$300 trillion coronavirus lawsuit
[FONT=arial !important]Could this be the end of China’s economy as we know it? Missouri on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against China for ‘enormous’ consequences of coronavirus ‘deceit,’ making it the first U.S. state to file such a suit. In a lawsuit filed at the Eastern District of Missouri, the state accused China of being responsible for the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and seeking damages to make up for “the enormous loss of life, human suffering, and economic turmoil” resulting from the disease.
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[FONT=arial !important]The suit follows at least seven federal class-action suits that have been filed by private groups, with one filed in Florida saying that China knew “COVID-19 was dangerous and capable of causing a pandemic. The federal class-action suit filed in Florida accused the Chinese Communist Party of negligence, lies and cover-up. The suit is seeking over $6 trillion in coronavirus reparations.
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[FONT=arial !important]“In Missouri, the impact of the virus is very real – thousands have been infected and many have died, families have been separated from dying loved ones, small businesses are shuttering their doors, and those living paycheck to paycheck are struggling to put food on their table,” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said in a statement.
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[FONT=arial !important]The text of the lawsuit lays the blame for the pandemic’s consequences squarely at China’s feet. “The repeated unlawful and unreasonable acts and omissions of” China, the Missouri suit claims, “have been injurious to—and have significantly interfered with—the lives, health, and safety of substantial numbers of Missouri residents, ruining lives and damaging the public order and economy of the State of Missouri.”
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[FONT=arial !important]“An appalling campaign of deceit, concealment, misfeasance, and inaction by Chinese authorities unleashed this pandemic,” the suit reads. “During the critical weeks of the initial outbreak, Chinese authorities deceived the public, suppressed crucial information, arrested whistleblowers, denied human-to-human transmission in the face of mounting evidence, destroyed critical medical research, permitted millions of people to be exposed to the virus, and even hoarded personal protective equipment—thus causing a global pandemic that was unnecessary and preventable.”
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[FONT=arial !important]In the meantime, the Florida class action suit brought by the Berman Law Group in Florida against the Chinese Communist Party has so far signed up 10,000 people, including grieving family members of those who have died after contracting COVID-19 and healthcare workers who have suffered as a result of a lack of personal protective equipment. Jeremy Alters, the chief strategist behind the lawsuit in Florida, said getting China to pay up is about taking accountability for the tragic human and economic devastated that has crippled the world.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial !important]Could this be the end of China’s economy as we know it? Missouri on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against China for ‘enormous’ consequences of coronavirus ‘deceit,’ making it the first U.S. state to file such a suit. In a lawsuit filed at the Eastern District of Missouri, the state accused China of being responsible for the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and seeking damages to make up for “the enormous loss of life, human suffering, and economic turmoil” resulting from the disease.
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[FONT=arial !important]The suit follows at least seven federal class-action suits that have been filed by private groups, with one filed in Florida saying that China knew “COVID-19 was dangerous and capable of causing a pandemic. The federal class-action suit filed in Florida accused the Chinese Communist Party of negligence, lies and cover-up. The suit is seeking over $6 trillion in coronavirus reparations.
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[FONT=arial !important]“In Missouri, the impact of the virus is very real – thousands have been infected and many have died, families have been separated from dying loved ones, small businesses are shuttering their doors, and those living paycheck to paycheck are struggling to put food on their table,” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said in a statement.
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[FONT=arial !important]The text of the lawsuit lays the blame for the pandemic’s consequences squarely at China’s feet. “The repeated unlawful and unreasonable acts and omissions of” China, the Missouri suit claims, “have been injurious to—and have significantly interfered with—the lives, health, and safety of substantial numbers of Missouri residents, ruining lives and damaging the public order and economy of the State of Missouri.”
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[FONT=arial !important]“An appalling campaign of deceit, concealment, misfeasance, and inaction by Chinese authorities unleashed this pandemic,” the suit reads. “During the critical weeks of the initial outbreak, Chinese authorities deceived the public, suppressed crucial information, arrested whistleblowers, denied human-to-human transmission in the face of mounting evidence, destroyed critical medical research, permitted millions of people to be exposed to the virus, and even hoarded personal protective equipment—thus causing a global pandemic that was unnecessary and preventable.”
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[FONT=arial !important]In the meantime, the Florida class action suit brought by the Berman Law Group in Florida against the Chinese Communist Party has so far signed up 10,000 people, including grieving family members of those who have died after contracting COVID-19 and healthcare workers who have suffered as a result of a lack of personal protective equipment. Jeremy Alters, the chief strategist behind the lawsuit in Florida, said getting China to pay up is about taking accountability for the tragic human and economic devastated that has crippled the world.[/FONT]
Coronavirus restaurants : Robots vs Human
[FONT=arial !important]Coronavirus is going to change our way of life forever. Restaurant is one of the businesses decimated by the deadly coronavirus. Even after this over, there is no guarantee that people will flock to restaurants like they used to before the coronavirus.
