies materials to the American military and Canada’s NATO partners.
The deal has been the focus of a debate over national security risks and the federal government’s willingness to approve a Chinese takeover of a Canadian technology company.
Opposition MPs have repeatedly raised concerns about the takeover and there is unease among congressional representatives in the United States about allowing the Chinese firm to have access to sensitive defence technology.
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1260570499320446976
Donald Trump can put up all of the banners he wants in the Rose Garden, but it doesn’t change the fact that he failed our nation when it comes to COVID-19 testing.
I'm feeling
fucking mental
>https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/31752
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/278702-judge-leaves-open-door-for-clinton-deposition-in-email-probe
Federal judge opens the door to Clinton deposition in email case
A federal judge on Wednesday opened the door to interviewing Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton as part of a review into her use of a private email server while secretary of State.
Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia laid out the ground rules for interviewing multiple State Department officials about the emails, with an eye toward finishing the depositions in the weeks before the party nominating conventions.
Clinton herself may be forced to answer questions under oath, Sullivan said, though she is not yet being forced to take that step.
“Based on information learned during discovery, the deposition of Mrs. Clinton may be necessary,” Sullivan said in an order on Wednesday. [READ THE ORDER BELOW] Discovery is the formal name for the evidence-gathering process, which includes depositions.
“If plaintiff believes Mrs. Clinton’s testimony is required, it will request permission from the Court at the appropriate time.”
The order, which came in the course of a lawsuit from conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, leaves open the possibility that Clinton will be forced to answer detailed questions on the eve of her formal selection as the Democratic presidential nominee about her creation of the server.
Any deposition would surely roil the presidential race and force her campaign to confront the issue, which has dogged her for a year.
“Her legal team is really going to fight that really hard,” predicted Matthew Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney who has raised questions about Clinton’s email setup.
“You have to take her deposition in this case to fully understand how it was designed and the whys and the what-fors.”
While leaving the door open to Clinton’s eventual deposition, Sullivan on Wednesday ordered at least six current and former State Department employees to answer questions from Judicial Watch, which has filed multiple lawsuits over the Clinton email case.
That list includes longtime Clinton aide Huma Abedin, former chief of staff Cheryl Mills, under secretary for management Patrick Kennedy, former executive secretary Stephen Mull and Bryan Pagliano, the IT official believed to be responsible for setting up and maintaining the server.
The judge also ordered the State Department to prepare a formal answer about Clinton’s emails. Donald Reid, a senior security official, may also be asked to answer questions, if Judicial Watch so decides.
That process is scheduled to be wrapped up within eight weeks, putting the deadline in the final week of June.
Judicial Watch brought suit against the State Department under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in an effort to bring Abedin’s emails to light. The lawsuit has since evolved into a battleground over Clinton’s use of the private server.
>Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia laid out the ground rules for interviewing multiple State Department officials about the emails, with an eye toward finishing the depositions in the weeks before the party nominating conventions.
<Judge Emmet Sullivan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet_G._Sullivan
>In his recent interview with the German newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine
"There are a lot of people who say we should be working very closely with China (on tackling the crisis) — but I am not in favor of doing that," he said as quoted by CNBC. "We must protect our democratic open society. At the same time, we must find a way to cooperate on fighting climate change and the novel coronavirus. That won't be easy."
"When Xi abolished term limits and named himself, in essence, president for life, he destroyed the political future of the most important and ambitious men in a very narrow and competitive elite. It was a big mistake on his part. So, yes, he is very strong in a way, but at the same time extremely weak, and now perhaps vulnerable", he remarked.
"But he cannot be one because there is a Constitution in the United States that people still respect, and it will prevent him from doing certain things — that doesn't mean he will not try because he is literally fighting for his political survival", he explained.
>Thought this was BOOM week.
I coughed so hard that a fart squeaked out.
We all do our part.
https://lynnwoodtimes.com/2020/05/12/governor-inslee-lays-out-statewide-contact-tracing-plan-for-covid-19/