southfront--2020-04-03--Blockades in Time of Pandemic

Blockades in Time of Pandemic

In mid-March Chinese billionaire Jack Ma and his foundation , Alibaba announced that they would donate 500,000 Covid-19 rapid-detection kits and one million masks to the United States , despite the ostensible racist and xenophobic attitude of the US president , who kept talking about the “ Chinese ” virus .
These resources were desperately needed in the great power , whose government , in an undoubtedly criminal attitude , did not take the most elementary measures to protect its population between January and March , as evidenced by the accelerated progress of the pandemic there now .
The founder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to South Korea , Japan , Italy , Iran , and Spain .
He then extended these donations to Latin American and Caribbean nations .
However , Ma ’ s help has not been able to reach Cuba .
The U.S. Company hired to charter the shipments decided not to do so to Havana on the grounds that it violated the unilateral blockade of the island .
Jack Ma , who has shipped donations to over a hundred countries under the labels # Oneworldonefight , has not given up on sending the aid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he will find some carrier ready to defy Washington ’ s genocidal punishment of the Cuban people .
Despite the significance of this fact , which highlights the cruelty of Trump and his group in maintaining the economic war against Cuba in the midst of a global pandemic situation , it only serves to remind us of what has been a daily hardship on the island for almost 60 years .
And it has been progressively reinforced , to unimaginable extremes , since the real estate magnate became president of the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suffering the longest siege in contemporary history , there are other countries that are currently being severely punished economically by Washington as well .
Venezuela is a very serious case of overkill .
But Iran , North Korea , Syria and even Russia and China are also subject to harsh , illegal and immoral punitive measures .
It is worth noting that in the wake of the pandemic , both UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the head of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , Michelle Bachelet , have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blockades , particularly in the case of Cuba and Venezuela , without the number one promoter of economic wars and human rights violations in the world having even taken notice .
The pandemic has allowed us to appreciate in all its crude characteristics that we already knew about neoliberal capitalism and its political system , very particularly the one that exists in the northern power , but now seen as a whole confirms to us that it is a system in deep crisis , genetically incapable of safeguarding the interests and needs of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a healthy life .
It has gotten to the point that measures such as the plans to support their populations approved in the face of the pandemic emergency in the United States , Spain , Italy , El Salvador , and other countries have had to make a frontal break with neoliberal logic , since they are based on strong state interventionism in the economies , but almost always with a marked social sense .
Unheard of in governments ruled by the market , hundreds of billions have been destined , without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ citizens .
I want to dwell on two very important points not only for Latin America and the Caribbean but for humanity , which underline the crisis of hegemony that afflicts the United States and the desperation in which Trump and his team are immersed .
One is the frenetic campaign that the United States has been waging since last year against Cuban doctors and health care workers , as well as Cuba ’ s policy of international solidarity .
In between , Washington managed to get the island ’ s medical cooperation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bolivia due to the existence in those countries of servile governments like those of Bolsonaro , Moreno and Áñez , who are dying to ingratiate themselves with the northern power , even if it ’ s price is abject groveling .
However , despite the pressure , blackmail and the charlatanism of its powerful means of world defamation , the US has not been able to prevent dozens of countries from maintaining Cuba ’ s much appreciated medical collaboration , nor has it been able to prevent a growing number of Caribbean and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cuban medical brigades and medicines to combat Covid-19 .
This , despite the feverish activism against the Cuban doctors by State Department officials , Undersecretary Kozak and Secretary Pompeo himself .
The other worldwide hot topic , beyond the criminal blockade , is the Trump administration ’ s redoubled war posture against Venezuela .
It exposes them that Maduro and Chavismo have made Guaidó a burnt-out cartridge and the defeat of all attempts of the new cycle of coups d ’ état that began in 2019 .
As hard as they have tried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ civic-military unity .

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Source: La Jornada, translation Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau
In mid-March Chinese billionaire Jack Ma and his foundation, Alibaba announced that they would donate 500,000 Covid-19 rapid-detection kits and one million masks to the United States, despite the ostensible racist and xenophobic attitude of the US president, who kept talking about the “Chinese” virus. These resources were desperately needed in the great power, whose government, in an undoubtedly criminal attitude, did not take the most elementary measures to protect its population between January and March, as evidenced by the accelerated progress of the pandemic there now.
The founder of Alibaba had also made significant donations to South Korea, Japan, Italy, Iran, and Spain. He then extended these donations to Latin American and Caribbean nations. However, Ma’s help has not been able to reach Cuba. The U.S. Company hired to charter the shipments decided not to do so to Havana on the grounds that it violated the unilateral blockade of the island. Jack Ma, who has shipped donations to over a hundred countries under the labels #Oneworldonefight, has not given up on sending the aid and you can be sure that eventually, he will find some carrier ready to defy Washington’s genocidal punishment of the Cuban people.
Despite the significance of this fact, which highlights the cruelty of Trump and his group in maintaining the economic war against Cuba in the midst of a global pandemic situation, it only serves to remind us of what has been a daily hardship on the island for almost 60 years. And it has been progressively reinforced, to unimaginable extremes, since the real estate magnate became president of the United States. Although the Caribbean island is suffering the longest siege in contemporary history, there are other countries that are currently being severely punished economically by Washington as well. Venezuela is a very serious case of overkill. But Iran, North Korea, Syria and even Russia and China are also subject to harsh, illegal and immoral punitive measures. It is worth noting that in the wake of the pandemic, both UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the head of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, have called for the lifting or easing of blockades, particularly in the case of Cuba and Venezuela, without the number one promoter of economic wars and human rights violations in the world having even taken notice.
The pandemic has allowed us to appreciate in all its crude characteristics that we already knew about neoliberal capitalism and its political system, very particularly the one that exists in the northern power, but now seen as a whole confirms to us that it is a system in deep crisis, genetically incapable of safeguarding the interests and needs of the majority of its population and incompatible with a healthy life. It has gotten to the point that measures such as the plans to support their populations approved in the face of the pandemic emergency in the United States, Spain, Italy, El Salvador, and other countries have had to make a frontal break with neoliberal logic, since they are based on strong state interventionism in the economies, but almost always with a marked social sense. Unheard of in governments ruled by the market, hundreds of billions have been destined, without return, to the pockets of the citizens.
I want to dwell on two very important points not only for Latin America and the Caribbean but for humanity, which underline the crisis of hegemony that afflicts the United States and the desperation in which Trump and his team are immersed. One is the frenetic campaign that the United States has been waging since last year against Cuban doctors and health care workers, as well as Cuba’s policy of international solidarity. In between, Washington managed to get the island’s medical cooperation teams out of Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia due to the existence in those countries of servile governments like those of Bolsonaro, Moreno and Áñez, who are dying to ingratiate themselves with the northern power, even if it’s price is abject groveling.
However, despite the pressure, blackmail and the charlatanism of its powerful means of world defamation, the US has not been able to prevent dozens of countries from maintaining Cuba’s much appreciated medical collaboration, nor has it been able to prevent a growing number of Caribbean and European States from requesting the presence of Cuban medical brigades and medicines to combat Covid-19. This, despite the feverish activism against the Cuban doctors by State Department officials, Undersecretary Kozak and Secretary Pompeo himself.
The other worldwide hot topic, beyond the criminal blockade, is the Trump administration’s redoubled war posture against Venezuela. It exposes them that Maduro and Chavismo have made Guaidó a burnt-out cartridge and the defeat of all attempts of the new cycle of coups d’état that began in 2019. As hard as they have tried they have been thwarted by the unwavering civic-military unity.
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southfront--2020-04-03--Russia To Halt Flights Returning Its Citizens From Abroad As Tens Of Thousands Still Wait Evacuation