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[FONT=arial !important]Maybe there is an answer in the use of little robot waiters that enable restaurants to serve their customers to avoid exposing human waiters to possible coronavirus risks. For example, at a fresh seafood restaurant Robot.He is located in Alibaba’s Hema Supermarket, a little robotic waiters wheels up to the table, raises its glass lid to reveal a steaming plate of local Shanghai-style crayfish and announces in low, mechanical tones.’ The robot is guided by a software system that uses customer-submitted QR codes to figure out seating, ordering, and payment, via the Hema app.
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[FONT=arial !important]Below is a video of Freshippo robot serving customers at Robot.He supermarket in Shanghai
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[FONT=arial !important]Coronavirus is going to change our way of life forever. Restaurant is one of the businesses decimated by the deadly coronavirus. Even after this over, there is no guarantee that people will flock to restaurants like they used to before the coronavirus.
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[FONT=arial !important]Maybe there is an answer in the use of little robot waiters that enable restaurants to serve their customers to avoid exposing human waiters to possible coronavirus risks. For example, at a fresh seafood restaurant Robot.He is located in Alibaba’s Hema Supermarket, a little robotic waiters wheels up to the table, raises its glass lid to reveal a steaming plate of local Shanghai-style crayfish and announces in low, mechanical tones.’ The robot is guided by a software system that uses customer-submitted QR codes to figure out seating, ordering, and payment, via the Hema app.
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[FONT=arial !important]Below is a video of Freshippo robot serving customers at Robot.He supermarket in Shanghai
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$300 trillion coronavirus lawsuit
Could this be the end of China’s economy as we know it? Missouri on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against China for ‘enormous’ consequences of coronavirus ‘deceit,’ making it the first U.S. state to file such a suit. In a lawsuit filed at the Eastern District of Missouri, the state accused China of being responsible for the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and seeking damages to make up for “the enormous loss of life, human suffering, and economic turmoil” resulting from the disease.
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China is now spreading lies and false information
[FONT=arial !important]Last month, we reported a story of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang after he said the coronavirus’ origin is not necessarily China, calling it “irresponsible” to trace the origin to China. Lijian’s warning came after some reports that coronavirus may have originated from China’s Wuhan laboratory.
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[FONT=arial !important]As China continues to feel the pressure and mounting lawsuits from around the world, Geng Shuang upped the ante by spreading lies and misinformation on social media. In a series of tweets posted by China Daily, Geng Shuang said that the H1N1 flu, which spread to 214 countries and regions killing nearly 200,000 people, broke out in the US in 2009.
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[FONT=arial !important]In the first tweet, #FMsays “The H1N1 flu that broke out in the US in 2009 spread to 214 countries and regions, killing nearly 200,000 people, has anyone demanded the US for compensation?” Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang asked on Monday. (1/3)”
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[FONT=arial !important]However, according to researchers, the 2009 swine flu pandemic originated in Mexico. The swine-origin influenza (H1N1) virus first appeared in 2009 and was first found in human beings in Mexico. It is a reassortant with at least three parents. Six of the genes are closest in sequence to those of H1N2 ‘triple-reassortant’ influenza viruses isolated from pigs in North America around 1999-2000.
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[FONT=arial !important]In the second tweet, Geng Shuang went on to blame the United States for AIDS epidemic saying, “AIDS was first discovered in the US in the 1980s and spread to the world, causing great agony for the world, has anyone held the US accountable? he said. (2/3)”
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[FONT=arial !important]In his third tweet, he blamed the United States for the collapse of the global economy and causes of a global financial crisis in 2008 saying: “In addition, he cited Kishore Mahbubani, a professor at the National University of Singapore, as saying that the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the US caused a global financial crisis in 2008, but no one asked the US to bear the consequences. (3/3).”
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[FONT=arial !important]Last month, we reported a story of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang after he said the coronavirus’ origin is not necessarily China, calling it “irresponsible” to trace the origin to China. Lijian’s warning came after some reports that coronavirus may have originated from China’s Wuhan laboratory.
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[FONT=arial !important]As China continues to feel the pressure and mounting lawsuits from around the world, Geng Shuang upped the ante by spreading lies and misinformation on social media. In a series of tweets posted by China Daily, Geng Shuang said that the H1N1 flu, which spread to 214 countries and regions killing nearly 200,000 people, broke out in the US in 2009.
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[FONT=arial !important]In the first tweet, #FMsays “The H1N1 flu that broke out in the US in 2009 spread to 214 countries and regions, killing nearly 200,000 people, has anyone demanded the US for compensation?” Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang asked on Monday. (1/3)”
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[FONT=arial !important]However, according to researchers, the 2009 swine flu pandemic originated in Mexico. The swine-origin influenza (H1N1) virus first appeared in 2009 and was first found in human beings in Mexico. It is a reassortant with at least three parents. Six of the genes are closest in sequence to those of H1N2 ‘triple-reassortant’ influenza viruses isolated from pigs in North America around 1999-2000.
