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| Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks: mikenov on Twitter: FBI is controlled by the Russian Organized Crime, that is why they were not able to foresee "Covid-19" as the global act of bioterrorism, and that is why they are not willing and able to deal with it. Investigate the Investigators! pic.twitter.com/UKU6pDaaIx | ||
FBI is controlled by the Russian Organized Crime, that is why they were not able to foresee "Covid-19" as the global act of bioterrorism, and that is why they are not willing and able to deal with it. Investigate the Investigators! pic.twitter.com/UKU6pDaaIx
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| Saved Stories - None: Crime and Criminology from Michael_Novakhov (10 sites): Michael Novakhov on Twitter from Michael_Novakhov (4 sites): mikenov on Twitter: Investigate Putin, the New Abwehr German agent, his KGB-s, his GRU-s, his Mafia State, and his Russian Mafia: a bunch of hateful, demented, primitive post-Communist jackals The FBI News Review: Putin, the Global Firesetter In Chief, turned on h... fbinewsreview.blogspot.com/2020/08/putin- | ||
Investigate Putin, the New Abwehr German agent, his KGB-s, his GRU-s, his Mafia State, and his Russian Mafia: a bunch of hateful, demented, primitive post-Communist jackals
The FBI News Review: Putin, the Global Firesetter In Chief, turned on h... fbinewsreview.blogspot.com/2020/08/putin-
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| Saved Stories - None: FOX News: Cal Thomas: Trump on voting by mail president is right for these reasons | ||
Voters can practice all the things medical experts tell us to do and vote in person.   | ||
| Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks: Deutsche Welle from Michael_Novakhov (6 sites): Deutsche Welle: DW.com - Top Stories: Coronavirus: New Zealand sees new community transmission | ||
The country had gone more than 100 days without a new community transmission case. To prevent further spread, bars and other businesses in the city of Auckland will be shut. | ||
| Saved Stories - None: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty: U.S. Welcomes Slovakias Decision To Expel Russian Diplomats | ||
The U.S. State Department has welcomed Slovakias decision to expel three Russian diplomats -- a move that media in Slovakia have linked to the 2019 killing in Berlin of a former Chechen rebel from Georgia.  | ||
| Saved Stories - None: FOX News: Hilary Tisch, daughter of Giants co-owner, dead at 36 | ||
Giants co-owner Steve Tisch announced Monday the death of his daughter Hilary Anne Tisch following a bout with depression. She was 36.   | ||
| Saved Stories - None: FOX News: Gregg Jarrett: Trump Russia Hoax fallout what happens now that FBI lies have been exposed | ||
The FBI wove a tangled web of deceit. U.S. Attorney John Durham, who is nearing the end of his criminal investigation, is tasked with straightening it out.  | ||
| Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks: FOX News: Derecho in Midwest traveled 770 miles in 14 hours, flipped trucks and smashed a grain elevator | ||
The wicked winds of a rare derecho roared hundreds of miles across the Midwest on Monday, flipping vehicles, damaging property and leaving over a million without power.   | ||
| Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks: FOX News: In Taiwan visit, Azar accuses China of 'hobbling' coronavirus response | ||
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar accused China of "hobbling" the world's coronavirus response during a visit to Taiwan that has already incensed Chinese leaders.   | ||
| Saved Stories - None: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty: Russian Actor And Kremlin Critic Yefremov Sent To Hospital From Courtroom | ||
Russian actor and outspoken Kremlin critic Mikhail Yefremov, who is charged with killing a person while driving under the influence of alcohol, has been sent to hospital from a court in Moscow where his trial was under way.  | ||
| Saved Stories - None: FOX News: American taxpayers footing NYC's bill to house the homeless in boutique hotels | ||
Since the novel coronavirus began desecrating through New York more than five months ago, Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration has been filling the City's high-priced hotels with the homeless in a bid to ease the burden on the shelter system, and to curb the spread of the novel pathogen ensuring that individuals have their own room and space to socially distance.  | ||
| Saved Stories - None: FOX News: Seattle Christians confronted by knife-wielding protesters yelling obscenities at Black pastors: leader | ||
Hundreds of Christians in Seattle turned out Monday in the area formerly dubbed Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP, and were confronted by violent protesters who flashed knives, shouted obscenities at local Black pastors and hailed Satan, according to worship leader and political activist Sean Feucht.   | ||
| Saved Stories - None: FOX News: Woman claims family was kicked off Southwest Airlines flight because autistic son, 3, wouldn't wear face mask | ||
One Texas mother is speaking out.   | ||
| Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks: FOX News: Trump explains 'reluctance to embrace' intel community, blames 'Dirty Cops' | ||
President Trump on Tuesday explained his reluctance to embrace the U.S. Intelligence Community upon taking office, blaming former Obama officials and calling them Dirty Cops and sleazebags.  | ||
| Saved Stories - None: FOX News: California coronavirus patient receives drug combo part of global trial: 'We are looking for the golden ticket' | ||
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) are testing a two drug combo with hopes that it could be the golden ticket against coronavirus, according to a recent report.   | ||
| Saved Stories - None: FOX News: Woman slides into Bahamian waters as 8-foot shark 'bumped' into her | ||
This brave birthday girl went swimming with the sharks.  | ||
| Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks: FOX News: Baltimore gas explosion leaves 2 dead, 7 injured; recovery underway | ||
The Baltimore Fire Department said a second person was killed in Mondays massive gas explosion that destroyed three rowhouses and displaced approximatley 250 people.   | ||
| Saved Stories - None: The National Interest: The Islands in Chinas Crosshairsand the Marines Ready to Defend Them | ||
Caleb Larson
Security, Asia
 Recent Chinese military drills prompted Taipei to send out the best of the bestin case of war.