Russia will halt flights returning its nationals from abroad after midnight Saturday ( April 4 ) , news agency Interfax reported on April 3 citing citing own sources .
Meanwhiile , state-run news agency TASS reported that Domodedovo , one of Moscow ’ s four international airports , has already shut down its international flights board .
Last week , the Federal Air Transport Agency limited the number of Russians who wwill be able to return to from foreign countries to 500 people a day .
The decision was explained by restrictions related to the COVID-19 outbreak .
Flights to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ International Airport .
A quota was adopted for regional airports was 200 people a day .
According to statements by the Russian Foreign Ministry , there are 25,000–35,000 Russian citizens abroad that want to return to Russia .
People that remain in the South-East Asia and India are currently in especially dare conditions .
It should be noted that Russian authorities did not stop air flights with Europe and the United States , when the large-scale COVID-19 outbreak erupted there .
In the first half of March , flights to Russia regularly arrived @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Germany , and other European countries .
According to the official version provided by the Russian authorities , this is how the COVID-19 pandemic started in Russia .
It remains unclear why people arriving on these flights were not put on a mandatory quarantine in specially designated medical facilities or at least put on a home quarantine .
If the restrictions reported by Interfax are really implemented , their severity will be much higher than those applied to people who arrived from European countries in March .
Thus , it turns out that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a price for the return of a wealthy part of the Russians from European countries where they were on vacation or even permanently residing .
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Russia will halt flights returning its nationals from abroad after midnight Saturday (April 4), news agency Interfax reported on April 3 citing citing own sources.
Meanwhiile, state-run news agency TASS reported that Domodedovo, one of Moscow’s four international airports, has already shut down its international flights board.
Last week, the Federal Air Transport Agency limited the number of Russians who wwill be able to return to from foreign countries to 500 people a day. The decision was explained by restrictions related to the COVID-19 outbreak. Flights to Moscow were possible only through the Sheremetyevo International Airport. A quota was adopted for regional airports was 200 people a day.
According to statements by the Russian Foreign Ministry, there are 25,000–35,000 Russian citizens abroad that want to return to Russia. People that remain in the South-East Asia and India are currently in especially dare conditions.
It should be noted that Russian authorities did not stop air flights with Europe and the United States, when the large-scale COVID-19 outbreak erupted there.
In the first half of March, flights to Russia regularly arrived from Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, and other European countries. According to the official version provided by the Russian authorities, this is how the COVID-19 pandemic started in Russia. It remains unclear why people arriving on these flights were not put on a mandatory quarantine in specially designated medical facilities or at least put on a home quarantine.
If the restrictions reported by Interfax are really implemented, their severity will be much higher than those applied to people who arrived from European countries in March. Thus, it turns out that the main population of Russia is paying a price for the return of a wealthy part of the Russians from European countries where they were on vacation or even permanently residing.
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southfront--2020-04-03--ISIS Kills, Injures Ten Iraqi Fighters In New Attack In Syria’s Deir Ezzor

Early on April 3 , ISIS cells launched a “ hit and run ” attack on positions of the Syrian @ @ @ @ @ and its allies in the southern Deir Ezzor countryside .
The London-based Syrian Observatory for @ @ @ @ @ claimed that ten fighters of the Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba , one of the Iraqi groups @ @ @ @ @ were killed or injured in the attack .
Local sources revealed that the attack targeted @ @ @ @ @ Ali well , which is located south of the city of al-Mayadeen .
The attack @ @ @ @ @ Homs desert , which lays between western Deir Ezzor and eastern Homs .
From there @ @ @ @ @ of attacks over the last few years .
Some of these attacks were documented in @ @ @ @ @ the terrorist group , titled Epic Of Alteration 2 .
ISIS threat in central Syria @ @ @ @ @ SAA and its allies , which are occupied by the threat of Greater Idlib , @ @ @ @ @ action in the Homs desert .
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Early on April 3, ISIS cells launched a “hit and run” attack on positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies in the southern Deir Ezzor countryside.
The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) claimed that ten fighters of the Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, one of the Iraqi groups supporting the Damascus government, were killed or injured in the attack.
“During the attack, the organization [ISIS] used RPGs as well as heavy machine guns … violent clashes between the two sides lasted for hours,” the monitoring group’s report reads.
Local sources revealed that the attack targeted military positions around the Ayn Ali well, which is located south of the city of al-Mayadeen.
The attack was likely launched from the Homs desert, which lays between western Deir Ezzor and eastern Homs. From there, ISIS remnants launched dozens of attacks over the last few years. Some of these attacks were documented in a recent video release by the terrorist group, titled Epic Of Alteration 2.
ISIS threat in central Syria is clearly rising. The SAA and its allies, which are occupied by the threat of Greater Idlib, are yet to take decisive action in the Homs desert.
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southfront--2020-04-03--In Video: Russian And Italian Doctors Prepare To Treat Patients In Field Hospital In Bergamo

Disinfected 20 senior care centers and 80,000 m2 of health facilities ?
Field hospital to treat 142 critically ill patients ?
Doctors ?
This is impossible – neocon gossip rag Foreign Policy said some Italian ‘ official ’ ( NATO knob-gobbler ) told La Stampa newspaper : “ Of those Russian supplies , 80 percent were completely useless or of little use to Italy .
In other words , the delivery was more like a pretext , ” an Italian government official told the leading newspaper La Stampa .
According to the official , the Russian delivery contained , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a field laboratory for chemical-biological sterilization—not the ventilators and personal protective equipment so desperately needed by the Italians .
Bacteriological disinfection ?
By Russian military experts ?
Yeah… more like SNEAKY ITALIAN INVASION .
Foreign Policy is on to you , Putin !
Heh… intelligence… NATO… U.S. air base… .
yeah , let ’ s go with that .
Ghedi Torre Air Base ( 50km ) has about 20 B61 nukes and Aviano Air Base ( 250km ) had around 30 .
They would be on Russia ’ s first strike list and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two craters would be dead or irradiated .
Intelligence collection complete , unless Russia is determined to unlock the secrets of the superb Italian textiles and fine leather craftsmanship ( and can read Chinese ) .
Just let the old Italians continue to stew in their filthy , infested senior concentration camps until their suspected coronavirus is so bad that they ’ re in acute respiratory distress .
Then triage them out of a ventilator you don ’ t have , bag them up and throw them on the crematorium express bus / @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is clearly meant to interfere with this well-established NATO medical routine .
Send the Italians more PPE and ventilators , you evil Russian bastards !