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[FONT=arial !important]In the second tweet, Geng Shuang went on to blame the United States for AIDS epidemic saying, “AIDS was first discovered in the US in the 1980s and spread to the world, causing great agony for the world, has anyone held the US accountable? he said. (2/3)”
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[FONT=arial !important]In his third tweet, he blamed the United States for the collapse of the global economy and causes of a global financial crisis in 2008 saying: “In addition, he cited Kishore Mahbubani, a professor at the National University of Singapore, as saying that the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the US caused a global financial crisis in 2008, but no one asked the US to bear the consequences. (3/3).”
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China has been an enemy of the United States for years, decades. When I say this to friends they look at me with two heads.
China is a good for nothing country, they bring nothing to the table and add nothing to the world.
China is scum, things they are best at are stealing from others and making cheap, crappy stuff.
Anything and everything they have has been stolen from another country or person.
We, the U.S. need to give incentives to U.S. companies to bring manufacturing back to this country and put the scumbags Chinese out of business.
Need to treat them like Russia in the cold war and crush the regime and put them out of power instead of doing business with them
The problem is many of the Washington elite/politicians are already sucking Chinese cock and are owned by them.
Pelosi, Biden, Shumer, etc all owned and in bed with scum China regime
Until we can stop that, nothing will change.
As far as this incident from the scum Chinese regime they need to pay for this incident.
They need to be hurt financially and very badly at that.
China is a good for nothing country, they bring nothing to the table and add nothing to the world.
China is scum, things they are best at are stealing from others and making cheap, crappy stuff.
Anything and everything they have has been stolen from another country or person.
We, the U.S. need to give incentives to U.S. companies to bring manufacturing back to this country and put the scumbags Chinese out of business.
Need to treat them like Russia in the cold war and crush the regime and put them out of power instead of doing business with them
The problem is many of the Washington elite/politicians are already sucking Chinese cock and are owned by them.
Pelosi, Biden, Shumer, etc all owned and in bed with scum China regime
Until we can stop that, nothing will change.
As far as this incident from the scum Chinese regime they need to pay for this incident.
They need to be hurt financially and very badly at that.
Coronavirus swab test at home
[FONT=arial !important]Now you can test if you have coronavirus from the comfort of your home. Today, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first coronavirus test. The test from LabCorp, will allow people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options in most states
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[FONT=arial !important]In announcement posted on its website, the FDA said it has re-issued the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) COVID-19 RT-PCR Test to permit testing of samples self-collected by patients at home using LabCorp’s Pixel by LabCorp COVID-19 Test home collection kit.
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[FONT=arial !important]The test will initially only be available to health care workers and first responders under a doctor’s orders. The sample will still have to be shipped for processing back to LabCorp, which operates diagnostic labs throughout the U.S. Allowing people to self-swab at home would help reduce infection risks for front-line health care workers and help conserve protective gear.
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[FONT=arial !important]“Throughout this pandemic we have been facilitating test development to ensure patients access to accurate diagnostics, which includes supporting the development of reliable and accurate at-home sample collection options,” said FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D. “The FDA’s around-the-clock work since this outbreak began has resulted in the authorization of more than 50 diagnostic tests and engagement with over 350 test developers. Specifically, for tests that include home sample collection, we worked with LabCorp to ensure the data demonstrated from at-home patient sample collection is as safe and accurate as sample collection at a doctor’s office, hospital or other testing site. With this action, there is now a convenient and reliable option for patient sample collection from the comfort and safety of their home.”
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[FONT=arial !important]For the home test, people are initially screened with an online questionnaire. If authorized by a physician, LabCorp will ship a testing kit to their home. The kit includes cotton swabs, a collection tube, an insulated pouch and box to ship the specimen back to LabCorp. To take a sample, a cotton swab is swirled in each nostril. The test results are then posted online to a secure company website.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial !important]Now you can test if you have coronavirus from the comfort of your home. Today, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first coronavirus test. The test from LabCorp, will allow people to collect their own sample at home, a new approach that could help expand testing options in most states
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[FONT=arial !important]In announcement posted on its website, the FDA said it has re-issued the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) COVID-19 RT-PCR Test to permit testing of samples self-collected by patients at home using LabCorp’s Pixel by LabCorp COVID-19 Test home collection kit.
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[FONT=arial !important]The test will initially only be available to health care workers and first responders under a doctor’s orders. The sample will still have to be shipped for processing back to LabCorp, which operates diagnostic labs throughout the U.S. Allowing people to self-swab at home would help reduce infection risks for front-line health care workers and help conserve protective gear.
