Everyone is talking about the Tiktok ban but there is another bill that just was passed in Congress that potentially has a MUCH bigger impact on the lives of Americans. Let me explain.

Earlier this year, the Select Committee on the CCP (same group which introduced the TikTok ban) attacked the biotech industry and passed the Biosecure Act which prevents US scientists to work with certain Chinese scientists and Chinese companies.

Once again the message the American consumer is being told is the same as TikTok. This is a “national security threat” (funny how everything from China is deemed that these days).

But the US is rapidly accelerating its way down a dangerous road. Last year the @WSJ published an article entitled: “The U.S. Is Turning Away From Its Biggest Scientific Partner at a Precarious Time.

Scientists argue that passing this law would threaten American progress in critical areas, delay the development of life saving drugs, and ultimately make things more expensive for the average US consumer.

This is what Senator Paul Rand said about the passing of this new bill:

“I’m quite concerned with what’s going on in China….By banning certain companies, we are advantaging certain other companies…People are taking advantage of anger towards China to do protectionist things for their particular state. My worry is that anger and disengagement from China ultimately is going to be caught up in protectionism and lead to higher prices for the American consumer.”

With the US passing bills like this it sends one clear message to the world: Our leaders are incredibly insecure and unconfident. I mean think about it, how is it the first thing that Republican and Democrat leaders can agree on and work together in incredible speed to pass is a bill banning a social media company? Meanwhile there  are a PLETHORA of other REAL issues our leaders need to solve in this USA right now?

The Select Committee on the CCP has yet to produce a single piece of evidence that TikTok is a national security risk and that we should ban it because it’s “owned by China”, which once again is not true as 60% of the company is owned by US and international investors.

As always it’s important to do your own research and understand the facts and motives behind every move our politicians make.

Knowledge is power and America’s future is brighter when it collaborates with countries like China in important fields like biotech for the future of mankind!

– Cyrus Janssen

The BIOSECURE Act would prohibit executive agencies from contracting with or extending loans or grants to any company with current or future commercial arrangements with a “biotechnology company of concern.”