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Russian physicians and nurses together with their Italian colleagues are getting ready for treating the COVID-19 infected in a field hospital. Meanwhile, in the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo anaesthetists and resuscitation experts share their experience and familiarize themselves with the future work procedures. The field hospital deployed in Bergamo is to commence its work on Monday. It can accomodate 142 patients at one time. It will be operated by more than 200 doctors from both countries. Currently, the Russian and Italian military have carried out sanitation of 20 senior care centres treating those infected with COVID-19. Over 80,000 sq. meters of health facility interiors have been disinfected.


southfront--2020-04-03--Turkish Artillery Strike Injures Two Syrian Officers In Northern Aleppo

Late on April 2 , the Turkish military shelled Syrian Arab Army ( SAA ) troops in Aleppo ’ s @ @ @ @ @ reason .
According to the London-based monitoring group , the artillery strike injured two officers @ @ @ @ @ holding the rank of Lieutenant .
The SAA deployed several units around Manbij in the @ @ @ @ @ with the Syrian Democratic Forces ( SDF ) and the city ’ s military council @ @ @ @ @ a Turkish-led attack on the Arab-majority city .
Unjustified Turkish attacks on SAA units in @ @ @ @ @ frequent .
On April 2 morning , Turkish forces shelled a checkpoint of the army @ @ @ @ @ a result , two service members were killed and at least five others were injured @ @ @ @ @ responding to these strikes .
This will likely encourage the Turkish military and its proxies @ @ @ @ @ hostile acts .
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Late on April 2, the Turkish military shelled Syrian Arab Army (SAA) troops in Aleppo’s northern countryside for no obvious reason.
“Turkish forces stationed at the Yashli base shelled, this evening, gatherings of regime forces in the town of Arab Hassan, west of Manbij,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said in a report.
According to the London-based monitoring group, the artillery strike injured two officers of the SAA, both holding the rank of Lieutenant.
The SAA deployed several units around Manbij in the last few years under agreements with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the city’s military council. This deployment helped prevent a Turkish-led attack on the Arab-majority city.
Unjustified Turkish attacks on SAA units in SDF-held areas are becoming more frequent. On April 2 morning, Turkish forces shelled a checkpoint of the army in northern al-Hasakah. As a result, two service members were killed and at least five others were injured.
The SAA is not responding to these strikes. This will likely encourage the Turkish military and its proxies to carry on with their hostile acts.
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southfront--2020-04-03--ISIS Claims Friendly Fire Accident Killed Egyptian Troops In Sinai

Two Egyptian service members were killed and others were injured in a friendly fire accident in the Sinai Peninsula on March 26 , ISIS ’ al-Nab ’ a newspaper claimed in a report released on April 2 .
Egyptian sources reported the death of the two service members , Abram Mamdouh Solhi and Ayman Khalaf Ahmed , claiming that it was the result of an attack by ISIS cells on a checkpoint of the Egyptian military near Rafah city .
Back then , the sources even claimed that two terrorists of ISIS were killed in the clashes .
ISIS , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killed when an Egyptian artillery position near the city of Sheikh Zuweid pounded an army checkpoint next to Yamit factory by mistake .
“ Scared army personnel thought that they were under attack … their positions began to shell nearby areas in a crazy , random way .
The shooting lasted until the early hours of the morning , resulting in the death of two and the injury of others , ” al-Nab ’ a ’ s report reads .
The terrorist group said this was not the Egyptian military ’ s first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accident usually take place during foggy days and when weather conditions are too bad .
ISIS ’ claims are almost impossible to verify .
However , the terrorist group is known for making up such stories to left the morale of its supporters .
In the last week , ISIS remnants in Sinai sustained heavy losses , according to an Egyptian official who told Germany ’ s DPA that the terrorist group is about to collapse .
This explains why ISIS would make such claims now .
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Two Egyptian service members were killed and others were injured in a friendly fire accident in the Sinai Peninsula on March 26, ISIS’ al-Nab’a newspaper claimed in a report released on April 2.
Egyptian sources reported the death of the two service members, Abram Mamdouh Solhi and Ayman Khalaf Ahmed, claiming that it was the result of an attack by ISIS cells on a checkpoint of the Egyptian military near Rafah city. Back then, the sources even claimed that two terrorists of ISIS were killed in the clashes.
ISIS, however, said the service members were killed when an Egyptian artillery position near the city of Sheikh Zuweid pounded an army checkpoint next to Yamit factory by mistake.
“Scared army personnel thought that they were under attack … their positions began to shell nearby areas in a crazy, random way. The shooting lasted until the early hours of the morning, resulting in the death of two and the injury of others,” al-Nab’a’s report reads.
The terrorist group said this was not the Egyptian military’s first friendly fire accident, claiming that such accident usually take place during foggy days and when weather conditions are too bad.
ISIS’ claims are almost impossible to verify. However, the terrorist group is known for making up such stories to left the morale of its supporters.
In the last week, ISIS remnants in Sinai sustained heavy losses, according to an Egyptian official who told Germany’s DPA that the terrorist group is about to collapse. This explains why ISIS would make such claims now.
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southfront--2020-04-03--Russia’s Navy To Receive 14 Units Of Marlin-350 Unmanned Remotely Operated Vehicle In 2020

By the end of the year , the Russian Navy ’ s search and emergency rescue service will receive 14 Marlin-350 unmanned remotely operated vehicle ( ROV ) , the Ministry of Defense announced on March 30th .
It is planned that by the end of 2020 , the search and rescue service of the Russian Navy will receive r 14 ROV Marlin-350 , designed to perform a wide range of search and rescue tasks .
This was reported to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy , Admiral Nikolai Evmenov , at a working meeting in the Admiralty , where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Navy was discussed .
Currently , 43 units of the Marlin-350 ROV are on active duty in the Nasvy ’ s search and rescue service and on the rescue vessels of the Russian Navy fleets .
In particular , the Marlin-350 ROV are part of the standard search and rescue equipment of the latest rescue tugs of the Professor Nikolai Muru-class rescue ships .
The Marlin-350 ROV is delivered to the search and rescue forces as part of the activities of the Navy ’ s High Command to introduce robotic rescue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ operations with the involvement of diving specialists .
The Marlin-350 ROV is a light vehicle designed to monitor the protected area , search and detect intruders in the area under control and carry out other tasks related to prevention of unnoticeable penetration into the protected facility .
TNPA “ Marlin-350 ” can be used to set sonar markers and lift objects captured by the manipulator .
The Marlin-350 is equipped with six propulsion engines , of which four horizontal engines are arranged according to the vector diagram .
Thanks to its special design @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and speed of driving the control signals by the propellers ( changes in rotation speed , reverse of direction ) , which meets the highest requirements for search and rescue equipment of the new generation such units .
Its features and advantages are the following : • Use of advanced technologies and state-of-the-art hardware components ; • Use of magnetic couplings in propulsors ; • Compliance with the latest worldwide trends in vehicle construction ; • Availability of system expansion and installation of optional equipment ; • Patents on production prototype and useful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cable with low resistance to movement and close to zero buoyancy is used to connect the underwater vehicle and the surface module .
The data transmission system is designed in such a way that allows the user to connect many additional sensors and special equipment for underwater search and rescue operations .
During search and rescue operations , Navy rescue specialists will be able to install an additional high-resolution camera on the Marlin-350 , as well as a multi-beam sonar , an altimeter , an all-round sonar , an underwater navigation system , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equipment .
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By the end of the year, the Russian Navy’s search and emergency rescue service will receive 14 Marlin-350 unmanned remotely operated vehicle (ROV), the Ministry of Defense announced on March 30th.
It is planned that by the end of 2020, the search and rescue service of the Russian Navy will receive r 14 ROV Marlin-350, designed to perform a wide range of search and rescue tasks.
This was reported to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, at a working meeting in the Admiralty, where the development of search and rescue facilities of the Navy was discussed.
Currently, 43 units of the Marlin-350 ROV are on active duty in the Nasvy’s search and rescue service and on the rescue vessels of the Russian Navy fleets.
In particular, the Marlin-350 ROV are part of the standard search and rescue equipment of the latest rescue tugs of the Professor Nikolai Muru-class rescue ships.
The Marlin-350 ROV is delivered to the search and rescue forces as part of the activities of the Navy’s High Command to introduce robotic rescue technologies to reduce the risk of underwater operations with the involvement of diving specialists.
The Marlin-350 ROV is a light vehicle designed to monitor the protected area, search and detect intruders in the area under control and carry out other tasks related to prevention of unnoticeable penetration into the protected facility.
TNPA “Marlin-350” can be used to set sonar markers and lift objects captured by the manipulator.
The Marlin-350 is equipped with six propulsion engines, of which four horizontal engines are arranged according to the vector diagram.
Thanks to its special design, the Marlin-350 allows for high accuracy and speed of driving the control signals by the propellers (changes in rotation speed, reverse of direction), which meets the highest requirements for search and rescue equipment of the new generation such units.
Its features and advantages are the following:
Use of advanced technologies and state-of-the-art hardware components;
Use of magnetic couplings in propulsors;
Compliance with the latest worldwide trends in vehicle construction;
Availability of system expansion and installation of optional equipment;
Installation of digital Full HD video camera;
Fast deployable and simple-to-operate system;
Patents on production prototype and useful model.
A thin, flexible optoelectric cable with low resistance to movement and close to zero buoyancy is used to connect the underwater vehicle and the surface module.
The data transmission system is designed in such a way that allows the user to connect many additional sensors and special equipment for underwater search and rescue operations.
During search and rescue operations, Navy rescue specialists will be able to install an additional high-resolution camera on the Marlin-350, as well as a multi-beam sonar, an altimeter, an all-round sonar, an underwater navigation system, a single-stage manipulator, and other additional equipment.
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southfront--2020-04-04--Map Update: COVID-19 Outbreak In Greater Middle East As Of April 4, 2020