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[FONT=arial !important]“Throughout this pandemic we have been facilitating test development to ensure patients access to accurate diagnostics, which includes supporting the development of reliable and accurate at-home sample collection options,” said FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D. “The FDA’s around-the-clock work since this outbreak began has resulted in the authorization of more than 50 diagnostic tests and engagement with over 350 test developers. Specifically, for tests that include home sample collection, we worked with LabCorp to ensure the data demonstrated from at-home patient sample collection is as safe and accurate as sample collection at a doctor’s office, hospital or other testing site. With this action, there is now a convenient and reliable option for patient sample collection from the comfort and safety of their home.”
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[FONT=arial !important]For the home test, people are initially screened with an online questionnaire. If authorized by a physician, LabCorp will ship a testing kit to their home. The kit includes cotton swabs, a collection tube, an insulated pouch and box to ship the specimen back to LabCorp. To take a sample, a cotton swab is swirled in each nostril. The test results are then posted online to a secure company website.[/FONT]
Using hydroxychloroquine with 99.99% success rate
<article class="single_post_wrap" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Over the past month, we’ve been telling you about Dr. Zelenko, a board-certified family practitioner in New York, after he first announced that he had treated 350 coronavirus patients with 100% success using a cocktail of hydroxychloroquine, Zinc Sulfate and Azithromycin. Dr. Zelenko went on to treat 700 coronavirus patients treated with 99.9% success rate using Hydroxychloroquine, with 1 outpatient died after not following protocol.
The last time we wrote about Dr. Zelenko was on April 5 after he reported in an interview that he had treated 900 coronavirus patients with 99.99% rate. We checked back to see if Dr. Zelenko is making progress with his COVID-19 patients. In his latest interview with Dr. Dennis of Prague University, Dr. Zelenko said he has now treated over 1,450 coronavirus patients with only two deaths.
Calling hydroxychloroquine a potential game-changer, Dr. Zelenko maintained that his approach is to provide treatment to patients before their situation get worse so they don’t have to be admitted into the hospital and so that they don’t have to be put on ventilators. His out-patient treatment regimen, which costs only $12, is as follows:
[FONT=arial !important]1. Hydroxychloroquine 200mg twice a day for 5 days
[FONT=arial !important]2. Azithromycin 500mg once a day for 5 days
[FONT=arial !important]3. Zinc sulfate 220mg once a day for 5 days
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[/FONT][/FONT]Below is a video of his latest interview (April 20)
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<article class="single_post_wrap" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Over the past month, we’ve been telling you about Dr. Zelenko, a board-certified family practitioner in New York, after he first announced that he had treated 350 coronavirus patients with 100% success using a cocktail of hydroxychloroquine, Zinc Sulfate and Azithromycin. Dr. Zelenko went on to treat 700 coronavirus patients treated with 99.9% success rate using Hydroxychloroquine, with 1 outpatient died after not following protocol.
The last time we wrote about Dr. Zelenko was on April 5 after he reported in an interview that he had treated 900 coronavirus patients with 99.99% rate. We checked back to see if Dr. Zelenko is making progress with his COVID-19 patients. In his latest interview with Dr. Dennis of Prague University, Dr. Zelenko said he has now treated over 1,450 coronavirus patients with only two deaths.
Calling hydroxychloroquine a potential game-changer, Dr. Zelenko maintained that his approach is to provide treatment to patients before their situation get worse so they don’t have to be admitted into the hospital and so that they don’t have to be put on ventilators. His out-patient treatment regimen, which costs only $12, is as follows:
[FONT=arial !important]1. Hydroxychloroquine 200mg twice a day for 5 days
[FONT=arial !important]2. Azithromycin 500mg once a day for 5 days
[FONT=arial !important]3. Zinc sulfate 220mg once a day for 5 days
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[/FONT][/FONT]Below is a video of his latest interview (April 20)
Shock photos inside Wuhan lab which stores 1,500 virus strains
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Veteran Secretary Robert Wilkie's comments came after a study looking at the effects of the drug in 368 patients in Veterans Health Administration hospitals
[FONT=arial !important]Yesterday, we told you about a recommendation from NIH panel that recommended against the use of hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin for the treatment of COVID-19, except in the context of a clinical trial (AIII). We also pointed out that the recommendation was not based on definitive randomized clinical trial, which is month away from now.
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[FONT=arial !important]Today, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie said the opposite is true. In an interview on MSNBC, Robert Wilkie said the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine has been working in COVID-19 patients. His comments came after a study looking at the effects of the drug in 368 patients in Veterans Health Administration hospitals found no evidence the drug is effective against coronavirus.
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[FONT=arial !important]During his appearance on MSNBC, Wilkie said in answer to question about the study, “That’s just an observational study. It’s not a clinical study. It was done on a small number of veterans; sadly, those of whom were in the last stages of life, and the drug was given to them.”
