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6 Steps to Prevent COVID-19

Stay aware of the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak, available on the WHO website and through your national and local public health authority. Most countries around the world have seen cases of COVID-19 and many are experiencing outbreaks. Authorities in China and some other countries have succeeded in slowing their outbreaks. However, the situation is unpredictable so check regularly for the latest news.   Protect yourself and others from the spread COVID-19 You can reduce your chances of being infected or spreading COVID-19 by taking some simple precautions: Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water. Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses that may be on your hands. Maintain at least 1 meter (3 feet) distance between yourself and others. Why? When someone coughs, sneezes, or speaks they spray small liquid droplets from their nose or mouth which may contain v...

Secrecy News: March 23, 2020

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SECRECY NEWS From the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2020, Issue No. 4 March 23, 2020 Secrecy News Blog:   https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/ **     POLICY IMPACTS OF COVID-19 (CRS) POLICY IMPACTS OF COVID-19 (CRS) New resources from the Congressional Research Service add some depth to current news reporting on how the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting -- and being addressed by -- US policy. * COVID-19: Cybercrime Opportunities and Law Enforcement Response "Officials have reported criminals using public interest in COVID-19 to their advantage. For instance, the Department of Justice (DOJ) cites “reports of individuals and businesses selling fake cures for COVID-19 online and engaging in other forms of fraud, reports of phishing emails from entities posing as the World Health Organization or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and reports of malware being inserted onto mobile apps designed to track the spread of the virus....

PROJECT SIGN AND THE ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION

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PROJECT SIGN AND THE ESTIMATE OF THE SITUATION MICHAEL D. SWORDS Environmental Institute, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008, U.S.A. from  UFO-Science  Website ABSTRACT Upon becoming aware of the explosion of reports of anomalous aerial phe­nomena over the United States in the summer of 1947, the U.S. Air Force became alarmed and instituted emergency studies of the “flying disks.” Quickly this task was delegated to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s intelligence division, and in January 1948 became a formal project, Sign. Sign investigated the phenomenon for seven months and decided that it was best explained by the extraterrestrial (spacecraft) hypothesis (ETH). An Esti­mate was produced for the Pentagon giving reasons for this. Elements of very high rank in the Pentagon would not accept this, and their refusal led to a major debate on the ETH, which resulted in the ultimate breakup of the Project Sign team and the destruction of all (wi...