Click to see the full-size image This map provides a general look at the current situation with the COVID-19 outbreak @ @ @ @ @ as of April 4 , 2020 .
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southfront--2020-04-04--Real Number Of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In Italy Could Be 5,000,0000

The real number of COVID-19 cases in Intaly could be 5,000,0000 , according to a study which polled people with symptoms who have not been tested , and up to 10,000,000 or even 20,0000,000 after taking into account asymptomatic cases , according to Carlo La Vecchia , a Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at the University .
This data confirms earlier reports that the real number of COVID-19 cases in the country as much higher than 119,827 confirmed COVID-19 cases ( as of April 4 ) .
At the same the real death rate % is much lower .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of deaths in Italy could be around 60,000 .
Thus , the mortality rate from COVID-19 would be much lower ( around 25 times less ) than the case fatality rate based solely on confirmed COVID-19 cases .
The world is in panic over the coronavirus ( COVID-19 ) outbreak Most of the states have imposed unprecedented measures , including locking down big cities and halting international flights , to contain the pandemic .
On March 28 , the total number of confirmed COVID-19 ceases globaly reached 629,467 .
28,963 people died from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
These numbers show that about 4.6 % of people with confirmed COVID-19 cases died , but the real death rate from the new coronavirus remains unclear .
In many cases , people go through COVID-19 deasease without a real threat to their health and life like in the case of an acute respiratory viral infection .
So , they are not tested for the COVID-19 .
According to the study published on February 18 in the China CDC Weekly , the death rate from COVID-19 is around 2.3 % in mainland China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published another study of about 1,100 hospitalized patients in China .
It found that the overall death rate was slightly lower , around 1.4 % .
Furthermore , the death rate for COVID-19 appears to vary by location and an individual ’ s age .
For example , as of March 28 in Italy there were 86,498 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 9,134 people died .
Therefore , the death rate there stands at about 10.55 % .
Such a high number is a result of the fact that many of COVID-19-infected people in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that already have health issues and thus remain in the group of risk in the event of any new deasease .
For example , the CDC ’ s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report study says that 45 % of hospitalizations , 53 % of admissions to the intensive care unit ( ICU ) , and 80 % of deaths associated with COVID-19 were among adults aged 65 years and older .
Igor Alekseevich Gundarov , a Doctor of Medicine , professor , member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences , candidate of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ field of epidemiology and medical statistics , notes that the new coronavirus expansion may be linked with the previous successes in the field of combating the flue .
The new virus just filled the created vacuum .
According to him , the current crisis ( and the panic ) is a result of the specific media coverage and political-motivated decisions of particular actors .
As an example he provides the following numbers .
In the 1990s , there were 4-7 million season flue in Russia every year .
In the 2000s , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gundarov added that 30,000-35,000 people die from the pneumonitis every year .
However , nobody announced a national-wide emergency and locked down then country in the previous years .
The death toll from the COVID-19 is also a result of the pneumonitis , which it causes .
Gundarov , says the death toll from the pneumonitis did not grow in 2020 despite the COVID-19 outbreak .
Furthemore , 30,000-35,000 people dead in Russia from the pneumonitis every yar is higher than the total current global COVID-19 death toll .
Another Russian expert , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administrative collapse because of the COVID-19 outbreak in some European countries and even the US is a result of the wrong organizational decisions ( like attempts to move all ptients to a single hospital in the entire country ) and the lack of propper anti-pandemic measures .
For example , he claims that the concentration of all patients in a very few hospitals led to the expected lack of medical supplies and equipment in this particular area .
President Donald Trump signed an order allowing the Pentagon to call National Guard members and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fight the COVID-19 pandemic : The COVID-19 outbreak is an apparent threat , which can not be ignored .
However , another threat , which could be even higher than the one from the COVID-19 desease , is the current pandemic of fear fueled and instigated by mainstream media and some governments .
The modern informational society already evolved to the stage when our world turned into a kind of supernational neuronet .
The topology of this is close to the human ’ s brain .
If we build a rough model , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – personalities , signals – flows of information that pierce through the modern world , lipoid metabolism – the monetary system .
And this supernational neuronet is currently paralyzed by the fear of the death because of the COVID-19 outbreak and the public hysteria over it .
If the panic is not overcome and the situation develops in the current direction , it may lead to the irreparable harm to this globa neuronet and instigate the already existing negative tendencies ( like the deterioration of the global security , the collapse of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis , the threat of new wars ) .
However , if some powers find resources and the political will to overcome the current crisis , they will find themselves on the leading position in the ‘ post-COVID-19 ’ period .
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The real number of COVID-19 cases in Intaly could be 5,000,0000, according to a study which polled people with symptoms who have not been tested, and up to 10,000,000 or even 20,0000,000 after taking into account asymptomatic cases, according to Carlo La Vecchia, a Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at the Statale di Milano University.
This data confirms earlier reports that the real number of COVID-19 cases in the country as much higher than 119,827 confirmed COVID-19 cases (as of April 4). At the same the real death rate % is much lower.
According to reports, the real number of deaths in Italy could be around 60,000. Thus, the mortality rate from COVID-19 would be much lower (around 25 times less) than the case fatality rate based solely on confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Pandemic Of Fear (28.03.2020):
The world is in panic over the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak Most of the states have imposed unprecedented measures, including locking down big cities and halting international flights, to contain the pandemic.
On March 28, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 ceases globaly reached 629,467. 28,963 people died from the desease, while 138,085 others recovered. These numbers show that about 4.6% of people with confirmed COVID-19 cases died, but the real death rate from the new coronavirus remains unclear. In many cases, people go through COVID-19 deasease without a real threat to their health and life like in the case of an acute respiratory viral infection. So, they are not tested for the COVID-19.
According to the study published on February 18 in the China CDC Weekly, the death rate from COVID-19 is around 2.3% in mainland China. The New England Journal of Medicine published another study of about 1,100 hospitalized patients in China. It found that the overall death rate was slightly lower, around 1.4%.
Furthermore, the death rate for COVID-19 appears to vary by location and an individual’s age. For example, as of March 28 in Italy there were 86,498 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 9,134 people died. Therefore, the death rate there stands at about 10.55%. Such a high number is a result of the fact that many of COVID-19-infected people in Italy is older people (65yo+) that already have health issues and thus remain in the group of risk in the event of any new deasease.
For example, the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report study says that 45% of hospitalizations, 53% of admissions to the intensive care unit (ICU), and 80% of deaths associated with COVID-19 were among adults aged 65 years and older.
Igor Alekseevich Gundarov, a Doctor of Medicine, professor, member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, candidate of philosophical sciences, a specialist in the field of epidemiology and medical statistics, notes that the new coronavirus expansion may be linked with the previous successes in the field of combating the flue. The new virus just filled the created vacuum. According to him, the current crisis (and the panic) is a result of the specific media coverage and political-motivated decisions of particular actors.
As an example he provides the following numbers. In the 1990s, there were 4-7 million season flue in Russia every year. In the 2000s, the yearly number reuced to 400,000-50,000 cases. Gundarov added that 30,000-35,000 people die from the pneumonitis every year. However, nobody announced a national-wide emergency and locked down then country in the previous years.
The death toll from the COVID-19 is also a result of the pneumonitis, which it causes. Gundarov, says the death toll from the pneumonitis did not grow in 2020 despite the COVID-19 outbreak. Furthemore, 30,000-35,000 people dead in Russia from the pneumonitis every yar is higher than the total current global COVID-19 death toll.
https://youtu.be/AWxyy8LkMVo
Another Russian expert, Aleksand Evsinin notes that the chaos and administrative collapse because of the COVID-19 outbreak in some European countries and even the US is a result of the wrong organizational decisions (like attempts to move all ptients to a single hospital in the entire country) and the lack of propper anti-pandemic measures. For example, he claims that the concentration of all patients in a very few hospitals led to the expected lack of medical supplies and equipment in this particular area.
President Donald Trump signed an order allowing the Pentagon to call National Guard members and former troops back to active duty to fight the COVID-19 pandemic:
The COVID-19 outbreak is an apparent threat, which cannot be ignored. However, another threat, which could be even higher than the one from the COVID-19 desease, is the current pandemic of fear fueled and instigated by mainstream media and some governments.
The modern informational society already evolved to the stage when our world turned into a kind of supernational neuronet. The topology of this is close to the human’s brain. If we build a rough model, it would look this way: neurons – personalities, signals – flows of information that pierce through the modern world, lipoid metabolism – the monetary system. And this supernational neuronet is currently paralyzed by the fear of the death because of the COVID-19 outbreak and the public hysteria over it. If the panic is not overcome and the situation develops in the current direction, it may lead to the irreparable harm to this globa neuronet and instigate the already existing negative tendencies (like the deterioration of the global security, the collapse of the system of international relations, the economic crisis, the threat of new wars). However, if some powers find resources and the political will to overcome the current crisis, they will find themselves on the leading position in the ‘post-COVID-19’ period.
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southfront--2020-04-04--US Forces Abandon 4th Military Base In Iraq. CENTCOM Confirms Deployment Of Patriot Systems

