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Nigeria is already dealing with Lassa fever: Far deadlier viral outbreak than the coronavirus epidemic

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Attending to a patient with Lassa fever in Nigeria
The detection of Covid-19 coronavirus in Nigeria raised early concerns about the country's capacity to handle a major epidemic but so far local public health officials have been commended for handling the outbreak with aplomb.

But the coronavirus is not the only viral outbreak in Africa's most populous country. Nigeria is currently dealing with what is turning out to be the world's largest epidemic of Lassa fever, a viral disease deadlier than coronavirus.

Lassa fever is a severe viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) like Ebola and Marburg that occurs throughout the year in Nigeria and was declared an "active outbreak" by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) five weeks into 2020. The epidemic which occurs during the annual dry season (roughly November through March) has spread across half the country.

Comment: Nigeria has been through many epidemics, including ebola, meningitis and HIV. They have a good amount of expertise to bring to bear when COVID-19 makes its appearance. What they will need is material support for that expertise to be of any use.


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Chelsea Manning showed 'moral strength' by choosing imprisonment over collaboration with US govt - Snowden

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© AFP / Getty Images / Win McNameeFormer U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning's decision to sit in jail rather than cooperate with the US government's prosecution of WikiLeaks is a testament to her character and unwavering principles, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has said.

Commenting on Manning's newly-won freedom, Snowden noted that the former Army analyst-turned-whistleblower had been "cast into a dungeon" by the United States for refusing to work with the government to criminalize the publication of classified materials.
They offered to let her out in exchange for collaboration, but she chose her principles instead.
For Snowden, Manning's unwillingness to exchange her freedom for her beliefs was the ultimate display of "moral strength."

Comment: See also : Judge releases Chelsea Manning after suicide attempt, effectively fines her supporters $256,000




Handcuffs

US probe into Mexican drug cartel yields 750 arrests

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© Richard Vogel / APDEA agents move in on a residential house during an arrest of a suspected drug trafficker on Wednesday in Diamond Bar, California. Federal agents fanned out across the U.S. after a six-month investigation aimed at dismantling the upper echelon of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, known as CJNG.
Agents also seized more than 20 kilograms of drugs and $20 million in cash from the cartel, the Justice Department said.

The Justice Department on Wednesday announced more than 750 arrests after a six-month investigation targeting Mexico's violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel, known as CJNG.

The Drug Enforcement Administration-led operation, called "Project Python," is the largest to date in U.S. efforts to take down the notorious drug dealing organization now considered one of the most powerful cartels in Mexico and known for brutal kidnappings and murders in that country.

In addition to the nationwide arrests, agents seized more than 20 kilograms of drugs and $20 million in cash. Officials say the cartel has hubs in Los Angeles, New York, Houston, Chicago and Atlanta and is a major presence on the Southwest border.

"CJNG has contributed to a catastrophic trail of human and physical destruction in Mexico," said Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczowski. "It is the most well-armed cartel in Mexico. Its members willingly confront rival cartels and even the security forces of the Mexican government. CJNG is responsible for grisly acts of violence and loss of life."

Officials say CJNG is responsible for trafficking tons of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin into the United States.

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Network

France prepares to greenlight Huawei's 5G

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© Sputnik / Alehandro Martinez Velez
Around the time the clock was ticking for Brexit to be formally accomplished, the British government approved Huawei's participation in the country's next-gen networks, but capped its share at 35 percent and limited the involvement to non-core parts. The question has since been open regarding other key market players, namely France and Germany.

France will authorise the use of some Huawei equipment in the roll-out of its 5G networks despite Washington's vehement calls not to do so, according to two sources cited by Reuters.

The French cybersecurity agency ANSSI is reportedly set to instruct domestic telecoms companies which equipment they are allowed to use for the deployment of their next-gen mobile networks.

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Life expectancy in UK began declining at "breakpoint" year of 2011

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© AlamyWorld shed equivalent of 255 million jobs in 2020, United Nations said.
Far more men in deprived areas of England have died over the past decade than would be expected if recent trends had continued, new Office for National Statistics analysis has found.

Men's mortality rates - the number of people in a particular group who die over a specific period of time - were improving 138.1 times faster before 2011 than they did afterwards, the analysis found.

More women also died in the most deprived areas of England than earlier trends had suggested. The figures are particularly stark for the oldest: mortality rates for women aged 80-84 were improving 17 times faster before 2011 than they did afterwards.

Comment: Well over a decade of government imposed austerity, a rigged and crashing economic system, maintained by an insidiously corrupt establishment, will do that: Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal #26: Globalization vs Nationalism - The Hidden Causes of The Yellow Vest Protests in France


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Wikipedia deletes the list of scientists who are skeptics of the sacred (fake) climate 'consensus'

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The evidence is overwhelming but the names of 85 unconvinced experts threatens the Earth. Shield your eyes, sinner, lest ye faith be tested!

The Religion of Carbonoid-Weather-Control is so fragile, and Wikipedia so captured by philosophical fruit flies, that 35 editors voted down 19 other editors and now The List does not exist. Thus do 35 editors keep safe the minds of Wikipedia babes who might get confused when they see Richard Lindzen and Roy Spencer's names and mistake them for actual climate scientists... oh.

