I Do Not Want a Level 4 Bio-Weapons Lab in My State - Granite Grok

I Do Not Want a Level 4 Bio-Weapons Lab in My State

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Dear Attorney (AG, Governor, State Senators, House reps, US Senators); with all the issues today with our food and paper products having sporadic availability, I think it is important to address the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) level 4 lab being built in Manhattan, KS.

COVID19 has created many issues for all Americans and Kansans. This lab will be a danger to not only Kansas but our livestock and our entire country as well.

Let’s start with Wuhan China and how COVID19 correlates with my concerns with NBAF.


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Firstly, Wuhan China’s lab was a Level 4 lab and “accidentally” released COVID19 on the world. Let COVID19 be a lesson to us all, as COVID19 has devastated the planet for over a year now.

Kansas weather is also a concern. We are placing a Level 4 Lab filled with human and agricultural diseases, of which there is no cure, antiviral, vaccine, antidote, or treatment, in the middle of the country.

We, here in Kansas, are not free of earthquakes, floods, or tornadoes. The latter being extremely prevalent here in our great state of Kansas. Imagine the devastation a tornado would have on the NBAF facility, our livestock, and our citizens.

As mentioned, the weather of Kanas is a major concern; now add to that, Kansas is in the middle of the country and the middle of the ‘Beef Belt.’

This lab, again, is to hold level 4 human and agricultural diseases. Do you know how quickly a disease could spread to our animals or the people if there were to be a natural disaster or an accidental release of a disease? I do not think this is the safest nor the smartest location to hold a level 4 laboratory.

If a disease were to be unleashed on our livestock, there would be major potential in creating a man-made famine. Imagine a disease “accidentally” escaping into our farmland and causing a mass execution of our cattle. What kind of impact will this have on our state and our countries food supply. This would cause mass devastation to the Kansas economy and people and the rest of the country.

Again, let Wuhan China be an example of how easily a disease can escape, even under the strictest circumstances.

In closing, I do NOT want a level 4 Bio-weapons lab in my state. This type of facility belongs on an uninhabited island in the middle of the ocean or underground, where they could better contain these types of incidents. This is an absolutely horrendous idea and completely counter to all ideas of common sense.

This, in my opinion, is a disaster waiting to happen, and any other reasonable individual would say the same when they see this. I don’t like this. I don’t want this. Thank you for seeing to this matter and ensuring Kansas and its constituents’ continued safety and prosperity.

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