The US Central Command ( CENTCOM ) officially confirmed the deployment of new Patriot missile systems to Iraq .
In a statement on April 2 , Bill Urban , a spokesman for CENTCOM confirmed the deployment , saying the US military would not provide further status updates on the movement of Patriot missile systems into Iraq for security reasons .
“ The US military continues to coordinate the effort with its Iraqi partners , ” he said , adding , “ The Iraqi Government is well aware of our collective need for air defense protection of service members within Iraq @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sean Robertson said that “ for operational security reasons , we are not providing status updates as those systems come online.
” The deployment goes contrary to the position of the Iraqi Parliament that demands the US withdrawal from the country .
Meanwhile , the US military continued regrouping its forces in the country .
US troops already withdrew from the bases of al-Qaim , K1 ( Kirkuk ) , al-Qayyarah .
On April 4 , US forces are set to start withdrawing from the 4th base – al-Habbaniyeh , located in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TOPIC :

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The US Central Command (CENTCOM) officially confirmed the deployment of new Patriot missile systems to Iraq.
In a statement on April 2, Bill Urban, a spokesman for CENTCOM confirmed the deployment, saying the US military would not provide further status updates on the movement of Patriot missile systems into Iraq for security reasons.
“The US military continues to coordinate the effort with its Iraqi partners,” he said, adding, “The Iraqi Government is well aware of our collective need for air defense protection of service members within Iraq”.
Additionally, Pentagon spokesman Commander Sean Robertson said that “for operational security reasons, we are not providing status updates as those systems come online.”
The deployment goes contrary to the position of the Iraqi Parliament that demands the US withdrawal from the country.
Meanwhile, the US military continued regrouping its forces in the country. US troops already withdrew from the bases of al-Qaim, K1 (Kirkuk), al-Qayyarah. On April 4, US forces are set to start withdrawing from the 4th base – al-Habbaniyeh, located in the province of al-Anbar.
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southfront--2020-04-04--Military Situation In Yemen On April 4, 2020 (Map Update)

Click to see the full-size image A brief overview of the recent developments in Yemen : • Clashes between Ansar @ @ @ @ @ reported in the northwestern part of Marib province .
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A brief overview of the recent developments in Yemen:
Ceasefire violations were reported in al-Hudaydah;
Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck Khab and Shaaf 4 times;
Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck the Boqa’ area 6 times;
Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck the Abas area 2 times;
Clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led forces were reported in the northwestern part of Marib province.
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southfront--2020-04-04--Military Situation In Syria April 4, 2020 (Map Update)

Click to see the full-size image A brief overview of the recent developments in Syria : • The Syrian Army @ @ @ @ @ in the villages of al-Bara , Fatterah and Kansafra ; • ISIS cells conducted a @ @ @ @ @ attack on positions of the Syrian Army and its allies south of al-Mayadeen .
Pro-militant @ @ @ @ @ of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba were killed ; • Turkish forces shelled positions of the Syrian @ @ @ @ @ 2 officers were reportedly injured ; • Pro-militant sources claim that 3 Syrian fighters were @ @ @ @ @ Turkish-led forces near Ayn Issa ; • Unconfirmed reports claim that airstrikes targeted the area @ @ @ @ @ THE TOPIC :