Thanks to Dr Roger Higgs:

Electroverse: Wikipedia Deletes "List of Scientists who Disagree with the Scientific Consensus on Global Warming" in Astonishing Act of Censorship

Comment: Wikipedia is on a roll! First they slash Spanish Flu death rates (probably to make coronavirus numbers look scary by comparison), and now they're deleting anyone who disagrees with "climate consensus". After all, how can it be a consensus if there's a whole list of people who don't agree? Wikipedia doesn't publish facts (except occasionally, likely by accident). They are willing mainstream narrative managers more interested in 'consensus' than truth.

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Extinguisher

US Troops in Europe face limbo following canceled exercise, travel ban

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© U.S. Army/Capt. Ellen C. Brabo, 7th Army Training CommandU.S. Army Soldiers arrive for exercise DEFENDER-Europe 20 at the Nuremberg Aiprort, Germany, March 5, 2020.
The U.S. military in Europe is weighing how best to get what may be thousands of troops stateside following the release of a Defense Department policy memo Wednesday ordering a 60-day suspension of military travel to and from countries, including those in Europe.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Joe Hontz, a spokesman for U.S. European Command, told Military.com on Thursday that command officials are working with individual bases and major commands within the continent to evaluate which troops will be sent home following their temporary duty assignment, and which will move on to their next duty station, which could be within Europe.

Hontz stressed the options are in line with Defense Secretary Mark Esper's latest guidance, which was distributed to personnel just hours after President Donald Trump announced the travel suspension. The Defense Department guidance imposes a 60-day ban on travel for service members, military families and DoD civilians to all countries designated as "Level 3 locations" by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention due to the widespread and ongoing transmission of the novel coronavirus.

Stock Down

Coronavirus will bankrupt more people than it kills — and that's the real global emergency

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Coronavirus's economic danger is exponentially greater than its health risks to the public. If the virus does directly affect your life, it is most likely to be through stopping you going to work, forcing your employer to make you redundant, or bankrupting your business.

The trillions of dollars wiped from financial markets this week will be just the beginning, if our governments do not step in. And if President Trump continues to stumble in his handling of the situation, it may well affect his chances of re-election. Joe Biden in particular has identified Covid-19 as a weakness for Trump, promising "steady, reassuring" leadership during America's hour of need.

Worldwide, Covid-19 has killed 4,389 with 31 US deaths as of today. But it will economically cripple millions, especially since the epidemic has formed a perfect storm with stock market crashes, an oil war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, and the spilling over of an actual war in Syria into another potential migrant crisis.

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Judge releases Chelsea Manning after suicide attempt, effectively fines her supporters $256,000

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A federal judge has released whistleblower Chelsea Manning from jail following a suicide attempt and a year behind bars, while ordering her to pay more than a quarter-million dollars in contempt of court fines.

After spending seven years in prison under draconian conditions for exposing US war crimes, Manning was re-imprisoned one year ago in an attempt to coerce her to testify in a grand jury related to WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. When Manning continued to refuse to testify on a principled stand of opposition to the unjust and corrupt practice of secret grand juries, she began getting slammed with fines of $1,000 per day in an attempt by judge Anthony Trenga to "coerce" her into testifying.

Those fines now amount to $256,000 as Trenga finally orders her release, stating that "the business of Grand Jury 19-3 had concluded" and "the Court finds that Ms Manning's appearance before the Grand Jury is no longer needed."

Comment: "Coercive detention for the sole purpose of inflicting intentional suffering on a whistleblower, to force her to falsely incriminate a journalist was a cowardly shameful act by the US Govt." - Christine Assange, Julian's mother.

We should all be repulsed by the US criminal justice system and government for persecuting a whistle blower.

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Brick Wall

Norway imposes 'strictest measures since WWII' to quell coronavirus outbreak

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© Sputnik / Vladimir Rodionov
The measures include the closure of all educational institutions from nurseries to universities, the cancellation of cultural and sporting events, a ban on serving food, and even travel restrictions for healthcare professionals.

In light of the coronavirus outbreak, the Norwegian government has introduced a set of preventive measures Prime Minister Erna Solberg called "the strictest and most invasive" imposed on Norwegians since World War II, national broadcaster NRK reported.

"We have gone from an outbreak to an epidemic", said Doctor Camilla Stoltenberg, the head of Norway's public health institute, the sister of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and part of the Stoltenberg family, which has long held top positions in the Labour Party. She pinned the spread in Norway on traditional "skiing holidays" when schools are closed in late February and early March. Many spent the holidays in the Alps of Northern Italy, where the virus has become widespread.

The measures, effective for at least the next 14 days and likely to be extended, are aimed at containing the coronavirus outbreak.

All daycare centres, schools, colleges, universities, and other educational institutions will be closed. All cultural and sporting events, both outdoors and indoors, will be closed or cancelled. A ban on the serving of food, including buffet services at hotels and company canteens, is in place, with the exception of eateries where guests can be seated at least a metre from one another. All hair salons, barbershops, massage, health, and beauty parlours are closed.

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