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[FONT=arial !important]The drug “has been working on middle-age and younger veterans,” Wilkie added. By that, he meant that it was “stopping the progression of” COVID-19. Wilkie is not alone in talking about the success of hydroxychloroquine. Many other doctors and patients have credited the malaria drug for saving their lives. In addition, the United States has also added millions of hydroxychloroquine pills into its stockpile.
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[FONT=arial !important]Randomized clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine are underway in Minnesota, New York, and Tennessee. Hydroxychloroquine has become the most controversial drug since President Trump touted it as a potential game–changer back in March.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial !important]Yesterday, we told you about a recommendation from NIH panel that recommended against the use of hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin for the treatment of COVID-19, except in the context of a clinical trial (AIII). We also pointed out that the recommendation was not based on definitive randomized clinical trial, which is month away from now.
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[FONT=arial !important]Today, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie said the opposite is true. In an interview on MSNBC, Robert Wilkie said the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine has been working in COVID-19 patients. His comments came after a study looking at the effects of the drug in 368 patients in Veterans Health Administration hospitals found no evidence the drug is effective against coronavirus.
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[FONT=arial !important]During his appearance on MSNBC, Wilkie said in answer to question about the study, “That’s just an observational study. It’s not a clinical study. It was done on a small number of veterans; sadly, those of whom were in the last stages of life, and the drug was given to them.”
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[FONT=arial !important]The drug “has been working on middle-age and younger veterans,” Wilkie added. By that, he meant that it was “stopping the progression of” COVID-19. Wilkie is not alone in talking about the success of hydroxychloroquine. Many other doctors and patients have credited the malaria drug for saving their lives. In addition, the United States has also added millions of hydroxychloroquine pills into its stockpile.
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[FONT=arial !important]Randomized clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine are underway in Minnesota, New York, and Tennessee. Hydroxychloroquine has become the most controversial drug since President Trump touted it as a potential game–changer back in March.[/FONT]
Attacks against government websites, businesses, and even individuals continue
[FONT=arial !important]Expecting a letup in cybercriminal activity in the midst of a pandemic is wishful thinking. This is what the current COVID-19 pandemic proves. Attacks against government websites, businesses, and even individuals continue. Distributed Denial of Service (also known as “DDoS”) incidents, in particular, are increasing, and they even target hospitals and institutions involved in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial !important]DDoS has been a problem for many years now. There was a decline of these attacks in 2018, but the downtrend was reversed in early 2019. Now that a pandemic is battering the world, perpetrators of DDoS attacks appear to be upping the ante to hit more victims as people and businesses become more reliant on the internet for their many needs.
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Traffic surges and DDoS
[FONT=arial !important]According to cloud provider Fastly, COVID-19 has significantly reduced internet performance in most parts of the world. In Italy, web traffic shot up by 109.3%, causing a 35.4% degradation in download speed. In the United Kingdom, web traffic increased by 78.6% and download speed fell by 30.3%. France, Spain, Japan, and the United States similarly experienced traffic increases in the 30-40% range with reductions in download speed varying from 8% to 16%. Similar trends can be observed in other parts of the world.
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[FONT=arial !important]The bulk of web traffic increases focus on social media, video streaming, and news websites. As expected, most people access the internet for entertainment while they are in quarantine. There may also be considerable increases in bandwidth use for remote work arrangements, but they don’t appear significant enough to affect overall internet health.
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[FONT=arial !important]Fastly says that the overall health of the internet is still good. It has not yet come to a point when ISPs have to impose limits. Some websites may take more time to load and quality of experience when streaming videos may degrade a little, but things are still working normally.
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[FONT=arial !important]This state of relative normalcy, however, can rapidly drop into dysfunction with DDoS in the picture.
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Common attack targets
[FONT=arial !important]Cyber crooks are exploiting the delicate situation many companies are in, as they deal with traffic surges and the need to avoid downtimes.
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[FONT=arial !important]In the later part of March, a DDoS attack hit the servers of German food delivery startup Liefrando with the attackers demanding a ransom of 2 BTC (~$11,000) for them to stop. A similar attack was launched against popular Dutch food delivery service Thuisbezorgd, causing delays or failures in processing orders.
Gaming giant Blizzard also experienced a DDoS attack on April 13, with players complaining that they were unable to log in. The company managed to address the problem promptly, so the company’s operations went on unscathed. EA wasn’t as lucky, though, as its serves were taken down a day after the Blizzard incident. The attack resulted in issues in the games’ online functionality.
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[FONT=arial !important]Hospitals and healthcare-related institutions have also become common high-profile targets. In early March, Brno University Hospital, a major medical facility that conducts COVID-19 tests in the Czech Republic, was surprised by a mysterious cyberattack. It was a serious incident that forced the hospital to shut its IT network down.
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[FONT=arial !important]In Paris, a DDoS attack sought to disrupt hospital services by targeting the website of AP-HP, the Paris hospital authority. The attack was foiled, though, according to the French cybersecurity agency.
