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# Estonia Expands Massive DNA Grab Of 100,000 Citizens

Alarm bells are ringing in Northern Europe, over the Estonian government’s latest attempt to take a massive number of genetic samples from its citizens.

Science, technology, and a government have usually been the perfect trifecta in every dystopian sci-fi thriller, as elected/unelected officials tend to gravitate towards all-seeing, all-knowing and all-powerful — over the mindless masses who unknowingly surrender their freedoms for comfort.

This seems to already be the case in the tiny former Soviet nation of Estonia, as its leaders have pushed for all things digital. The government has made it a top priority to embrace blockchain technology, provide internet access to all, and embark on the complete digitization of its citizens on one large platform — all owned by the government. So, it comes as no surprise, when the Estonian government has been quick to move in the creation of a biological database that collects DNA sequences of its citizen. Through mass surveillance programs, Estonian government will not only know what their citizens are searching on the internet, but will also have the knowledge of personal genetic information: ancestry charts, genetic composition, health history, and anything else that can be extracted from an Estonian’s double helix. So much knowledge in one organization is absolutely terrifying.

Starting immediately, the Estonian government will publicly launch the program to recruit and genotype 100,000 residents of the country as part of its National Personalized Medicine campaign. In the first run, the government projects an eight percent DNA grab of its total population. If successful, all indications are pointing to more massive grabs, as government officials are racing to construct its national DNA database.

The genetic testing initiative is a joint development program of the Ministry of Social Affairs, the National Institute for Health Development and the Estonian Genome Center of the University of Tartu, which currently maintains the nation’s DNA database of around 50,000 citizens.

In return for the precious genetic information, the Estonian government will offer citizens personalized health information that could prevent future illnesses. Each participant will receive a personalized genetic report, which offers lifestyle and health advice based on genetics. The reports can only be accessed on the government’s national e-health portal.

> “The government wants to develop its healthcare system by offering all its residents genome-wide genotyping that will be translated into personalized reports for use in everyday medical practice through the national e-health portal. The country has many encrypted digital solutions incorporated into government functions that link the nation’s various databases through end-to-end encrypted pathways.”

> “Today we have enough knowledge about both the genetic risk of complex diseases and the interindividual variability of the effects of medicines in order to start using this information systematically in everyday healthcare,” said Jevgeni Ossinovski, Minister of Health and Labour. “In cooperation with the National Institute for Health Development and the University of Tartu, we will enable another 100,000 people to join the Estonian biobank, in order to boost the development of personalized medicine in Estonia and thus contribute to the advancement of preventive healthcare.”

According to Estonian Genome Center of the University of Tartu, the Estonian Government has “allocated 5 million euros for the initiative during 2018.”

> “The project will be coordinated by the National Institute for Health Development, whose task is to develop and implement procedures and principles for the effective implementation of scientific research in medicinal practice.”

Paula Dowdy, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Illumina, Europe, Middle East, and Africa said:

> “As the technology provider for the Estonian Genome Center, Illumina is delighted that this ambitious project has reached this stage. Using our InfiniumTM Global Screening Array to further develop personalized medicine in Estonia will provide physicians with genomic information that will lead to better health outcomes in the future.”

Andres Metspalu, Director of the Estonian Genome Center at the University of Tartu, embraces the genetic initiative to triple the size of its national DNA database.

> “We are glad that with the support of this project the results of the long-term work of the Genome Center will be transferred into practical medicine, and it will also give a further boost for our future research. The university will also contribute to the creation of a feedback system for the biobank participants, and to training healthcare professionals to give patients feedback based on genetic information.”

As it now stands, the Estonian government publicly launched the first phase of a massive DNA grab that aims to acquire genetic information from 8 percent of the total population. While it is still unknown why the government is suddenly rushing to triple the size of its DNA database, there is a risk that future DNA grabs could become mandatory. All of Europe should be watching the developments currently unfolding in Estonia because government DNA grabs could be coming to a region near you.

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GreatUncle Thu, 04/05/2018 - 05:47 Permalink

If you have a genetic flaw you will be uninsurable.