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A brief overview of the recent developments in Syria:
The Syrian Army shelled positions of militant groups in the villages of al-Bara, Fatterah and Kansafra;
ISIS cells conducted a “hit and run” attack on positions of the Syrian Army and its allies south of al-Mayadeen. Pro-militant sources say that 10 members of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba were killed;
Turkish forces shelled positions of the Syrian Army near Arab Hassan. 2 officers were reportedly injured;
Pro-militant sources claim that 3 Syrian fighters were killed in an attack by Turkish-led forces near Ayn Issa;
Unconfirmed reports claim that airstrikes targeted the area of al-Bukamal.
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southfront--2020-04-04--Heiner Rindermann: “The Coronavirus and Its Social Consequences”

Written by Prof. Dr. Heiner Rindermann ; Originally appeared at The Unz Review For days , for weeks , the media have been dominated by the spread of the corona virus .
Almost every hour new numbers on infections and deceased are published .
There are also reports of political reactions and the economic consequences .
What was previously considered impossible is now decided : there are travel restrictions , borders are locked , people are no longer allowed to be in the streets , factories are shut down .
The police control playgrounds so that no children play there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are closed .
Restaurants are not allowed to enter .
Football games and concerts are canceled .
Churches and museums , theaters and cinemas , zoos and parks remain orphaned .
My university closes .
Young scientists who should be hired have to go to social assistance because the department for human resources can no longer process the files .
E-mails from desperate post-docs come from abroad , which had prospects for academic jobs and are now falling into poverty .
Share prices collapse , companies anticipate profit declines and losses , sovereign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unemployment rises sharply .
If companies , clubs , shops or hairdressers are not allowed to open and therefore do not generate any income , they can no longer pay their staff , they have to put them on short-time work and dismiss them later .
Large companies , such as Vapiano and Maredo , two previously very successful large restaurant chains in Germany , and countless small self-employed people go bankrupt .
The first thing to be aware of is that these are not the consequences of the “ Corona-crisis ” , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If people become unemployed , it is not because of the virus and illness , but because of the political restrictions that are becoming more severe day by day .
Admittedly , people would become more cautious without the many restrictions imposed , but the changes would be much less radical .
When I was on the playground with the youngest child on a Saturday some days ago , the playground was filled with playing children and youngsters riding their boards in the skate park as always .
I tried to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were talking about .
I didn ’ t hear anything about Corona .
The politicians are driven by the extensive media coverage .
This is very similar to the case of Fukushima in 2011 , when “ tens of thousands of dead ” were wrongly attributed by the leading German media to the Fukushima nuclear disaster instead of to the tsunami .
The politicians have to demonstrate their ability to act publicly ; otherwise , the media would attribute every further death to them .
Politicians try to avoid this and communicate their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have many serious consequences , affecting the majority of people in the long term and affecting society as a whole .
Let ’ s take school closure as an example : An almost overwhelming number of studies has shown that schooling promotes intelligence and knowledge , around 3.40 IQ points per year .
[ 1 ] Lag of teaching , on the other hand , leads to a reduction in intelligence , which has been demonstrated using the example of summer vacation .
[ 2 ] You can count on about 0.08 to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lessons .
These losses are greater among children from poorly educated families who are less able to learn self-directed and who are less supported by parents .
The gaps between good and weak students increase with the missed lessons from day to day .
In the long run , this leads to less innovation , economic growth and prosperity and to more social tensions , crime and poverty .
[ 3 ] In consequence , fewer funds will be available in the health care and nursing .
The corona pandemic is not comparable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ages , around a third of the population died of the plague .
Because more land but fewer workers were available in the aftermath , income and prosperity increased .
[ 4 ] 50 million people died of the in 1918/1919 , the mortality rate was between 2 and 4 percent .
[ 5 ] Not only did older people die from it , like the 56-year-old sociologist Max Weber , but especially younger people between 20 and 40 years old .
Both diseases increased the so-called or excess mortality , which led @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people who would otherwise not have died in this period and age .
[ 6 ] The situation is completely different with the COVID-19 disease caused by the corona virus .
According to preliminary knowledge , quarters of all infected people show no symptoms at all , as was found in a complete test of the village of Vò Euganeo in Italy .
[ 8 ] So far , none or nearly none of the children have been seen to die , among young healthy adults up to the age of 50 the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even significantly lower , due to incomplete records of previous illnesses .
In Italy , only one person below 50 has died so far .
[ 9 ] Mortality increases from the age of 50 up to 10 % among those aged 80 to 90 .
[ 10 ] The average age of those who died in the Corona pandemic in Italy is around 80 years .
However , age itself is not so important here , but age is associated with a higher load of such as diabetes , heart failure , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the immune system .
It is also not easy to determine what actually killed these people .
Humans always live with viruses and bacteria , in and around them .
The immune system is tuned to them and we even need this daily “ battle ” because otherwise allergies could arise .
Therefore , intensive hygiene and intensive hand washing are not useful in everyday life , except in hospitals .
The death of older people with a weak immune system is less due to the flu , corona or pneumonia themselves , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which allowed pathogens to damage their bodies .
Most probably , these people would die in the foreseeable future , either from one or the other pathogen that has always been there .
On a cruise ship , the Diamond Princess , on which 700 people were infected , the mortality rate was 1 % , even though the age of cruise passengers is quite high .
Applied to western societies and their age structure , according to the statistician Ioannidis , this results in a mortality rate of 0.2 % .
[ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the corona virus has to be higher than in previously known variants of the flu in recent decades , but not extremely higher .
For this winter of 2019/20 , around 23,000 to 59,000 flu deaths were expected in the United States , the mortality rate is around 0.1 % .
[ 12 ] [ 13 ] Without testing , the corona epidemic would probably not be seen as something so unusual compared to the common flu outbreaks until now .
In general , almost one million people in Germany die every year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ caused by the Second World War each year in Germany .
[ 14 ] COVID-19 would not have been noticed in the Middle Ages because the median age of the population was much lower and the number of old people with previous illnesses was much smaller .
The success of modern medicine has made it possible for a disease like COVID-19 to become significant .
However , since the 1990s , the mortality rate in medicine has no longer been the relevant criterion for assessing the seriousness of an illness for a population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life years ) .
[ 15 ] If , like the authors of a well-known study published in the , a comparison is made here with cardiovascular diseases , pneumonia , stroke , spinal disorders and traffic accidents that also affect younger people , the negative impact of COVID-19 on the life of the most would have been even more put into perspective .
However , these other diseases have all been known for a long time , and the media , politicians and society have been accustomed to them psychologically .
Corona @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new and triggers nervous reactions , supported by a political-media bombardment .
Apparently , for the first time in their lives , Corona also makes many people realize that they are mortal .
Political and social expectations demand to do something , and those who follow this call the most are receiving media support , at least at this time .
The distorted perception of the danger from a newly emerging infectious disease threatens to pave the way to a in which almost everything that stands for freedom , joie-de-vivre and pleasure is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in general are only one value among many other relevant ones and a is not represented by its length .
In addition , we also allow people a lot of unreasonableness , simply because they want and everyone knows best what is good for themselves .