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[FONT=arial !important]The United States also had its share of major DDoS incidents with the US Health and Human Services Department’s website targeted for what authorities call as a “campaign of interruption and disinformation.”
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[FONT=arial !important]Several other healthcare facilities and institutions had to contend with attacks that aim to overwhelm their servers. The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District in Illinois, Hammersmith Medicines Research, as well as the World Health Organization encountered multiple denial of service attempts last March.
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[FONT=arial !important]There’s an emerging trend in recent DDoS attacks which suggests that malicious players have been targeting establishments or organizations involved in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Hospitals, government, food delivery service, as well as entertainment sites that have seen considerable traffic increases are now common targets. It appears that attackers are seeking more suffering for those who are already struggling to deal with the global health crisis.
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Growing small attacks
[FONT=arial !important]Aside from headline-making DDoS attacks, small attacks have also become commonplace recently. Many cybercriminals seem to be switching from large to small targets. Based on data from a Neustar research report, there was a notably high 150% increase in DDoS attacks under 5Gbps in the last quarter of 2019. These small attacks comprise 80% of all DDoS incidents.
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[FONT=arial !important]Small attacks are mostly driven by DDoS-for-hire services, and the COVID-19 outbreak is seen to be responsible for accelerating the rise of these attacks. Attackers see more potential victims as more people entertain and work from home.
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[FONT=arial !important]In gaming, bad actors (unscrupulous gamers) pay for DDoS-for-hire services to disadvantage their opponents during important matches. On the other hand, the increased number of remote work arrangements is expected to fuel increases in small attacks. Security experts say that DDoS attacks against VPNs will potentially increase during the pandemic.
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[FONT=arial !important]Companies and governments that adopt telecommuting or remote work setups are expected to use VPNs to secure their networks. Attackers will have to break through the VPN architecture to achieve the disruption they seek. As such, many VPNs could be taken down in the process.
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[FONT=arial !important]The rise of small attacks is seen as one of the reasons why mobile and IoT device malware infection is also surging. Security researchers say that attackers need these devices as part of their attack amplification schemes. Compromised smartphones, smartwatches, home assistants, and other web-enabled devices serve as intermediate services used to generate overwhelming traffic on servers.
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The Takeaway
[FONT=arial !important]The coronavirus-induced traffic surges, so far, have not created debilitating effects on the internet. However, DDoS perpetrators and other cyber attackers see the increased online activity as opportunities to find more prey. Never expect cybercriminals to sympathize with the many who are suffering from the lockdowns and community quarantines brought about by COVID-19. They will remain an existential threat to online services for as long as the internet exists. Hopefully, the coronavirus pandemic will just be the same kind of threat to humanity: unceasing but unlikely to end or permanently impair society.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial !important]Expecting a letup in cybercriminal activity in the midst of a pandemic is wishful thinking. This is what the current COVID-19 pandemic proves. Attacks against government websites, businesses, and even individuals continue. Distributed Denial of Service (also known as “DDoS”) incidents, in particular, are increasing, and they even target hospitals and institutions involved in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial !important]DDoS has been a problem for many years now. There was a decline of these attacks in 2018, but the downtrend was reversed in early 2019. Now that a pandemic is battering the world, perpetrators of DDoS attacks appear to be upping the ante to hit more victims as people and businesses become more reliant on the internet for their many needs.
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Traffic surges and DDoS
[FONT=arial !important]According to cloud provider Fastly, COVID-19 has significantly reduced internet performance in most parts of the world. In Italy, web traffic shot up by 109.3%, causing a 35.4% degradation in download speed. In the United Kingdom, web traffic increased by 78.6% and download speed fell by 30.3%. France, Spain, Japan, and the United States similarly experienced traffic increases in the 30-40% range with reductions in download speed varying from 8% to 16%. Similar trends can be observed in other parts of the world.
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[FONT=arial !important]The bulk of web traffic increases focus on social media, video streaming, and news websites. As expected, most people access the internet for entertainment while they are in quarantine. There may also be considerable increases in bandwidth use for remote work arrangements, but they don’t appear significant enough to affect overall internet health.
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[FONT=arial !important]Fastly says that the overall health of the internet is still good. It has not yet come to a point when ISPs have to impose limits. Some websites may take more time to load and quality of experience when streaming videos may degrade a little, but things are still working normally.
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[FONT=arial !important]This state of relative normalcy, however, can rapidly drop into dysfunction with DDoS in the picture.
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Common attack targets
[FONT=arial !important]Cyber crooks are exploiting the delicate situation many companies are in, as they deal with traffic surges and the need to avoid downtimes.
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[FONT=arial !important]In the later part of March, a DDoS attack hit the servers of German food delivery startup Liefrando with the attackers demanding a ransom of 2 BTC (~$11,000) for them to stop. A similar attack was launched against popular Dutch food delivery service Thuisbezorgd, causing delays or failures in processing orders.
