determination of Fact's from Fiction Celeste Solum A.K.A Celeste Bishop #Facts
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Facebook users are sharing a video featuring an alleged former officer for the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which claims that the purpose
of testing for COVID-19 is to harvest blood and obtain genetic information. This
claim is false.
Text at the top of the video identifies the speaker as Celeste Solum and claims that
she had a 20-year career as an officer for FEMA, the agency responsible for
coordinating the government’s response to disasters such as hurricanes or terror
attacks ( www.fema.gov/about-agency ). A FEMA representative told Reuters via
email that the agency “has no record of a Celeste Solum having ever been a FEMA
employee.”
FACT: See attached certificate. I do have certifications dating back into the 1990’s.
These Fact Checkers failed the Truth Test. They are correct that Celeste Solum did
not work with FEMA rather Celeste Bishop. Oops. Given my extensive training at
the Emergency Management Insititute believe me you want me on your team when
it comes to disaster.
Solum claims that “when they’re talking about testing for COVID, it is actually
blood harvesting, and it is going into quantum super computers.” She says that the
purpose of this blood harvesting is to covertly mine information from “deep in your
family history” without your permission.
FACT: Artificial Intelligence at the FBI – 6 Current Initiatives and Projects
DNA matching
The FBI saw the value of DNA profiles early on in criminal investigation, and
eventually built a database called Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
Additionally, DNA profiles contain a complex set of data, and CODIS has almost 14
million profiles as of February 2019, so it takes time for standard computer
programs to wade through all the data to identify one profile, if it is there. In many
cases, the long wait could be justice delayed, justice denied.
A new machine could change all that. Law enforcement has been using fully
automated and portable Rapid DNA machines to speed up the process of
generating DNA profiles from cheek swabs, cutting it down to just 90 minutes
instead of days or weeks. With machine learning software, police could take
specimens, generate a profile, and make a match within two hours provided they
had access to CODIS.
That is precisely what the FBI means to do by authority of the Rapid DNA Act of
2017. Among other things, this allows the agency to establish a network of these
machines to gain access to CODIS.
The DNA profiles the government derives from arrestee or detainee samples
amount to sanitized “genetic fingerprints”—they can be used to identify an
individual uniquely
The profiles are searched against the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS),
“the need for law enforcement officers in a safe and accurate way to process and
identify the persons
DNA is a “metric of identification” used to connect the individual to his “CODIS
profile in outstanding cases,” which is functionally no different from the
corresponding use of fingerprints, except for “the unparalleled accuracy DNA
provides.”
DNA identification informs the decision concerning continued detention or release,
in the interest of ensuring that the individual will appear for future proceedings
DNA technology will be consistently utilized Start Printed Page 13486to further
public safety and the interests of justice
See American Civil Liberties Union, Forced DNA Collection,
The Rapid DNA Act of 2017, Public Law 115-50, which provides the legal basis for
use of the Rapid DNA technology in CODIS, is being implemented by the FBI,
currently as a pilot program.
Testing for the new coronavirus infection does not involve blood harvesting.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are two
types of test for COVID-19, a viral test to check if a patient actively has the disease
and an antibody test to check if a patient has previously been infected ( here). The
former is performed via nasal swab, the latter is a blood test.
FACT: Both nasal and blood pin prick contain your DNA.
Quest Diagnostics, a major manufacturer of viral tests for COVID-19 in the U.S.,
explained to Reuters via email its protocol for testing and disposing of nasal swab
samples is to temporarily store specimens following a test, usually for around one
week, in case doctors wish to follow up. “After that temporary post-test completion
storage interval is completed, the residual specimen is safely disposed of according
to governmental regulations that pertain to that sample.”
FACT: Specimens are kept for legacy purposes and legal reasons, according to
regulation.
Unlike viral tests, antibody tests do “check your blood by looking for antibodies,
which can show if you had a past infection with the virus that causes COVID-19,”
according to the CDC ( here ). Reuters found no evidence that these antibody tests
would be used for blood harvesting.
LabCorp, a major manufacturer of the antibody test, confirmed to Reuters via
email these claims are untrue ( here ).
A LabCorp representative said that for COVID-19 antibody testing, “ less than 15
milliliters of blood, or about half an ounce” is required, and that “any residual
portion of the sample that remains after testing is completed is discarded following
required waiting period.” The spokesperson pointed to exceptions when a
healthcare provider might want to test a patient’s sample again, and small amounts
“used for equipment validation and quality control purposes.” They confirmed
these samples are stored for up to seven days.
FACT: DNA is collected from dinosaurs and primitive man, much less than half an
ounce, and is viable enough to extract genetic information. See the Smithsonian for
more details.
VERDICT
False. Testing for current COVID-19 infection does not involve harvesting blood.
Residual blood in antibody tests is disposed of in accordance with laws and
regulations. FEMA has no record of Celeste Solum ever being an employee.
This is either a Reuters boondoggle of incompetence or a disinformation campaign
to misinform the public.