Nobody – at least so far – came up with the idea of banning smoking , alcohol , obesity , skiing and cycling , driving a car or consuming Nutella and Big Mac , even one could extend the life of many , if all of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In addition , .
Classically , a woman marries a man to raise children together , not to help him take care of their in-laws .
The parents exist for the children , not the other way around .
The children give their parents a meaning in life , not vice versa .
A society never came up with the idea of closing schools and thereby jeopardizing the future of young people ( and also of older people ) to protect their old people .
How one can be inclined to think @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the life of 90-year-olds by a few months ?
All of them deserve our help and respect , but by targeted quarantine , not by paralyzing everyone .
After all , you .
The longer all the prohibitions of amusement and being together last , the more they will be undermined .
It then becomes like the time of prohibition , when alcohol consumption migrated underground .
Above all , subcultures of young people , of gays , migrants , and all youth in general will not let to take their lifestyle away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the backrooms , an exciting cat and mouse game with the police , a little Boccaccio and and unlike in the times of the plague , the game is almost without danger for the youth .
The prohibitions and the pressures of persecution will only serve to intensify the experience .
As to ride a roller coaster .
We also have a tradition in the West of the “ rebellious wild young man , ” from Robin Hood to Gabriele D ’ Annunzio , Jean-Jacques Rousseau to James Dean , Friedrich Schiller @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Martin Sellner , from left to right and again back .
Clandestino and Manu Chao .
They were never intimidated by something like this .
Resistance is aestheticized .
This will be artistically processed for generations to come .
But what do you do ?
Corona kills people .
The problem already exists and can not be ignored .
In rare exceptional cases , young people also become seriously ill and have to be artificially respirated .
Most of the elderly survive , but some need intensive medical treatment .
The previous political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is no medicine , herd immunity or vaccination , how do you want to maintain an open society in the future ?
Just one example : the interventions proposed by the London epidemiologists around Neil Ferguson would run for one to two years .
[ 16 ] And then ?
The US nor Europe nor Japan are Andaman Islands .
Would East Asian countries that have successfully pursued a quarantine policy , cordoning off their countries in the long run ?
It is impossible in modern times to stop the spread of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ temporary slowdown would be an option .
Instead of running global society into the ground , one has to protect and quarantine the .
Not closing schools and factories , restaurants and football stadiums , and if , only for a very short period of time .
Prepare hospitals and the healthcare system for an increase in diseases as quickly as possible would be a sensible course of action .
The virus will then spread rapidly in the society of the youth and midlifers and set herd immunity at an infection rate of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] This protects the risk groups relatively well from damage .
Since the pathogen is highly infectious , everything could be overcome within a few weeks .
For Italy and England , for example , a study by epidemiologists at Oxford University already predicts an infection rate of more than 50 % .
[ 18 ] But there is .
Even if vaccinated , not everyone will be protected .
The virus will surely mutate .
We have to adapt to the fact that it is in the world and that people die @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were forced to deal with the flu .
We will also succeed with Corona .
In winter 2012/13 , between 21,000 and 29,000 people died of flu in Germany – around 25,000 of a total of just under a million deaths in Germany each year .
[ 19 ] The corona pandemic will increase these numbers , but it will not lead to disaster .
The damage to society caused by current policies in the short to long term must be reduced .
Politics will surely change soon .
The quick decision-makers who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be at the forefront again and present themselves as saviors of business and society .
Prof. Dr. Heiner Rindermann is professor of psychology at the Chemnitz University of Technology , Germany .
He works on the subjects human capital and society , education and cultural comparison .
His latest book „ Cognitive capitalism : Human capital and the wellbeing of nations “ has been published in 2018 by Cambridge University Press .
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Written by Prof. Dr. Heiner Rindermann; Originally appeared at The Unz Review
For days, for weeks, the media have been dominated by the spread of the corona virus. Almost every hour new numbers on infections and deceased are published. There are also reports of political reactions and the economic consequences. What was previously considered impossible is now decided: there are travel restrictions, borders are locked, people are no longer allowed to be in the streets, factories are shut down. The police control playgrounds so that no children play there. Swimming pools are closed, shops are closed. Restaurants are not allowed to enter. Football games and concerts are canceled. Churches and museums, theaters and cinemas, zoos and parks remain orphaned. My university closes. Young scientists who should be hired have to go to social assistance because the department for human resources can no longer process the files. E-mails from desperate post-docs come from abroad, which had prospects for academic jobs and are now falling into poverty.
Share prices collapse, companies anticipate profit declines and losses, sovereign debt levels increase in unprecedented rates, unemployment rises sharply. If companies, clubs, shops or hairdressers are not allowed to open and therefore do not generate any income, they can no longer pay their staff, they have to put them on short-time work and dismiss them later. Large companies, such as Vapiano and Maredo, two previously very successful large restaurant chains in Germany, and countless small self-employed people go bankrupt.
The first thing to be aware of is that these are not the consequences of the “Corona-crisis”, but the consequences of political decisions dealing with it. If people become unemployed, it is not because of the virus and illness, but because of the political restrictions that are becoming more severe day by day.
Admittedly, people would become more cautious without the many restrictions imposed, but the changes would be much less radical. When I was on the playground with the youngest child on a Saturday some days ago, the playground was filled with playing children and youngsters riding their boards in the skate park as always. I tried to keep track of what the parents and teenagers were talking about. I didn’t hear anything about Corona.
The politicians are driven by the extensive media coverage. This is very similar to the case of Fukushima in 2011, when “tens of thousands of dead” were wrongly attributed by the leading German media to the Fukushima nuclear disaster instead of to the tsunami. The politicians have to demonstrate their ability to act publicly; otherwise, the media would attribute every further death to them. Politicians try to avoid this and communicate their decisiveness.
Yet, the political decisions have many serious consequences, affecting the majority of people in the long term and affecting society as a whole. Let’s take school closure as an example: An almost overwhelming number of studies has shown that schooling promotes intelligence and knowledge, around 3.40 IQ points per year. Lag of teaching, on the other hand, leads to a reduction in intelligence, which has been demonstrated using the example of summer vacation. You can count on about 0.08 to 0.12 IQ points per week of missed lessons. These losses are greater among children from poorly educated families who are less able to learn self-directed and who are less supported by parents. The gaps between good and weak students increase with the missed lessons from day to day. In the long run, this leads to less innovation, economic growth and prosperity and to more social tensions, crime and poverty. In consequence, fewer funds will be available in the health care and nursing.
The corona pandemic is not comparable to previous epidemics. In the Middle Ages, around a third of the population died of the plague. Because more land but fewer workers were available in the aftermath, income and prosperity increased. 50 million people died of the Spanish flu in 1918/1919, the mortality rate was between 2 and 4 percent. Not only did older people die from it, like the 56-year-old sociologist Max Weber, but especially younger people between 20 and 40 years old. Both diseases increased the so-called mortality displacement or excess mortality, which led to the death of more people and people who would otherwise not have died in this period and age.
The situation is completely different with the COVID-19 disease caused by the corona virus. According to preliminary knowledge, half to three quarters of all infected people show no symptoms at all, as was found in a complete test of the village of Vò Euganeo in Italy. So far, none or nearly none of the children have been seen to die, among young healthy adults up to the age of 50 the mortality rate is 0.3%, perhaps even significantly lower, due to incomplete records of previous illnesses. In Italy, only one person below 50 has died so far. Mortality increases from the age of 50 up to 10% among those aged 80 to 90. The average age of those who died in the Corona pandemic in Italy is around 80 years. However, age itself is not so important here, but age is associated with a higher load of previous diseases such as diabetes, heart failure, pulmonary diseases and hypertension, which weaken the immune system.