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Faeriedust GreatUncle Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:13 Permalink

I America. In any civilized country, government-run or well-regulated healthcare assures that such information will actually be used to provide better treatment rather than to deny it.

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mobius8curve Faeriedust Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:29 Permalink

This is proof positive the lawless will stop at nothing to harvest even your blood as a means of determining who is worthy of life or death. Hitler tried the same thing with his Aryan ideology:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/denmark/2124105/Adolf…

We are converging by the day to the last 7 years of pure madness:

https://sumofthyword.com/2016/10/04/the-rapture-of-the-church-is-after-…

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PrivetHedge mobius8curve Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:50 Permalink

"Hitler tried the same thing with his Aryan ideology"

The evidence he did this is becoming less tenable by the day.
As we know there were no gassings the entire story is open to question.

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DisorderlyConduct PrivetHedge Thu, 04/05/2018 - 10:00 Permalink

Hitler aside, eugenics was and is a real thing. If a leader wanted to wipe out a racial component of their country, this would be the way to do it. If they wanted to engineer a superrace this would be the way to do it.

While science lags in being able to determine the influence of specific genes, this sort of move would greatly facilitate that understanding by providing a huge data set from which to draw.

Moreover, imagine genetically engineering a virus to attack people based upon genetic markers that the government tags people with at birth. The possibilities are vast.

All said I think it's awesome. Awesome it's being done and awesome that it's in Estonia. So when it goes sideways people will see, and it will not affect me. ^_^

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Jultorsk DisorderlyConduct Thu, 04/05/2018 - 10:40 Permalink

Eugenics was a big thing in Sweden. They just messed up the selection - they cast out all the viking traits and saved whatever genes it takes to allow your country to become a violent multicultural shithole.

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mvsjcl mobius8curve Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:52 Permalink

And if a "high value" person needs a body part or organ in order to continue providing "value" to society, well, there's surely a useless drone out there with a genetic match, isn't there? It's harvest time!

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mvsjcl mvsjcl Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:54 Permalink

Ah, SD, you beat me to it. Call me jaded, but that's precisely what I see.

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spastic_colon mvsjcl Thu, 04/05/2018 - 07:54 Permalink

here in america we hand over our DNA willingly thru neato trendy cartoon featured stool tests and phony ancestry tests.

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shamus001 spastic_colon Thu, 04/05/2018 - 08:24 Permalink

Bingo@! I've been saying the same thing for years and years about 'Ancestry.com' - What a convenient way to CON people into willingly SURRENDERING their DNA. (to a private corp no less! Who in turn hands it over to the highest bidder (CIA) under the table)

Facef*ck

Ancestry

PayPal

YouTube

All corporations reporting info on you with every transaction! And when they're not selling your data, they're pressing their propaganda on you through adds, or coercion.

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MillionDollarButter shamus001 Thu, 04/05/2018 - 09:33 Permalink

HIV resistant CCR5 Delta 32 bone marrow inventory from the country (Estonia) where the gene is most prevalent. I wonder how many people the elite vampires will disappear. Do you think Son of Soros needs one?

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DisorderlyConduct MillionDollarButter Thu, 04/05/2018 - 10:05 Permalink

Seems better to breed them and have more magic marrow for the future.

Unless we assume that the rich always eat the goose that lays the golden eggs. That would be stupid, and the last thing I'd think the top 0.1% are is stupid.

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UmbilicalMosqu… mvsjcl Thu, 04/05/2018 - 08:18 Permalink

Governor Casey of Pennsylvania...lucky recipient of an "accident" victim's heart!

"The news at Pittsburgh's Presbyterian University Hospital was almost too good to be true. On June 13, within hours of announcing that Pennsylvania Governor Robert P. Casey would require a risky heart-and-liver transplant, doctors located donor organs of the right tissue, blood type, and size for the governor."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/06/15/pennsylvania…

Now sheeple, be sure to take a DNA test and fill out your Organ "Donor" cards!

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A Sentinel UmbilicalMosqu… Thu, 04/05/2018 - 09:54 Permalink

Well - he is a good ally to the Clintons.