In May, media reports stated that Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Marines were staging an exercise on Hainan Island that was designed to simulate the takeover of the Dongsha Islands. The large exercise reportedly involved a number of PLA Marines and support equipment including helicopters, landing equipment and other ships.
Alternatively called the Pratas Islands, the small group of reefs, banks, and small islands are administered by Taiwan, but also claimed by China. A large section of the island area is part of a Taiwanese nature reserve and is uninhabited, save for a small coast guard garrison that is said to be around 200-strong.
The Dongsha Islands, located about 400 kilometers southwest of Taiwan and just 250 or so kilometers from Hong Kong, could serve as a stepping stone for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan or for greater access to the South China Sea. Though Taipei would be extremely hard-pressed to defend the islands in the face of a concerted Chinese invasion effort, there is a plan in place.
Here Come the Marines
As early as June, the first of several hundred Taiwanese Marines arrived on the Dongsha Islands to augment the coast guard contingent already in place. Like their American counterparts, Taiwans Marines are considered Taipeis force-in-readiness. Highly trained and ready for deployment at a moments notice, the Marines on the Dongsha Islands are not ordinary Marines, however.
The South China Morning Post quoted a Taiwanese legislator familiar with the deployment as saying that the Taiwanese Marines currently stationed on the island, part of the 99th Marine Brigade, are a breed apart. This contingent received special training from the U.S. and are capable of carrying out anti-landing and anti-parachute operations against the enemy, training clearly designed to aid Taiwan in defending against a Chinese annexation.
Geographical Problems
Local geography is not in Taipeis favor. The Dongsha Islands are much closer to mainland China than they are to Taiwan. Though the 99th Marine Brigades specialized training would no doubt be of great utility for an island defense, successfully beating back a PLA Navy invasion force is likely out of the question. In a best-case scenario, the combined coast guard-Marine contingent would probably hope to hold out long enough to get relief from the Taiwanese or perhaps American Navy.
As Ive previously written, recent advancements in Taipeis ballistic missile program might not be great enough to win a fight against China, but could pose enough of a cost in lives and treasure to give Beijing pause for thoughtthat and the 99th Marine Brigade.
Caleb Larson is a Defense Writer with The National Interest. He holds a Master of Public Policy and covers U.S. and Russian security, European defense issues, and German politics and culture.
Image: Reuters
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| Saved Stories - None: The National Interest: How Better Ventilation Can Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus Indoors | ||
Shelly Miller
Coronavirus, World
 Masks do a decent job at keeping the virus from spreading into the environment, but if an infected person is inside a building, inevitably some virus will escape into the air.
The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, most of it from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the coronavirus. The best way to prevent the virus from spreading in a home or business would be to simply keep infected people away. But this is hard to do when an estimated 40% of cases are asymptomatic and asymptomatic people can still spread the coronavirus to others.
Masks do a decent job at keeping the virus from spreading into the environment, but if an infected person is inside a building, inevitably some virus will escape into the air.
I am a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. Much of my work has focused on how to control the transmission of airborne infectious diseases indoors, and Ive been asked by my own university, my kids schools and even the Alaska State Legislature for advice on how to make indoor spaces safe during this pandemic.
Once the virus escapes into the air inside a building, you have two options: bring in fresh air from outside or remove the virus from the air inside the building.
Its all about fresh, outside air
The safest indoor space is one that constantly has lots of outside air replacing the stale air inside.
In commercial buildings, outside air is usually pumped in through heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. In homes, outside air gets in through open windows and doors, in addition to seeping in through various nooks and crannies.
Simply put, the more fresh, outside air inside a building, the better. Bringing in this air dilutes any contaminant in a building, whether a virus or a something else, and reduces the exposure of anyone inside. Environmental engineers like me quantify how much outside air is getting into a building using a measure called the air exchange rate. This number quantifies the number of times the air inside a building gets replaced with air from outside in an hour.
While the exact rate depends on the number of people and size of the room, most experts consider roughly six air changes an hour to be good for a 10-foot-by-10-foot room with three to four people in it. In a pandemic this should be higher, with one study from 2016 suggesting that an exchange rate of nine times per hour reduced the spread of SARS, MERS and H1N1 in a Hong Kong hospital.