It is also not easy to determine what actually killed these people. Humans always live with viruses and bacteria, in and around them. The immune system is tuned to them and we even need this daily “battle” because otherwise allergies could arise. Therefore, intensive hygiene and intensive hand washing are not useful in everyday life, except in hospitals. The death of older people with a weak immune system is less due to the flu, corona or pneumonia themselves, but to the weak immune system, which allowed pathogens to damage their bodies. Most probably, these people would die in the foreseeable future, either from one or the other pathogen that has always been there.
On a cruise ship, the Diamond Princess, on which 700 people were infected, the mortality rate was 1%, even though the age of cruise passengers is quite high. Applied to western societies and their age structure, according to the statistician Ioannidis, this results in a mortality rate of 0.2%. Thereafter, the mortality from the corona virus has to be higher than in previously known variants of the flu in recent decades, but not extremely higher. For this winter of 2019/20, around 23,000 to 59,000 flu deaths were expected in the United States, the mortality rate is around 0.1%.
Without testing, the corona epidemic would probably not be seen as something so unusual compared to the common flu outbreaks until now. In general, almost one million people in Germany die every year, roughly the same number of deaths caused by the Second World War each year in Germany. COVID-19 would not have been noticed in the Middle Ages because the median age of the population was much lower and the number of old people with previous illnesses was much smaller. The success of modern medicine has made it possible for a disease like COVID-19 to become significant.
However, since the 1990s, the mortality rate in medicine has no longer been the relevant criterion for assessing the seriousness of an illness for a population, but the loss of years of healthy life (DALY or disability-adjusted life years). If, like the authors of a well-known study published in the Lancet, a comparison is made here with cardiovascular diseases, pneumonia, stroke, spinal disorders and traffic accidents that also affect younger people, the negative impact of COVID-19 on the life of the most would have been even more put into perspective. However, these other diseases have all been known for a long time, and the media, politicians and society have been accustomed to them psychologically. Corona, on the other hand, is new and triggers nervous reactions, supported by a political-media bombardment. Apparently, for the first time in their lives, Corona also makes many people realize that they are mortal. Political and social expectations demand to do something, and those who follow this call the most are receiving media support, at least at this time.
The distorted perception of the danger from a newly emerging infectious disease threatens to pave the way to a health dictatorship in which almost everything that stands for freedom, joie-de-vivre and pleasure is prohibited. Health and a long life in general are only one value among many other relevant ones and a fulfilled life is not represented by its length. In addition, we also allow people a lot of unreasonableness, simply because they want and everyone knows best what is good for themselves. Nobody – at least so far – came up with the idea of banning smoking, alcohol, obesity, skiing and cycling, driving a car or consuming Nutella and Big Mac, even one could extend the life of many, if all of this were prohibited and controlled by the police.
In addition, families and societies always live forward. Classically, a woman marries a man to raise children together, not to help him take care of their in-laws. The parents exist for the children, not the other way around. The children give their parents a meaning in life, not vice versa. A society never came up with the idea of closing schools and thereby jeopardizing the future of young people (and also of older people) to protect their old people. How one can be inclined to think of stopping education and science to extend the life of 90-year-olds by a few months? All of them deserve our help and respect, but by targeted quarantine, not by paralyzing everyone.
After all, you cannot stop the vital youth. The longer all the prohibitions of amusement and being together last, the more they will be undermined. It then becomes like the time of prohibition, when alcohol consumption migrated underground. Above all, subcultures of young people, of gays, migrants, and all youth in general will not let to take their lifestyle away. Thus, there are secret parties in the backrooms, an exciting cat and mouse game with the police, a little Boccaccio and Decamerone and unlike in the times of the plague, the game is almost without danger for the youth. The prohibitions and the pressures of persecution will only serve to intensify the experience. As to ride a roller coaster. We also have a tradition in the West of the “rebellious wild young man,” from Robin Hood to Gabriele D’Annunzio, Jean-Jacques Rousseau to James Dean, Friedrich Schiller to Andreas Baader, Daniel Cohn-Bendit to Martin Sellner, from left to right and again back. Clandestino and Manu Chao. They were never intimidated by something like this. Resistance is aestheticized. This will be artistically processed for generations to come.
But what do you do in practice? Corona kills people. The problem already exists and cannot be ignored. In rare exceptional cases, young people also become seriously ill and have to be artificially respirated. Most of the elderly survive, but some need intensive medical treatment. The previous political measures are inconceivable as permanent. If there is no medicine, herd immunity or vaccination, how do you want to maintain an open society in the future? Just one example: the interventions proposed by the London epidemiologists around Neil Ferguson would run for one to two years. And then? The US nor Europe nor Japan are Andaman Islands. Would East Asian countries that have successfully pursued a quarantine policy, cordoning off their countries in the long run? It is impossible in modern times to stop the spread of a virus without vaccination, only a temporary slowdown would be an option.
Instead of running global society into the ground, one has to protect and quarantine the risk groups. Not closing schools and factories, restaurants and football stadiums, and if, only for a very short period of time. Prepare hospitals and the healthcare system for an increase in diseases as quickly as possible would be a sensible course of action. The virus will then spread rapidly in the society of the youth and midlifers and set herd immunity at an infection rate of 60 to 70%. This protects the risk groups relatively well from damage. Since the pathogen is highly infectious, everything could be overcome within a few weeks. For Italy and England, for example, a study by epidemiologists at Oxford University already predicts an infection rate of more than 50%.
But there is no solution without risks. Even if vaccinated, not everyone will be protected. The virus will surely mutate. We have to adapt to the fact that it is in the world and that people die from it. In the past we were forced to deal with the flu. We will also succeed with Corona. In winter 2012/13, between 21,000 and 29,000 people died of flu in Germany – around 25,000 of a total of just under a million deaths in Germany each year.
The corona pandemic will increase these numbers, but it will not lead to disaster. The damage to society caused by current policies in the short to long term must be reduced. Politics will surely change soon. The quick decision-makers who have been advancing so far want to be at the forefront again and present themselves as saviors of business and society.
Prof. Dr. Heiner Rindermann is professor of psychology at the Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany. He works on the subjects human capital and society, education and cultural comparison. His latest book „Cognitive capitalism: Human capital and the wellbeing of nations“ has been published in 2018 by Cambridge University Press.
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The Russian Aerospace Forces have finished the deployment of military specialists, medical aid and equipment to assist Serbia in the war on the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Military transport aircraft Il-76 of the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted 11 flights from the Chkalovsky airfield (the Moscow region) to the Bataynitsa airfield, 20 km northwest of Belgrade (Republic of Serbia).
87 military personnel of the Russian Ministry of Defense, including military physicians, viral agent defense experts of the Russian Chemical Forces Safety Bureau, special medical equipment, protective equipment and 16 units of military equipment, were delivered.
Russian representatives will hold a meeting will be held with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Defense of Serbia at the base of the military medical academy of the Serbian military department on April 4.
The day before, the first consultations of Russian and Serbian military experts took place at the Batainitsa airfield to identify possible areas of application for Russian aid that arrived in Serbia. Russian forces will operate in areas with the most difficult epidemiological conditions – Belgrade, Chupria, Valjevo, Novi Sad, Nis, Kragujevac, Kikinda.
It is planned to use Russian specialists to disinfect a military camp in the city of Bachka Pola, where COVID-19 cases among Serbian military personnel have been identified.
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