Gaming giant Blizzard also experienced a DDoS attack on April 13, with players complaining that they were unable to log in. The company managed to address the problem promptly, so the company’s operations went on unscathed. EA wasn’t as lucky, though, as its serves were taken down a day after the Blizzard incident. The attack resulted in issues in the games’ online functionality.
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[FONT=arial !important]Hospitals and healthcare-related institutions have also become common high-profile targets. In early March, Brno University Hospital, a major medical facility that conducts COVID-19 tests in the Czech Republic, was surprised by a mysterious cyberattack. It was a serious incident that forced the hospital to shut its IT network down.
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[FONT=arial !important]In Paris, a DDoS attack sought to disrupt hospital services by targeting the website of AP-HP, the Paris hospital authority. The attack was foiled, though, according to the French cybersecurity agency.
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[FONT=arial !important]The United States also had its share of major DDoS incidents with the US Health and Human Services Department’s website targeted for what authorities call as a “campaign of interruption and disinformation.”
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[FONT=arial !important]Several other healthcare facilities and institutions had to contend with attacks that aim to overwhelm their servers. The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District in Illinois, Hammersmith Medicines Research, as well as the World Health Organization encountered multiple denial of service attempts last March.
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[FONT=arial !important]There’s an emerging trend in recent DDoS attacks which suggests that malicious players have been targeting establishments or organizations involved in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Hospitals, government, food delivery service, as well as entertainment sites that have seen considerable traffic increases are now common targets. It appears that attackers are seeking more suffering for those who are already struggling to deal with the global health crisis.
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Growing small attacks
[FONT=arial !important]Aside from headline-making DDoS attacks, small attacks have also become commonplace recently. Many cybercriminals seem to be switching from large to small targets. Based on data from a Neustar research report, there was a notably high 150% increase in DDoS attacks under 5Gbps in the last quarter of 2019. These small attacks comprise 80% of all DDoS incidents.
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[FONT=arial !important]Small attacks are mostly driven by DDoS-for-hire services, and the COVID-19 outbreak is seen to be responsible for accelerating the rise of these attacks. Attackers see more potential victims as more people entertain and work from home.
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[FONT=arial !important]In gaming, bad actors (unscrupulous gamers) pay for DDoS-for-hire services to disadvantage their opponents during important matches. On the other hand, the increased number of remote work arrangements is expected to fuel increases in small attacks. Security experts say that DDoS attacks against VPNs will potentially increase during the pandemic.
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[FONT=arial !important]Companies and governments that adopt telecommuting or remote work setups are expected to use VPNs to secure their networks. Attackers will have to break through the VPN architecture to achieve the disruption they seek. As such, many VPNs could be taken down in the process.
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[FONT=arial !important]The rise of small attacks is seen as one of the reasons why mobile and IoT device malware infection is also surging. Security researchers say that attackers need these devices as part of their attack amplification schemes. Compromised smartphones, smartwatches, home assistants, and other web-enabled devices serve as intermediate services used to generate overwhelming traffic on servers.
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The Takeaway
[FONT=arial !important]The coronavirus-induced traffic surges, so far, have not created debilitating effects on the internet. However, DDoS perpetrators and other cyber attackers see the increased online activity as opportunities to find more prey. Never expect cybercriminals to sympathize with the many who are suffering from the lockdowns and community quarantines brought about by COVID-19. They will remain an existential threat to online services for as long as the internet exists. Hopefully, the coronavirus pandemic will just be the same kind of threat to humanity: unceasing but unlikely to end or permanently impair society.[/FONT]
iPhone and iPad that may have left more than half a billion users vulnerable to hackers.
[FONT=arial !important]Security researchers have discovered a flaw in iPhone and iPad that may have left more than half a billion users vulnerable to hackers. The bug was discovered by ZecOps, a San Francisco-based mobile security forensics firm. In a report published today, the firm said it found out about the bug while it was investigating a sophisticated cyberattack against a client that took place in late 2019.
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[FONT=arial !important]“The attack’s scope consists of sending a specially crafted email to a victim’s mailbox enabling it to trigger the vulnerability in the context of iOS MobileMail application on iOS 12 or maild on iOS 13. Based on ZecOps Research and Threat Intelligence, we surmise with high confidence that these vulnerabilities – in particular, the remote heap overflow – are widely exploited in the wild in targeted attacks by an advanced threat operator(s),” the report reads. The firm says the vulnerability has existed in the Mail app since at least iOS 6, which was released in 2012.
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[FONT=arial !important]Apple spokesman acknowledged that a vulnerability exists in Apple’s software for email on iPhones and iPads, known as the Mail app, and that the tech giant had developed a fix, which will be rolled out in a forthcoming update on millions of devices it has sold globally.
