Posted on 11/30/2021 8:20:13 PM PST by Tipllub
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Monday that his department will no longer use the county’s coronavirus testing provider over concerns about the company’s alleged ties to the Chinese government.
In a letter to the Board of Supervisors, Villanueva said the FBI contacted him last week and held a briefing the day after Thanksgiving to relay “the serious risks associated with allowing Fulgent to conduct COVID-19 testing” of county employees. Villanueva claimed DNA data obtained through tests are “not guaranteed to be safe and secure from foreign governments” and said FBI officials advised him at the briefing that genetic information the company collects is likely to be shared with the Chinese government. Fulgent Genetics, he alleged in the letter, has “strong ties” with Chinese technology and genomics companies, but he did not elaborate on what those ties are.
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Glad I live east of the Orange Curtain (the Orange County line)
Saw this discussed on Tucker this evening.... outrageous!
Rumor has it that the ChiComs are buying up DNA related labs in the west in order to exploit the collected samples in any way possible including the possible creation of ethnocentric bio weapons.
The sheriff appears to want a future in politics. Tell me I’m wrong.
They’re not alleged.
Investors Wonder What Comes Next for Fulgent Genetics
Congress clearly doesn't give a damn.
I knew Alex in '92. It was apparent he wanted a future in politics back then.
If he wants a future in politics he better move to another state.
Or clean up the state’s elections.
The 2020 Congressional races plus recall election proved that Kali GOP needs smart populist Hispanic and Asian candidates to stand a chance of winning anything. Just hope Speaker-in-Waiting McCarthy will play ball.
ok so which office does he run? Gotta be statewide. Gov or senate?
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