Many buildings in the U.S., especially schools, do not meet recommended ventilation rates. Thankfully, it can be pretty easy to get more outside air into a building. Keeping windows and doors open is a good start. Putting a box fan in a window blowing out can greatly increase air exchange too. In buildings that dont have operable windows, you can change the mechanical ventilation system to increase how much air it is pumping. But in any room, the more people inside, the faster the air should be replaced.
Using CO2 to measure air circulation
So how do you know if the room youre in has enough air exchange? Its actually a pretty hard number to calculate. But theres an easy-to-measure proxy that can help. Every time you exhale, you release CO2 into the air. Since the coronavirus is most often spread by breathing, coughing or talking, you can use CO2 levels to see if the room is filling up with potentially infectious exhalations. The CO2 level lets you estimate if enough fresh outside air is getting in.
Outdoors, CO2 levels are just above 400 parts per million (ppm). A well ventilated room will have around 800 ppm of CO2. Any higher than that and it is a sign the room might need more ventilation.
Last year, researchers in Taiwan reported on the effect of ventilation on a tuberculosis outbreak at Taipei University. Many of the rooms in the school were underventilated and had CO2 levels above 3,000 ppm. When engineers improved air circulation and got CO2 levels under 600 ppm, the outbreak completely stopped. According to the research, the increase in ventilation was responsible for 97% of the decrease in transmission.
Since the coronavirus is spread through the air, higher CO2 levels in a room likely mean there is a higher chance of transmission if an infected person is inside. Based on the study above, I recommend trying to keep the CO2 levels below 600 ppm. You can buy good CO2 meters for around $100 online; just make sure that they are accurate to within 50 ppm.
Air cleaners
If you are in a room that cant get enough outside air for dilution, consider an air cleaner, also commonly called air purifiers. These machines remove particles from the air, usually using a filter made of tightly woven fibers. They can capture particles containing bacteria and viruses and can help reduce disease transmission.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says that air cleaners can do this for the coronavirus, but not all air cleaners are equal. Before you go out and buy one, there are few things to keep in mind.
The first thing to consider is how effective an air cleaners filter is. Your best option is a cleaner that uses a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter, as these remove more than 99.97% of all particle sizes.
The second thing to consider is how powerful the cleaner is. The bigger the room or the more people in it the more air needs to be cleaned. I worked with some colleagues at Harvard to put together a tool to help teachers and schools determine how powerful of an air cleaner you need for different classroom sizes.
The last thing to consider is the validity of the claims made by the company producing the air cleaner.
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers certifies air cleaners, so the AHAM verified seal is a good place to start. Additionally, the California Air Resources Board has a list of air cleaners that are certified as safe and effective, though not all of them use HEPA filters.
Keep air fresh or get outside
Both the World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that poor ventilation increases the risk of transmitting the coronavirus.
If you are in control of your indoor environment, make sure you are getting enough fresh air from outside circulating into the building. A CO2 monitor can help give you a clue if there is enough ventilation, and if CO2 levels start going up, open some windows and take a break outside. If you cant get enough fresh air into a room, an air cleaner might be a good idea. If you do get an air cleaner, be aware that they dont remove CO2, so even though the air might be safer, CO2 levels could still be high in the room.
If you walk into a building and it feels hot, stuffy and crowded, chances are that there is not enough ventilation. Turn around and leave.
By paying attention to air circulation and filtration, improving them where you can and staying away from places where you cant, you can add another powerful tool to your anti-coronavirus toolkit.
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Shelly Miller, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Image: Reuters
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| Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks: Michael Novakhov on Twitter from Michael_Novakhov (4 sites): mikenov on Twitter: ##FBI is controlled by the #Russian #OrganizedCrime, that is why they were not able to foresee "#Covid19" as the global act of #bioterrorism, and that is why they are not willing and able to deal with it. #InvestigateTheInvestigators! pic.twitter.com/2GZsVPhBFB | ||
##FBI is controlled by the #Russian #OrganizedCrime, that is why they were not able to foresee "#Covid19" as the global act of #bioterrorism, and that is why they are not willing and able to deal with it.
#InvestigateTheInvestigators! pic.twitter.com/2GZsVPhBFB
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| Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks: Michael Novakhov on Twitter from Michael_Novakhov (4 sites): mikenov on Twitter: Investigate Putin, the New Abwehr German agent, his KGB-s, his GRU-s, his Mafia State, and his Russian Mafia: a bunch of hateful, demented, primitive post-Communist jackals The FBI News Review: Putin, the Global Firesetter In Chief, turned on h... fbinewsreview.blogspot.com/2020/08/putin- | ||
Investigate Putin, the New Abwehr German agent, his KGB-s, his GRU-s, his Mafia State, and his Russian Mafia: a bunch of hateful, demented, primitive post-Communist jackals
The FBI News Review: Putin, the Global Firesetter In Chief, turned on h... fbinewsreview.blogspot.com/2020/08/putin-
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