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UmbilicalMosqu… Faeriedust Thu, 04/05/2018 - 08:03 Permalink

"I America. In any civilized country, government-run or well-regulated healthcare assures that such information will actually be used to provide better treatment rather than to deny it."

Bullshit! A totalitarian's dream, and a hacker's dream! Stick your Socialist nanny governments up your stupid ass!

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brushhog UmbilicalMosqu… Thu, 04/05/2018 - 08:15 Permalink

They are trying to do it here on a voluntary basis. You cant turn on the radio without hearing an advertisement to "send in your DNA".

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A Sentinel brushhog Thu, 04/05/2018 - 09:55 Permalink

If they haven’t already, it’s going to be in the fine-print for any staple bloodwork.

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NiggaPleeze UmbilicalMosqu… Thu, 04/05/2018 - 09:41 Permalink

Now, now. Faeriedust wasn't commenting on the collection program, but making a valid point: in a single payer system genetic information will be used for preventative care, whilst in a private insurance system which permits rejection for "pre-existing conditions" it will be used to deny all care.

Sooner or later they government WILL get your DNA. Everywhere you go, you leave a trail of DNA behind you. Likely collection points: drivers license office, hospitals, schools, employers, police stops, border crossings. They don't even have to tell you. They will just have a microchip that samples your DNA when you touch something.

Well, the people who rule now will certainly do so. Time is running short to replace them with honorable men.

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holgerdanske Faeriedust Thu, 04/05/2018 - 09:18 Permalink

Please pull the other one!

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Sudden Debt GreatUncle Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:49 Permalink

If you have the right spare parts for an elite, you'll have a freakish accident.

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keep the basta… GreatUncle Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:54 Permalink

realise that the wife of sergeiy Brin who started goog owns 23andme which does exactly this, determines DNA matches with relatives for many generations, identifies genetic problems and does trauling for info

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cryingfreeman GreatUncle Thu, 04/05/2018 - 07:25 Permalink

Risk of genetic disease detected? No insurance for you, no mortgage, no credit.

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Lanka cryingfreeman Thu, 04/05/2018 - 08:01 Permalink

Report to the glue factoring for proper rendering.

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Beowulf55 cryingfreeman Thu, 04/05/2018 - 08:24 Permalink

GATTACA

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kellys_eye GreatUncle Thu, 04/05/2018 - 07:34 Permalink

Not so much Facebook as Bloodbook.

Different product, same purpose.

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junction GreatUncle Thu, 04/05/2018 - 07:38 Permalink

The DNA data will be used to identify potential donors of everything from kidneys to pineal glands. Cattle don't have rights.

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UmbilicalMosqu… GreatUncle Thu, 04/05/2018 - 08:15 Permalink

If you have no balls you will be forced to wear a snowflake patch.

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StychoKiller GreatUncle Thu, 04/05/2018 - 08:40 Permalink

Even worse, if you have some genetic predisposition that can be turned on to kill you, what's to stop a tyrannical Govt from doing so?

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CPR Steps_30 p… Thu, 04/05/2018 - 05:50 Permalink

Eugenics FTW!

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saldulilem Thu, 04/05/2018 - 05:50 Permalink

It was in Blade Runner

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SoDamnMad Thu, 04/05/2018 - 05:54 Permalink

This is to keep the sandniggers out of the country. You don't get benefits unless your in the biobank.

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commoncourtesy Thu, 04/05/2018 - 05:54 Permalink

This is going way too far.

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EuroPox commoncourtesy Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:53 Permalink

If you think that is scary, check out what China is doing!
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/surveillance-03302018111415.html

"China Aims For Near-Total Surveillance, Including in People's Homes
Pilot projects have begun linking surveillance cameras and internet-connected devices..."

And this one is possibly even worse!

https://youtu.be/aE1kA0Jy0Xg

Chinese Street surveillance. Object / Face Recognition. Watch the first part to get an idea then forward to 3:00.

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William Dorritt EuroPox Thu, 04/05/2018 - 08:09 Permalink

Every room in a tourist, aka foreigner hotel, is already wired for audio and video surveillance.

Compromise sex videos rule the world, your friendly Chinese Concierge with the black book full of teen prostitutes is a member of the not so secret police.

