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Biothreat Radar Detection System?
Biothreat Radar Detection System?
On 9/5/2025, Congressman Morgan Griffith made a very long and convoluted Facebook post titled “Congressman Griffith’s Weekly E-News Letter 9.5.25. Topic: CDC.”
Here is but a small section of this confusing information that has been posted for his constituents to read:
“Through new investments, the Trump CDC will create a preeminent biothreat radar detection system. This system will establish screenings for previously undetected infections, devise mitigation strategies and keep Americans safer from infectious diseases entering the country. “1
First off, what in the world is a “biothreat radar detection system?” This non-existent technology was mentioned by Robert F. Kennedy Jr, first as an op-ed in the Washington Post, then placed on the Health and Human Services website.2
Does Morgan Griffith actually think this will work? The American Heritage Dictionary defines radar as “A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of very high frequency radio waves reflected from their surfaces.”3 Typical wavelengths used in radar are far too long to resolve the pathogens (harmful bacteria, viruses, yeast) that cause disease.
Even if it were possible to see bacteria using some form of radar, there are so many viruses, bacteria, fungi, and mites on human skin alone that live there all the time, it will not be possible to isolate a single one. It’s called normal flora. We all have it on our skin, in our respiratory tracts, in our mouths, in our guts. In fact, there are 3.3 million bacterial genes in the human gut.4 Normal flora is beneficial to us humans. Currently, in order to find pathogens, a sample must be collected via swab or fluid such as urine, blood or waste water. It’s sent to a lab to determine what it is, not just it’s presence on the human body.
Griffith is parroting Robert F. Kennedy Jr here, without giving any thought to what is real.
In fact, this Facebook post appears to be copied and pasted from Robert F Kennedy’s op-ed. So, it seems Griffith knows as much about science as he does about social media. To be fair, our lawmakers shouldn’t have to know everything. But they should be smart enough to know where their deficits lie.
Congressman Griffith should have experts to turn to. Education, experience, and expertise are important. We should not have a nutty lawyer with a hole in his brain where a worm used to be as the secretary of Health and Human Services.
Congressman Morgan Griffith should use his brain and not just be a lapdog for Robert F. Kennedy and the Trump administration. The 9th district of Southwest Virginia deserves better than Robert F. Kennedy Jr and Morgan Griffith.