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[FONT=arial !important]Another research firm, Avraham, published a report on Wednesday that the company found evidence that a malicious program was taking advantage of the vulnerability in Apple’s iOS mobile operating system as far back as January 2018. The company suggests the flaw could be triggered from afar and that it had already been exploited by hackers against high-profile users.
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[FONT=arial !important]However, Apple declined to comment on Avraham’s research.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial !important]Security researchers have discovered a flaw in iPhone and iPad that may have left more than half a billion users vulnerable to hackers. The bug was discovered by ZecOps, a San Francisco-based mobile security forensics firm. In a report published today, the firm said it found out about the bug while it was investigating a sophisticated cyberattack against a client that took place in late 2019.
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[FONT=arial !important]“The attack’s scope consists of sending a specially crafted email to a victim’s mailbox enabling it to trigger the vulnerability in the context of iOS MobileMail application on iOS 12 or maild on iOS 13. Based on ZecOps Research and Threat Intelligence, we surmise with high confidence that these vulnerabilities – in particular, the remote heap overflow – are widely exploited in the wild in targeted attacks by an advanced threat operator(s),” the report reads. The firm says the vulnerability has existed in the Mail app since at least iOS 6, which was released in 2012.
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[FONT=arial !important]Apple spokesman acknowledged that a vulnerability exists in Apple’s software for email on iPhones and iPads, known as the Mail app, and that the tech giant had developed a fix, which will be rolled out in a forthcoming update on millions of devices it has sold globally.
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[FONT=arial !important]Another research firm, Avraham, published a report on Wednesday that the company found evidence that a malicious program was taking advantage of the vulnerability in Apple’s iOS mobile operating system as far back as January 2018. The company suggests the flaw could be triggered from afar and that it had already been exploited by hackers against high-profile users.
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[FONT=arial !important]However, Apple declined to comment on Avraham’s research.[/FONT]
Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists have stolen nearly 25,000 emails
Nearly 25,000 email address and passwords belonging to staff at the World Health Organization, Gates Foundation and the National Institute of Health were obtained and posted online
The data dump was discovered by SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks the online activity of white-supremacist and jihadist groups, which said the leak was an attempt by 'the far-right to weaponize the COVID-19 pandemic.'
Although the origin is unclear, experts found the information on oooo, a message board known for hateful content, as well as Twitter and the far-right extremist channel on the messaging app Telegram.
The information gathered by the hackers and neo-Nazi groups were taken with the sole purpose of sharing coronavirus conspiracy theories, including linking HIV to the virus.
The World Health Organization confirmed that email addresses registered in external systems and applications were hacked and made public, but passwords have since been reset for the compromised accounts.
A smaller amount of credentials were found to be associated with the Gates Foundationn, a private philanthropic group whose co-founder, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, last week announced $150 million in new funding to combat the pandemic.
The list for the World Health Organization (WHO) totaled to 2,732.
'On 21 April, WHO email addresses registered in external systems and applications were hacked and made public,' a WHO spokesperson told
'Out of 6,835 email addresses that were made public, there were 2,712 WHO email addresses, of which 457 are valid and active addresses.
'The WHO cyber security team ran a verification program to check the exposed email addresses and passwords against authentication services and found that none of the 457 WHO credentials had been compromised.
'As a precaution, passwords have now been reset for the 457 users whose email addresses were exposed.'
SITE told that the information was being used by the extremist groups to spread misinformation and conspiracy theories about the coronavirus.
Rita Katz, SITE's executive director, said that 'neo-Nazis and white supremacists' published the information 'aggressively' across various online platforms, using it to call for 'a harassment campaign while sharing conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic.'
'The distribution of these alleged email credentials were just another part of a months-long initiative across the far right to weaponize the COVID-19 pandemic.
'Keep in mind the targets of these lists: NIH, CDC, WHO — these are exactly the types of organizations Neo-Nazis and white supremacists have been targeting amid the crisis.'
Something about Bill Gates
“Who is Bill Gates? A software developer? A businessman? A philanthropist? A global health expert? This question, once merely academic, is becoming a very real question for those who are beginning to realize that Gates' unimaginable wealth has been used to gain control over every corner of the fields of public health, medical research and vaccine development. And now that we are presented with the very problem that Gates has been talking about for years, we will soon find that this software developer with no medical training is going to leverage that wealth into control over the fates of billions of people.”
TRANSCRIPT AND MP3: https://corbettreport.com/gates
“Who is Bill Gates? A software developer? A businessman? A philanthropist? A global health expert? This question, once merely academic, is becoming a very real question for those who are beginning to realize that Gates' unimaginable wealth has been used to gain control over every corner of the fields of public health, medical research and vaccine development. And now that we are presented with the very problem that Gates has been talking about for years, we will soon find that this software developer with no medical training is going to leverage that wealth into control over the fates of billions of people.”
TRANSCRIPT AND MP3: https://corbettreport.com/gates