Former CIA Steele claims that the Epstein kiddie sex video operation run on the Lolita express, pedo island, the palm beach estate and probably 6 other properties was a mossad operation and all of the Control aka kiddie sex blackmail videos are in Israel.

There is also the question of what happened on the 300ft yacht that Epstein had access to.

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UmbilicalMosqu… commoncourtesy Thu, 04/05/2018 - 08:06 Permalink

Notice! All Anglo-Saxons report to the rendering plant immediately!

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Beowulf55 commoncourtesy Thu, 04/05/2018 - 08:27 Permalink

It went to far with data mining back in the 80's.

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buzzsaw99 Thu, 04/05/2018 - 05:58 Permalink

the future is bleak

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Beowulf55 buzzsaw99 Thu, 04/05/2018 - 08:28 Permalink

Going to get bleaker until people stand up and say NO MORE.

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Mustahattu Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:02 Permalink

This is not a biggie in Estonia. You can most likely count the Estonian tin foil hatters with one hand.

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PrivetHedge Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:02 Permalink

I guess it's close enough to the Russian DNA for their purposes.
Somewhere there's a pharisee trying to make a biological weapon to take out Russia.

And a link to show why (and also for zerospam to enjoy)

https://biblicisminstitute.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/the-truth-about-the…

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SmittyinLA PrivetHedge Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:03 Permalink

Not Russia, anybody with an IQ over 100 is a target, smart people tend to NOT vote for debt slavery

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SmittyinLA Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:02 Permalink

$10 says SOROS is behind that university, let's check
Yep https://news.err.ee/590979/tartu-students-protest-against-treatment-of-…

NAZIs are soo predictable.

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UmbilicalMosqu… SmittyinLA Thu, 04/05/2018 - 08:08 Permalink

So are Marxist NotSees.

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ThirdWorldDude UmbilicalMosqu… Thu, 04/05/2018 - 09:55 Permalink

Especially when they're one and the same.

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Seb Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:04 Permalink

Probably it will also serve as a compatible spare parts database for the rullers of the Earth.

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To Hell In A H… Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:07 Permalink

lol. 25 years behind the UK. You only have to be arrested in the UK, on the suspicion of any offence and your DNA is taken automatically. Which is then shared with several university establishments, UK state security agencies and most intriguingly Porton Down.

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smacker To Hell In A H… Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:29 Permalink

Yes, and as I remember the Met Police were found to have secretly retained thousands of DNA records of innocent people even after the courts had instructed them to be deleted.

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To Hell In A H… smacker Thu, 04/05/2018 - 06:52 Permalink

Indeed. DNA database accounts for less than 0.3% of convictions and that includes a whooping 74% of all black males eligible to be on the database. So even if you believe the database will convict black males, the reality is different. It was sold as the panacea to solve crime, but it is a lie. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256404/How-just-0-3-cent-solve…

We’ll be able to convict rapists, muggers and burglars was the bullshit mantra and the plebs gave it their blessings as the average IQ do. Why are TPTB collecting our DNA? Why do Porton Down get every fucking sample? Ockhams razor tells us why.

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smacker Thu, 04/05/2018 - 07:31 Permalink

"Why are TPTB collecting our DNA? Why do Porton Down get every fucking sample? Ockhams razor tells us why."

If we include the theory that "if TPTB control-freaks have the technology to exercise control over us, then they want to do so", then we also have the real possibility they want to develop some sort of deadly chemical weapon (hence Porton Down's involvement) that can be used to exterminate groups of people in certain categories. DNA is a perfect choice to begin that development process.

It could be a virus or bacterial infection etc that only affects the groups "marked for death".

An example of DNA analysis is that Tay-Sachs disease only affects Ashkenazi Jews, so anyone who wanted to wipe them out could develop a virus/bacterial disease.

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William Foster smacker Thu, 04/05/2018 - 09:38 Permalink

" An example of DNA analysis is that Tay-Sachs disease only affects Ashkenazi Jews, so anyone who wanted to wipe them out could develop a virus/bacterial disease. "

Can we crowd fund this??????

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